Kuljeet Kaur Marhas elected Fellow of The Meteoritical Society

Exam-focused facts from the 11 May 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

Kuljeet Kaur Marhas became the first Indian woman to be elected as a Fellow of The Meteoritical Society for 2026.
She is a professor in the Planetary Science Division at the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) in Ahmedabad and a scientist at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
She is the third Indian scientist to receive this honour, following Devendra Lal and JN Goswami.
Her research involves using Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) and nanoSIMS techniques to analyse isotopic signatures in extraterrestrial materials.
She is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and a recipient of the Devendra Lal Memorial Medal.