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Professor Kaw has been deeply involved in the promotion of Fusion Research in India,
Asia and other parts of the world. In 1992, he was asked to give the prestigious
Artsimovich Memorial Lecture at the International Atomic Energy Agency Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion in Wurzburg, Germany. In his Artsimovich
Memorial Talk, Professor Kaw made a fervent appeal for accelerating research in
the field of Thermonuclear Fusion for its immense potential for solving the energy
problems of the developing world. He has continued to speak on this theme at various
international fora. The most recent one in this series was the talk at the Special Symposium on Magnetic Fusion at the American Association for Advancement of Science
Annual Meeting held at Boston (February 2008). Professor Kaw was also elected
as the Chairman of the International Fusion Research Council of IAEA from 2000-2007.
It is the first time that this prestigious Council has been Chaired by a scientist
from a developing nation. He currently Chairs the influential Science and Technology Advisory Committee (STAC) of the ITER council.
Professor Kaw is widely respected for his significant contributions to Theoretical
Plasma Physics. In recognition of this, he was invited by the National Science
Foundation of USA to give his evaluation of the overall theoretical program of
Department of Energy supported laboratories in the United States; he presented his
evaluation at a special meeting held for this purpose by the National Research Council
in San Diego, California, USA. The report of this meeting makes a special mention of
the talk presented by Prof. Kaw in the introduction.