Bose Institute, Kolkata
(Research Institute of the Govt. of India, Department of Science and Technology)
A. Theoretical Physicist with research interests related to the following areas:
Foundational issues of Quantum Mechanics like the Quantum Measurement Problem, Quantum Nonlocality, the Macroscopic limits of validity of Quantum Mechanics, Time in Quantum Mechanics, and the Quantum Zeno Effect.
Nonstandard interpretations (such the Bohmian model) and the possibility of empirically discriminating them from the standard interpretation.
Connecting
various foundational aspects of Quantum
Mechanics with
realizable experiments using
Neutron/Electron/Atomic
interferometry and the Quantum Optical methods.
Fundamental features of Quantum Entanglement, including aspects of Quantum Information
Transfer/Processing such as Quantum Cryptography and Quantum Teleportation.
Applications of Quantum Entanglement and Quantum Information in the cosmological scenario. Interplay between Black Hole Thermodynamics and Quantum Information.
B. Books:
Research Level Books
Foreword by Nobel Laureate Sir Anthony Leggett.
(This book was written during the Homi Bhabha Fellowship)
Appreciative reviews of this book have appeared in Physics Today, October 1998; The Times (London) Higher Education Supplement, 25 September 1998; Progress in Quantum Electronics Vol.22, pp.41-42 (1998); and Foundations of Physics, Vol. 31,
pp. 855-857 (2001). The appreciative reviews have been written
by some of the leading experts in this field, viz. James Cushing,
Alastair Rae, Peter Landsberg and Daniel Greenberger respectively.
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Foreword by Sir Roger Penrose.
(This book was written during the Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship)
Appreciative reviews of this book has appeared in Physics Today, May 2008. written by Tilman Sauer of the California
Institute of Technology, US; Journal of American Mathematical Society: MathSciNet, 2008, The Telegraph, 29 August, 2008.;
Popular Books
Foreword by Paul Davies.
Translations in Japanese, Italian and Turkish, apart from being translated into several Indian languages (Bengali, Hindi,
Tamil, Marathi, Malayalam),
published by the National Book Trust (Delhi), India.
b) "Kyon Aur Kaise?" (A book based on National Council for Science & Technology Communication's (NCST) TV serial of the same name) , (Vigyan Prasar, India, 1997) with Partha Ghose and Narender K. Sehgal. Cover
C. Awards/Recognitions Received:
Year |
Award/Recognition |
2011 |
Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India |
2002 |
Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship |
2001 |
Darshan Vigyan Samman (Award for contributions in Philosophy of Science) |
1995 |
B. M. Birla Science Prize |
1995 |
Associate Membership of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy |
1993 |
Homi Bhabha Fellowship |
1990 |
Commission of the European Community Fellowship |
1987 |
Associateship of the Indian Academy of Sciences |
1986 |
Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Medal for Young Scientists |
D. Citations of research works in books
Home’s research works have been cited in 19 books:
E. DST Project/Conference
Currently Co-convener of the International Symposium on "75 Years of Quantum Entanglement: Foundations and Information Theoretic Applications" will be held on 6 - 10 January, 2011 organized by S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences.
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