R Rajaraman

Biography

Ramamurti Rajaraman did his BSc (Hons) from St. Stephens College, Delhi University (1958), and PhD in Theoretical Physics (1963) under the guidance of Hans A Bethe from Cornell University. After a brief postdoctoral stint at TIFR in 1963, he returned to Cornell to teach and continue research. In 1969, after spending two years at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton he returned to India, working first at Delhi University (1969-76), then Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore (1976-93), finally JNU (1994- ) where he is now Emeritus Professor. He spent long sabbaticals at the Harvard University, MIT, Stanford University, CERN, University of Illinois and Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. .

Research Interest

Theoretical Physics