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The honour was bestowed on him on November 6 at an event hosted by the British High Commissioner to India in New Delhi.
Aswin Sekhar, a Kerala-educated meteor scientist, has achieved the distinction of being the first Indian elected to decision-making bodies of the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), London and the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Commission in Meteor Science.
British-US team of researchers detected signs of two chemicals in the planet's atmosphere long considered to be "biosignatures" indicating extraterrestrial life.
For his contributions to the world of scientific research, he was awarded Padma Shri by Government of India in 2021.
The honour was bestowed on the young Malayali at the Asteroids Comets Meteors Conference 2023 held at Arizona, USA, on June 21.
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