Vijay Balakrishna Shenoy

Prof.
Vijay B. Shenoy
Born
India
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndia
Alma mater
Known forRashbons, Topological insulators, Ultracold Quantum Gases, Optical lattices, High Tc Superconductors, Superfluidity, Graphene
Children1 Son
Awards
  • 2013 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
  • 2011 Fellow IAS, Raja Ramanna Prize
  • 2009 NASI-Scopus Young Scientist Award
  • 2005 INAE Young Engineer Award
  • 2002 INSA Medal for Young Scientist
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
Websitehttp://www.physics.iisc.ac.in/~shenoy/

Vijay Balakrishna Shenoy is a Professor of Physics at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. He was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for science and technology, the highest science award in India, for the year 2013 in the physical sciences category.[1]

Biography

Indian Institute of Science

Vijay B. Shenoy obtained his B.Tech. (Mechanical) from IIT, Madras in 1992 and his M.S. from Georgia Tech. in 1994. He received his Doctorate degree from Brown University in 1998. For a short period he took Adjunct Assistant Professorship in Brown University in 1999. Later he joined the faculty of IIT, Kanpur from 1999 to 2002. In 2002, he joined Indian Institute of Science. Currently he works on theoretical condensed matter physics with focus on strongly interacting/correlated fermionic systems.[2]

Research

His work on the Rashbon is said to have opened a new range of possibilities and new directions for physics.[3][4]

Interview with Vijay Balakrishna Shenoy : When future can be a reality

References

  1. ^ "Dr. Samir K. Bramhachari Announces Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award 2013". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  2. ^ "When future can be a reality". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  3. ^ "When future can be a reality". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Vijay Shenoy's rashbon prophecy". Live Mint and The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 28 January 2014.