Hi I am interested I having the profile of Mr. Barna which was associated with Tata Institute of Fundamental Research?

Mustansir Barma is an Indian Scientist specializing in Statistical Physics. He was former Director of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.

Personal

Born in Mumbai, December 27, 1950

Educational Qualifications

1970 B.Sc. (Physics and Mathematics)
St. Xavier's College, University of Bombay

1974 Ph.D. (Physics)
State University of New York at Stony Brook

Academic Positions
Current Distinguished Professor

Earlier
1974 – 1976 Research Associate at Michigan State University
1976 – 1977 Visiting Fellow at TIFR
1977 – present On Academic Staff at TIFR; presently Distinguished Professor
2004 – 2007 Chair, Department of Theoretical Physics, TIFR
2007 – 2014 Director, TIFR

Extended Visits
1982 – 1984 Cornell University, U.S.A.
1991 – 1992 Oxford University, U.K.

Areas of Specialization
Statistical Physics
Dynamics of Nonequilibrium Systems, Phase Transitions, Disordered Systems

Awards and honours

• Young Scientist Award of the Indian National Science Academy (1980).
• Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences (1983 – 86).
• Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for the Physical Sciences awarded by the CSIR (1995).
• Honorary faculty member, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore (1998 – 2001).
• DAE Raja Ramanna Prize Lecture in Physics (2004).
• S.N. Bose Birth Centenary Award of the Indian Science Congress (2007).
• J.C. Bose Fellowship of the Department of Science and Technology (2007).
• Seventh Abdus Salam Memorial Lecture, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi (2009).
• R.S. Goyal Prize for Physics (2006), awarded in 2010.
• Padma Shri Award (2013)


Contact Details:

Mustansir Barma

Department of Theoretical Physics
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Homi Bhabha Road,
Mumbai 400005, India
Tel.: +91-22-2278 2425 (O); +91-22-2202 1154 (R)
Fax: +91-22-2280 4501
Email: barma@theory.tifr.res.in