Arup Kumar Raychaudhuri

Biography

Prof. Raychaudhuri obtained his M.Sc from IIT,Kanpur (1975) and Ph.D from Cornell University (1980). He had post-doctoral experience at the Max Planck Institute (FKF),Stuttgart as an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow (1980-1982). He served as the Director and Distinguished Professor of S.N.Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences from March 2006 to September 2014. Prior to joining the Centre in 2004 as a Senior Professor , he worked as a Professor of Physics in Indian Institute Science (IISc), Bangalore from 1982 and as Director, National Physical Laboratory (NPL), New Delhi from 1997-2000.

Research Interest

encompass synthesis of materials of different kinds, fabrication of nano devices and physical measurements done down to low temperatures in high magnetic fields using a variety of techniques involving electrical, magnetic and optical measurements as well as scanning probe techniques and electron microscopy. During his tenure as the Director, most of the important experimental research facilities including the Technical Cell , that houses the sophisticated instruments for common use in the Centre were established.