Blamont continued at CNRS for a year more as a research fellow[REF] and joined the Aeronomy Service of the institution in 1957 where he became the deputy director in 1958 [REF].
He was made the first Vikram Sarabhai professor at the University of Ahmedabad in 1977, a visiting professor at the California Institute of Technology in 1985 and a distinguished visiting scientist at Jet Propulsion Laboratory during 1980-2001 [REF].