Bidyendu Mohan Deb

Biography

Bidyendu Mohan Deb did his BSc (Hons) in Chemistry from Presidency College, Kolkata and MSc from the University College of Science, Kolkata. After spending a year with Professor SR Palit at Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata, he went to the Mathematical Institute, Oxford University, UK as Commonwealth Scholar in Mathematics. There he did a one-year Diploma in Advanced Mathematics, followed by a DPhil in Mathematics with Professor CA Coulson as his Research Supervisor. Returning to India, he joined as CSIR Pool-Officer in IACS, Kolkata, then lecturer in Chemistry at IIT Mumbai, Assistant Professor in Chemistry at the Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) Pilani, Assistant Professor and then Professor in Chemistry at IIT Mumbai, Professor of Theoretical Chemistry at Panjab University, Chandigarh, Vikram Sarabhai Research Professor of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore and presently Professor at IISER, Kolkata.

Research Interest

Theoretical Chemistry, Chemical Physics