A Short Biodata of Professor Alok Kumar

  • Date of Birth: December 30, 1961.

  • Place of Birth: Saidiha, Saharsa, Bihar.

  • Education:
    (a) Matriculation, 1977, Netarhat Vidyalaya, Netarhat, Bihar (now in Jharkhand).
    (b) Integrated M.Sc., 1983, IIT Kanpur.
    (c) Ph.D., 1987, University of Maryland, College Park, USA.
    (Advisor: Professor R.N. Mahapatra)

  • Professional Experience:
    (a) Research Associate, 1987-1989, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA.
    (b) CNRS Fellow, 1989-1990, Ecole Normal Superiere, Paris, France.
    (c) Senior Lecturer, 1990-1993, IOP, Bhubaneswar, India.
    (d) Assistant Professor, 1993-1999, IOP, Bhubaneswar, India.
    (e) Associate Professor, 1999-2007, IOP, Bhubaneswar, India.
    (f) Professor, 2007 -, IOP, Bhubaneswar, India.

  • Partial List of Awards Received:
    (a) Award for coming in the top ten of merit list, 1977, Bihar School Examination Board.
    (b) Best outgoing Physics student, 1983, IIT Kanpur, India.
    (c) Regular Associateship, ICTP, 1992-97.
    (d) Associateship of Indian Academy of Science, Bangalore, 1993-96.
    (e) INSA medel for Young Scientist (Physics), 1993, New Delhi.