Mahendra Singh Sodha

Mahendra Singh Sodha (8 February 1932 – 12 October 2024), popularly known as M. S. Sodha, was an Indian physicist specialising in Plasma, Optics and Energy and a vice chancellor of Lucknow University, Devi Ahilya University and Barkatullah University. A 1974 winner of the highest Indian science award, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, Sodha was honoured by the Government of India again in 2003 with Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award. Provided by Wikipedia