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Professor C. K.
Majumdar
My Supervisor who inspired me in many ways
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My employment :
July 1967 to March ˘73: Research Associate II at TIFR,
Bombay, India.
January ’72 to June ˘72: IAEA
Fellow at ICTP (International Centre for Theoretical Physics) , Trieste,
Italy, (on leave from TIFR).
March ˘73 to October ˘78: Guest
Scientist at Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chalmers University of
Technology, Göteborg, Sweden.
June ˘77 to August ˘77: Visiting
Scholar at Physics Department, North-Western University, Evanston,
Illinois, USA,(on leave from Chalmers).
October '78 to June '87: Assistant Professor at Physics Department, Indian Inst. of Tech.-Bombay
(IITB), Powai, Mumbai 400076, India.
July '85 to June '87: Senior fellow in Solid State Physics at ICTP, Trieste, Italy,
(on leave from IITB).
July '87 to date : Professor
at Physics Department, IITB.
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My academic achievements, awards and honours:
Merit-scholarship ranking first throughout two-year M
Sc Physics program during 1964-66, at IIT - Kharagpur, West-Bengal.
Selected Physics books awarded for First rank in M.Sc. Physics at IIT -
Kharagpur, West-Bengal.
Ranked second in BARC Training School, Physics Section, Xth Batch (1967),
and was awarded job placement at TIFR.
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Fellowship for six months (Jan. to June '72), at ICTP, Trieste, Italy.
Associate at ICTP, Trieste,
Italy, from Jan. '80 to Dec. '86.
Senior Solid State Fellow at ICTP, Trieste, Italy, for two years (July '85 to June '87).
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My research interests :
Since 1967, have been actively involved in research and
worked on various topics of condensed matter physics :
i) Calculations of electronic energy band structure, density
of states, electron-phonon mass enhancement factor and the Fermi surface
for a and
g -
Cerium, using the Augmented Plane Wave method.
ii) Two magnon bound states in one and two dimensions, and
three magnon bound states in one dimension.
iii) Resistivity of liquid metals, by introducing a new
method for constructing the electron potential.
iv) Dynamic correlations in uniform electron gas to explain
the experimental dynamic structure factor.
v) Dynamic response, in particular, the instantaneous
response of inhomogeneous electron systems, such as atoms and
semi-infinite metallic systems (jellium).
vi) Nature of electromagnetic fields in and at the surface
of a metal (semi-infinite jellium), when an external radiation is
incident on a metal surface.
Van der Waals interaction between spherical voids, between
atom or molecule and planar metal surface.
vii) Dynamic image potential and dynamic Van der Waals
interaction respectively for charge and atom or molecule interacting with
a planar metal surface.
viii) Exoelectron emission from surfaces.
ix) Shallow-deep instability of impurity level in
semiconductors.
x) Dynamic local field factor in uniform electron liquid.
xi) High Tc superconducting materials.
xii) Collective modes in C60 related materials
such as onions and tubes.
xiii) Thermodynamic properties of magnetic materials, e.g.,
Rare-Earth Iron Garnets (RIG); magneto-optic effects in RIGs.
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School Final: Hare School, Calcutta, West-Bengal Board of Secondary
Education, 1960.
Pre-University in
Science: Scottish Church College,
Calcutta, Calcutta University,1961.
Bachelor of Science (Physics
Honours): Scottish Church College, Calcutta, Calcutta University,
1964.
Master of Science (Physics): IIT-Kgp (Indian
Inst. of Tech.), Kharagpur,
West-Bengal. 1966.
BARC Training School (Physics Section): Xth Batch, Bhabha Atomic
Research Center, Bombay, 1967.
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Physics: TIFR (Tata Institute of
Fundamental Research), University of Bombay, 1973.
Thesis title :
Electronic Energy Bands for a and g - Cerium. Work done at the Theory Group, TIFR.
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I love traveling to see nature, reading, classical music and above
all, gardening, specially
pot culture of roses, etc.,
on my balcony. 
Some pictures :
IIT-B Dusk on Powai Lake
With Mandar and Dinkar (’95)
EP-97 Batch
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