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Mustansir Barma 
Summary
Mustansir Barma is an Indian scientist specializing in Statistical Physics. He was former Director of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research[1] from 2007 to 2014.
Mustansir Barma | |
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| Professor Emeritus at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Hyderabad DAE-Homi Bhabha Chair Professor | |
| Assumed office 2018 | |
| Succeeded by | Sandip P Trivedi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 December 1950 Mumbai, India |
| Alma mater | Campion School, Mumbai, St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, State University of New York at Stony Brook |
| Profession | Professor, Author, Scientist |
Early life edit
Mustansir Barma was born in Mumbai to a Dawoodi Bohra family.[2]
Awards and honours edit
- 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)[3]