Dr Parveen Bala joined PAU as Assistant Professor (Physics) on 31.03.2009. Regarding educational qualifications, she did B.Sc (Non-Medical) from S. R. Govt College affiliated to G.N.D.U Amritsar in 1997, B.Ed (Science) from Khalsa College Amritsar affiliated to G.N.D.U in 1998, M.Sc (Physics) from the Department of Physics, Guru Nanak Dev University in 2000 and qualified CSIR (NET) in 2002. She completed her Ph.D from Department of Physics, Guru Nanak Dev University in 2009. Before joining PAU, she worked in various institutes such as Govt. College, Patti, Department of Physics, GNDU, Dr B R Ambedkar NIT, Jalandhar, D.A.V. College, Amritsar on adhoc basis. Her field of specialization in Theoretical Plasma Physics and area of interest is nonlinear wave structures. She has completed a project entitled “Theoretical study of non-linear wave structures in space plasma” funded by UGC in 2013. She has guided 21 M.Sc students as major advisor. She has published 34 research papers in various national and international journals. She has attended and presented papers in 27 conferences. She is life Member of various societies such as Plasma Science Society of India (PSSI), Indian Association of Physics Teachers (IAPT) and Punjab Academy of Sciences (PAS).

Professional Accomplishments

Research Projects Completed:

1. Theoretical study of non-linear wave structures in space plasma funded by UGC in 2013 as PI.

Research Publications:

1. Bala P and Sharma A 2021. Electron-acoustic dressed solitons with nonthermal-Tsallis distributed hot electrons. Indian J. Phys 96: 1841-1851. (NAAS Rating  7.6)
2. Bala P, Kaur A and Kaur K 2021. Arbitrary amplitude electron-acoustic solitons and double layers with Cairns-Tsallis distributed hot electrons. Pramana J Phys 95 : 20 (NAAS Rating  8.8)
3. Bala P and Gill TS .2021. Multimode excitation and modulational instability of beam plasma system with Tsallis distributed electrons. Praman J Phys 95 : 59 (NAAS rating 8.8)
4. Bala P and Kaur G 2023. Modulational instability of ion acoustic waves in multicomponent plasma using κ -deformed Kaniadakis distribution. Pramana J Phys (NAAS Rating  8.8)
5. Bala P and Kaur G 2024. Effect of superthermal-trapped (κ − β) electrons on the modulational instability of ion-acoustic waves Pramana J Phys 98:108 (NAAS Rating  8.8)