Vijay Balakrishna Shenoy

Vijay B. Shenoy
Residence India
Nationality Indian
Fields Physicist
Institutions Indian Institute of Science
Alma mater Brown University
Known for Rashbons, Topological Insulators, Ultracold Quantum Gases, Optical Lattices, High Tc Superconductors, Superfluidity, Graphene
Notable awards Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (2013), Fellow IAS, Raja Ramanna Prize (2011), NASI-Scopus Young Scientist Award (2009), INAE Young Engineer Award (2005), INSA Medal for Young Scientist (2002)

Vijay Balakrishna Shenoy is a Professor of Physics in 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 physical sciences category.[1]

Biography

Vijay B. Shenoy obtained his B.Tech (Mechanical) from IIT, Madras in 1992, 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 as a faculty in IIT, Kanpur from 1999-2002. In 2002, he joined Indian Institute of Science as a faculty position. Currently he works on theoretical condensed matter physics with focus on strongly interacting/correlated fermionic systems.[2]

Research

The recent work of Vijay Shenoy about Rashbon has opened a new range of possibilities and new directions for physics.[3][4]

External links

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.



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