Ajoy Ghatak
Born9 November 1939
Lucknow, India
Alma materDelhi University
Cornell University
Known forResearch on photonics, fiber optics and education in India
AwardsShanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
OSA Fellow
OSA Esther Hoffman Beller Award
ICO Galileo Galilei Award
SPIE educator award
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsIndian Institute of Technology
National Academy of Sciences, India
ThesisNon linear prompt neutron kinetics in multigroup diffusion theory (1964)
Doctoral advisorMark Nelkin
Notable studentsAnurag Sharma, Sasikanth Manipatruni

Ajoy Kumar Ghatak is an Indian physicist and author of physics textbooks.

Ghatak has written over 170 research papers and more than 20 books. His undergraduate textbook on Optics[1] has been translated to Chinese and Persian and his monograph on Inhomogeneous Optical Waveguides[2] (coauthored with Professor Sodha) has been translated to Chinese and Russian.[3]

In 1995, he was elected Fellow of the Optical Society of America "for distinguished service to optics education and for his contribution to the understanding of propagation characteristics of gradient index media, fibers and integrated optical devices".[4]

Education

He received his M.Sc. from Delhi University and Ph.D. from Cornell University.[5]

Career

Ghatak joined the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 1966.[4] He retired as an Emeritus Professor of Physics at IIT Delhi in 2007.[6]

Ghatak is currently the President of the National Academy of Sciences, India.[7] He also spends his time writing books and doing special guest lectures at universities and colleges in India and internationally.[8][9] In recent years, he has taken a keen interest in bringing the genius of Albert Einstein to the wider public and was invited to present a TEDx talk, "Inside Einstein's mind"[10] in 2017.

Selected awards and honors

Selected publications

Some publications include:[16]

References

  1. ^ Ghatak, Ajoy (23 March 2009). Optics. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education. ISBN 978-0-07-338048-3.
  2. ^ Sodha, M. S.; Ghatak, Ajoy (1977). Inhomogeneous Optical Waveguides. New York NY: Springer. ISBN 978-0-306-30916-8.
  3. ^ Miranda House events (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011, retrieved 8 November 2010
  4. ^ a b Ajoy Ghatak biography, International Commission for Optics, archived from the original on 13 July 2010, retrieved 7 November 2010
  5. ^ Ghatak, Ajoy (1964). Non linear prompt neutron kinetics in multigroup diffusion theory (Ph.D. thesis). Cornell University. OCLC 77223065.
  6. ^ IIT Kharagpur's biography on Ajoy Ghatak (PDF), Indian Institute of Technology, archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2011, retrieved 8 November 2010
  7. ^ NASI Council 2021-22
  8. ^ BESU Events 2010, archived from the original on 18 November 2010, retrieved 8 November 2010
  9. ^ SPIE Events, archived from the original on 20 July 2010, retrieved 8 November 2010
  10. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Inside Einstein's mind, E=mc^2 | Ajoy Ghatak | TEDxJIIT". YouTube.
  11. ^ "Sang Soo Lee Award". The Optical Society. Archived from the original on 2 December 2014.
  12. ^ SPIE Educator Award, retrieved 8 November 2010
  13. ^ OSA's Esther Hoffman Beller Medal, retrieved 8 November 2010
  14. ^ ICO Galileo Galilei Award, archived from the original on 9 July 2011, retrieved 8 November 2010
  15. ^ S. S. Bhatnagar award for Physical Sciences, archived from the original on 27 September 2011, retrieved 8 November 2010
  16. ^ The full list of publications can be found here Archived 14 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 8 November 2010)
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