Sudeshna Sinha
{{short description|Indian physicist}}
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Sudeshna Sinha is a professor at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali. She was at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, for over a decade. She works in the field of nonlinear physics. Her work on 'chaos-based' hardware (so-called "Chaos computing") is being developed commercially by the US-based company Chaologix.{{cite web|title=IAS - Women in Science|url=http://www.ias.ac.in/womeninscience/sudeshna.html#86|accessdate=6 April 2014}} Chaologix has now been acquired by ARM (Cambridge, England).{{cite web |title = Chaologix|url=https://www.design-reuse.com/news/43525/arm-chaologix-acquisition.html}}
Personal life
Sinha is married to Kapil Hari Paranjape, who is a professor of mathematics at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali.
Her maternal grandfather was Dr. Prabodh Chandra Bagchi, formerly the vice-chancellor of Viswa Bharati University and historian.
Education
Sinha holds a Master of Science (Five Years Integrated Programme in Physics) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, in 1985.{{cite web |url=http://www.iitk.ac.in/dora/alumni-profile |title=Notable Alumni of IIT Kanpur}} She completed her Ph.D. from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, in 1990.{{cite web|title= Curriculum Vitae|url=https://web.iisermohali.ac.in/dept/physics/Sudeshna_Sinha.html}}
Career & publications
Sinha is currently a professor at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali and works in the field of nonlinear physics.{{cite web |url=http://www.iisermohali.ac.in/faculty/dps/sudeshna |title=Faculty listing}} Her research areas include nonlinear dynamics, chaos, complex systems, networks, and computation.{{cite web |url=https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=yc87OXUAAAAJ&hl=en |title= Publications }} She is an editor of the AIP journal Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science{{cite web |url=https://aip.scitation.org/cha/info/editors |title=Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science}} and associate editor of Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation (Elsevier).{{cite web |url=https://www.journals.elsevier.com/communications-in-nonlinear-science-and-numerical-simulation/editorial-board| title=Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation}} She is also on the editorial boards of Pramana - Journal of Physics{{cite web |url=https://www.ias.ac.in/Journals/Pramana_%E2%80%93_Journal_of_Physics/Editorial_Board | title=Pramana - Journal of Physics}} and Indian Journal of Physics.{{cite web |url=
https://www.springer.com/journal/12648/editors | title=Indian Journal of Physics}}
Awards
- Elected Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences, 2018.{{cite web |url=https://twas.org/directory/sinha-sudeshna |title = Fellowship of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)}}
- J. C. Bose National Fellowship (2016-2020; renewed 2021-2025).{{cite web |url=https://www.indiascienceandtechnology.gov.in/nationalfellows?combine=J.%20C.%20Bose%20Fellowship |title = J C Bose National Fellowship}}
- Elected Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi in 2014.{{cite web |url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail/P15-1700 |title = Fellowship of Indian National Science Academy }}
- Elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore in 2010.{{cite web |url=https://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Sinha,_Prof._Sudeshna |title = Fellowship of Indian Academy of Sciences }}
- Awarded the B. M. Birla Prize for Physics in 1998 : The B M Birla prizes are awarded to Indian scientists below the age of 40 who have made outstanding original contributions in their fields.{{cite web |url=https://www.isro.gov.in/update/18-dec-2001/b-m-birla-science-awards-announced|title = Birla Prize }}
- Associate Member of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy during 1995-2000
- General Proficiency Prize from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (1985): Awarded to the "Best Outgoing Student in the master's degree (five years integrated programme in Physics) for the year"
- National Talent Search Scholarship, during 1978-1985
References
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External links
- [http://www.chaologix.com/ Chaologix]
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