Employment History:

"Head (Chair) of the Department of Physics" (May, 2015 - April, 2018).

"Prof. S. Sampath Chair" Professor (March, 2015-February, 2018).

"Dr. Jag Mohan Garg Chair" Professor (May, 2011 - April, 2014). 

Professor (HAG pay scale),  Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, (Aug, 2011 - June, 2023).

Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, (May, 1997 - August, 2011); 

Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology., Kanpur, (1993 - Apr., 1997). 

Assistant Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, (Dec., 1987 - 1992).

(I was a Alexander von Humboldt Fellow (1984-85) in Cologne, Germany; and a Senior Research Associate (1985 - 1987) in Philadelphia, U.S.A. before joining J.N.U.). 

Visiting Professor/Visiting Scientist/Visiting Scholar: 

Mathematical Biosciences Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus (USA) September, 2011-June,2012.

Max-Planck Institute for Physics of Complex Systems (Germany) May-July, 2006; May-July, 2007; May-July, 2008; May-July, 2011; May-July, 2013; May-July, 2015, Nov, 2018-June,2019. 

McGill University, Montreal (Canada) November, 1999-February, 2000.

University of Toronto (Canada) August -October, 1999.

ICTP, Trieste (Italy) May-June, 1990; May-June, 1994; May-June, 1998.

Research Center Juelich (Germany) May-July, 1989; July, 1990; May-June, 1996.

University of Cologne (Germany) January-June, 1991; July, 1994, May-June, 1995; May-June, 1997; August, 1998-July, 1999; April, 2000; June-July, 2002; June-July, 2003; May-June, 2004, May-July, 2009.

University of Tokyo (Japan) September-October, 2018.

Short Visits:

Harvard University, Cambridge (USA), Columbia University, New York City (USA), MIT, Cambridge (USA), Boston University (USA); Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts (USA); University of Oxford (UK); University of Cambridge (UK); University of Manchester (UK); Humboldt University, Berlin (Germany); Free University, Berlin (Germany); University of Leipzig (Germany); University of Duisburg (Germany); University of Regensburg (Germany); Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz (Germany), Max-Planck Institute for Colloid and Interface Research, Potsdam (Germany), European Molecular Biology Laboratory (Heidelberg), Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Hungary), University of Tokyo (Japan), National University of Singapore (Singapore), and almost all the leading research institutes, IITs and universities in India.

Educational Qualifications:

Ph.D. (Physics), 1984, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur; 

                                    Cumulative Performance Index (in Pre-Ph.D. courses): 10 / 10. 

                                    Thesis Title: Spin Glass Transition

M.Sc. (Physics), 1980, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. 

Membership of Professional Societies: 

(1) Elected Fellow, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi. 

(2) Elected Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore. 

(3) Elected Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, India, Allahabad. 

(4) Member, Biophysical Society, USA (2014-).

(5) Member, American Physical Society (2015-).