Rajesh Ganapathy

Rajesh Ganapathy
Alma mater	IIT Madras (M.Sc.) Indian Institute of Science (Ph.D.)
Known for	Experimental soft matter physics
Awards	Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (2020) Asian Scientist 100 (2021)
Scientific career
Fields	Soft condensed matter physics
Institutions	Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru

Rajesh Ganapathy is a physicist at the International Centre for Materials Science in Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru. ^[1] He specialises in experimental soft condensed matter physics. ^[2] He was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology for his contributions to physical sciences in 2020. ^[3]

Education

Rajesh Ganapathy secured his M Sc degree from Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 1999 and Ph D degree from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 2006. He was a post doctoral fellow in Cornell University during 2007–09 and he joined JNCASR in 2009.

Awards

In 2021, Ganapathy became a laureate of the Asian Scientist 100 by the Asian Scientist . ^[4]

Publications

• "Rajesh Ganapathy". Google Scholar. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
• "Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar awardee's demystification of transformation of glass to crystal can help dispose liquid nuclear waste safely". Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt of India. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
• "Devitrification Demystified". Indinan Institute of Science, Bangalore. Retrieved 17 August 2021.

References

1. "Prof. Rajesh Ganapathy". Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research . Retrieved 16 August 2021.
2. "Ganapathy Group, JNCASR". Jawarlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific research. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
3. "Profile of Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
4. "The Asian Scientist 100". Asian Scientist . Retrieved 13 March 2025.