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Prof. S.K. Joshi Laboratory Excellence Award

September 22, 2021
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In news– Recently, the Quality Council of India (QCI) launched the Prof. S.K. Joshi Laboratory Excellence Award virtually.

Prof. S.K. Joshi Laboratory Excellence Award-

  • The goal of this award is to locate India’s best labs and to demonstrate to the rest of the world that our labs have the highest standards in the world.
  • This is the country’s first-of-its- kind Laboratory Excellence Award. 
  • This Award has been instituted to promote Laboratory Quality and performance improvement in the country. 
  • This award will be open to all currently operational Laboratories pertaining to Testing, Calibration & Medical including their Proficiency Testing Providers & Reference Material Producers located in India.
  • There are three Trophies (Gold, Silver, Bronze) in each category of Laboratory (Testing, Medical and Calibration) accompanied with a cash award. 
  • The 5 stages of assessment by Technical Expert Committee (TEC) are Application Document Evaluation, Physical/Virtual Presentation, Site Assessment/Verification, Reference check and Jury evaluation.

About Prof. S.K. Joshi-

    • Prof. S.K Joshi was an excellent science communicator and leader who inspired a new generation of scientists and researchers to help India achieve worldwide success.
    • He studied at the Allahabad University and did his Ph.D. in Physics from there in 1962. 
  • His broad field of research interest is Condensed Matter Theory. 
  • His experimental work during his PhD and his experience in US, got him seriously interested in theoretical studies of lattice vibrations i.e. phonons in metals and insulators.
  • He was one of the pioneers to understand the lattice dynamics of d-electron metals (e.g. copper and nickel)using a non-interacting s and d bands model.
  • He investigated the electronic band structure using the Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker method. 
  • He was one of the rarest Indian scientists who contributed a Chapter in Solid State Physics, published by Academic Press in 1968 on Lattice Dynamic of Metals, and other contributors in this book include Charles Kittle.
  • He was Professor of Physics at the University of Roorkee (Now IIT, Roorkee) from 1967 till 1986. 
  • He was the Director of National Physical Laboratory from 1986-1991.
  • He held the position of the Director General CSIR from 1991 till 1995. 
  • He was elected Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy in 1974.
  • He was felicitated with Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri, CV Raman Medal of INSA and several other prestigious awards.
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