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]

Sudeshna Sinha
NationalityIndian
Alma materIIT Kanpur, TIFR
Spouse(s)Kapil Hari Paranjape
ChildrenShruti Paranjape
AwardsB M Birla Award
Scientific career
FieldsNon-linear Physics
InstitutionsInstitute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai

Personal life

Sudeshna is married to Kapil Hari Paranjape who is a professor of mathematics at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research 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.[3] Her research areas include Nonlinear Dynamics, Chaos, Complex Systems, Networks, and Computation.[4] She is an Editor of the AIP journal Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science.[5]

Awards
  • Elected Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences, 2018 [6]
  • J.C. Bose National Fellowship (2015) [7]
  • Elected Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi in 2014 [8]
  • Elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore in 2010 [9]
  • 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 [10]
  • 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 Physics) for the year"
  • National Talent Search Scholarship, during 1978-1985

References
  1. "IAS - Women in Science". Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  2. "Curriculum Vitae".
  3. "Faculty listing".
  4. "Publications".
  5. "Chaos".
  6. "Fellowship of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)".
  7. "J C Bose National Fellowship" (PDF).
  8. "Fellowship of Indian National Science Academy".
  9. "Fellowship of Indian Academy of Sciences".
  10. "Birla Prize".
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