| Dibyendu Nandi | |
| Birth Place: | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Field: | Physics |
| Work Institution: | Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata |
| Alma Mater: | St. Xavier's College, Kolkata University of Calcutta IISc Bangalore Montana State University Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Arnab Rai Choudhuri |
| Known For: | Contributions to Solar Dynamo theory |
| Website: | https://www.iiserkol.ac.in/~dnandi/ |
Dibyendu Nandi is an Indian space scientist known for his research related to the solar cycle, solar dynamo activity and their influence on space weather. Nandi is the head of the Center of Excellence in Space Sciences, India or CESSI at IISER Kolkata. He is associated with Montana State University, the Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian and IISER Kolkata where he carried out most of his research work.
Nandi did his early schooling at the Cossipore English School and St. James School, both in Kolkata. He then graduated in Physics from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata in 1995 and joined IISc from where he received his M.S. and PhD degrees in 1997 and 2003, respectively.[1]
Following his PhD, Dibyendu worked as a postdoctoral fellow, research scientist and assistant research professor at the Solar Physics Group at Montana State University, Bozeman, US. He returned to India in 2008 and joined the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata as an assistant professor in the physics department. He is currently professor and head of the Center of Excellence in Space Sciences India. He has held a visiting faculty position at the Institute of Mathematics and Statistics at St Andrews University (UK), a visiting astrophysicist position at the Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian (USA) and a Wenner Gren Visiting Professorship at the Nordic Institute of Theoretical Physics (NORDITA) in Stockholm (Sweden).
He established the Center of Excellence in Space Science India which is a multi-institutional center engaged in astronomy and space science research and technology development at IISER Kolkata.
He is also currently the chairperson of the Public Outreach and Education Committee of the Astronomical Society of India, vice president of the International Astronomical Union's Commission E4 and coordinator of the Education Cluster of the International Space Weather Action teams of the Committee on Space Research.
Dibyendu Nandi was the 2012 recipient of the Karen Harvey Prize of the American Astronomical Society.[2] This is the first time that a space scientist working in the Asia-Pacific region has received this honour. He also received the Modali Award of the Astronomical Society of India, and the Young Career Award of the Asia-Pacific Solar Physics Meeting society. A list of his honours follows.