| Arnab Rai Choudhuri | |
| Birth Date: | 9 November 1956 |
| Birth Place: | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Field: | Physics |
| Work Institution: | Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore |
| Alma Mater: | Presidency College, Kolkata University of Calcutta IIT Kanpur University of Chicago High Altitude Observatory |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Eugene Parker |
| Thesis Title: | The dynamics of magnetically trapped fluids: implications for umbral dots and penumbtal grains |
| Thesis Year: | 1985 |
| Thesis Url: | http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16624253 |
| Doctoral Students: | Mausumi Dikpati, Dibyendu Nandi |
| Known For: | Contributions to Solar Dynamo theory |
Arnab Rai Choudhuri is an Indian scientist working in the area of Astrophysical MHD, specially in context of solar magnetic cycle.
He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in 1978 from the Presidency College under the University of Calcutta and his M.Sc degree in physics from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.He earned his Ph.D at the University of Chicago in 1985 working under the supervision of Professor E.N. Parker. For next two years till 1987 he did research at the High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, USA. In 1987, he joined the Physics Department of Indian Institute of Science (IISc) as lecturer and became professor there in 2002.[1] [2]
His research mainly deals with the study of astrophysical MHD problems specifically solar dynamo modelling.[3]
He is an author of two advanced textbooks and a popular science book.