Editing Amitabha Ghosh

'''Amitabh Ghosh''' is an Indian [[Planetary geology|planetary geologist]].Amitabh did his schooling from Don Bosco Park circus, Kolkata. An IITian from [[Kharagpur]] he was a key member of the team who identified the landing site for ''[[Curiosity (rover)|Curiosity]]'', the [[Gale (crater)|Gale crater]] location.{{Citation needed|date=April 2014}} Ghosh has played prominent role in various other missions by [[NASA]] such as [[Mars Pathfinder]] Mission and MER ([[Mars Exploration Rover]]) mission. He was the only Asian in the Pathfinder mission by NASA.
He has been honoured with NASA Mars Pathfinder Achievement Award in the year 1997 and the NASA Mars Exploration Rover Achievement Award in 2004, for his marvelous contributions.

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