P Krishna

Biography

Padmanabhan Krishna did his BSc from Holkar College, Indore (Agra University) and MSc (Physics) from Delhi University. He joined the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) as a Research Fellow and completed his PhD (1962) under the guidance of Ajit Ram Verma. He served on the faculty of the Physics Department at BHU (1962-86). He has held visiting positions at the University of Cambridge (1964); University of Wisconsin (1968-69); Cambridge Research Labs (1969-71); University of Bristol (1980-81) and the Max-Planck Institut for Solid State Physics in Stuttgart, Germany. He took voluntary retirement from BHU (1986) and joined the Krishnamurti Foundation India (KFI) Education Centre at Rajghat, Varanasi as Rector (1986-2002). He was Visiting Professor (also INSA Senior Scientist, 2003-06; INSA Honorary Scientist, 2006-08) at the Physics Department of Devi Ahilya University, Indore. He rejoined the KFI Education Centre in Varanasi (2008) where he is in-charge of the study centre.

Research Interest

Crystallography, Crystal growth, Science & Society