Prof BN Dwivedi (Retd) is now an Institute Professor of physics at the Indian Institute of Technology

(Banaras Hindu University) from July 2015. He was promoted to Professor in HAG scale from 1st

August 2012. He has been a research physicist at UCSD, USA (1980-81); a royal society visitor at

Glasgow university (1989); Commonwealth Fellow at Glasgow, Cambridge and Oxford (1990-91); a

visiting scientist at Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung (MPS), Germany for over 25 years

(1991 - 2015). He has over thirty-five years of teaching experience at BTech/MTech level in India, and

broad experience in Solar and Space Plasma Physics, with involvement in almost all the major solar

space experiments, including Skylab, Yohkoh, SoHO, TRACE, Hinode, STEREO, SDO, and now

IRIS. He is also a member of ‘Science Working Group’ of Aditya-I ‘Visible Line Space Coronagraph’,

and ‘Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT)’ for the ISRO's L1 mission.

He is an outstanding science Teacher at a wide range of levels. He is unusual (almost unique) among

science teachers in being simultaneously an active professional research scientist at a high international

level. His obvious passion for understanding the mysteries of the Sun (a grand physics laboratory in the

sky) is a major motivation for his research on solar phenomena. His deep and wide professional

knowledge of these, informs and authenticates his innovative class lectures, pedagogical and popular

expositions. He has supervised 6 PhDs and several projects/dissertations at BTech/MTech level.

He has published over 259 research papers, reviews, book chapters, and articles in reputed

Indian/International journals/magazines/newspapers (Two papers with 313 and 232 citations and many

more with citations in the range 24 to 91). He has been honoured with several national and international

awards, especifically, National award for outstanding efforts in science and technology communication

(2005); Indian National Science Academy: Indira Gandhi Prize for popularization of science (2011);

Popular writing award on solar physics by American Astronomical Society/Solar Physics Division

(2004).

In recognition of his outstanding contributions to the SUMER/SoHO science, of which he is an

associate scientist from the non-European countries, he was honored with the prestigious 'MPAE Gold

Pin’ in 1999. He has been travelling widely giving invited talks/colloquia at national and international

symposia/seminars/colloquia, and also at premier institutions in India and abroad. He is also extensively

involved in science communication and pedagogical research.

Prof. Dwivedi has written a cover story feature article in Scientific American (2001) and also in its

special issue (2003), guest-edited a solar physics issue of ‘Current Science’ (1999), and his edited

book ‘Dynamic Sun’ published by Cambridge University Press (2003, 2007) has received laudatory

reviews. He has also edited the book on ‘Physics of the Sun and its Atmosphere’, published by World

Scientific, Singapore (2008). His book ‘Lecture Notes on Maxwell's Equations’ has been published by

LAMBERT Academic Publishing (2013).

���� Present Position: Institute Professor, Dept of Physics, IIT (BHU) from July 2015. ���� DoB: 1950 May 10. ���� Education: HS (1966), ISc (1968), BSc (1971), MSc (1973): all First Class. PhD (1978) Physics.

Prof BN Dwivedi: Profile Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi-221005, India. http://www.iitbhu.ac.in/app/ e-mail: bholadwivedi@gmail.com ; bnd.app@iitbhu.ac.in

Publications Visits/Talks Books/Popular Articles Down Memory Lane!

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Positions Held

���� Research Physicist: University of California, San Diego, Feb.1980 – Feb.1981. ���� Faculty member in the Department of Applied Physics, IT-BHU and now

Department of Physics, IIT (BHU) from July 1981 to June 2015. • Professor in HAG scale w.e.f. 01-August-2012, Physics, IIT (BHU). • He is now an Institute Professor at IIT (BHU) from 01-July-2015.

���� Professional/Administrative Experience: (i) Professor Incharge, Faculty Affairs &

Alumni Affairs, IIT (BHU) [2013 January 28 - 2014 July 3], Professor Incharge, R&D, IIT (BHU) [10 Aug. 2012 -28 Jan. 2013]; (ii) Head, Department of Applied Physics, IT-BHU (2009 July-2010 July); (iii) Warden/Administrative Warden, Morvi Hostel, IT-BHU (1993-1999); (iv) Astronomy and Astrophysics: ‘A Decadal Vision Document 2004’, Indian Academy of

Sciences; (v) R&D Committee, IT-BHU (2005-2008) (vi) Chairman, Alumni Cell, BHU (2011 November - 2013 March); (vii) Visitor Nominee for Physical Sciences of the Central University of Mizoram, Aizawl (2011-2013); (viii) Chairman/Co-Chairman of Cultural/Co-Curricular activities of IT-Gymkhana for several years; (viii) Central Purchase Organisation (BHU)/Chairman of several Sub-Committees (2011-2013); Chairman: “International BHU Alumni Meet (IBAM2012) & Seminar on ‘Mahamana’s Vision of Nation Building”, 2012 December 23-24; Convener, Jigyasa’15, Dept. of Physics, IIT (BHU), 21-22 March 2015.

���� Research Interests: Physics and Diagnostics of Solar EUV and X-ray Emission Processes;

MHD Waves and Oscillations in the Solar Atmosphere; Science Communication.

���� Number of papers/articles published: ≈ 259. (Research Papers: 141; Review Articles/Book Chapters: 15; Book Reviews: 02; Science Communication and Pedagogical Articles: 101)

���� Citations: Two papers with 313 and 232 citations and many more with citations in the range 24 to 91.

���� Member: International Astronomical Union (IAU).

���� Member: Astronomical Society of India (ASI).

���� Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (FRAS), elected in 1989.

���� Member of the Science Team: “Visible Emission Line Space Solar Coronagraph

(VELC) on-board Aditya-1” to be launched by ISRO.

• Member of the Science Team: Proposal for a Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) for ISRO's L1 mission: submitted in May 2013.

���� Project: ‘Plasma Conditions in the Inner Corona’ : B.N. Dwivedi (PI): ISRO Project

under its RESPOND programme (2003-2007).

• Co-PI: RESPOND/ISRO Project - “MHD Waves in the Solar Atmosphere and Refined Magneto-seismology” (for a period of 3-years w.e.f. 09-Dec-2015 with a total outlay of Rs 24.23 Lakhs sanctioned under RESPOND/ISRO program).

���� Collaborative Projects:

i) National: ARIES, Nainital; IUCAA, Pune; IIA, Bangalore; PRL/USO, Ahmedabad/Udaipur.

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ii) International: SUMER/SoHO -- a major ESA-NASA Project of International Cooperation. EIS/Hinode -- SUMER/SoHO Collaboration through Max-Planck Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Germany; & DAMTP, Cambridge Univ.

iii) PI: VLF-Global-Network Project (5-year duly approved project as per Letter # IIT

(BHU)/R&D/2014-15/886/L Dated 16-Jan-2015) without any financial commitment except infrastructure logistics by the Dept/Institute. The VLF receiver is fully operational at the Dept and returning uninterrupted data of great scientific value. This is an International Project with global visibility (http://vlf-data.ifz.ru/index.html). As its PI, I own the responsibility of its smooth functioning as well as the safety of the instrument kindly provided by the Univ. of Sheffield.

Awards/Recognitions

• Indian National Science Academy: Indira Gandhi Prize for Popularization of Science (2011). http://www.insaindia.org/recipients.php

• NATIONAL AWARD of 1,00,000/- for Outstanding Efforts in Science and Technology Communication through Books and Magazines for 2005. http://dst.gov.in/whats_new/press-release06/nationalawardsci.htm

• 2004 Award for Popular Writing on Solar Physics (American Astronomical Society/Solar Physics Division). http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/aas_spd/writing/writing_awards.html

• 'MPAE Gold Pin' Award (1999), Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie (MPAE), Germany in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the SUMER/SoHO science.

• Associate Scientist of SUMER on the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SoHO) spacecraft (a major ESA/NASA project of international cooperation) since 1993 to date.

• Visiting Scientist: Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung (MPS) – until 2004 July Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie (MPAE): 1991 September; 1993 May-August; 1994 June-July; 1995 May-August; 1996 May-July; 1997 May-July; 1998 June-July; 1999 May-July; 2000 June; 2002 May-June; 2003 May-June; 2004 May-June; 2007 June; 2008 June; 2010 June; 2011 June; 2012 June; 2014 May; April-May 2015.

• Visiting Scientist: DAMTP, Cambridge University, September 2007. • Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellow: Glasgow, Cambridge and Oxford universities

(1990-91). • INSA/Royal Society Visitor at the University of Glasgow (1989 March−May). • Research Physicist: University of California, La Jolla, San Diego (UCSD) 1980

February 1981 February. • Scholarship throughout student career: Merit Scholarship up to High School and

thereafter National Scholarship. • IAU Travel Award to work at UCSD (1980-81); The University Glasgow (1990- 1991). • Young Astronomer IAU/US-NSF Travel Award to participate in the XX IAU/GA

Baltimore (1988 August 2-11); IAU Colloquium 104 in Stanford (August 15-19), and Invited Contribution at the IAU Colloquium 115 in Cambridge, MA (August 22-25).

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• Invited Contribution: "Space Observations of the Solar Corona and the Origin of the Solar Wind" during XXVIII COSPAR, The Hague (1990 June 25−July 6).

• IUCAA Visiting Associate: 1990 July−1993 June, 1994 July-June 1997, 2001 July−June 2004.

• Invited Contribution: "Solar Wind Seven", Goslar, Germany (1991 September 16-21). • IAU/MPAE Travel Grant: IAU Colloquium 144 "Solar Coronal Structures", Tatranska

Lomnica, Slovakia, 1993 September 20-24. Presented a paper and CHAIRED the session on 'Diagnostics of Coronal Plasma'.

• NSF/MPAE Travel Grant: Invited Talk at the "SoHO: CDS/SUMER Science Meeting", Oslo, 1995 September 19-21.

• Operation of the SUMER/SOHO at the EOF-NASA/GSFC (1996 June−July). • IAU/MPAE Travel Grant to give talk at the Joint Discussion JD-19 during the XXIII

IAU/GA, Kyoto, Japan (1997 August 26-27). • ESA/MPAE Travel Grant: Invited Talk at the "8th SoHO Workshop", Paris, 1999

June 22-25. • IAU/ESA Travel Grant to give talk at the IAU Symposium 203 during the XXIV

IAU/GA, Manchester, UK (2000 August 7-11). • IAU/INSA Travel Grant to give talk at the IAU Symposium S219 during XXV

IAU/GA, Sydney, Australia (2003 July 21-26). • International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) Conference on “Advances in Planetary

Exploration”, Bangalore, June 26-29, 2005. Invited Talk on‘Significant Results from

SUMER/SoHO’. • International Living With a Star (ILWS) program Workshop “The Solar Influence on

the Heliosphere and Earth's Environment: Recent Progress and Prospects”, Goa, February 19-24, 2006. Invited Talk on ‘The Ultraviolet Sun’.

• Second UN/NASA Workshop on the International Heliosphysical Year (IHY) and Basic Space Science, Bangalore, Nov. 27 – Dec.1, 2006. Invited Talk on ‘Propagation

and Dissipation of MHD Waves in Coronal Holes’. • Symposium, “From the Heliosphere into the Sun – Sailing Against the Wind” at the

Physikzentrum Bad Honnef, Germany from 31 January to 3 February 2012. Presented a paper, “On the Observation of a Large Scale Flow in the Solar Atmosphere” and gave an Informal Evening Talk on ‘My Interaction with Eckart Marsch’.

• India-UK Seminar, “Solar atmospheric wave studies” at IIA, Bangalore, January 21-23, 2013. Invited Talk on ‘Solar Plasma Line Diagnostics and Coronal Seismology’.

• Invitation by the European Space Agency to attend the IAU Symposium 300 on “Nature of Prominences and their Role in Space Weather”, Paris, 10-14 June 2013 and present a paper on “Estimation of Plasma Properties and Magnetic Field in a Prominence-like Structure as Observed by AIA/ SDO”.

• Invited to discuss ongoing collaborative scientific projects at MPS, Göttingen, and to present an Informal Evening Talk on ‘My Interaction with Werner Curdt’ (12-22 May 2014).

• Invited to discuss ongoing collaborative scientific projects at MPS, Göttingen for over 25 years, and also an ‘informal reception’ on my formal superannuation (27-April-8-May-2015).

• Invited Talks given at National/International Symposia/Colloquia and at most of

the premier Institutes around the globe (e.g., UCSD, California; NASA/GSFC; Maryland & New Mexico universities; Observatoire de Paris, Meudon; Max-Planck

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Institutes at Münich and Lindau/Göttingen; Stanford university; CFA, Harvard; Glasgow, Cambridge and Oxford universities; The Hague, The Netherlands; Slovakia; Goslar and Hamburg, Germany; Oslo, Norway; Paris, France; Kyoto, Japan; Manchester, U.K.; Santorini, Greece; Sydney, Australia; IISc & IIA, Bangalore; PRL, Ahmedabad/Udaipur; IUCAA, Pune; ARIES, Nainital; TIFR, HBCSE & IIG, Mumbai; IITs Kanpur, Mumbai & Delhi etc. as per the List attached). Apart from research talks, many pedagogical/popular --- science communication lectures are mostly given in different schools in Varanasi and neighbouring districts, apart from talks at the INSPIRE camps at BHU, IIT Delhi,

Central University of Mizoram, Aizawl; Dr. H. S. Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar, and

INSA-sponsored talks in schools.

PhD Research Supervision

• Dr. A.K. Gupta (1993): "Solar EUV Emission Lines as a Plasma Diagnostic". • Dr. A. Mohan (1996): "Line Diagnostics for Solar Plasma”.

Thesis abstract published in ‘The Observatory’, 117, pp. 174-175 (1997). • Dr. V.S. Pandey (2006): “Propagation and Dissipation of MHD Waves in the Solar

Plasma”. • Dr. A.K. Srivastava (2006):“MHD Waves in Coronal Holes and Line Diagnostics of

Coronal Loops”. • Dr. K.A.P. Singh (2007): “Damping of MHD Waves in Solar Prominences”. • Dr. M. Kumar (2014): "Study of Dynamical Processes in the Solar Atmosphere". • Ms Ritika Solanki, in progress (2016): Co-supervisor.

M.Tech. Dissertations

• Ms V. Swapnika Nag (2013): “Geant4 Simulation and Calculation of Total Muon Cross-

Sections in Standard Rock, Lead and Water”. (Integrated M.Tech. in Engineering Physics). • Mr. Sushant Mahajan (2014): “The effect of Torsional Oscillations on the Solar

Dynamo”. (Integrated M.Tech. in Engineering Physics). • Mr. Talwinder Singh (2016): “Global EUV Waves and their Interaction with Solar

Coronal Structures”. (Integrated M.Tech. in Engineering Physics). Co-supervisor.

National/International Conferences ���� Participating in National and International Symposia/Colloquia/Seminars and presenting

talks: Contributed, Invited and Review. (cf., List attached) ���� Invited Talks (India): 36; Invited Talks (Abroad): 21; Pedagogical/Popular Science

Communication Lectures in different schools in Varanasi and neighbouring districts: ~ 65.

Books

i) ‘Dynamic Sun’, ed. B.N. Dwivedi (Foreword by E.N. Parker), Cambridge University

Press. Hardback Edition (2003) & Paperback Edition (2007). http://www.cambridge.org/uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521038089 http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521810579

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This book has been highly rated as seen from its laudatory reviews by prominent

astrophysicists in leading international journals such as Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid

Dynamics, The Observatory, Astronomy & Geophysics and Orion etc.:

Extracts from Reviews of my edited book Dynamic Sun : (a) L. Mestel, Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics 97, pages 424-427 (2003).

' … with its wide coverage and comprehensive reference lists, the volume will be an excellent investment for researchers at all career stages, interested in solar and stellar astrophysics.' Professor Mestel, FRS.

(b) R. Harrison, The Observatory 123, page 396 (2003). "...a landmark in solar physics publication. ...a remarkably comprehensive and nicely laid out book. The chapters are produced...by highly regarded experts in the field, and cover the solar interior, the solar atmosphere, the heliosphere and solar wind, as well as observational techniques, and theoretical modelling. ...[an] authoritative review of the state of our understanding of the Sun, given in such a way as to excite the reader with the wonder of this rapidly developing field. I congratulate Bhola Dwivedi on a job well done." Professor

Harrison in The Observatory. (c) I. Ballai, Astronomy & Geophysics 45, pages 4.44-4.45 (2004).

'A book of this nature is long overdue; the coverage is comprehensive and, thanks to the authors selected, is of high quality … I enjoyed reading this collection and will continue to use it. Postgraduate students and professional solar plasma physicists will find this book indispensable.' Professor Ballai in Astronomy & Geophysics.

(d) Orion: Zeitschrift für Amateur-Astronomie, 62, page 37 (2004)

‘… a modern, comprehensive, and authoritative overview of the Sun …’. Orion.

ii) ‘Physics of the Sun and its Atmosphere’, eds. B.N. Dwivedi and U. Narain, World

Scientific, Singapore. Hardcover (2008) ISBN: 978-981-283-271-9.

iii) ‘Lecture Notes on Maxwell's Equations’, LAMBERT Academic Publishing (2013) ISBN: 978-3-659-43561-4. (https://www.morebooks.de/store/gb/book/lecture-notes-on-maxwell’s-equations/isbn/978-3-659-43561-4)

iv) Guest Editor: Solar Physics issue of Current Science, 77, December 10, 1999. • SOC (Chair): National Workshop on Solar Physics, Meerut, November 7-10, 2006. • Teacher Editor, TRILLIUM 2005 (IT-BHU students’ annual magazine). Organising

Secretary: ‘Recent Advances in Space Sciences’, BHU, Feb. 5, 1993. • Important Publications: No. of papers/articles published: 141+15+02+101 = 259.

Employment

Research Physicist: University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Feb.1980 - Feb. 1981.

CSIR, Pool Officer: Feb 23, 1981 – July 20, 1981.

Lecturer in Applied Physics: 1981 July 21; in senior scale 1986 July 21−1998 July 26.

Reader in Applied Physics: 1998 July 27 − 2006 July 26.

Head, Dept. of Applied Physics, IT−BHU, July 1, 2009 - July 28, 2010.

Professor of Physics, IIT (BHU): 2006 July – 2012 July. • Professor in HAG scale w.e.f. 01-August-2012, Physics, IIT (BHU).

Institute Professor, Dept of Physics, IIT (BHU): 01-July-2015 – to date.

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Impact of his work: Two papers with 313 and 232 citations and many more with citations in the range 24 to 91*:

• Wilhelm, Marsch, Dwivedi, et al. The Solar Corona Above Polar Coronal Holes as Seen by SUMER on SOHO Astrophysical Journal 500, 1023, 1998. [Impact Factor (IF) 6.773; Times Cited: 313]

• Curdt, Brekke, Feldman, Wilhelm, Dwivedi, et al. The SUMER Spectral Atlas of Solar-Disk Features Astronomy & Astrophysics 375, 591, 2001. [IF 5.084; Times Cited: 232]

• Tripathi, Mason, Dwivedi, del Zanna, Young Active Region Loops: Hinode/Extreme-Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer Observations Astrophysical Journal 694, 1256, 2009. [IF 6.773; Times Cited: 91]

• Srivastava, Zaqarashvili, Uddin, Dwivedi and Kumar Observation of Multiple Sausage Oscillations in Cool Post-flare Loop Monthly Notices Roy. Astron. Soc. 388, 1899, 2008. [IF 5.521; Times Cited: 54]

• Brown, Dwivedi, Almleaky and Sweet The Interpretation of Density Sensitive Line Diagnostics from Inhomogeneous Plasmas: II Non-Isothermal Plasmas Astronomy & Astrophysics 249, 277, 1991. [IF 5.084; Times Cited: 51]

• Dwivedi EUV Spectroscopy as a Plasma Diagnostic Space Science Reviews 65, 289, 1994. [IF 6.283; Times Cited: 40]

• Wilhelm, Dwivedi, Marsch and Feldman Observations of the Sun at Vacuum-Ultraviolet Wavelengths from Space Part I: Concepts and Instrumentation Space Science Reviews 111, 415, 2004. [IF 6.283; Times Cited: 39]

• Dwivedi, Curdt and Wilhelm Analysis of EUV Off-Limb Spectra Obtained with SUMER/SOHO: Ne VI/Mg VI Emission Lines Astrophysical Journal 517, 516, 1999. [IF 6.773; Times Cited: 33]

• Dwivedi, Hudson, Kane and Švestka H-alpha and Hard X-ray Development in Two-Ribbon Flares Solar Physics 90, 331, 1984. [IF 4.039; Times Cited: 33]

• Wilhelm, Dwivedi, and Teriaca On the Widths of the Mg X Lines near 60 nm in the Corona Astronomy & Astrophysics 415, 1133, 2004. [IF 5.084; Times Cited: 30]

• Dwivedi and Srivastava On the Propagation and Dissipation of Alfvén Waves in Coronal Holes Solar Physics 237, 143 (2006). [IF 4.039; Times Cited: 29]

• Srivastava and Dwivedi Signature of slow acoustic oscillations in a non-flaring loop observed by EIS/Hinode New Astronomy 15, 8 (2010). [IF 1.85; Times Cited: 28]

• Dwivedi and Raju Density Dependence of Solar Emission Lines of Boron-Like Ions Solar Physics 68, 111, 1980. [IF 4.039; Times Cited: 27]

• Wilhelm, Fludra, Teriaca, Harrison, Dwivedi and Pike The widths of vacuum-ultraviolet spectral lines in the equatorial solar corona observed with CDS and SUMER Astronomy & Astrophysics 435, 733, 2005. [IF 5.084; Times Cited: 26]

• Wilhelm, Marsch, Dwivedi and Feldman Observations of the Sun at Vacuum-Ultraviolet Wavelengths from Space. Part II: Results and Interpretations Space Science Reviews 133, 103, 2007. [IF 6.283; Times Cited: 24]

*From Google scholar.

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Member: (i) Astronomy and Astrophysics: ‘A Decadal Vision Document 2004’, Indian

Academy of Sciences; (ii) SOC of the PRL Golden Jubilee Workshop ‘Solar Physics in India during the next Solar Maximum and Beyond’, Udaipur (October 7-10, 1996); (iii) Astronomical Society of India (2000-2003), (iv) International Solar Workshop, ARIES, Nainital (April 5-7, 2005); (v) R&D Committee, IT-BHU, 2005-2008; (vi) National Advisory Committee: ‘Second UN/NASA Workshop on the International Heliosphysical Year (IHY) and Basic Space Science’, Bangalore (Nov. 27 - Dec. 1, 2006); (vii) IHY Workshop on ‘Super Active Regions of Solar Cycle 23 and their Geo-Space Impact’, ARIES, Nainital (May 7-10, 2007); SOC of the Indo-UK Workshop, ARIES, Nainital (March 26-28, 2014); SOC of the Dynamic Sun: I. MHD Waves and Confined Transients in the Magnetized Atmosphere, IIT (BHU), 22-26 February 2016

• SOC (Chair): National Workshop on Solar Physics, Meerut, November 7-10, 2006. • Teacher Editor, TRILLIUM 2005 (IT-BHU students’ annual magazine). • Organising Secretary: ‘Recent Advances in Space Sciences’, BHU, Feb. 5, 1993. • Visitor Nominee for Physical Sciences of the Central University of Mizoram,

Aizawl. • Organized an interactive seminar on total solar eclipse in Varanasi on July 21, 2009 at

IT-BHU. On the Eclipse Day (July 22, 2009), we observed the Sun from an eclipse

science camp at the Saamne Ghat, Varanasi. • A 12-min documentary film titled 'When the Sun Disappears from the Varanasi Sky',

jointly prepared by Prof. D. P. Choudhary (California State University Northridge) & Prof. B. N. Dwivedi for TSE2009 in Varanasi, is available on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s9r0Ic-XQI

• Chairman: Organising Committee: International BHU Alumni Meet (IBAM 2012) & Seminar on “Mahamana’s Vision of Nation Building”, 23-24 December 2012.

• Convener, Jigyasa’15, Dept. of Physics, IIT (BHU), 21-22 March 2015. • Member SOC, “Dynamic Sun-I: International Conference”, IIT (BHU), 22-26 Feb-2016.

Scientific Achievement: Summary

Dwivedi’s earliest research contributions dating from 1978 are on solar spectra, an old and yet new, but always fertile, field of phyiscs as well as source of physical knowledge about the Sun and the Universe. He has been pursuing commendable research in solar physics for the last over four decades, with his continued involvement in almost all the major solar space experiments, e.g., Skylab, Yohkoh, SoHO, TRACE, RHESSI, Japan’s solar spacecraft Hinode, NASA’s SDO, and now IRIS. His research interests include the Physics and Diagnostics of Solar X-ray and EUV Emission Processes as well as Waves and Oscillations in the Solar Atmosphere. He is an outstanding science Teacher at a wide range of levels. He is unusual (almost unique) among science teachers in being simultaneously an active professional research scientist at a high international level. His obvious passion for understanding the mysteries of the Sun is a major motivation for his research on solar phenomena. His deep and wide professional knowledge of these, informs and authenticates his innovative class lectures, pedagogical and popular expositions. A summary of his scientific achievement is as under: He has made significant contributions to the theory and modeling of solar plasma in optical, ultraviolet, X-ray, gamma-ray, and in atomic spectroscopy – especially in the field of diagnostics of electron and proton beams and of the plasmas they heat. He has also made seminal contributions in the areas of ‘wave activity in the solar atmosphere’ and in ‘science

communication’. Some of his original contributions include:

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i) Physics and diagnostics of solar EUV and X-ray emission processes: The inference of electron density and temperature structure of astrophysical and laboratory plasmas from diagnostic line ratios is a problem of universal importance. The physical importance of these line diagnostics lies in the influence of density and temperature on the plasma process being considered, whether thermonuclear fusion, transport coefficients, energy transport, magnetic reconnection, particle acceleration, etc. Prof Dwivedi obtained new results on many spectral line ratio diagnostics, which formed the basis for several observing sequences from the CDS and SUMER instruments onboard the SoHO spacecraft (e.g., Space Sci. Rev. 65, 289-316, 1994; Astrophys. J. 517, 516-525, 1999). He developed a new density and temperature model of coronal holes which is the best available model to date (Astrophys. J. 500, 1023-1038, 1998). His original findings on the abundance anomaly, FIP-effect in coronal structures, and identification of new emission lines and their potential diagnostic applications have been highly commended (e.g., Astron.&Astrophys. 364, 835-844, 2000; Astrophys. J. 582, 1162-1171, 2003). He has also made an original contribution to the mathematical formulation of ‘diagnostics

of inhomogeneous structures’ (Astron.&Astrophys. 249, 277-283, 1991). The most comprehensive reviews on ‘Physics of ultraviolet emissions: observations and interpretations’ have been published in two parts (Space Sci. Rev. 111, 415-480, 2004, and Space Sci. Rev. 133, 103-179, 2007). His seminal work on active region loops observed by EIS/Hinode has been published (Astrophys. J. 694, 1256-1265, 2009). ii) Physics of solar flares: Prof Dwivedi discovered that the peaks of hard X-ray emission coincide with penetration of the emitting flare loops into penumbrae of sunspots which was a landmark new result at the time in the understanding of particle acceleration in solar flares (Solar Phys. 90, 331-341, 1984). This research was later confirmed by the SMM spacecraft. His seminal work on gamma-radiation and white-light flares has also been highly commended (Solar Phys. 76, 45-61, 1982). ‘A multi-wavelength study of an M-class flare and the origin of an associated eruption from NOAA AR 11045’ has been published in New Astronomy 17, 542-551 (2012). His most recent work on “Confined Partial Filament Eruption and its Reformation within a Stable Magnetic Flux Rope” has been published in Astrophysical Journal (2014). iii) Wave activity in the solar atmosphere:

Prof Dwivedi’s fundamental contributions (Astron.&Astrophys. 415, 1133-1139, 2004; Astron.&Astrophys. 435, 733-741, 2005) on the emission line broadening, and/or narrowing; and the work on the dissipation of Alfvén waves in the solar wind source region (Solar Phys. 237, 143-152, 2006) have provided new clues to understanding the coronal heating and solar wind acceleration mechanisms. He estimated magnetic field in spicules using the unique tool of coronal seismology (New Astronomy 12, 479-482, 2007) and explained the spatial damping of compressional MHD waves in prominences through a novel approach of invoking turbulent viscosity (Astron.&Astrophys. 473, 931-936, 2007). New results on the energetics of long-period slow MHD waves in the solar wind source region have been reported (New

Astronomy 13, 581-586, 2008). He has also investigated intensity oscillations in the solar chromosphere and the corona which establish the signature of magneto-acoustic wave propagation above the network, proposing that field-free cavity areas under bipolar magnetic canopies, in the vicinity of a magnetic network, most likely serve as resonators for the magneto-acoustic waves (Astron.&Astrophys. Lett. 481, L95-L98, 2008). He detected sausage oscillations in cool post flare loop (Monthly Notices Roy. Astron. Soc. 388, 1899-

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1903, 2008) and the first signature of slow accoustic oscillations in the non-flaring coronal loop (New Astronomy 15, 8-15, 2010). He showed the leakage of 5 min oscillations to be significant for heating the Sun’s atmosphere locally (Monthly Notices Roy. Astron. Soc. 405, 2317-2326, 2010). ‘Observation of intensity oscillations above X-ray bright points (XBPs) from Hinode/XRT: Signature of MHD oscillations in the solar corona’ has been published in Monthly Notices Roy. Astron. Soc. 415, 1419-1425 (2011). He has published a seminal paper on ‘Possible Signature of Alfvén Wave Dissipation in the Localized Magnetic Funnels of the Equatorial Solar Corona’ in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan (PASJ), 66 (SP1), S13 (1–11) (2014). Most recently, he published a paper on ‘Magnetohydrodynamic Seismology of a Coronal Loop System by the First Two Modes of Standing Kink Waves’ in Astrophysical Journal 799, 151, 10 pages (2015). iv) Physics of red/blue shifted emission in the Sun’s atmosphere: Prof Dwivedi has been investigating the physics of red- and /or blue-shifted emission in the Sun’s atmosphere. His work on the redshifted footpoints of coronal loops (Annales

Geophysicae 26, 2955-2959, 2008 and the redshifted network contrast of transition region emission (Astron.&Astrophys. Lett. 491, L13-L16, 2008) seem to be a direct consequence of the prevailing global mass transport in the Sun’s atmosphere. v) An impact model of Newton's law of gravitation: Gravity, massive particles, photons and

Shapiro delay:

The far-reaching gravitational force, in the approximation of Newton's law of gravitation, is described by a heuristic model with hypothetical massless particles propagating at the speed of light in vacuum and transferring momentum and energy between physical entities through interactions on a local basis. Objections raised against this idea are dispelled by invoking the Special Theory of Relativity, considering non-local interactions, and replacing the shielding concept by a secular mass increase of massive bodies. This impact model of gravity is applied to particles with relative motions at slow and relativistic speeds. Based on this model, a gravitational interaction mode is then conceived between photons and massive particles. This implies a deflection perpendicular to the propagation direction of a photon twice as large as expected from the mass-energy relation of photons, in accordance with observations and the General Theory of Relativity. The longitudinal interaction is compatible with the energy and momentum conservation principles applied to massless entities, and the results are consistent with the observed Shapiro delay (Astrophys. Space Sci. 343, 135-144, 2013; Astrophys. Space

Sci. 343, 145-151, 2013).

• In addition, his seminal contributions on “On the gravitational redshift”, “Secular

perihelion advances of the inner planets and asteroid Icarus”,“Photon in a cavity -- a

Gedankenexperiment”, and “On the potential energy in a gravitationally bound two-

body system” have been published in New Astronomy 31, 8-13 (2014); 31, 51-55 (2014); 34, pages 211-216 (2015); and 34, pages 250-252 (2015) respectively while “Anomalous

Earth flybys of spacecraft” in Astrophys. Space Sci. 358:18, 8 pages (2015). vi) Science Communication: The most prominent contribution here is the first cover story feature article on ‘The Paradox of the Sun’s Hot Corona’ in the June 2001 issue of Scientific American, which was so greatly appreciated that its updated version has been republished in the Scientific American special edition, in 2003. Some of his latest articles include: ‘Will the Sun Storm Today?’ in the April

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2006 issue of Astronomy Now (a leading UK magazine), ‘Blowing in the Supersonic Wind’ in the April 2007 issue of Scientific American India, ‘Lightning on Venus’ in the March 2008 issue of Science Reporter, ‘What makes the Sun shine?’ in the November 2010 issue of Science Reporter, ‘Coronal Heating by Alfvén Waves’ in Current Science (2010) etc. In a major effort to motivate young minds in colleges and universities towards space science, he organized a National Workshop in November 2006 at Meerut College. Consequently, a pedagogical-updated-modern view of “Physics of the Sun and its Atmosphere” in the form of a Book has been published by World Scientific, Singapore (2008). He organized an interactive seminar on the total solar eclipse (TSE) in Varanasi on 21 July 2009 at IT-BHU. On the Eclipse Day (22 July 2009), he observed the Sun from an eclipse science camp at the Saamne Ghat, Varanasi and educated thousands of people.

Important Publications: No. of papers/articles published (141+15+02+101) = 259.

[A] Research Papers 1. P.K. Raju and B.N. Dwivedi Line Emission from Oxygen-Like Ions from the Chromosphere-Corona Transition Region and the Solar Corona Bull. Astron. Soc. India 6, page 45 (1978). 2. P.K. Raju and B.N. Dwivedi Density Dependence of Solar Emission Lines of Oxygen-Like Ions Solar Physics 60, pages 269-277 (1978). 3. B.N. Dwivedi and P.K. Raju Density Dependence of Solar Emission Lines of Boron-Like Ions Bull. Astron. Soc. India 7, page 120 (1979). 4. P.K. Raju and B.N. Dwivedi Density Dependence of Solar Emission Lines of Carbon-Like Ions Pramana 13, pages 319-328 (1979). 5. V. Singh and B.N. Dwivedi Proton Loss Function in Atomic Oxygen Ind. Journ. Radio Space Phys. 9, pages 127-129 (1980). 6. B.N. Dwivedi and P.K. Raju Density Dependence of Solar Emission Lines of Boron-Like Ions Solar Physics 68, pages 111-123 (1980). 7. H.S. Hudson and B.N. Dwivedi The Necessary Conditions for White-Light Flaring from Proton Bombardment Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 12, page 480 (1980). 8. B.N. Dwivedi, H.S. Hudson, S.R. Kane and Z. Švestka H-alpha and Hard X-ray Development in Two-Ribbon Flares Bull. Amer. Astron. Soc. 12, page 905 (1980). 9. H.S. Hudson and B.N. Dwivedi Gamma Radiation and Photospheric White-Light Flare Continuum Solar Physics 76, pages 45-61 (1982). 10. B.N. Dwivedi, H.S. Hudson, S.R. Kane and Z. Švestka H-alpha and Hard X-ray Development in Two-Ribbon Flares Solar Physics 90, pages 331-341 (1984). 11. B.N. Dwivedi and P.K. Raju Line Emission from the Quiet Sun and the Coronal Hole Regions Bull. Astron. Soc. India 13, pages 387-393 (1985). 12. B.N. Dwivedi Electron Density from Mg VIII Solar Emission Lines Solar Physics (Letters) 116, pages 405-408 (1988). 13. B.N. Dwivedi Electron Densities in the Solar Atmosphere from EUV Emission Lines Adv. Space Res. 8, pages 185-188 (1988).

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14. B.N. Dwivedi and P.K. Raju Density Diagnostics of Solar Emission Lines from Nitrogen-Like Ions Adv. Space Res. 8, pages 179-183 (1988). 15. P.K. Raju and B.N. Dwivedi Diagnostic Study of Prominence-Corona Interface Lecture Notes in Physics 363, page 249, Springer Verlag, Berlin (1989). 16. B.N. Dwivedi Densities in the Quiet Sun and Coronal Holes using EUV Emission Lines Solar Physics (Letters) 124, pages 185-188 (1989). 17. B.N. Dwivedi On the Electron Density in Sunspot Plumes Solar Physics (Letters) 123, pages 385-387 (1989). 18. R.A. Harrison, R.D. Bentley, J. Brosius, B.N. Dwivedi and coauthors Large Scale Magnetic Field Phenomena In: Proceedings of the Second TNT Interactions in Solar Flares, K.J.H. Phillips (ed.) Chapter - 1, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxon, pages 1.1-1.19 (1989). 19. P.K. Raju and B.N. Dwivedi Diagnostic Study of Prominence-Corona Interface Hvar Obs. Bull. 13, pages 87-91 (1989). 20. P.K. Raju and B.N. Dwivedi Emission Lines from Nitrogen-Like Ions and their Diagnostic Use Astrophys. Space Sci. 173, pages 13-26 (1990). 21. B.N. Dwivedi Diagnosing Solar Plasmas from EUV and X-ray Emission Lines In: Basic Plasma Processes on the Sun, E.R. Priest and V. Krishan (eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, pages 403-407 (1990) 22. B.N. Dwivedi Theoretical Line Intensities from Mg VI, Si VIII and S X Coronal Ions Astrophys. Space Sci. 172, pages 47-50 (1990). 23. B.N. Dwivedi X-ray Lines from Mg VIII and Si X Ions and their Diagnostic Use In: High Resolution X-ray Spectroscopy of Cosmic Plasmas, P. Gorenstein and M. Zombeck (eds.), Cambridge University Press, pages 40-43 (1990). 24. B.N. Dwivedi and A.K. Gupta Density Measurement from Al IX λ385.03/λ392.42 Line Ratio Solar Physics (Letters) 135, pages 415-417 (1991). 25. J.C. Brown, B.N. Dwivedi, Y.M. Almleaky and P.A. Sweet The Interpretation of Density Sensitive Line Diagnostics from Inhomogeneous Plasmas: II Non-Isothermal Plasmas Astronomy & Astrophysics 249, pages 277-283 (1991). 26. B.N. Dwivedi and A.L. MacKinnon Heating of Astrophysical Plasma by Mildly-Relativistic Non-Thermal Protons Astrophys. Space Sci. 178, pages 287-298 (1991). 27. B.N. Dwivedi Forbidden Line Ratios from Si VIII and S X Coronal Ions Solar Physics 131, pages 49-52 (1991). 28. B.N. Dwivedi and A.L. MacKinnon Proton Energy Deposition in Converging Magnetic Fields Adv. Space Res. 11, pages 331-335 (1991). 29. Y.M. Almleaky, J.C. Brown, B.N. Dwivedi and P.A. Sweet Density Diagnostics and Inhomogeneous Non-Isothermal Plasmas Adv. Space Res. 11, pages 311-316 (1991). 30. B.N. Dwivedi and A.K. Gupta O IV and Ne VI Line Ratios in the Sun Adv. Space Res. 11, pages 307-310 (1991). 31. B.N. Dwivedi Density Diagnostics and Coronal Plasma Adv. Space Res. 11, pages 303-306 (1991). 32. B.N. Dwivedi Density and Temperature Structure in a Coronal Hole In: COSPAR Colloquia Series 3, SOLAR WIND SEVEN, E. Marsch and R. Schwenn (eds.), Pergamon Press, pages 25-29 (1992).

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33. B.N. Dwivedi and A.K. Gupta Emission Lines from O IV as a Plasma Diagnostic Solar Physics 138, pages 283-290 (1992). 34. B.N. Dwivedi and A.K. Gupta EUV Line Ratios from Mg VII and Si IX Solar Physics (Letters) 146, pages 397-400 (1993). 35. B.N. Dwivedi and A.K. Gupta On the Temperature Measurement from the O IV Emission Lines Solar Physics 155, pages 63-68 (1994). 36. B.N. Dwivedi On the Electron Density from the O IV λ1401 Multiplet Solar Physics (Letters) 154, pages 397-400 (1994). 37. B.N. Dwivedi On the Electron Density in an Active Region Observed by SERTS Solar Physics 153, pages 199-203 (1994). 38. B.N. Dwivedi EUV Line Diagnostics for CDS and SUMER on SOHO In: IAU Colloquium 144 'Solar Coronal Structures', V.Rusin, P. Heinzel and J.-C. Vial (eds.), VEDA Pub. Co., Bratislava, pages 625-630 (1994). 39. P.K. Raju, B.N. Dwivedi and A.K. Gupta Density and Temperature Diagnostics of Solar Emission Lines from Na VII and Al IX Solar Physics 149, pages 289-299 (1994). 40. F.P. Keenan, E.S. Conlon, D.A. Bowden, B.N. Dwivedi and K.G. Widing Al IX Emission Line Ratios in Solar Flares Observed with the S082A Spectrograph on Board SKYLAB Solar Physics 149, pages 137-142 (1994). 41. A.K. Gupta and B.N. Dwivedi Theoretical Ratios for the EUV Emission Lines of Na VI Ion Ind. Journ. Radio Space Phys. 24, pages 328-332 (1995). 42. B.N. Dwivedi, A. Mohan and A.K. Gupta Spectroscopic Diagnostics for N III Ion Solar Physics 161, pages 241-249 (1995). 43. B.N. Dwivedi and A. Mohan Line Diagnostics for Ne V and Mg V Solar Ions Solar Physics 158, pages 237-248 (1995). 44. B.N. Dwivedi and A. Mohan Theoretical Ne VI/Mg VI Line Diagnostics for SUMER Solar Physics 157, pages 135-140 (1995). 45. B.N. Dwivedi and A. Mohan On the Electron Density in a Coronal Hole Solar Physics (Letters) 156, pages 197-199 (1995). 46. B.N. Dwivedi and A. Mohan Diagnostics of Solar Ions: Ne VI, Mg VI, Si VIII and Mg VIII Observed by SERTS Solar Physics 156, pages 81-94 (1995). 47. A.K. Gupta and B.N. Dwivedi Theoretical Ratios for the EUV Lines of Al VIII Ion Solar Physics 156, pages 73-79 (1995). 48. B.N. Dwivedi, A. Mohan and A.K. Gupta Spectroscopic Diagnostics for N III Ion Astrophys. Space Sci. 243, page 163 (1996). 49. A. Mohan and B.N. Dwivedi Si VII/Mg VII and Si IX/Mg IX Line Diagnostics for Solar Plasma Solar Physics 167, pages 145-151 (1996). 50. B.N. Dwivedi Plasma Diagnostics for SUMER on Board the SOHO Mission Bull. Astron. Soc. India 24, pages 333-337 (1996). 51. B.N. Dwivedi

Electron Pressure in an Active Region Observed by SERTS Adv. Space Res. 17, pages 209-211 (1996). 52. B.N. Dwivedi

Si VII Line Ratio Diagnostics for CDS Solar Physics (Letters) 165, pages 399-402 (1996).

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53. W. Curdt, B.N. Dwivedi and D.E. Innes EUV Observations of Bi-Directional Jets in the Solar Corona European Space Agency (ESA), SP-104, pages 303-306 (1997). 54. A.K. Gupta, A. Mohan and B.N. Dwivedi On the EUV Line Diagnostics from N III Solar Ion Bull. Astron. Soc. India 25, pages 247-251 (1997). 55. B.N. Dwivedi, W. Curdt and K. Wilhelm Analysis of EUV Spectra Obtained with SUMER/SOHO - Ne VI/Mg VI Intercombination Lines IAU/JD19 (August 26-27, 1997) Physics of the Sun and Heliosphere in the Era of Space Probes: Scientific

Highlights of SOHO, Ulysses and YOHKOH during XXIII IAU/GA, Kyoto, Japan. 56. B.N. Dwivedi, A. Mohan and P.K. Raju On the Line Ratio Diagnostics for Ne V, Mg V, Si VII and Mg VII Solar Ions Adv. Space Res. 20, pages 2271-2274 (1997). 57. A. Mohan and B.N. Dwivedi Probing the Solar Plasma through Ratio-Ratio Diagnostic Technique -- Ne V Emission Lines Current Science 75, pages 1372-1373 (1998). 58. B.N. Dwivedi, A.K. Gupta and A. Mohan Solar Plasma Line Diagnostics from Ne IV, Na V and Al VII Ions Bull. Astron. Soc. India 26, pages 693-700 (1998). 59. D.E. Innes, W. Curdt, B.N. Dwivedi and K. Wilhelm Ultraviolet Observations of a Dynamic Event in the Solar Corona Solar Physics 181, pages 103-112 (1998). 60. K. Wilhelm, E. Marsch, B.N. Dwivedi, D.M. Hassler, P. Lemaire, A.H. Gabriel and M.C.E. Huber The Solar Corona Above Polar Coronal Holes as Seen by SUMER on SOHO Astrophysical Journal 500, pages 1023-1038 (1998). 61. B.N. Dwivedi, A. Mohan and R.J. Thomas Spectral Diagnostics of the Active Region Observed by the Solar EUV Rocket Telescope and Spectrograph (SERTS) Solar Physics 180, pages 157-178 (1998). 62. W. Curdt, P. Brekke, U. Schühle, K. Wilhelm and B.N. Dwivedi The SUMER EUV Atlas in the Spectral Range 670 Å−1498 Å European Space Agency (ESA), SP-446, pages 251-256 (1999). 63. B.N. Dwivedi, W. Curdt and K. Wilhelm The Off-Limb Behaviour of the FIP Effect in the Solar Atmosphere Observed by SUMER on SOHO

European Space Agency (ESA), SP-446, pages 293-298 (1999). 64. A. Mohan and B.N. Dwivedi FIP Effect in the Solar Active Region Observed by SERTS European Space Agency (ESA), SP-446, pages 495-498 (1999). 65. A. Mohan, B.N. Dwivedi and P.K. Raju Density and Temperature Diagnostics of Solar Emission Lines from Ne V/Mg V and Si VII/Mg VII Ions J. Astrophys. Astron. 20, pages 51-65 (1999). 66. B.N. Dwivedi, W. Curdt and K. Wilhelm Analysis of EUV Off-Limb Spectra Obtained with SUMER/SOHO: Ne VI/Mg VI Emission Lines Astrophysical Journal 517, pages 516-525 (1999). 67. A.K. Gupta, B.N. Dwivedi and A. Mohan N II and O III Line Ratios on the Sun Ind. Journ. Phys. 73B(1), pages 19-23 (1999). 68. A. Mohan, E. Landi and B.N. Dwivedi FIP Effect Measurements in the Off-limb Corona Observed by SUMER on SOHO Astronomy & Astrophysics 364, pages 835-844 (2000). 69. W. Curdt, B.N. Dwivedi and U. Feldman The Extreme-Ultraviolet Spectrum of Sunspot Plumes Observed by SUMER on SOHO J. Astrophys. Astron. 21, pages 397-401 (2000). 70. A. Mohan, B.N. Dwivedi and E. Landi Electron Density and Temperature Measurements, and Abundance Anomalies in the Solar Atmosphere J. Astrophys. Astron. 21, pages 407-411 (2000).

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71. B.N. Dwivedi, A. Mohan and K. Wilhelm On the Electron Temperatures, Densities and Hot Ions in Coronal Hole Plasma Observed by SUMER on SOHO Adv. Space Res. 25, pages 1751-1756 (2000). 72. R. Jain, A.R. Rao, A.R. Deshpande, B.N. Dwivedi, P.K. Manoharan, S. Seetha, M.N. Vahia, H.O. Vats and P. Venkatakrishnan Science from “Solar X-ray Spectrometer (SOXS)”– Proposed Payload Onboard Indian Satellite Bull. Astron. Soc. India 28, pages 117-119 (2000). 73. U. Narain, P. Agarwal, R.K. Sharma, L. Prasad and B.N. Dwivedi On Coronal Loop Heating by Torsional Alfvén Waves Solar Physics 199, pages 307-315 (2001). 74. W. Curdt, P. Brekke, U. Feldman, K. Wilhelm, B.N. Dwivedi, U. Schühle and P. Lemaire The SUMER Spectral Atlas of Solar-Disk Features AIP Conference Proceedings -- November 21, 2001 – vol. 598, pages 45-46. Solar and Galactic Composition: A Joint SOHO/ACE Workshop. 75. W. Curdt, P. Brekke, U. Feldman, K. Wilhelm, B.N. Dwivedi, U. Schühle and P. Lemaire The SUMER Spectral Atlas of Solar-Disk Features Astronomy & Astrophysics 375, pages 591-613 (2001). 76. I.E. Dammasch, W. B. Kliem, B.N. Dwivedi and K. Willhelm Spectroscopic Signatures of a Flare Observed by SUMER Onboard SOHO In: Recent Insights into the Physics of the Sun and Heliosphere, P. Brekke, B. Fleck and J.B. Gurman (eds.) IAU Symposium, vol. 203, pages 264-266 (2001). 77. W. Curdt, E. Landi, U. Feldman, D.E. Innes, B.N. Dwivedi and K. Willhelm Spectroscopic Features in the EUV Emission of a M8 Flare Observed by SUMER In: Recent Insights into the Physics of the Sun and Heliosphere, P. Brekke, B. Fleck and J.B. Gurman (eds.) IAU Symposium, vol. 203, pages 260-262 (2001). 78. B.N. Dwivedi, E. Landi and A. Mohan Looking for the FIP Effect in EUV Spectra In: Recent Insights into the Physics of the Sun and Heliosphere, P. Brekke, B. Fleck and J.B. Gurman (eds.) IAU Symposium, vol. 200, pages 356-358 (2001). 79. B.N. Dwivedi, A. Mohan and E. Landi EUV Plasma Diagnostics for Nitrogen-like Ions from Spectra Obtained by SUMER/SOHO European Space Agency (ESA), SP-505, pages 397-400 (2002). 80. A. Mohan and B.N. Dwivedi EUV Diagnostics for Boron-like Ions from Spectra Obtained by SUMER/SOHO Bull. Astron. Soc. India 30, pages 589-590 (2002). 81. A. Mohan, E. Landi and B.N. Dwivedi On the EUV/UV Plasma Diagnostics for Nitrogen-like Ions from Spectra Obtained by SOHO/SUMER Astrophysical Journal 582, pages 1162-1171 (2003). 82. B.N. Dwivedi, A. Mohan and E. Landi FIP Effect and FIP-Dependent Bias in the Solar Corona In: Stars as Suns: Activity, Evolution and Planets, A.K. Dupree and A.O. Benz (eds.) ASP Conf. Ser. 219, pages 493-497 (2004). 83. K. Wilhelm, B.N. Dwivedi and L. Teriaca On the Widths of the Mg X Lines near 60 nm in the Corona Astronomy & Astrophysics 415, pages 1133-1139 (2004). 84. W. Curdt, T.J. Wang, B.N. Dwivedi, B. Kliem and I.E. Dammasch SUMER Observations of Heating and Cooling in Coronal Loops European Space Agency (ESA), SP-547, pages 333-336 (2004). 85. K. Wilhelm, A. Fludra, L. Teriaca, R.A. Harrison, B.N. Dwivedi, and C.D. Pike The Widths of Vacuum-Ultraviolet Spectral Lines in the Equatorial Solar Corona Observed with CDS and SUMER Astronomy & Astrophysics 435, pages 733-741 (2005). 86. V.S. Pandey and B.N. Dwivedi Strong and Weak Damping of Slow MHD Standing Waves in Hot Coronal Loops Solar Physics 236, pages 127-136 (2006). 87. B.N. Dwivedi and A.K. Srivastava On the Propagation and Dissipation of Alfvén Waves in Coronal Holes Solar Physics 237, pages 143-152 (2006).

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88. A.K. Srivastava and B.N. Dwivedi Magnetosonic Waveguide Model of Solar Wind Flow Tubes J. Astrophys. Astron. 27, pages 353-359 (2006). 89. B.N. Dwivedi and A.K. Srivastava Propagation and Dissipation of Alfvén Waves in Coronal Holes Solar Active Regions and 3D Magnetic Structure, 26th meeting of the IAU, Joint Discussion 3, 16-17 August, 2006, Prague, Czech Republic, JD03, #7. 90. V.S. Pandey and B.N. Dwivedi Alfvén Gravity Waves in Viscous Solar Plasma New Astronomy 12, pages 182-186 (2006). 91. A.K. Srivastava and B.N. Dwivedi Oblique Propagation and Dissipation of Alfvén Waves in Coronal Holes J. Astrophys. Astron. 28, pages 1-7 (2007). 92. K.A.P. Singh and B.N. Dwivedi Estimation of Spicule Magnetic Field using Observed Kink Waves New Astronomy 12, pages 479-482 (2007). 93. K.A.P. Singh, B.N. Dwivedi and S.S. Hasan Spatial Damping of Compressional MHD Waves in Prominences Astronomy & Astrophysics 473, pages 931-936 (2007). 94. A.K. Srivastava , J. Singh, B.N. Dwivedi, S. Muneer, T. Sakurai and K. Ichimoto Fe XIV Green/Fe XIII Infrared Line Ratio Diagnostics Bull. Astron. Soc. India 35, pages 457-463 (2007). 95. V.S. Pandey and B.N. Dwivedi Dispersion Relation for MHD Waves in Homogeneous Plasma Bull. Astron. Soc. India 35, pages 465-471 (2007). 96. A.K. Srivastava , D. Kuridze, T.V. Zaqarashvili and B.N. Dwivedi Intensity Oscillations observed with Hinode near the South Pole of the Sun: Leakage of Low Frequency Magneto-Acoustic Waves into the Solar Corona Astronomy & Astrophysics Lett. 481, pages L95-L98 (2008). 97. A.K. Srivastava , T.V. Zaqarashvili, W. Uddin, B.N. Dwivedi and P. Kumar Observation of Sausage Oscillations in Cool Post Flare Loop Monthly Notices Roy. Astron. Soc. 388, 1899-1903 (2008). 98. B.N. Dwivedi and A.K. Srivastava Long Period Slow MHD Waves in the Solar Wind Source Region New Astronomy 13, pages 581-586 (2008). 99. W. Curdt, H. Tian, B.N. Dwivedi and E. Marsch The Redshifted Network Contrast – Signature of Coronal Convection Electronic Proceedings, ed. Hardi Peter, 12th European Solar Physics Meeting, 8-12 September 2008, Feiburg, Germany, p_2.3-03. 100. I.E. Dammasch, W. Curdt, B.N. Dwivedi and S. Parenti The Redshifted Footpoints of Coronal Loops Annales Geophysicae 26, pages 2955-2959 (2008). 101. W. Curdt, H. Tian, B.N. Dwivedi and E. Marsch The Redshifted Network Contrast of Transition Region Emission Astronomy & Astrophysics Lett. 491, pages L13-L16 (2008). 102. K.A.P. Singh and B.N. Dwivedi Effect of Steady Flow and Newton’s Cooling on the Propagation and Damping of Small-amplitude Prominence Plasma Oscillation Journal of Plasma Physics 75, pages 517-528 (2009). 103. D. Tripathi, H.E. Mason, B.N. Dwivedi, G. Del Zanna and P.R. Young On Active Region Loops: Hinode/Extreme-ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer Observations Astrophysical Journal 694, pages 1256-1265 (2009). 104. B.N. Dwivedi and A.K. Srivastava Comments on “Comment on Propagation and Dissipation of Alfvén Waves in Coronal Holes” by Suresh Chandra The Open Astronomy Journal 2, pages 72-73 (2009). 105. D. Tripathi, H.E. Mason, B.N. Dwivedi, G. Del Zanna and P.R. Young Diagnostics of Active Region Loops Observedy with Hinode/EIS ASP Conference Series, “The Second Hinode Science Meeting: Beyond Discovery- Toward Understanding” eds. B. Lites, M. Cheung, T. Magara, J. Mariska & K. Reeves, vol. 415 (2009) pp. 260-263.

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106. A.K. Srivastava and B.N. Dwivedi Signature of Slow Acoustic Oscillations in a Non-Flaring Coronal Loop observed by EIS/Hinode New Astronomy 15, pages 8-15 (2010). 107. K. Wilhelm, B.N. Dwivedi and W. Curdt Spectroscopic Diagnostics of Polar Coronal Plumes Observed from Space "Magnetic Coupling between the Interior and Atmosphere of the Sun", eds. S.S. Hasan and R.J. Rutten, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010, pages 454-458. 108. A.K. Srivastava, D. Kuridze, T.V. Zaqarashvili, B.N. Dwivedi and Bindu Rani Network Loop Oscillations with EIS/Hinode "Magnetic Coupling between the Interior and Atmosphere of the Sun", eds. S.S.Hasan and R.J. Rutten, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010, pages 437-439. 109. K.A.P. Singh and B.N. Dwivedi Damping of Prominence Oscillations in Steady Equilibrium "Magnetic Coupling between the Interior and Atmosphere of the Sun",eds. S.S. Hasan and R.J. Rutten, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010, page 521. 110. A.K. Srivastava and B.N. Dwivedi Observations from Hinode/EIS of Intensity Oscillations Above a Bright Point: Signature of the Leakage of Acoustic Oscillations in the Inner Corona Monthly Notices Roy. Astron. Soc. 405, pages 2317-2326 (2010). 111. Mukul Kumar, B.N. Dwivedi and A.K. Srivastava Evidence of the leakage of MHD oscillations above on-disk coronal hole Advances in Geosciences 27: Solar Terrestrial (2010), Ed. Kenji Satake, pages 113-127. 112. P. Chowdhury and B.N. Dwivedi A study of the north-south asymmetry of sunspot area during solar cycle 23 First Asia-Pacific Solar Physics Meeting, ASI Conference Series, 2011, Vol. 2, pp. 197-201 (eds. Arnab Rai Choudhuri & Dipankar Banerjee) 113. Mukul Kumar, A.K. Srivastava and B.N. Dwivedi Observation of intensity oscillations above X-ray bright points (XBPs) from Hinode/XRT: Signature of MHD oscillations in the solar corona Monthly Notices Roy. Astron. Soc. 415, pages 1419-1425 (2011). 114. P. Chowdhury and B.N. Dwivedi Periodicities of Sunspot Number and Coronal Index Time Series During Solar Cycle 23 Solar Physics 270, pages 365-383 (2011). 115. P. Chowdhury, B.N. Dwivedi and P.C. Ray Solar modulation of galactic cosmic rays during 19-23 solar cycles New Astronomy 16, pages 430-438 (2011). 116. K.Wilhelm and B.N. Dwivedi An explanation of the Pioneer anomaly involving accelerated atomic clocks Astrophysics and Space Sciences Transactions 7, pages 487-494 (2011). 117. P. Chowdhury and B.N. Dwivedi

Study of Galactic Cosmic Rays at high cut-off rigidity during solar cycle 23 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference, BEIJING 2011: vol. 11, pp. 78-81. doi: 10.7529/ICRC2011/V11/1210 118. B.N. Dwivedi, A.K. Srivastava, Mukul Kumar and P. Kumar A multiwavelength study of an M-class flare and the origin of an associated eruption from NOAA AR 11045 New Astronomy 17, pages 542-551 (2012). 119. P. Chowdhury and B.N. Dwivedi

Time evolution of short and intermediate term periodicities of electrons at geosynchronous orbit during solar cycle 23 and 24: A wavelet approach Planetary and Space Science 67, pages 92-100 (2012). 120. K.Wilhelm, H. Wilhelm and B.N. Dwivedi

An impact model of Newton's law of gravitation Astrophysics and Space Science 343, pages 135-144 (2013). 121. K.Wilhelm and B.N. Dwivedi Gravity, massive particles, photons and Shapiro delay Astrophysics and Space Science 343, pages 145-151 (2013). 122. P. Chowdhury, K. Kudela and B.N. Dwivedi Heliospheric Modulation of Galactic Cosmic Rays during Solar Cycle 23 Solar Physics 286, pages 577-591 (2013).

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123. A.K. Srivastava, B.N. Dwivedi and Mukul Kumar Observations of Intensity Oscillations in a Prominence-like Cool Loop System as Observed by SDO/AIA: Evidence of Multiple Harmonics of Fast Magnetoacoustic Waves Astrophysics and Space Science 345, pages 25-32 (2013). 124. K.Wilhelm and B.N. Dwivedi Increase of the Mean Sun-Earth Distance Caused by a Secular Mass Accumulation Astrophysics and Space Science 347, pages 41-45 (2013). 125. B. N. Dwivedi, A.K. Srivastava and A. Mohan Estimation of Plasma Properties and Magnetic Field in a Prominence-like Structure as Observed by SDO/AIA IAUS300, Cambridge Journals, 8, 405-407 (2014). doi:10.1017/S1743921313011290. 126. K.Wilhelm and B.N. Dwivedi On the gravitational redshift New Astronomy 31, 8-13 (2014). 127. K.Wilhelm and B.N. Dwivedi Secular perihelion advances of the inner planets and asteroid Icarus New Astronomy 31, 51-55 (2014). 128. N.C. Joshi, A.K. Srivastava, B. Filippov, P. Kayshap, W. Uddin, R. Chandra, D.P. Choudhary, and B.N. Dwivedi Confined Partial Filament Eruption and its Reformation within a Stable Magnetic Flux Rope Astrophysical Journal 787, 11 pages (2014). 129. H. Peter and B.N. Dwivedi Discovery of the Sun’s million-degree hot corona Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences , 1:2 (2014). 130. B. N. Dwivedi, A.K. Srivastava and Anita Mohan Possible Signature of Alfvén Wave Dissipation in the Localized Magnetic Funnels of the Equatorial Solar Corona Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan 66 (SP1), S13 (1–11) (2014). 131. A.K.Srivastava, P. Konkol, K.Murawski, B.N.Dwivedi and A. Mohan On Thermal-Pulse-Driven Plasma Flows in Coronal Funnels as observed by Hinode/EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) Solar Physics 289, 4501-4515 (2014) 132. K.Wilhelm and B.N. Dwivedi Photon in a cavity -- a Gedankenexperiment New Astronomy 34, pages 211-216 (2015). 01/2015 133. K.Wilhelm and B.N. Dwivedi On the potential energy in a gravitationally bound two-body system New Astronomy 34, pages 250-252 (2015). 01/2015 134. Y. Guo, R. Erdélyi, A. K. Srivastava, Q. Hao, X. Cheng, P. F. Chen, M. D. Ding and B.N. Dwivedi

Magnetohydrodynamic Seismology of a Coronal Loop System by the First Two Modes of Standing Kink Waves Astrophysical Journal 799, 151, 10 pages (2015). 02/2015 135. B. N. Dwivedi and K. Wilhelm Solar coronal plumes and the fast solar wind Journal of Astrophysics & Astronomy 36, pages 185-195 (2015). 03/2015 136. B.N. Dwivedi and A.K. Srivastava Magnetic field in the gravitationally stratified coronal loops Journal of Astrophysics & Astronomy 36, pages 225–232 (2015). 03/2015 137. B. Filippov, A. K. Srivastava, B. N. Dwivedi, S. Masson, G. Aulanier, N. C. Joshi and W. Uddin Formation of a rotating jet during the filament eruption on 10-11 April 2013 Monthly Notices Roy. Astron. Soc. 451, pages 5636–5648 (2015). 07/2015 138. K. Murawski, A.K. Srivastava, Z.E. Musielak, B.N. Dwivedi Multi-shell Magnetic Twisters as a New Mechanism for Coronal Heating and Solar Wind Acceleration Astrophysical Journal 808, Issue 1, article id. 5, 9 pages (2015). 07/2015 139. K. Wilhelm and B.N. Dwivedi Anomalous Earth flybys of spacecraft Astrophysics and Space Science 358:18, 8 pages (2015). 07/2015 140. P. Jelí´nek, A.K. Srivastava, K. Murawski, P. Kayshap and B.N. Dwivedi Modelling of An Alfv´en Wave Driven Polar Jet as Observed by Hinode/EIS Astronomy & Astrophysics 581, A131, 11 pages (2015). 09/2015 141. P. Chowdhury, A.K. Srivastava, B.N. Dwivedi, R. Sych and Y.-J. Moon Study of multi-periodic coronal pulsations during an X- class solar flare Advances in Space Research 56, pages 2769–2778 (2015). 12/2015 ------------------------------------------

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142. A.K. Srivastava and B.N. Dwivedi

Evidence of magnetoacoustic oscillations above the brightened and magnetically active quiet-Sun 143. A.K. Srivastava, T. Singh, L. Ofman and B.N. Dwivedi

Inference of Magnetic Field in the Coronal Streamer Invoking Kink Wave Motions generated by Multiple EUV Waves

arXiv e-prints • K. Wilhelm and B.N. Dwivedi

Are the Michelson--Morley experiment, the relativistic Doppler effect as well as the aberration of light consistent with an aether concept, and can the aether drift speed be determined? arXiv e-print: arXiv 1603.05904 [physics.gen-ph] 03/2016.

• K. Wilhelm and B.N. Dwivedi On the potential energy in a gravitationally bound two-body system with arbitrary mass distribution arXiv e-print: arXiv 1502.05662 02/2015

• K. Wilhelm and B.N. Dwivedi On the potential energy in an electrostatically bound two-body system arXiv e-print: arXiv: 1501.05615 08/2014

• K. Wilhelm and B.N. Dwivedi

The Aharonov-Bohm effect: A quantum or a relativistic phenomenon? arXiv e-print: arXiv:1501.05261 08/2014

• K. Wilhelm, B.N. Dwivedi and H. Wilhelm An impact model of the electrostatic force: Coulomb's law re-visited arXiv e-print: arXiv:1403.1489 10/2013

• B.N. Dwivedi, H. Wilhelm and K. Wilhelm Magnetostatics and the electric impact model arXiv e-print: arXiv:1309.7732 09/2013

• B.N.Dwivedi

Significant Results from SUMER/SOHO arXiv e-print: arXiv astro-ph/0611250 11/2006

• http://www.kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp/hinode-7/files/posters/S3-P-14-Dwivedi.pdf

[B] Review Articles/Book Chapters 1. B.N. Dwivedi Our Present Understanding of Solar Flares Kodaikanal Obs. Bull. 6, pages 38-48 (1986). 2. B.N. Dwivedi Diagnostics of Solar Plasma using Emission Lines Kodaikanal Obs. Bull. 9, pages 99-110 (1988). 3. B.N. Dwivedi EUV Spectroscopy as a Plasma Diagnostic Space Science Reviews 65, pages 289-316 (1994). 4. B.N. Dwivedi and A. Mohan Plasma Diagnostics Applicable to CDS/SUMER Observations from SOHO Current Science 70, pages 709-718 (1996). 6. B.N. Dwivedi Probing the Sun’s Hot Atmosphere: Views from Yohkoh, SOHO and TRACE Bull. Astron. Soc. India 30, pages 549-555 (2002). 7. B.N. Dwivedi, A. Mohan and K. Wilhelm Vacuum-Ultraviolet Emission Line Diagnostics for Solar Plasmas In: ‘Dynamic Sun’, B.N. Dwivedi (ed.), Cambridge University Press (2003), pages 353-373. 8. K.J.H. Phillips and B.N. Dwivedi Probing the Sun’s Hot Corona In: ‘Dynamic Sun’, B.N. Dwivedi (ed.), Cambridge University Press (2003), pages 335-352. 9. K. Wilhelm, B.N. Dwivedi, E. Marsch and U. Feldman Observations of the Sun at Vacuum-Ultraviolet Wavelengths from Space Part I: Concepts and Instrumentation Space Science Reviews 111, pages 415-480 (2004).

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10. A. Mohan and B.N. Dwivedi Composition of the Solar Atmosphere Current Science 86, pages 921-929 (2004). 11. B.N. Dwivedi Physics of the Sun’s Hot Atmosphere J. Astrophys. Astron. 27, pages 125-137 (2006). 12. B.N. Dwivedi The Ultraviolet Sun In: Solar Influence on the Heliosphere and Earth's Environment: Recent Progress and Prospects , N. Gopalswamy and A. Bhattacharyya (eds.), pages 39-48 (2006). 13. K. Wilhelm, E. Marsch, B.N. Dwivedi and U. Feldman Observations of the Sun at Vacuum-Ultraviolet Wavelengths from Space Part II: Results and Interpretations Space Science Reviews 133, pages 103-179 (2007). 14. S.M. Chitre and B.N. Dwivedi Seismic View of the Sun In: ‘Physics of the Sun and its Atmosphere’, B.N. Dwivedi and U. Narain (eds.), World Scientific, Singapore (2008), pages 21-38. 15. A. K. Srivastava, V. M. Nakariakov, B.N. Dwivedi and Pankaj Kumar Transient induced MHD oscillations: A tool to probe the solar active regions

First Asia-Pacific Solar Physics Meeting, ASI Conference Series, 2011, Vol. 2, pp. 271-277 (eds. Arnab Rai Choudhuri & Dipankar Banerjee)

Book Reviews

1. B.N. Dwivedi Review on the Proceedings of the Third Asian-Pacific Regional Meeting of the IAU, M. Kitamura and E. Budding (eds.) Solar Physics 109, page 199 (1987). 2. B.N. Dwivedi Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics. vol. 42, Geoffrey Burbidge et al. (eds.). Current Science 88, pages 1502-1503 (2005).

[C] Science Communication 1. B.N. Dwivedi SOLAR SAILING "2001"/Science Today, 1991 November issue, pages 19-22. 2. B.N. Dwivedi and C.R. McInnes The Physics and Technology of Solar Sail Spacecraft Physics Education 8, pages 108-117 (1991). 3. B.N. Dwivedi On the Displacement Current Physics Education 9, pages 156-157 (1992) 4. B.N. Dwivedi A Recourse to Maxwell's Equations Physics Education 10, pages 79-82 (1993). 5. B.N. Dwivedi MAXWELL AND THE ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORY 'Science Reporter', 1993 March issue, pages 28-30. 6. B.N. Dwivedi The Solar EUV and X-rays as Ionising Source for Planetary Atmospheres Current Science 66, pages 485-492 (1994). 7. B.N. Dwivedi THE SUN FROM SPACE (Cover Story) 'Science Reporter', 1995 June issue, pages 9-14. 8. B.N. Dwivedi and K. Wilhelm Beobachtungen der Sonne mit den Methoden der Weltraumforschung Das Sonnenobservatorium SOHO und andere Unternehmungen 'Sterne und Weltraum', 1995 December issue, pages 900-902.

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9. B.N. Dwivedi Science in India Nature 376, page 545 (1995). 10. B.N. Dwivedi EXPLOSIONS ON THE SUN 'Science Reporter', 1996 January issue, pages 16-17. 11. B.N. Dwivedi ICY TIMES AHEAD? (Cover Story) 'Science Reporter', 1996 March issue, pages 9-13. 12. B.N. Dwivedi and A. Mohan WATER ON THE SUN 'Science Reporter', 1996 December issue, pages 43-44. 13. B.N. Dwivedi Viewing Solar Mysteries from Space Current Science 70, pages 135-142 (1996). 14. B.N. Dwivedi and A. Mohan 'FIP-effect' - in the Solar and Stellar Coronae Current Science 70, pages 693-694 (1996). 15. B.N. Dwivedi and K. Wilhelm PROBING THE SUN On board the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) is an instrument SUMER, which is probing the Sun in EUV 'Astronomy Now', 1997 April issue, pages 53-54. 16. B.N. Dwivedi and A. Mohan THE SINGING SUN 'Science Reporter', 1997 July issue, pages 41-42. 17. B.N. Dwivedi THE SUN IN EUV LIGHT 'Science Reporter', 1997 November issue, pages 40-41. 18. B.N. Dwivedi Science and Society --- New Light from Universities Current Science 73, page 102 (1997). 19. B.N. Dwivedi and A. Mohan SOHO Hunts Elusive Solar Prey Current Science 72, pages 437-440 (1997). 20. B.N. Dwivedi and K. Wilhelm A New Sun from SUMER/SOHO

Current Science 72, pages 609-610 (1997). 21. B.N. Dwivedi Unruly Sun Emerges from Solar Space Observatory SOHO Resonance 2, pages 75-76 (1997). 22. B.N. Dwivedi POLAR PLUMES AND THE SOLAR WIND 'Astronomy Now', 1998 March issue, page 19. 23. B.N. Dwivedi ULTRAVIOLET SUN 'Coelum', 1998 Maggio issue, 9, pages 34-37. 24. B.N. Dwivedi Looking with Different Eyes 'Astronomy Now', 1998 September issue, page 66. 25. B.N. Dwivedi Our Dynamic Sun - A Principal Source of New Physics Current Science 75, pages 1006-1011 (1998). 27. B.N. Dwivedi and A. Mohan Magnetic Reconnection on the Sun: Ultraviolet Observations of Bi-directional Plasma Jets Current Science 74, pages 10-12 (1998). 28. B.N. Dwivedi and A. Mohan Polar Plumes and the Solar Wind: New Clues from SUMER/SOHO

Current Science 74, pages 499-501 (1998). 29. B.N. Dwivedi In this issue: Solar Physics Solar Physics issue of 'Current Science', 77, pages 1379-1380 (1999).

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30. B.N. Dwivedi, A. Mohan and K. Wilhelm A New Sun: Probing Solar Plasmas in the EUV Light from SUMER/SOHO

Current Science 77, pages 1521-1529 (1999). 31. K.J.H. Phillips and B.N. Dwivedi Probing the Sun's Hot Atmosphere Current Science 77, pages 1511-1520 (1999). 32. B.N. Dwivedi and K.J.H. Phillips PARADOX OF THE SUN’S HOT CORONA (Cover Story) ‘Scientific American’, 2001 June issue, pages 40-47. 33. A. Mohan and B.N. Dwivedi Why is the Sun’s Corona so Hot? X-rays and Ultraviolet Emission from the Solar Atmosphere Current Science 81, pages 349-355 (2001). 34. B.N. Dwivedi and A. Mohan SURYA ke CHAMAKNE kaa RAHASYA 'Vigyan Pragati', 2003 August issue, pages 29-30 & 44-45. 35. B.N. Dwivedi Dynamic Sun: An Introduction In: ‘Dynamic Sun’, B.N. Dwivedi (ed.), Cambridge University Press (2003), pages 1-7. 36. B.N. Dwivedi The Solar Corona ‘Lectures on Solar Physics’, In: ‘Lecture Notes in Physics’, vol. 619, H.M. Antia, A. Bhatnagar and P. Ulmschneider (eds.), Springer-Verlag, Germany (2003), pages 281-298. 37. B.N. Dwivedi The Sun and its Atmosphere In: ‘Solar Terrestrial Environment – Space Weather’, R.P. Singh, R. Singh and A.K. Singh (eds.), Allied Publishers (2003), pages 1-14. 38. B.N. Dwivedi How the Sun Shines In: ‘Solar Terrestrial Environment – Space Weather’, R.P. Singh, R. Singh and A.K. Singh (eds.), Allied Publishers (2003), pages 454-459. 39. B.N. Dwivedi and K.J.H. Phillips THE PARADOX OF THE SUN’S HOT CORONA (Updated from the June 2001 issue). ‘Scientific American’ Special Edition ‘New Light on the Solar System’, 2003 October, pages 4-11. 40. B.N. Dwivedi James Clerk Maxwell and his Equations Resonance 8, pages 4-16 (2003). 41. B.N. Dwivedi, A. Mohan and V.S. Pandey MHD Seismology of the Solar Corona Current Science 84, pages 1388-1390 (2003). 42. B.N. Dwivedi and A. Mohan The Sun’s Mysteries from Space --- Part I Resonance 9, pages 14-24 (2004). 43. B.N. Dwivedi and A. Mohan EXPLOSIVE SUN ! (Cover Story) ‘Science Reporter’, 2005 June issue, pages 9-15. 44. B.N. Dwivedi SOLAR SURPRISES ‘Frontline’, 2005 July 2-15 issue, pages 89-91. 45. B.N. Dwivedi PHYSICS OF THE SUNSHINE (Cover Story) ‘Science India’, 2005 October issue, pages 8-12. 46. B.N. Dwivedi and A. Mohan The Sun’s Mysteries from Space --- Part II Resonance 10, pages 6-16 (2005). 47. B.N. Dwivedi and A. Mohan First Tomographic View of Coronal Mass Ejections Current Science 88, pages 688-690 (2005). 48. B.N. Dwivedi Will the Sun Storm Today? 'Astronomy Now', 2006 April issue, pages 28-30.

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LIFE AND WORK OF JAMES CLERK MAXWELL ‘Science India’, 2006 July issue, pages 4-9. 50. B.N. Dwivedi JAMES CLERK MAXWELL ‘Science Reporter’, 2006 September issue, pages 27-30. 52. B.N. Dwivedi The Source Region of the Solar Wind Current Science 90, pages 482-484 (2006). 53. B.N. Dwivedi Stereoscopic View of the Sun and its Activity in Sight Resonance 11, pages 73-78 (2006). 54. B.N. Dwivedi Our Ultraviolet Sun Current Science 91, pages 587-595 (2006). 55. B.N. Dwivedi BLOWING IN THE SUPERSONIC WIND ‘Scientific American India’, 2007 April issue, pages 76-77. 56. B.N. Dwivedi PROBING THE STORMY SUN ‘Science Reporter’, 2007 December issue, pages 14-15. 58. B.N. Dwivedi Banaras: A Rich Menu of Specialities Times of India, September 15, 2007. 59. B.N. Dwivedi Hinode Probes the Sun’s Mysteries Current Science 94, pages 562-564 (2008). 60. B.N. Dwivedi LIGHTNING ON VENUS ‘Science Reporter’, 2008 March issue, pages 28-30. 61. B.N. Dwivedi Recent Advances in Solar Physics In: ‘Physics of the Sun and its Atmosphere’, B.N. Dwivedi and U. Narain (eds.), World Scientific, Singapore (2008), pages 1-8. 62. B.N. Dwivedi HUMAN-INDUCED PLANETARY EMERGENCY ‘Science Reporter’, 2008 December issue, page 18. 63. B.N. Dwivedi SURYA ke CHAMAKNE kaa Vigyan (in Hindi) In: ‘Gyan-Vigyan: Samkaleen Shaikshik Nibandh’, K.K. Mishra (ed.) HBCSE/TIFR, Mumbai (2009), Pages 22-37. 64. B.N. Dwivedi Kashi to witness Total Solar Eclipse on July 22 Times of India, April 26, 2009. 65. B.N. Dwivedi The Nearest Star: Our Home in Space (Cover Story) ‘Science India’, 2009 May issue, pages 23-30. 66. B.N. Dwivedi Total Solar Eclipse: 2009 July 22: The Celestial Display in Holy Varanasi (Cover Story) ‘Science India’, 2009 July issue, pages 11-15. 67. B.N. Dwivedi and A.K. Srivastava Coronal Heating by Alfvén Waves Current Science 98, pages 295-296 (2010). 70. B.N. Dwivedi What makes the Sun shine ? ‘Science Reporter’, 2010 November issue, pages 23-27. 71. B.N. Dwivedi Malaviya’s vision on science and technology: Celebrating his 150th birth anniversary Current Science 99, pages 1492-1493 (2010). 72. B.N. Dwivedi Malaviya’s vision on higher education Hindustan Times, December 25, 2010.

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73. B.N. Dwivedi Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviya: Teacher of the Nation Hindustan Times, January 31, 2011. 74. B.N. Dwivedi Madan Mohan Malaviya and Banaras Hindu University Current Science 101, pages 1091-1095 (2011). 75. B.N. Dwivedi

Malaviya dreamt of liberating India through education Hindustan Times, December 8, 2011. 76. B.N. Dwivedi Uchcha Shiksha ke Shilpkar the Malaviya Ji

77. B.N. Dwivedi Mahamana’s Vision of Nation Building Times of India, December 25, 2011. 78. B.N. Dwivedi

For Raman, true patriotism meant love for the Earth Hindustan Times, February 28/29, 2012. 79. S. Pathak and B.N. Dwivedi Purnatah Dharmanirpeksh Thee Malaviyajiki Vyaas Peeth (Hindi) Aaj, April 8, 2012. 80. B.N. Dwivedi Subah-e-Banaras Dainik Jagran, June 16, 2012. 81. B.N. Dwivedi

Dharma Nirpeksh Dhaarmik the Mahamana (धम� �नरपे धा�म�क महापु�ष थ ेमहामना ) Dainik Jagran, December 18, 2012. 82. B.N. Dwivedi

Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya and Banaras Hindu University* PRAJÑĀ (Journal of the Banaras Hindu University), Vol. 58, No. 2, 206-210 (2012-13). *This article (Current Science 101, 1091-1095, 2011) is reproduced with minor changes here and there with kind permission of “Current Science” which is gratefully acknowledged. 83. B.N. Dwivedi and S.J. Pathak Mānwatā ke Prakash-Stambh Mahamana Malaviya PRAJÑĀ (Journal of the Banaras Hindu University), Vol. 58, No. 2, 44-47 (2012-13). 84. B.N. Dwivedi Radhakrishnan, a teacher of teachers Hindustan Times, September 5, 2013. 85. B.N. Dwivedi 'Reversal of Sun's magnetic field will affect power, telecommunication on Earth' Interview-based: Times of India, September 14, 2013. 86. B.N. Dwivedi Swami Vivekananda and Modern Science Hindustan Times (Lucknow), November 1, 2013. 87. B.N. Dwivedi

Swami Vivekananda's message to humanity Hindustan Times (Lucknow), January 31, 2014. 88. B.N. Dwivedi Swami Vivekananda’s interaction with scientists and his appreciation of them: Celebrating his 150th birth anniversary Current Science 106, pages 315-317 (2014). 89. B.N. Dwivedi "Remembering Bharat Ratna C.V. Raman" Hindustan Times (Lucknow), February 28, 2014. 90. B.N. Dwivedi "What ails higher education system?" Hindustan Times (Lucknow), July 3, 2014. 91. B.N. Dwivedi “Science and the social world” Hindustan Times (Lucknow) July 29, 2014.

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Dr Radhakrishnan, a messenger of humanity Hindustan Times (Lucknow) September 4/5, 2014. 93. B.N. Dwivedi

The Extraordinary vision of Pt Madan Mohan Malaviya Hindustan Times (Lucknow) December 11, 2014. 94. B.N. Dwivedi

Bharat Ratna Mahamana: The teacher of teachers Hindustan Times (Lucknow) December 26, 2014. 95. B.N. Dwivedi BHU: A tale of 99 years of quality and success Hindustan Times (Lucknow) January 24, 2015. 96. B.N. Dwivedi Dr Radhakrishnan: A visionary who left an indelible imprint Hindustan Times (Lucknow) September 4, 2015. 97. B.N. Dwivedi Gandhiji’s vision on clean India relevant even today Hindustan Times (Lucknow) September 11, 2015. 98. B.N. Dwivedi Pt Malaviya --- A celestial light Hindustan Times (Lucknow) 25/26-Dec-2015. 99. B.N. Dwivedi

"How BHU Changed My Life"

http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/voices/how-bhu-changed-my-life

OPEN Magazine, 3rd

February 2016. 100. B.N. Dwivedi In BHU's centennial year, let us realise Mahamana's dream Hindustan Times (Lucknow) February 6, 2016. 101. B.N. Dwivedi National Science Day: Raman effect fingerprints Universe Hindustan Times (Lucknow) February 28, 2016.

• B.N. Dwivedi: "A five-year cycle of hope": Hindustan Times (2014-03-15) page 2. Hindustan Times (Lucknow) on July 29, 2014.

Science Communication through Newspapers (a few samples)

i. Interview-based In Quest of Truth Behind Sun’s Corona The Hindu, June 6, 2001. ii. Interview-based Solar-B to Solve Riddles of Solar Physics Times of India, May 9, 2006. iii. Interview-based

Saur Hawaon se Sanchar Pranali ko Khatra (Dainik Jagran, May 1, 2007) Bigar raha Greenhouse Gason ka Santulan (Dainik Jagran, June 5, 2007) Lightning on Venus…(Times of India, December 16, 2007) ‘Hinode’ se Surya ke Rahasyon ki Khoj (Dainik Jagran, January 17, 2008) Our Day Star…(Times of India, Dainik Jagran, February 18, 2008) Greenhouse Trapping, Retaining heat on Earth (Times of India, April 20, 2008) Ek Paudhe se Ruk Sakata hai Sankat (Dainik Jagran, April 21, 2008) On ‘LHC’ Experiment (ί next, Varanasi, Sept. 9, 2008; Radio Mirchi, Varanasi, Sept. 10, 2008) “…Aur Pau Fatate hi Chha Jaayega Andhera” (Dainik Jagran, April 26, 2009) “Himyug me ‘freeze’ ho gayin thi Europe ki Jheelen” (Dainik Jagran, April 30, 2009) “BHU scientists to aid India’s first space coronagraph”, (Times of India, May 11, 2010) “Vivekananda’s 150th Birth Anniversary”, (Times of India, January 12, 2014)

, (“दै�नक जागरण”, April 4, 2015, वाराणसी ।) iv. Interview-based ‘Banaras Hindu University remembers Sir CV Raman on National Science Day’ Times of India, March 1, 2013.

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v. An interactive seminar on total solar eclipse in Varanasi and its excellent observation (July 22, 2009) from an eclipse science camp at the Saamne Ghat, were widely covered by print and television media.

A 12-min documentary film titled 'When the Sun Disappears from the Varanasi Sky', jointly prepared by Prof. D. P. Choudhary (California State University Northridge) & Prof. B. N. Dwivedi for TSE2009 in Varanasi, is available on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s9r0Ic-XQI

vi. Interview-based Einstein wanted to join BHU, red-tape put him off, says prof Hindustan Times (Lucknow) June 12, 2016.

SCIENTIFIC VISITS/SYMPOSIA/COLLOQUIA

• "Space Sciences Symposium", VSSC, Trivandrum, 1977 January 18-21. Presented a paper on 'Solar X-ray

Emission'. • Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1977 July-October. • "Space Sciences Symposium", Andhra University, Waltair, 1978 January 9-12. Presented a

paper on 'Study of Cytherean Ionosphere'. • "IV Meeting of the Astronomical Society of India", Radio Astronomy Centre, Ootacamund, 1978 February 7-

10. Presented a paper on 'Solar Emission Lines from Oxygen-Like Ions'. • Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1978 June-August. • "Radio and Space Sciences Symposium", NPL, New Delhi, 1979 January 22-25. Presented a

paper on 'Solar Emission Lines from Carbon-Like Ions'. • Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1979 February. • "Indo-US Workshop on Solar and Terrestrial Physics", Udaipur Solar Observatory, 1979

June 12-16. • "V Meeting of the Astronomical Society of India", UPSO, Naini Tal, 1979 November 6-9. Presented two

papers : (1) 'Solar Emission Lines from Boron-Like Ions' and (2) 'Polarisation of Solar Hard X-rays'. • "Workshop-cum-Seminar on Monte-Carlo Methods and their Applications", IISc, Bangalore, 1979 December

17-22 under IISc-ISRO Educational Programme in Space Science and Technology. • "National Space Sciences Symposium", BHU, Varanasi, 1980 January 22-25. Presented a paper on 'Line

Emission from the Quiet Sun and the Coronal Hole Regions'. • "Solar Neighbourhood Meeting", San Fernando Observatory, 1980 February 29; Jet Propulsion Laboratory,

Pasadena, 1980 June 2; and Big Bear Solar Observatory, 1980 August 28-29. • "The 156th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society", College Park, University of Maryland, 1980

June 14-18. Presented a paper on 'White-Light Flares'. • NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., 1980 June 19-20; 1981 February 3-7. • UCB Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, 1980 September 15-21. • California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1980 September 29-October 1; December 11-12. • "Solar Physics Division Meeting of the American Astronomical Society", Taos, New Mexico, 1981 January

6-10. Presented a paper on 'Two-Ribbon Flares'. • "The 157th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society", University of New Mexico, Albuquerque,

1981 January 11-14. • Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France, 1981 February 8-14. Presented a seminar on 'White-Light Flaring

from Proton Bombardment on the Sun'. • Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Münich, 1981 February 15-18. Presented a seminar on 'Density

Diagnostics of Solar Emission Lines'. • "VIII Meeting of the Astronomical Society of India", University of Gorakhpur, 1982 November 4-6. • Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1985 May 12-30. Presented a seminar on 'White-Light Flares'. • "First National Workshop on Solar Physics", Kodaikanal Solar Observatory, Kodaikanal, 1985 September 4-

6. Presented an Invited Review Talk on 'Our Present Understanding of Solar Flares'. • "XIX IAU General Assembly", New Delhi, 1985 November 19-28. • IIA Bicentennial Workshop on "Astronomical Instrumentation in India : Past, Present and Future",

Kodaikanal Solar Observatory, Kodaikanal, 1987 August 10-12. • "Second National Workshop on Solar Physics", Kodaikanal Solar Observatory, Kodaikanal, 1987 September

24-29. Presented an Invited Review Talk on 'Diagnostics of Solar Plasma using Emission Lines'. • Symposium on "Advances in Planetary Physics", Banaras Hindu University, 1987 December 14-19.

Presented an Invited Review Talk on 'Solar X- and EUV Radiation'. • "XX IAU General Assembly", Baltimore, 1988 August 2-11. • Presented a seminar on ‘Diagnostics of Solar Plasma from EUV Emission Lines’, Stanford University, 1988

August 12.

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• IAU Colloquium 104 "Solar and Stellar Flares", Stanford, 1988 August 15-19. • IAU Colloquium 115 "High Resolution X-Ray Spectroscopy of Cosmic Plasmas", Cambridge, MA, 1988

August 22-25. Presented an Invited Paper on 'X-ray Lines from Mg VIII and Si X Ions and their Diagnostic

Use'. • Presented a Luncheon Seminar on ‘Density Diagnostics of Solar Plasma’ at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for

Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA, 1988 August 26. • "Second SMM Thermal/Non-Thermal Workshop", Oxford, 1989 April 10-14. • Presented a seminar on 'Diagnosing Solar Plasmas from EUV and X-ray Emission Lines', University of

Glasgow, 1989 May 16. • IAU Symposium 142 "Basic Plasma Processes on the Sun", Bangalore 1989 December 1-5. Presented an

Invited Paper on 'Diagnosing Solar Plasmas from EUV and X-ray Emission Lines'. • University of Cambridge, Dept. of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, 1990 March 2. Dept. of

History and Philosophy of Science, 1990 June 11-23; July. • Royal Astronomical Society Meeting, Glasgow, 1990 April 4-6. Presented a paper on 'Density Diagnostics

and Inhomogeneous Non-Isothermal Plasmas'. • "Symposium on Space Observations of the Solar Corona and the Origin of the Solar Wind" during XXVIII

COSPAR Plenary Meeting and Associated Activities, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1990 June 25-July 6. Presented four papers : (1) 'Density Diagnostics and Coronal Plasma'. (2) 'O IV and Ne VI EUV Line Ratios

in the Sun; (3) 'Proton Energy Deposition in Converging Magnetic Fields' and (4) 'Density Diagnostics and

Inhomogeneous Non-Isothermal Plasmas'. • IAU Colloquium 132 "Instability, Chaos and Predictability in Celestial Mechanics and Stellar Dynamics",

Delhi 1990 October 10-13. • "The International Solar Wind Seven Conference", Goslar, Germany, 1991 September 16-21. Presented an

Invited Contribution on 'Density and Temperature Structure in a Coronal Hole'. • Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie, Katlenburg-Lindau, 1991 September 22-27. Presented a T-Seminar on

'Atomic Spectroscopy as a Plasma Diagnostic'. • Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, 1991 October 13-18. Presented the Colloquium on 'UV and EUV

Spectroscopy as a Plasma Diagnostic'. Also gave a talk on 'Highlights of Solar Wind Seven'. • IUCAA, Pune, 1992 May 20-30. • Seminar on "Recent Advances in Space Sciences", Banaras Hindu University, 1993 February 5. Presented a

Review Paper on 'Looking at the Sun from Space'. • "SOHO UV Diagnostic Spectroscopic Working Group Workshop Meeting", Abingdon, 1993 June 24-25.

Presented an Invited Talk on 'Density Measurement from Boron-Like Ions'. • IAU Colloquium 144 "Solar Coronal Structures", Tatranska Lomnica, Slovakia, 1993 September 20-24.

Presented an Invited Talk on 'EUV Line Diagnostics for CDS and SUMER on SOHO' and CHAIRED the session on: Diagnostics of Coronal Plasma (Radiation Diagnostics, Non-Equilibrium States).

• Symposium E2.1 "Element Abundance Variations in the Sun and the Heliosphere", and E2.2 "Solar Flare, Coronal and Heliospheric Dynamics", during 30th COSPAR Scientific Assembly and Associated Activities, Hamburg, Germany, 1994 July 11-21. Presented a paper on 'Electron Pressure in an Active Region Observed

by SERTS'. • IAU Colloquium 154 " Solar and Interplanetary Transients" Pune, 1995 January 23-27. Presented a paper on

'Spectroscopic Diagnostics for N III Ion'. • Mini Workshop on "Solar Physics", Meerut 1995 February 15-18. Presented two Invited Talks on

'Diagnostics of Solar Plasma' (cf., Bull. Astron. Soc. India 24, 73-76, 1996). • "SOHO : CDS/SUMER Science Meeting", Oslo, 1995 September 19-21. Presented an Invited Talk on

'Spectroscopic Diagnostics from SUMER'. • International Conference on "Windows on the Sun's Interior", TIFR, Mumbai, 1995 October 19-21.

Presented a paper on 'Plasma Diagnostics for SUMER on board the SOHO Mission'. • PRL Golden Jubilee Workshop on "Solar Physics in India during the next Solar maximum and Beyond",

Udaipur Solar Observatory, 1996, October 7-10. Presented an Invited Talk on 'SUMER/SOHO'. • UPSO 104 cm Sampurnanand Telescope Silver Jubilee Workshop on "Astronomy with Moderate Size

Optical Telescopes", Naini Tal, 1997 April 7-9. Presented a paper on 'Coronal Physics from the Ground and

from Space'. • "XXIII IAU General Assembly", Kyoto. Presented an Invited Talk on 'Analysis of EUV Spectra Obtained

with SUMER/SOHO - Ne VI/Mg VI Intercombination Lines', at the IAU/JD19 (August 26-27, 1997) : Physics

of the Sun and Heliosphere in the Era of Space Probes; - Scientific Highlights of SOHO, Ulysses and

YOHKOH.

• Udaipur Solar Observatory, Udaipur, 1997 October 25-28, 1997. Presented a Seminar on 'Emission Lines

and its Diagnostics'. • Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, 1997 October 29, 1997. Presented the Colloquium on 'Our

Dynamic Sun - A Principal Source of New Physics'.

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• "New Initiative in Solar Physics Research", IIA, Bangalore, Feb. 20-21, 1998. Presented an Invited Talk on 'Polar Plumes and Coronal Holes seen by SUMER on SOHO'.

• Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1998 February 23. Presented Physics Colloquium on 'Our Dynamic

Sun - A Principal Source of New Physics'. • IUCAA, Pune, 1998 October 2-8. • 8th SOHO Workshop on "Plasma Dynamics and Diagnostics in the Solar Transition Region and Corona",

Paris, June 22-25, 1999. Presented an Invited Talk on 'FIP Effect'. • IAU Colloquium 179 on "Cyclical Evolution of Solar Magnetic Fields: Advances in Theory and

Observations", Kodaikanal, December 13-16, 1999. Presented a paper on 'On the Abundance Anomalies in

the Solar Atmosphere'. • “XXIV IAU General Assembly”, Manchester. Presented an Invited Talk on ‘Looking for the FIP Effect in

EUV Spectra’, at the IAU Symposium S203 : “Recent Insights into the Physics of the Sun and Heliosphere :

Highlights from SOHO and other Space Missions”, August 7-11, 2000. • Workshop on Solar Physics, IUCAA, Pune, December 4-8, 2000. Presented an Invited Talk on ‘Solar

Chromosphere and Corona’

• Workshop on ‘Meteorites, Asteroids, and Planets’, PRL Gurushikhar Observatory, Mount Abu, December 15-20, 2001. Presented an Invited Talk on ‘Sun and its Atmosphere’.

• ‘The 21st Meeting of the Astronomical Society of India’, IUCAA, Pune, February 5-8, 2002. Presented an Invited Talk on ‘Probing the Sun’s Hot Atmosphere: Views from Yohkoh, SOHO and TRACE.

• IAU Colloquium 188 on “Magnetic Coupling of the Solar Atmosphere”, Santorini, June 11-15, 2002. Presented a paper on ‘EUV Plasma Diagnostics for Nitrogen-Like Ions from Spectra Obtained by

SUMER/SOHO.

• National Symposium on Astrophysics – “Sun, Stars and the Extragalactic Universe”, In Celebration of 75th Birth Anniversary of Prof. M.K. Vainu Bappu, Bangalore, August 8-10, 2002. Invited Talk on ‘Sun as a

Star’. • S219: “Stars as Suns: Activity, Evolution and Planets”, during IAU XXV GA, Sydney, July 13-26, 2003.

Presented an Invited Talk on ‘FIP Effect and the FIP-dependent bias in the Solar Atmosphere’.

• Vth SERC School on Solar Terrestrial Physics – Space Weather, BHU, September 1-20, 2003. Gave 5 lectures on The Sun and its Atmosphere, Solar Flares and CMEs, Solar Wind and Coronal Holes, and How

the Sun Shines.

• National Symposium on “Atomic, Molecular Structure, Interactions and Laser Spectroscopy”, BHU, March 14-15, 2004. Invited Talk on ‘Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of the Solar Atmosphere’.

• International Solar Workshop on Transient Phenomena on the Sun and Interplanetary Medium, Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital, April 5-7, 2005. Invited Talk on ‘Physics of

the Sun's Hot Atmosphere’. Chaired the session “Solar Energetic Events during Cycle 23 and Sun-Earth Connection”.

• IIT, Mumbai, Physics Department, presented a seminar on ‘That Physics Laboratory in the Sky’, May 18, 2005. IUCAA, Pune, May 19-28, 2005.

• International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) Conference on “Advances in Planetary Exploration”, Bangalore, June 26-29, 2005. Invited Talk on‘Significant Results from SUMER/SOHO’.

• "Remote Sensing & Chandrayaan Mission", under the 6th Workshop-cum-training course on Planetary Sciences and Exploration(PLANEX) programme at the National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA), Hyderabad, during October 23-28, 2005. Invited Talk on ‘Sun: Genesis/SOHO Mission’.

• “Indo-Chinese Workshop on Recent Advances in Solar Physics", Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), November 7-11, 2005. Invited talk on ‘Physical Parameters from the Ultraviolet Sun’.

• Physics Department, IISc, Bangalore ‘Review of the RT-2 experiment onboard the Coronas-Photon satellite’

; Indian Academy of Science, Bangalore ‘Solar Physics from a space

platform - the next initiative’, January 5-6, 2006. • IIT, Kanpur, Physics Department, Colloquium on ‘Physics Laboratory in the Sky’, January 25, 2006. • International Living With a Star (ILWS) program Workshop “The Solar Influence on the Heliosphere and

Earth's Environment: Recent Progress and Prospects”, Goa, February 19-24, 2006. Invited Talk on ‘The

Ultraviolet Sun’. • Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, March 24-25, 2006. Presented a Talk on ‘Plasma Parameters in

the Solar Atmosphere’. • Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Mumbai, Invited Talk on ‘Aakash me Bhautik Prayogshala’,

April 7, 2006. • Vasanta College, Rajghat Fort, Varanasi, Invited Talk on ‘The Sun from Space’, April 17, 2006. • A Discussion Meeting on “A Solar Coronagraph on Aditya -1”, IIA, Bangalore, Sept. 5, 2006. • Physics Learning Camp (13-18 Nov. 2006, Physics Dept., BHU), NCSTC/DST, Invited Talk on ‘Physics of

the Sun’, Nov. 15, 2006.

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• National Workshop on Solar Physics, Meerut, November 7-10, 2006. Invited Talk on ‘Recent Advances in

Solar Physics’. • Second UN/NASA Workshop on the International Heliophysical Year (IHY) and Basic Space Science,

Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, India Nov. 27 – Dec.1, 2006. Invited Talk on ‘Propagation and

Dissipation of MHD Waves in Coronal Holes’. • INCURSI-2007, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, Feb. 21-24, 2007. Invited Talk on ‘The Sun's

Mysteries from Space’. • INSA Local Chapter, Workshop for Schools, September 8-9, 2007, Varanasi. Talk on ‘How does the Sun

Shine?’

• Sunbeam School Bhagwanpur, Lecture on ‘The Physics Laboratory in the Sky’, under INSA Local Chapter, Varanasi, December 1, 2007.

• All India Technical Festival ‘TECHNEX 08’ (15-17 Feb. 2008). Guest Lecture on “Our Day Star”. • National Workshop on “Development of E-Materials in Hindi”, organized by HBCSE/TIFR, Mumbai at

Vigyan Parishad Prayag, 26-28 Feb. 2008. Invited Lecture on “SURYA ke CHAMAKNE kaa Vigyan (in

Hindi)”. • “National Meeting on 2009 Total Solar Eclipse”, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, June 23, 2008. • INSA Local Chapter, Workshop for Schools, September 13-14, 2008, Varanasi. Talk on ‘The Physics

Laboratory in the Sky’. • Magnetic Coupling between the Interior and the Atmosphere of the Sun “Centenary Commemoration of the

Discovery of the Evershed Effect”, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, India, December 2-5, 2008. Presented papers on “Spectroscopic Diagnostics of Polar Coronal Plumes Observed from Space”, and

“Long-period Transversal Waves in the Chromosphere as seen by EIS/Hinode”. • National Science Day 2009 “Expanding Horizons of Science”, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University.

Keynote address: The Nearest Star: Our Home in Space. • Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, 2009 March 24-26. Presented the PRL Colloquium on 'Why

does the Sun matter to us?'. Also gave a seminar on ' FIP effect in the solar atmosphere'. • DLW Intermediate College, Varanasi, 2009 June 13. Invited Talk on ‘Innovative Science Teaching’. • “An Interactive Seminar on Total Solar Eclipse in Varanasi”, IT-BHU, 21 July 2009. Presented a public

lecture on 'When the Sun Disappears from the Varanasi Sky'. • The DST - SERC School on "SPACE WEATHER”, IIG, Navi Mumbai, 7-27 April, 2010. Gave 3 lectures on

7-8 April: (i) “Physics of the Sun’s Interior”; (ii) Physics of the Sun’s Atmosphere; and (iii) Guest Lecture on “What makes the Sun shine ?”

• Evening Lecture on "What makes the Sun shine?" on July 30, 2010 during Summer School on Theoretical Condensed State and Biological Systems, Department of Physics, BHU (19 July - 10 August 2010).

• Invited Lecture on “Physics of the Sun shine”, on 26 August 2010, during 2nd INSPIRE Internship Science Camp-2010 (24-28 August 2010) under INSPIRE-SEAT Project of DST, ASC, BHU.

• Scientific Meeting to discuss the status of the Visible Emission Line Space Coronagraph at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 4 September 2010.

• Invited Lecture on “James Clerk Maxwell: father of modern physics”, on 13 January 2011, during 4th INSPIRE Internship Science Camp-2011 under INSPIRE-SEAT Project of DST, ASC, BHU.

• Award Lecture: Indira Gandhi Prize for Popularization of Science (2011): Assembly Hall, Rajghat Besant School Krishnamurti Foundation of India, Varanasi. Topic: What makes the Sun shine? A ~ 12 min movie on "Educating People when the Sun smiles at the Ganges" (prepared by B.N. Dwivedi for

this unique event) was also released by Prof. T.V. Ramakrishnan, FRS & Prof. P.Krishna, FNA.

• “3rd Indo-China Workshop on Solar Physics & 1st Asia-Pacific Solar Physics Meeting”, IIA, Bangalore, 21-24 March 2011. Presented papers & Chaired the Session XI: Solar Surface, Active Regions and Magnetic

Fields above them.

• Sunbeam School Sigra, Lecture on ‘James Clerk Maxwell: father of Modern Physics’, under INSA Local Chapter, Varanasi, July 15, 2011.

• Workshop on Physics of the Transition Region and Corona, IUCAA, Pune, September 5-7, 2011. Presented an Invited Talk on "Spectroscopy of Transition Region and Corona".

• Special Lecture on “The Sun’s interior - a sort of controlled thermonuclear bomb on a giant scale” (16 September) during Summer School on “Experimental Nuclear Physics” (5-25 September 2011) Dept. of Physics, BHU, Varanasi-221005.

• Invited Lectures on “James Clerk Maxwell: father of modern physics”, & “How does the Sun Shine?” under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, innovative scheme called INSPIRE during December 26 - 30, 2011 at IIT, Delhi.

• Symposium, “From the Heliosphere into the Sun – Sailing Against the Wind” at the Physikzentrum Bad Honnef, Germany from 31 January to 3 February 2012. Presented a paper on “On the Observation of a Large Scale Flow in the Solar Atmosphere” and gave an Informal Evening Talk on ‘My Interaction with Eckart

Marsch’.

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• Talks on ‘James Clerk Maxwell: father of modern physics’ & ‘Physics of the Sun shine’ given at the Academic Staff College, BHU, 13 February 2012.

• Invited Lecture on “That Physics Laboratory in the Sky” under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, innovative scheme called INSPIRE on May 21, 2012 at IIT, Delhi.

• Guest Lecture on “How does the Sun shine” at the Central University of Mizoram, Aizawl, June 4, 2012. • Invited Lectures on (i) “Physics of the Sunshine”; (ii) “Electromagnetic Waves”; (iii) “The Physics

Laboratory in the Sky” under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, innovative scheme called INSPIRE during November 6-10, 2012 at the Central University of Mizoram, Aizawl.

• Invited Lecture on “Solar Plasma Line Diagnostics and Coronal Seismology” in the Indo-UK Seminar, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, January 21-23, 2013.

• “Aditya Science Meeting”, 19-20 May 2013, IIA, Bangalore. • Invitation by European Space Agency to attend the IAU Symposium 300 on “Nature of Prominences and

their Role in Space Weather”, Paris, 10-14 June 2013 and present a paper on “Estimation of Plasma Properties and Magnetic Field in a Prominence-like Structure as Observed by AIA/ SDO”.

• Keynote address on “Swami Vivekananda and Modern Science” given at the National Seminar on ‘Swami Vivekananda’s Contribution to India’, Ramakrishna Advaita Ashrama, Varanasi: on 28 October, during 28-30 October 2013.

• Invited Lectures under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, innovative scheme called INSPIRE on 9th January, 2014 at the KIT, Varanasi.

• Invited to discuss ongoing collaborative scientific projects at MPS, Göttingen, and to present an Informal Evening Talk on ‘My Interaction with Werner Curdt’ (12-22 May 2014).

• International Conference on Coupling and Dynamics of the Solar Atmosphere, IUCAA, Pune, 10-14 Nov 2014. Chaired the Session on ‘Coupling of the Solar Atmosphere’, and Lecture on ‘Spectroscopic Signature

and Modelling of Plasma Flows, Jets, and MHD Waves in the Solar Corona’. (cf., http://hdl.handle.net/11007/2761; http://www.iucaa.ernet.in:8080/jspui/handle/11007/2687) • Invited Lecture on “Physics of the Sunshine” under the Department of Science and Technology, innovative scheme called INSPIRE on Jan 24, 2015 at Degree College Upardaha, Allahabad. • Invited Lecture on “Electromagnetic Waves” under the Department of Science and Technology, innovative scheme called INSPIRE on Jan 31, 2015 at Dr M C Saxena College of Engineering and Technology, Lucknow.. • Invited talk on ‘Physics of the Sunshine’, given in the “Recent Advances in Physical Sciences”, 28 February

2015 (National Science Day) in Department of Physics, Udai Pratap (Autonomous) College, Varanasi. • Evening Lecture on ‘How does the Sun shine?’, in the workshop “LIGHT FROM DARK SIDE OF THE

UNIVERSE” under UGC Networking Program, BHU, March 17 – 20, 2015. • Invited to discuss ongoing collaborative scientific projects at MPS, Göttingen for over 25 years, and also an

‘informal reception’ on my formal superannuation (27 April - 8 May 2015). • Invited Lectures under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, innovative scheme

called INSPIRE on 30th October 2015 at Dr. H. S. Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar (M.P.). • Kutir Intermediate Chakkey, Jaunpur, Lecture on ‘Electromagnetic Waves and Technology’, under the

auspices of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi, November 29, 2015. • Special Lecture, ‘Physics of the Sunshine’, 19-Jan-2016 during THERMANS-2016: 20th SYMPOSIUM &

WORKSHOP ON THERMAL ANALYSIS organized jointly by Department of Physics, IIT (BHU) and Indian

Thermal Analysis Society, Mumbai (18-23 Jan 2016). • Invited Talk, "Solar Physics in India and at IIT (BHU)" in the "Dynamic Sun - I: International Conference",

22-26 Feb-2016. (cf., http://ssg.group.shef.ac.uk/Conferences/India_2016/)

June 2016.