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Ajit M Srivastava<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Raja Ramanna Chair Professor <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Phone: (+91)674-2306409<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Email: ajit@iopb.res.in<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Quark-Gluon Plasma, Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions, Astrophysics: neutron stars, pulsars, and Gravitational waves, Cosmology: Cosmic strings, CMBR, Inflation, Topological defects: formation, evolution, and interaction, Laboratory cosmology: Liquid crystal experiments, analogue gravity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fellowships<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

FNASc – Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Post Ph.D Appointments<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Professor (H+)<\/strong> (Retired in August 2022):<\/strong>
Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar, Jun 2014 – August 2022
– Position extended for two years beyond age of 60, in Aug. 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor (H)<\/strong>:
Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar, Jan 2014 – Jun 2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officiating Director<\/strong>:
Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar, May 2013 – Jan 2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor (H):<\/strong>
Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar, Aug 2010 – May 2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associate Professor:<\/strong>
Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar, Feb 2004 – Aug 2010<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Professor:<\/strong>
Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar, Feb 1998 – Jan 2004<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Lecturer:<\/strong>
Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar, Oct 1994 – Jan 1998<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Associate:<\/strong>
Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA, Sep 1992 – Sep 1994<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Associate:<\/strong>
Theoretical Physics Institute University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 USA, Sep 1989 – Aug 1992<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ph.D. <\/strong>
Theoretical High Energy Physics
Thesis Title: Classical Topology and Quantization
Thesis advisor: Professor A.P. Balachandran.
Syracuse University, Syracuse, (NY) USA, Aug 1989<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M.S.<\/strong>
Physics
Syracuse University, Syracuse, (NY) USA, 1998<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M.Sc.<\/strong>
Physics
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, (UP) India, 1983<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.Sc.<\/strong>
Physics, Mathematics and Statistics
Allahabad University, Allahabad, (UP) India, 1981<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ajit M Srivastava Raja Ramanna Chair Professor Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar Phone: (+91)674-2306409 Email: ajit@iopb.res.in Research Quark-Gluon Plasma, Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions, Astrophysics: neutron stars, pulsars, and Gravitational waves, Cosmology: Cosmic strings, CMBR, Inflation, Topological defects: formation, evolution, and interaction, Laboratory cosmology: Liquid crystal experiments, analogue gravity. Fellowships FNASc – Fellow of the National Academy of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"hide_page_title":"","footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iopb.res.in\/~ajit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iopb.res.in\/~ajit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iopb.res.in\/~ajit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iopb.res.in\/~ajit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iopb.res.in\/~ajit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/iopb.res.in\/~ajit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":459,"href":"https:\/\/iopb.res.in\/~ajit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iopb.res.in\/~ajit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}