T. V. Ramakrishnan
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T. V. Ramakrishnan
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| Born | Tiruppattur Venkatachalamurti Ramakrishnan 14 August 1941 Madras, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Residence | India |
| Nationality | Indian |
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| Institutions |
Banaras Hindu University Indian Institute of Science Princeton University |
| Alma mater |
Banaras Hindu University (B.Sc.) (M.Sc.) Columbia University (Ph.D.) |
| Doctoral advisor | Joaquin Mazdak Luttinger |
| Known for | Contributions to Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics and Statistical Mechanics |
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Tiruppattur Venkatachalamurti Ramakrishnan FRS (born 14 August 1941) is an Indian theoretical physicist known for his contributions in condensed matter physics. He is at present DAE Homi Bhabha Professor of Physics at Benaras Hindu University and also the Chancellor of Tripura University. He was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in 1983, TWAS Prize in 1990 and the Padma Shri in 2001.
Tiruppattur Venkatachalamurti Ramakrishnan was born on 14 August 1941 in Madras, Tamil Nadu. He completed his B.Sc (Hons.) and M.Sc in Physics from Banaras Hindu University in 1959 and 1961. He then worked as a CSIR Research Fellow at Banaras Hindu University from 1961 to 1962. He later completed his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1966. He started his professional career as lecturer in the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He shifted to the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 1986 where he continued till 2003.
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