Sudeshna Sinha

Sudeshna Sinha is a professor at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali. She was at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai for over a decade. She works in the field of nonlinear physics.Her work on 'chaos-based' hardware (so-called "Chaos computing") is being developed commercially by the US based company Chaologix.^[1]

Personal life

Sudeshna is married to Kapil Hari Paranjape who is a Professor of Mathematics at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali.

Education

Sudeshna is a Master of Science (Five Years Integrated Programme in Physics) from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 1985. She completed her Ph.D. from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, in 1990.^[2]

Career & publications

Sudeshna is currently a Professor at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali and works in the field of nonlinear physics. Her research areas include Nonlinear Dynamics, Chaos, Complex Systems, Networks, and Computation.^[3]

Awards

Sudeshna has been recognized for her work. A few honours bestowed on her include:

• Elected Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), 2018
• J.C. Bose National Fellowship (2015)
• Elected Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi in 2014
• Elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore in 2010
• Awarded the B.M. Birla Prize for Physics in 1998 : The B M Birla prizes are awarded to Indian scientists, below the age of 40 years, who have made outstanding original contributions in their fields
• Associate Member of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy during 1995-2000
• General Proficiency Prize from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (1985): Awarded to the "Best Outgoing Student in the master's degree (five years integrated programme in Chemistry) for the year"
• National Talent Search Scholarship during 1978-1985

References

External links

• Chaologix