N Mukunda

Biography

Narasimhaienger Mukunda obtained his BSc (Hons) in Mathematics from Delhi University (1958), and then joined the physics section of the Atomic Energy Establishment Trombay Training School. After two years in the Theoretical Physics Group of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, he went to the University of Rochester, NY, USA, and completed his PhD (Physics) (1964) under the guidance of ECG Sudarshan. Following Research Associateships at Princeton and Syracuse Universities, he returned to TIFR (1967) as a member of the Theoretical Physics Group. In 1972 he moved to the newly created Centre for Theoretical Studies at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, from where he retired in 2001.

Research Interest

Mechanics, Optics, Mathematical Physics