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Prof. Urjit A. Yajnik 

Professor

Tel:
Physics Department : (+91) (22)  2576-7575
  Residence : (+91) (22) 2576-8575

 Fax:  91-22-2572-3890

Email: yajnik [AT] phy.iitb.ac.in 
 

 Academic Qualifications

• M.Sc. (5-yr. integrated) I.I.T., Bombay (1980) 

• Ph.D. Elementary Particle Physics, University of Texas at Austin(1986)

Dean, Academic Programmes and Students Affairs,

Indian Institute of Tehcnology, Gandhinagar

Chandkheda, Ahmedabad 382424
http://www.iitgn.ac.in

Tel :(+91) (79)  2397-2401 (direct); 2397-2324 (office)
Fax:  91-79-2397-2622

Email: yajnik [AT] iitgn.ac.in 

 Recent Courses

Courses in Spring 2008

PH 540 Elementary Particle Physics

Courses in Autumn 2007

PH 523 Quantum Mechanics III

Quantum Field Theory Notes [ download ]

• Part I Lorentz Group and Dirac Equation

• Part II S-matrix and Feynman Rules

THEP SERC School

Cosmology for Particle Physicists [ download from ArXiv ]

 Research  Interests 

Grand Unification; Supersymmetry 
Cosmology applications of Grand Unification -- Cosmic strings, Baryogenesis 
Quantization of Gravity and Superstring Theory 

Flavour of the subject  : 

• Local sources  -  Public/ popular letures

• An external source - the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory page
   

Other  Appointments  and  Jobs  held

• PostDoctoral Associate, Weinberg Theory Group (1986-87) 

• Visiting Fellow, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai (1987-89) 

• Visiting Faculty : Physics Department, McGill University, Montreal (Winter 1999) and LPS, Universite de Montreal, Canada (Summer 1999)  

Posts within IIT Bombay : 
Member of faculty - since 1989 
International Student Advisor 1995-1998 
Chairman, Cultural Affairs, Students Gymkhana 2000-03 
Head, Computer Centre, February-June 2008 

 Publications

• A selection of publications

• Complete list of publications from SLAC SPIRES server 

• Preprint versions posted on the preprint archive 

• Follow the link for Public lectures