Dr. Rankanidhi Sahu
Retired Professor and presently working as DST Pro
Department of Physics
Berhampur University
India
Biography
Dr. Rankanidhi sahu has completed his Ph.D. in the year 1975, he worked as a PDF for two years at Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad. He started his teaching career as a lecturer in Physics at N.C. College, Jajpurin 1983. Then he joined P.G. Department of Physics, Berhampur University. Subsequently he was promoted as a reader in the year 1990 and professor in the year 1999 and superannuated in the year 2011. He has published 54 research papers in international journals like Physical Review, Journal of Physics G, Physics Letters, Nuclear Physics A etc. His research interest includes Nuclear Spectroscopy, double-beta decay, nuclear matter, chaos in nuclei etc. He had delivered invited talks in seminars at Germany and Italy. He had visited university of Puebingen, Germany, under DAAD fellowship. Four students have received Ph.D. under his guidance. He received the Samanta Chandra Sekhar Award for the year 2010. After his superannuation, he was awarded the UGC emeritus fellowship for two years from 2011. He has successfully completed seven major research projects. Presently he is working as a PI in a DST research project. .
Research Interest
Nuclear Spectroscopy, double-beta decay, nuclear matter, chaos in nuclei etc.