Mustansir Barma is an Indian scientist specializing in statistical physics. He was former director of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research[1] from 2007 to 2014.

Early life

Mustansir Barma was born in Mumbai to a Dawoodi Bohra family.[2]

Awards and honours

  • Young Scientist Award of the Indian National Science Academy (1980).
  • Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences (1983 – 86).
  • Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for the Physical Sciences awarded by the CSIR (1995).
  • Honorary faculty member, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore (1998 – 2001).
  • DAE Raja Ramanna Prize Lecture in Physics (2004).
  • S.N. Bose Birth Centenary Award of the Indian Science Congress (2007).
  • J.C. Bose Fellowship of the Department of Science and Technology (2007).
  • Seventh Abdus Salam Memorial Lecture, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi (2009).
  • R.S. Goyal Prize for Physics (2006), awarded in 2010.
  • Padma Shri Award (2013)[3]

References

  1. ^ "barma" (PDF). theory.tifr.res.in.
  2. ^ "recording". pad.ma.
  3. ^ Padma Awards 2013: Full list
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustansir_Barma
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