Tankeshwar Kumar | |
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Born | Haryana, India | October 17, 1963
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | Kurukshetra University (B.Sc) Panjab University, Chandigarh (M.Sc, Ph.D) |
Known for | Contributions to Condensed Matter Physics, Nanotechnology, and e-governance |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics, Nanotechnology, Information Technology |
Institutions | Panjab University, Chandigarh, Central University of Haryana |
Tankeshwar Kumar (born 17 October 1963) [1] is an Indian physicist and academic. He is currently serving as the vice-chancellor of Central University of Haryana. [2] He has also served as vice chancellor of Guru Jambeshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar. [3] [4] His research work has h-index 25 and has more than 2400 citations. [5] He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, India in 2015. [6]
Kumar was born on October 17, 1963[ citation needed ] in Yamunanagar, Haryana. [7] He completed his B.Sc in Physics, Chemistry, Maths from Kurukshetra University in 1983 and went on to earn his M.Sc in Physics from Panjab University, Chandigarh in 1985. [8] He received his Ph.D. in Theoretical Solid State Physics from Panjab University in 1990. [1] He also held a Post Doctoral Fellowship at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy, in 1991. [9]
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