Congratulatory Wordings for 2nd S. Chandrasekhar Prize of Plasma Physics----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------On behalf of the Programme Committee of the 2016 EPS conference on plasma physics, I
would like to congratulate Prof. P.Kaw (IPR, India) for being awarded the 2nd S.
Chandrasekhar Prize of Plasma Physics, assigned by AAPPS-DPP.
We are grateful to Prof. Kaw for his outstanding work in plasma physics and for his keyrole in bringing India into the international fusion program.
Paola Mantica
Chair of 2016 EPS Conference on Plasma Physics
on behalf of the full Programme Committee---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------My Heartfelt congratulations to Prof P.K.Kaw for bestowing this honour by DPP-AAPS.
with best regards
Prof.M.P.Srivastava-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Professor Kaw is a distinguished scientist who devoted his entire life for promotion of plasma
science and nuclear fusion in India. He is responsible fordiscovery of intermittent plasma transport, and reported it in 1992 when the plasma transport
was considered worldwide as steady oozing of particles from the plasma boundary. Wishing you
many more accolades in future, sir....
Dr. Ratneshwar Jha------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------It is a great pleasure indeed for me to write this congratulatory note to Professor Predhiman
Kaw for his receipt of the 2015 Subramanyan Chandrasekhar Prize, which is a most welldeserved recognition of his many significant contributions to plasma physics including laserplasma interaction and strongly-coupled dusty plasmas. I personally met him at Princeton
Plasma Physics Laboratory in 1969-70 when I worked at the Institute for Advanced Study in
Princeton, and was much inspired by his brilliance and frontier spirit.
I would greatly appreciate your kindly conveying this note to Professor Kaw.
Sincerely yours,
Setsuo Ichimaru
Professor Emeritus of Physics. The University of Tokyo---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I am pleased to hear that Professor Predhiman Kaw is selected as the second Chandrasekhar
Prize winner. He is an outstanding theoretical physicisit and I have had an honor to work withhim on several plasma physics problems including laser plasma physics, plasma solitons, dusty
plasmas in magnetic field, etc.
He visited us twice in Hiroshima as a JSPS visiting scientist and I have had exciting times
with him discussing various plasma physics problems.
I hope he will continue his research activities and contribute to further progress in plasma
physics.
Kyoji Nishikawa
Professor Emeritus, Hiroshima University, Japan-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------As Chair, and on behalf of the American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics, I
congratulate Prof. Predhiman Kaw (IPR, India) on his selection as the second Laureate of theS. Chandrasekhar Prize of Plasma Physics. He is extremely deserving of this award, having
made seminal contributions in numerous plasma physics areas. On a personal note, I can still
remember the wonderful insights he provided while teaching a graduate student class at thePrinceton Plasma Physics Laboratory.
Please let me know if you need anything further.
David D. Meyerhofer
Physics Division Leader
Los Alamos National Laboratory----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------On behalf of the Board of the EPS Plasma Physics Division, I’m very pleased to congratulate
Prof. Predhiman K. Kaw, from the Institute of Plasma Research, for the 2nd Subramanyan
Chandrasekhar Prize of Plasma Physics awarded by the AAPPS Plasma Physics Division. His
contributions have a seminal impact on many fields, ranging from laser-plasma interaction todusty plasma physics or tokamak turbulence.
Sylvie Jacquemot
Chair of the EPS Plasma Physics Division---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I would like to congratulate you for receiving this prestigious prize.
Best Regards
Arvind Agarwal
IPR