Prof. Shankar Prasad Das

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Curriculum vitae:

Name
Shankar Prasad Das
Designation
Professor of Physics,

Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Field of Specialization
Condensed Matter Theory
Education
High School

Hindu School, Calcutta, 1975

B.Sc.

Presidency College, Calcutta University, 1978

M.Sc.

Science College, Calcutta University, 1980

Ph.D.

Department of Physics
The University of Chicago,
Chicago, Illinois, USA 1981-1986

Thesis Advisor:Prof. Gene F. Mazenko

Postdoctoral Experience

The University of Florida Gainesville, USA 1986-1988,1990-91

The Institute for Theoretical Physics, Utrecht, The Netherlands. 1988-1990

Temporary Positions
Visiting Scientist

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Bombay, India, 1991-1992;
S. N. Bose National Center for Basic Sciences, Calcutta 1992-1993

Reader of Physics

Saha Institute, Calcutta
March 1993- October, 1993

Permanent Position
Professor of Physics,

School of Physical Sciences,
Jawaharlal Nehru University.
1993 to 2000 (Assistant Professor)
2000 to 2005 (Associate Professor)
2005 to Date (Professor)

Awards

  • 1. JC Bose National Fellowship, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India (2017-2022,2022-present).

  • 2. Fellow of the National Academy, of Sciences, Allahabad (NASI) (2016).

  • 3. Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi (2016).

  • 4. Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore (2004).

  • 5. The US-India Professorship of the American Physical Society (APS) to deliver a set of lectures in University of Florida in July 2009.

  • 6. BRNS Project on Underlying Phase transition in a supercooled liquid 2012-2015. REF : NO 2011/37P/47/BRNS

  • 7. CSIR Grant "Slow Dynamics in Metastable Liquids March 2006 to March 2009 : No. 03( 1036 )/05 /EMR - II.

  • 8. Cefipra grant by the Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (IFCPAR), with Prof. Jean Louis Barrat of Universite Claude Bernard Lyon I, France (2002-06).
    Title : "Statistical Physics of Supercooled Liquids" (2604-C).

  • 9. NSF Grant with Prof. James W. Dufty, Department of Physics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida under US-India Science colaboration program (1997-2001).
    Title : "Metastable Dynamics of Hard Spheres" (INT96215212).

  • 10. Served on Editorial Board of Pramana, Indian Journal of Physics, 2012-21.

  • 11. Calcutta University Gold medal for securing 1st Rank in M.Sc. , (Pure Physics), Calcutta University, 1980.

  • 12. The Jubilee Merit Prize of Calcutta University for securing 1st Rank in the University Merit list for B. Sc (Physics Honours) 1978 batch.
Teaching Experience

Teaching basic physics courses in M.Sc and PhD program, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (1994-presnt), Post M. Sc. program in Saha Institute (1993), Calcutta.