Sudeshna Sinha is a professor at the

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali (IISER Mohali) is an autonomous public university established in 2006 at Mohali, Punjab, India. It is one of the seven Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs), estab ...

. She was at the

Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc) (sometimes also referred to as ''Matscience'') is a research centre located in Chennai, India.R. Jagannathan, ''The Institute of Mathematical Sciences'', Resonance (January 1999) vol. 4, no. 1, pp. ...

, for over a decade. She works in the field of nonlinear physics. Her work on 'chaos-based' hardware (so-called " Chaos computing") is being developed commercially by the US-based company Chaologix. Chaologix has now been acquired by ARM (Cambridge, England).

Personal life

Sinha is married to

Kapil Hari Paranjape Kapil Hari Paranjape is an Indian mathematician specializing in algebraic geometry. He is a Professor of Mathematics at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali. Biography He was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra near the Kaboo ...

, who is a professor of mathematics at the

. Her maternal grandfather was Dr.

Prabodh Chandra Bagchi Prabodh Chandra Bagchi ( bn, প্রবোধচন্দ্র-বাগচী) (18 November 1898 – 19 January 1956) or P. C. Bagchi was one of the most notable Sino -Indologists of the 20th century. He was the third Upacharya (Vice-Chan ...

, formerly the Vice-Chancellor of Viswa Bharati University and historian.

Education

Sinha holds a Master of Science (Five Years Integrated Programme in Physics) from the

Indian Institute of Technology The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are central government owned public technical institutes located across India. They are under the ownership of the Ministry of Education of the Government of India. They are governed by the Institu ...

, Kanpur, in 1985. She completed her Ph.D. from the

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) is a public deemed research university located in Mumbai, India that is dedicated to basic research in mathematics and the sciences. It is a Deemed University and works under the umbrella of the D ...

, Mumbai, in 1990.

Career & publications

Sinha is currently a professor at the

and works in the field of nonlinear physics. Her research areas include Nonlinear Dynamics, Chaos, Complex Systems, Networks, and Computation. She is an Editor of the AIP journal Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science and Associate Editor of Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation (Elsevier). She is also in the Editorial Boards of Pramana - Journal of Physics and Indian Journal of Physics.

Awards

* Elected Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences, 2018 * J.C. Bose National Fellowship (2016-2020; renewed 2021-2025) * Elected Fellow of the

Indian National Science Academy The Indian National Science Academy (INSA) is a national academy in New Delhi for Indian scientists in all branches of science and technology. In August 2019, Dr. Chandrima Shaha was appointed as the president of Indian National Science Academ ...

, New Delhi in 2014 * Elected Fellow of the

Indian Academy of Sciences The Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore was founded by Indian Physicist and Nobel Laureate C. V. Raman, and was registered as a society on 24 April 1934. Inaugurated on 31 July 1934, it began with 65 founding fellows. The first general meet ...

, Bangalore in 2010 * Awarded the B.M. Birla Prize for Physics in 1998 : The B M Birla prizes are awarded to Indian scientists, below the age of 40 years, who have made outstanding original contributions in their fields * Associate Member of the

International Centre for Theoretical Physics The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) is an international research institute for physical and mathematical sciences that operates under a tripartite agreement between the Italian Government, United Nations Education ...

, Trieste, Italy during 1995-2000 * General Proficiency Prize from the

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) Hindi: भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान कानपुर) is a public institute of technology located in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was ...

(1985): Awarded to the "Best Outgoing Student in the master's degree (five years integrated programme in Physics) for the year" * National Talent Search Scholarship, during 1978-1985

References

External links

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