Prof. Deepak Dhar
(MSC2/PHY/1973)
Prof. Deepak Dhar is an Indian theoretical physicist and a distinguished professor at the International Center for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bengaluru. Known for his research on statistical physics and stochastic processes, Prof. Dhar is 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 of The World Academy of Sciences. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology for his contributions to physical sciences in 1991.
Profile
Prof. Dhar graduated in science from the University of Allahabad in 1970 before earning a master's degree in physics from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 1972. Moving to the US, he enrolled for his doctoral
studies at California Institute of Technology, and after securing a PhD in 1978, returned to India to start his long career at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) as a research fellow the same year and over the
years, became a full-professor. Post-retirement, he continues his association with TIFR as a distinguished professor of the institution. He also served as a distinguished visiting faculty at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune 2016-2024.
Prof. Dhar is an associate editor of Journal of Statistical Physics since 2005. He has been on the editorial boards of Physica A, such as Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, Physical Review E and
Pramana. He was a member of the Commission on Statistical Physics of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics from 1992 to 1995.
Achievements and Honors
- Recipient of Padma Bhushan, Govt of India, 2023.
- Boltzmann Medal in Physics,2022
- Fellow, JC. Bose National, Science and Engineering Research Board, 2007.
- Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), 2006.
- Satyendranath Bose Medal, INSA, 2001
- Third World Academy of Sciences Prize, 2002
- Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, 1999
- J. Robert Schrieffer Prize, The International Centre for Theoretical Physics, 1993
- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, 1991.
- Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences, 1990.
- Young Scientist Medal, the Indian National Science Academy, 1983