Shyam Sunder Kapoor
Physics
Indian National Science Academy
India
Biography
Shyam Sunder Kapoor, after his MSc (1958) in Physics from Agra University, joined the Atomic Energy Establishment [now Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)], Trombay in 1959. He obtained his PhD degree (1963) from Bombay University in Nuclear Physics under the guidance of Raja Ramanna. He carried out post-doctoral research (1964-66) in nuclear fission at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley and was a Visiting scientist (1980-81) at the Physikalische Institute, University of Heidelberg. At BARC, he rose to become Head, Nuclear Physics Division and also Project Director of the Pelletron Accelerator facility at TIFR, and Director of the Physics Group and Electronics and Instrumentation Group at BARC (1990-2000). He was DAE-Homi Bhabha Chair Professor (2000-05).
Research Interest
Nuclear Physics, Particle Detectors, Particle Accelerators & Applications
