Associate Professor

EDUCATION

POSITONS HELD

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL HONORS

Theoretical Science Unit
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for
Advanced Scientific Research
Jakkur campus, Bangalore - 560064

EDUCATION:

• Ph. D.  1996,  Yale University, in Applied Physics.
• M. Phil.   1994,  Yale University, in Applied Physics.
• M. S.   1994,  Yale University, in Applied Physics.
• B. Tech.  1990, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, in Engineering Physics.

POSITONS HELD:

• 2005 - present:
  Associate Professor ,  Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific  Research.
• May 2000 - 2005:
  Faculty Fellow ,  Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific  Research.
• June 1999 - May 2000:
  Research Associate, Department of Physics, Harvard University.
• June 1999 - May 2000:
  Visiting Scholar, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University.
• June 1996 - May 1999:
  Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physics, Harvard University.

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL HONORS:

• Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore (2008) : elected as a Fellow .
• National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad (2007) : elected as a Fellow
• B. M. Birla Science Centre, Hyderabad B. M. Birla Science Prize in Physics (2005).
• Materials Research Society of India, MRSI Medal (2005).
• DuPont Center for Collaborative Research and Education, DuPont Young Faculty Award (2003).
• Yale University, New Haven, USA (1990-91), University Fellowship.
• Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (1990), Institute Silver Medal, Class of 1990.
• Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (1988, 89),
  Awards for topping the Engineering Physics class.
• Mathematics Teachers Association, Maharashtra (1984),
  Mathematics Pragnya Award.
• National Talent Search (NTS): (1984-86)
  NTS Scholarship Certicate.

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