Atul Gurtu

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Atul Gurtu
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Gurtu at TIFR on 17 September 2013
Born (1946-01-16) 16 January 1946 (age 79)
Lahore, Punjab, British India
Education The Lawrence School
Alma mater Panjab University
Known forHis work in experimental high energy physics, including leadership in CERN collaborations
Spouse(s)Promila Bawa (1971–2006) (her death)
Suhasini Mulay (2011–present)
ChildrenAshish (1974–1991)
Scientific career
Fields High energy physics (Particle physics)
Institutions Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai
King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Thesis  (1971)

Atul Gurtu (born 16 January 1946) is an Indian high energy physicist. He joined the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, in 1971 and retired in 2011 as a senior professor, after a career spanning four decades in particle physics research. [1]

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Early life

Gurtu was born in Lahore, in the Punjab Province of British India, into a Kashmiri family on 16 January 1946. [2]

During the Partition of India in 1947, Gurtu's family moved from West Punjab (which became part of the newly formed Dominion of Pakistan) to the newly formed Dominion of India, settling in a part of East Punjab which later became Himachal Pradesh.

Gurtu studied at Auckland House in Shimla, and later at the Lawrence School Sanawar in Kasauli. He then attended Panjab University in Chandigarh, obtaining his PhD in 1971, and thereafter joined the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) in Mumbai in 1969. [3]

Career

Gurtu is a particle physics researcher who participated in numerous experimental projects in collaboration with CERN, Geneva, from 1969 to 2011, as part of the high energy physics group at TIFR. [1] From 2003 to 2011, he led a 70-member Indian team which participated in the CERN Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. [4] [5]

From 2011 to 2012, he was Distinguished Professor at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Since retiring from TIFR in 2011, he has continued contributions to the Particle Data Group collaboration. [4]

Personal life

Gurtu married Promila Bawa in 1971. They had one child, Ashish (1974–1991), who was differently abled. Promila died in 2006. [2] In January 2011, he married National Film Award-winning actress Suhasini Mulay, whom he met on Facebook. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Faces and Places: Atul Gurtu retires from the Tata Institute". CERN Courier. 6 June 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 Shah, Kunal M. (11 March 2011). "Suhasini Mulay ties the knot at 60". The Times of India .
  3. ↑ Nishat Bari (10 September 2011). "Back to Beginnings: Atul Gurtu". India Today.
  4. 1 2 "Atul GURTU - Senior Professor (Retd) - PhD - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research". ResearchGate. Retrieved 29 December 2025.
  5. ↑ "Indian scientists play key role in God particle discovery". The Times of India. 5 July 2012.
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