Aninda Sinha

Aninda Sinha
Residence India
Nationality Indian
Fields Physics
Notable awards ICTP Prize

Aninda Sinha is an Indian scientist working as an associate professor at Center for High Energy Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.[1]

Early life and education

Sinha finished his schooling from Don Bosco Park Circus. He obtained his B. Sc. From Jadavpur University, Kolkata in 1999, and MA, CASM and Ph. D. from University of Cambridge. He ranked first in B.Sc. and won the Mayhew prize for the part III mathematics degree in Cambridge. His PhD advisor was Professor Michael Green.

Profession

Sinha is currently working as an associate professor at Center for High Energy Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. He was awarded the Swarnajayanti Fellowship, instituted by the Department of Science.[2] Sinha is known for his work with Rob Myers on c-theorems in quantum field theories.[3] Sinha and his wife, Urbasi Sinha, an associate professor at the Raman Research Institute, along with other scientists in RRI working in similar areas set up a tabletop experiment that will provide scientists their first opportunity to measure the probability that particles can move through slits in a twisted path.[4] He was also featured in the The Week.[5]

Research Interests

Awards and recognition

References

  1. ↑ "Aninda Sinha". Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Indian Institute of Science Bags 5 of 11 Fellowships". The Indian Express. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Holographic c-theorems in arbitrary dimensions
  4. ↑ "Indians attempt quantum clean-up - Experiment to right old error". The Telegraph India. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "And then came gravity waves". The Telegraph India. 28 February 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  6. ↑ Aninda Sinha Ramanujan Fellows profiles, Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India. Accessed August 25, 2016
  7. ↑ ICTP Prize 2016,

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