Jitendra Nath Goswami

Jitendranath Goswami (born 18 November 1950) is an Indian scientist from Jorhat, Assam. He was the chief scientist of Chandrayaan-1, and was also the developer of this project. He served as a director of Physical Research Laboratory situated at Ahmadabad, Gujarat. He was also associated with Chandrayaan-2 and Mangalyaan.

Education Goswami started his schooling in Jorhat. In 1965, he was sixth in the higher secondary examination conducted by AHSEC. Soon after, he enrolled in Cotton College to study Physics. He got his MSc from Gauhati University and joined Tata Institute of Fundamental Research for his PhD. Additionally, he was a member of the Physical Sciences jury for the Infosys Prize between 2016 and 2018.

Awards Youth Scientist Award by Indian National Science Association (1978) NASA's Public Service Group of Achievement Award (1986) Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award (1994) Kamal Kumari National Award for science and technology (2003) Axford award by Asia Oceania Geoscience Society (2014) Asom Ratna (2015), highest civilian award of Government of Assam Padma Shri, 2017 by Government of India. Asian Scientist 100, Asian Scientist, (2018) Founding Fellow of the Physics Academy of the North East (2024)

Goswami was elected president of the Astronomical Society of India in 2007. He is a member of The World Academy of Sciences, Indian Academy of Sciences, European Association of Geochemistry and many other national and international astronomy associations.