Narendra Kumar (physicist)
Narendra Kumar (1 February 1940 – 28 August 2017) was an Indian theoretical physicist and a Homi Bhaba Distinguished Professor of the Department of Atomic Energy at Raman Research Institute. He was also an honorary professor at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research.
Known for his research on disordered systems and superconductivity, Kumar was an elected fellow of all the three major Indian science academies – Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy, and National Academy of Sciences, India – as well as the American Physical Society and The World Academy of Sciences. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to physical sciences in 1985.[1][note 1] In 2006, he received the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honour of the Government of India, in the science and engineering category.[2]
Biography
Born on the 1 February 1940 to Labha Mal Julka-Taravatti couple in
Kumar resumed his studies in 1968 by enrolling for doctoral studies at the
Kumar lived in R. M. V. Extension in
He died on 28 August 2017.Legacy
His doctoral studies at IIT Bombay gave Kumar the opportunity to work alongside noted physicists such as
Kumar had been connected with the
Awards and honors
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research awarded Kumar the
The Indian Academy of Sciences elected Kumar as their fellow in 1985[29] and Kumar was elected as a fellow by the Indian National Science Academy in 1987.[30] He received elected fellowships of two science organizations in 1994, the National Academy of Sciences, India,[31] and the American Physical Society.[4] Kumar became a fellow of The World Academy of Sciences the next year.[32] The award orations delivered by him include the Jawarharlal Nehru Birth Centenary lecture (1996)[33] and the Jagadis Chandra Bose lecture (2008) of the Indian National Science Academy.[34]
Selected bibliography
Books
- Krityunjai Prasad Sinha; Narendra Kumar (1980). Interactions in magnetically ordered solids. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0198514237.
- N. Kumar (1996). Deterministic Chaos. Universities Press. pp. 1–. ISBN 978-81-7371-042-1.
- Q Ho-Kim; N Kumar; C S Lam (6 January 2004). Invitation to Contemporary Physics. World Scientific. ISBN 978-981-4486-48-4.
- Pier A. Mello; Narendra Kumar (2004). Quantum Transport in Mesoscopic Systems: Complexity and Statistical Fluctuations, a Maximum-entropy Viewpoint. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-852582-0.
Articles
- K. P. Sinha; N. Kumar (1971). "Quantum theoretic explanation of the Schwarz-Hora effect". Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Section A. 74 (2): 91–98. S2CID 67806909.
- C.N.R. Rao; T. V. Ramakrishnan; N. Kumar (1990). "Systematics in the thermopower behaviour of several series of bismuth and thallium cuprate superconductors:: An interpretation of the temperature variation and the sign of the thermopower". Physica C: Superconductivity. 165 (2): 183–188. ISSN 0921-4534.
- Navinder Singh; N Kumar (2005). "Dissipative electron–phonon system photo-excited far from equilibrium". Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment. 2005 (6): L06001. S2CID 119473142.
- N. Kumar (2006). "Bose-Einstein condensation: where many become one and so there is plenty of room at the bottom". Pramana - Journal of Physics. 67 (1): 101–112. S2CID 122633858.
- N. Kumar; K. Vijay Kumar (2009). "Classical Langevin dynamics of a charged particle moving on a sphere and diamagnetism: A surprise". EPL. 86 (1) (published 2008): 17001. S2CID 5346567.
- Dibyendu Roy; N. Kumar (2008). "Decohering d-dimensional quantum resistance". Physical Review B. 77 (6): 064201. S2CID 67838506.
- N. Kumar (2012). "Classical orbital magnetic moment in a dissipative stochastic system". Physical Review E. 85 (1): 011114. S2CID 1670882.
See also
Notes
- ^ Long link - please select award year to see details
- ^ in undivided Madhya Pradesh
References
- ^ "View Bhatnagar Awardees". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
- ^ a b "Imprints Collection". Raman Research Institute. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Curriculum Vitae on RRI" (PDF). Raman Research Institute. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "Narendra Kumar on IITB". Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f "Indian fellow". Indian National Science Academy. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "NASI fellows". National Academy of Sciences, India. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ISBN 978-981-4612-73-9.
- ^ "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Padma Shri Award citation published online by Raman Research Institute" (PDF). Raman Research Institute. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ISBN 978-0-521-83246-5.
- S2CID 117195025.
- S2CID 250821829.
- ^ Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners (PDF). Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ "Browse by Fellow". Indian Academy of Sciences.
- .
- ISBN 978-981-4486-48-4.
- ISBN 978-81-7371-042-1.
- ISBN 978-0-19-852582-0.
- ^ "Past presidents". Indian Academy of Sciences. 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "CSIR list of Awardees". Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "TWAS Prize". The World Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "IITB Distinguished Alumnus Award". Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "Goyal Prize" (PDF). Kurukshetra University. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "Goyal Award given to scientists". The Tribune. 16 February 1999. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "Meghnad Saha Medal". Indian National Science Academy. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "Padma Shri recipients" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2017.
- ^ "Distinguished Materials Scientist Award". Materials Research Society of India. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "Fellow profile". Indian Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "INSA Year Book 2016" (PDF). Indian National Science Academy. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "NASI Year Book 2015" (PDF). National Academy of Sciences, India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 August 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "TWAS fellow". The World Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "Jawarharlal Nehru Birth Centenary lecture". Indian National Science Academ. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "Jagadis Chandra Bose lecture". Indian National Science Academy. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
Further reading
- N. Kumar (2007). "Deflection of ultra slow light under gravity". arXiv:0710.0273 [physics.optics].
External links
- "N. Kumar on Oral History Archive". Academy fellow profile. Indian Academy of Sciences. 31 October 2016.
- Vinod Kumar Jain; Abhishek Verma (2013). Physics of Semiconductor Devices: 17th International Workshop on the Physics of Semiconductor Devices 2013. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 885–. ISBN 978-3-319-03002-9.