Chandan Dasgupta

Chandan Dasgupta (Bengali: চন্দন দাশগুপ্ত), (born 1951) is an Indian theoretical physicist known for his contributions in condensed matter physics and statistical physics. He is at present a professor at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.[1][2][3] He was the former[4] dean of Undergraduate Program at Indian Institute of Science.[5]

Chandan Dasgupta
Born1951
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta (B.Sc.)
Delhi University (M.Sc.)
University of Pennsylvania (Ph.D.)
Known forContributions to Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics and Statistical Mechanics
AwardsWarner Teutsch Memorial Prize(1974)
Fellowship of the Alfred P Sloan Foundation (1984-87)
DAE-Raja Ramanna Prize (1999)
Fellow of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) (2007)
JC Bose National Fellowship (2006-10), The Satyendranath Bose Medal (2018).
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Statistical Mechanics
InstitutionsIndian Institute of Science, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences
Doctoral advisorA. Brooks Harris
Other academic advisorsShang-keng Ma, University of California, San Diego
Bertrand Halperin, Harvard University
Notable studentsAmit Chakrabarti
Abhishek Dhar

Biography

Chandan Dasgupta earned his BSc degree in 1971 from Presidency College, University of Calcutta and MSc degree from Delhi University in 1973. He did his doctoral research at the University of Pennsylvania, USA under the supervision of Professor AB Harris and obtained PhD degree in Physics in 1978. Subsequently, he did post-doctoral research at the University of California, San Diego with Shang-keng Ma [6] and at Harvard University with Bertrand Halperin, and worked as a faculty member in the School of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Minnesota for a few years. He joined the Indian Institute of Science in 1987, where, at present, he is a Professor.

Professor Dasgupta played a major role in the establishment of the Centre for Condensed Matter Theory at the Indian Institute of Science in 1998 and acted as the Convenor of the Centre (1998-2005). He is an Honorary Professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research[7] and holds a Visiting Professorship at the University of Minnesota, USA.

Research

Prof Chandan Dasgupta's area of specialization is theoretical condensed matter physics with emphasis on statistical mechanics.

Awards and Honours

Chandan Dasgupta was awarded Sir C.V. Raman Award for Research in Physical Sciences in 2006 by the University Grants Commission.[10] In 2007, he was elected as a fellow of The World Academy of Sciences .[11] He was awarded with "The Satyendranath Bose Medal" by Indian National Science Academy in 2018.[12]

References
  1. "Prof Chandan Dasgupta's homepage at IISc Physics website". Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  2. "Prof Chandan Dasgupta's page at ICTS website". Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  3. "Prof Chandan Dasgupta- Fellow of Indian National Science Academy". Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  4. "Indian Institute of Science Administration Deans". Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  5. Kasturi, Charu Sudan (5 January 2013). "Drawing India's Brightest to the Cause of Science". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  6. Dasgupta, Chandan; Ma, Shang-Keng (1980). "Low-temperature properties of the random Heisenberg antiferromagnetic chain". Physical Review B. 22 (3): 1305–1319. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.22.1305.
  7. "Condensed Matter Theory at JNCASR". Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  8. "Growing length and time scales in glass-forming liquids". Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  9. Dasgupta, C.; Halperin, B. I. (1981). "Phase Transition in a Lattice Model of Superconductivity". Physical Review Letters. 47 (21): 1556–1560. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.47.1556.
  10. "Honours & Awards, UGC website". Retrieved 10 March 2014.
  11. "Chandan Dasgupta, Elected fellow of TWAS". Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  12. "Recipients of Medals/Lectures Awards". Retrieved 29 June 2018.
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