Curricullum vitae
BIMAN BAGCHI
Honorary Professor, Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science
FNA, FASc, FNASc, FTWAS
Foreign Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
DST-SERB National Science Chair Professor
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Education
1974: BSc – Chemistry; Presidency College, Calcutta University, India
1976: MSc – Chemistry; Calcutta University, India
1981: PhD – Brown University, Providence, USA (Adviser: Prof. Julian H. Gibbs)
Recent Awards & Recognitions
Joel Henry Hildebrand Award from American Chemical Society in Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry of Liquids (2021)
Elected Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2020) [AAAS]
Humboldt Science Research Award of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2019)
National Science Chair award conferred by The Department of Science & technology, Science and Engineering Research Board (DST, SERB), India (2020)
B. Bagchi Festschrift special issue J. Phys. Chem. B, 2015, 119 (34), pp 10809-11442
Accolades
National Merit Certificate (1971)
First Degree State Scholarship (1971-1974)
Young Associate of the Indian Academy of Science (1985-1989)
Young Scientist Medal of the Indian National Science Academy (1986)
Homi Bhabha Fellow (1989-1991)
A.K. Bose Memorial Award (1990) from INSA for best research paper in physical sciences (published on work done in India)
S.S. Bhatnagar Prize in Chemical Sciences (1991)
Elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences (1991)
Elected Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, (1994)
Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad (1995)
Jagdish Shankar Memorial Lecture award from INSA (1997)Page 3 of 4
Seventh G.D. Birla Award for Science and Technology (1997
Platinum Jubilee Lecture of Indian Science Congress (1997)
Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) in Chemistry (1998)
Alumni Excellence Award in Research, IISc (2002)
Silver Medal of Chem. Res. Soc. of India (2002 )
Goyal Prize in Chemistry (2003)
Amrut Mody Chair Professorship (2004-2007)
Fellowship of the Third World Academy of Sciences, Trieste, Italy (2004)
J. C. Bose National Fellowship (2006-2016) & (2016-2020)
Nehru Birth Centenary Award (INSA) (2008)
Professional Experience
Aug,2019 - Jul, 2024 Honorary Professor, IISc, Bangalore, India
1995 - 2019 Professor, SSCU, IISc, Bangalore, India
Aug, 2017- Jul, 2019 Dean of Science, IISc, Bangalore, India
2018-2020 Distinguished Visiting Professor. IIT Bombay, India
2016-2019 Honorary Visiting Professor. S.N. Bose National Centre of Basic Sciences, Kolkata, India
2017-2020 Academic Advisory Council, UGC
2019-2022 Empowered Committee, SERB
2018-2020 Ethics Committee, S. S. Institute for Advanced Research (Ayush)
2000-2004 Chairman, SSCU, IISc, Bangalore, India
Jun,1991 - Dec, 1995 Associate Professor, SSCU, IISc, Bangalore, India
Mar,1987 - Jun, 1991 Assistant Professor, SSCU, IISc, Bangalore, India
Aug,1984 – Mar, 1987 Lecturer, SSCU, IISc, Bangalore, India
1983-1984 Postdoctoral Research, Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, U.S.A (with Prof. R. W. Zwanzig)
1981-1983 Postdoctoral Research, James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, U.S.A (with Prof. David W. Oxtoby)
Editorial Board & Advisory Committees
Editorial Board, Chemical Physics (Elsevier) (2010- )
Editorial Board, J. Chem. Phys. (AIP) (2009-2012)
Editorial Board, PMC Biophysics (Phys. Math Central) (2008- 2014)
Editorial Advisory Board, Chemical Physics Letters. (2002-2004)
Editorial Advisory Board, Theoretical Chemistry Accts. (2002- )
Editorial Advisory Board, J. Phys. Chem. (ACS) (2001-2007)
Editorial Advisory Board, Phys. Chem. Comm. (RSC) (2000- )
International Advisory Board, Adv. Chem. Phys. (Wiley) (2000-2005)
Editorial Board, Indian Journal of Chemistry (1995-2001)
Editorial Board, Proceedings of Indian Academy of Sciences (1989-1993)
Editorial Board, Journal of Molecular Liquids (Elsevier) (2015-)
Other Positions, Activities & Named Lectures
A.K. Bose Memorial Lecture, INSA, New Delhi (1990)
Jagdish Shankar Memorial Lecture, INSA, New Delhi (1997)
Platinum Jubilee Lecture of Indian Science Congress, Hyderabad (1997)
B.C. Laha Memorial Lecture of IACS, Calcutta (2001)
Raman-Mizushima Lecture, JSPS & DST (2006)
Golden Jubilee Lectures, IIT, Kanpur (2010)
Golden Jubilee Lectures, IIT, Delhi (2010)
First R.A. Mashelkar Lecture, NCL, Pune (2011)
International year of Chemistry Lecture, IISER and NCL, Pune (2011)
Bose Colloquium, SN Bose Centre of Basic Sciences, Kolkata (2016)
Institute Colloquium, IISER-Bhopal (2015)
Institute Colloquium, IISER-Mohali (2015)
Institute Colloquium, IACS, Jadavpur, Kolkata (2017)
Distinguished visiting Professor, IIT Bombay (2018-2020)
125th year Distinguished Bose Lecture (2018)
Honorary Professor, JNCASR, Bangalore
Honorary Professor,S.N. Bose National Centre of Basic Sciences, Kolkata (2016-2019)
Honorary Professor of National Institute of Advanced studies, Bangalore
Member of the Research Council, NCL, Pune (2001-2004)
Societal Works & Important Positions
Dean of Science Faculty, IISc (2017-2019)
Empowered Committee, Department of Science & Technology (DST)
National Task Force on Supermodel of COVID-19, DST-SERB
Academic Advisory Committee, University Grants Commission (UGC)
Chairman, SSCU, IISc (2000-2004)
Swayam-NPTEL Online Course 2020 ["Basic Statistical Mechanics", Course ID: noc20-cy28] (Website: Click here)