UGC – Human Resource Development Centre
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
1st Refresher Course in Physics
5th October – 30th October, 2015
Course coordinators:
1. Dr. Aranya Bhuti Bhattacherjee
School of Physical Sciences, JNU
Email: bhattach@mail.jnu.ac.in
2. Dr Kedar Singh
School of Physical Sciences, JNU
Email: kedar@mail.jnu.ac.in, kedarbhp@rediffmail.com
List of resource persons
Name
Prof. Pramath Raj Sinha
Prof. R. Ramaswamy
Prof. Patrick Das Gupta
Prof. Subhasis Ghosh
Topic
“Higher Education in India: Vision
2030”
“What Biology does to Physics”
1. “Relativistic quantum
mechanics - Dirac equation,
anti-particles and quantum
spin”
2.“Two dimensional hexagonal
lattice and Dirac equation Bose-Einstein condensates and
Graphene”
1. “Physics of low dimensional
Systems I.”
2. “Physics of Low Dimensional
Systems II.”
Contact Details
Founder & Trustee, Ashoka University
Email: pramath@ashoka.edu.in
School of Physical Sciences,
Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi 110067, India.
Email : r.ramaswamy@mail.jnu.ac.in
r.ramaswamy@gmail.com
Department of Physics and Astrophysics,
University of Delhi, delhi-110007, India
Email: Patrickdasgupta1@gmail.com
Dean, School of Physical Sciences,
Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi 110067, India.
Email: subhasis@mail.jnu.ac.in
deansps.jnu@gmail.com
Dr. Aranya B Bhattacherjee
Prof. Daksh Lohia
Prof. Debashish Ghoshal
Prof. A.K. Rastogi
Prof. Amitabh Mukherjee
Prof. Subir Sarkar
“The Enigma of Optical
Momentum”
“Impact of electromagnetic theory
on early 20th century physics”
1.“Solving Quantum Problems by
Factorizing Hamiltonians I”
2. “Solving Quantum Problems by
Factorizing Hamiltonians II”
“Challenges in teaching Physics”
1. “Pedagogical use of
computation in Physics I”.
2. “Pedagogical use of
computation in Physics II”
“Synchronization in coupled
systems”
Dr. Sourin Das
1. “Introduction to concept of
Berry phase (geometric
phase) in quantum
mechanics”
2. “Application of Berry phase
in quantum electronics.”
1. Kepler and the Hydrogen
Problem.”
2. “ Symmetries and Forces”
1. “New Materials for energy
storage and transmission”
2. “Quasiparticles and its
experimental manifestation”
1. “An Overview of Atomic
Prof. Satyabrata Patnaik
Dr. Subhadeep De
School of Physical Sciences,
Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi 110067, India.
Email: dghoshal@mail.jnu.ac.in
d.ghoshal@gmail.com
1. “Classical measurements and
School of Physical Sciences,
discoveries in physics”
Jawaharlal Nehru University,
2. “ Physics at low temperatures” New Delhi 110067, India.
Email: akr0700@mail.jnu.ac.in
Dr. Avdhesh Prasad
Prof. Debjyoti Choudhury
School of Physical Sciences,
Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi 110067, India.
Email: aranyabhuti@gmail.com
Department of Physics and Astrophysics,
University of Delhi, delhi-110007, India
Email: dlohiya@gmail.com
Head of Department
Department of Physics and Astrophysics,
University of Delhi, delhi-110007, India
Email: amimukh@gmail.com
head@physics.du.ac.in
School of Physical Sciences,
Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi 110067, India.
Email: ssarkar@mail.jnu.ac.in
Department of Physics and Astrophysics,
University of Delhi, delhi-110007, India
Email: awadhesh@physics.du.ac.in
Department of Physics and Astrophysics,
University of Delhi, delhi-110007, India
Email: sdas.du@gmail.com
Department of Physics and Astrophysics,
University of Delhi, delhi-110007, India
Email: debajyoti.choudhury@gmail.com
School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal
Nehru University, New Delhi 110067
Email: spatnaikjnu@gmail.com
Time and Frequency Division, CSIR –
Clocks”
2. “Optical atomic clocks”
Prof. Vinay Gupta
Dr. Ashim Kr. Pramanik
Dr. Rabindra Nath Mahato
Dr. Amita Chandra
Dr. Virendra Shanker
Dr. D. Haranath
Prof. Sanjay Puri
Dr. Sobhan Das
Dr. Tanuja Mohanty
Dr. Sankalpa Ghosh
National Physical Laboratory
Dr. K. S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi –
110012,
Email: sde.subhadeep@gmail.com
“Surface Plasmon Resonance
Department of Physics and Astrophysics,
Technique: A versatile tool to probe University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
optical property of unknown
Email: vgupta@physics.du.ac.in
materials and efficient optical
sensors”.
1. “Superconductivity:
School of Physical Sciences,
Refreshing memories”
Jawaharlal Nehru University,
2. “Transition Metal Oxides” New Delhi 110067,
Email: ashpramanik@gmail.com
1. “Structural, magnetic and School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal
magneto caloric properties Nehru University, New Delhi 110067,
of perovskite oxides”
Email: rabindraiitm@gmail.com
2. “Fabrication and
characterization of organic
semiconductor devices”
1. “Solid State Ionics: How it Department of Physics and Astrophysics,
began”
University of Delhi, Delhi-110007,
2. “Solid state devices using Email: achandra@physics.du.ac.in
confined geometry”
amitach1@yahoo.com
"Development of Luminescent
Emeritus Scientist, Luminescent Materials
Materials and Devices for
and Devices Group, National Physical
Displays”
laboratory, New Delhi-110012,
Email: vshanker@nplindia.org,
vireshanker@rediffmail.com
“Progress in Nanophase
Scientist, Luminescent Materials and
Luminescent Materials for Strategic Devices Group, National Physical
Applications”
laboratory, New Delhi-110012,
Email: haranath@nplindia.org
“Kinetics of Phase Transitions”
School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal
Nehru University, New Delhi 110067,
Email: purijnu@gmail.com
1. “Molecular Spectroscopy
:An overview”
2. “Applications of molecular
spectroscopy”
“Surface Studies of
School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal
Nanomaterials”
Nehru University, New Delhi 110067,
Email: tanujajnu@gmail.com
1. “Ultra-cold atoms in
Department of Physics, Indian Institute of
artificial gauge field: A
Technology, Delhi, Hauz Khas, New
general introduction”
Delhi-110016
2. “Massless Dirac fermions Email: sankalpa@physics.iitd.ac.in
Prof. T. R. Seshadri
Dr Shefali Kanwar
in scalar and vector
potentials and their optical
analogy with a special
reference to Graphene”.
1. “The Microwave
background Radiation”
2. “Structures in the
Universe”
“Deformation study in nuclear
structure and low energy fusionfission reaction”
Department of Physics and Astrophysics,
University of Delhi, delhi-110007
Email: Seshadri.tr@gmail.com
Department of Physics (AIAS)
E1-4th floor, Amity University, Sec 125,
Noida (U.P)
201301
Email: skanwar1@amity.edu
Prof. Tabish Qureshi
1. “Introduction to Quantum
Information and Quantum
Cryptography”
2. “Quantifying Wave-Particle
Duality”
Centre for Theoretical Physics
Jamia Millia Islamia
New Delhi - 110025.
Email: tabish@ctp-jamia.res.in
Prof. T. R. Seshadri
1. “The Microwave
background Radiation”
2. “Structures in the
Universe.”
1. “Quantum Information-I:
Quantum Cryptography.”
2. “Quantum Information – II
: Quantum Teleportation”
“Laser Driven Fusion.”
Department of Physics and Astrophysics,
University of Delhi, delhi-110007
Email: Seshadri.tr@gmail.com
Dr. Anu Venugopalan
Prof. V K Tripathi
Dr. Kedar Singh
Prof. Rita Kakkar
Dr. Poonam Mehta
“Recent Developments in Quantum
Dots.”
University School of Basic and Applied
Sciences, GGS Indraprastha University
Sector 16 C, Dwarka, New Delhi-110 075
Email: anu.venugopalan@gmail.com
Indian Institute of Technology
Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110016
School of Physical Sciences,
Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi 110067, India.
Email: kedarbhp@rediffmail.com
kedar@mail.jnu.ac.in
1. “Molecular Spectroscopy I” Department of Chemistry,
2. “Molecular Spectroscopy
University of Delhi, delhi-110007, India
II”
Email: achandra@physics.du.ac.in
rkakkar@chemistry.du.ac.in
“Neutrinos and New Physics”
School of Physical Sciences,
Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi 110067, India.
Email: pm@mail.jnu.ac.in
Dr. Deepak Tripathy
“Recent Developments in Plasma
Physics”
Department of Applied Physics ,
Amity Institute of Applied Sciences,
Amity University, Sec 125, Noida (U.P)
201301
Email: dtripathi@amity.edu
Prof. Ramesh Agarwal
1. “Data Mining Techniques
for Astronomy”
2. “Neural Network for
classification and
forecasting”
Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi 110067, India.
Email: rka@mail.jnu.ac.in,
rkajnu@gmail.com
Dr. Brijesh Kumar
1. “Correlated Quantum
Systems-I”
2. “Correlated Quantum
Systems-II”
1. “Nonlinear Optics I”
2. “Nonlinear Optics II”
School of Physical Sciences,
Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi 110067, India.
Email: bkumar@jnu.ac.in
Department of Applied Physics, Amity
Institute of Applied Sciences, Amity
University, Sector-125, Noida 201 303,
Email: ravikantchoubey@gmail.com
School of Physical Sciences,
Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi 110067,
Email: ashpramanik@gmail.com
School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal
Nehru University, New Delhi 110067,
Email: rabindraiitm@gmail.com
Dr. Ravi Kant Choubey
Dr. Ashim Kr. Pramanik
“Evaluation”
Dr. Rabindra Nath Mahato
“Evaluation”
Dr. Poonam Mehta
“Evaluation”
School of Physical Sciences,
Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi 110067, India.
Email: pm@mail.jnu.ac.in