Bikas Kanta Chakrabarti (born 14 December 1952 in Kolkata (erstwhile Calcutta) is an Indian physicist.
At present he is INSA Senior Scientist (Physics) at the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics & Visiting Professor (Economics) at the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India.
Bikas K. Chakrabarti | |
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Born | Calcutta, India | 14 December 1952
Alma mater | Calcutta University |
Known for | |
Awards | Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics, Economics |
Institutions | Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata |
Chakrabarti received his Ph.D. degree from Calcutta University in 1979. Following post-doctoral work at the University of Oxford and the University of Cologne, he joined the faculty of Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP) in 1983. He is S. S. Bhatnagar Prize awardee (1997) and former J. C. Bose National Fellow (2011-2020). He is a former director of SINP. At present he is INSA Scientist at SINP (2021-) and also Honorary Visiting Professor of economics (2007-) at the Indian Statistical Institute. Emeritus Professor of SINP and of S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences. Much of Chakrabarti's research has centered around statistical physics & condensed matter physics (including Quantum computing & Quantum annealing; see also D-Wave Systems & Timeline of quantum computing) and their application to social sciences (see e.g., Econophysics). He has authored several books and papers in the fields of physics and economics. Chakrabarti is (and was) member of the editorial boards of a number of physics and economics journals and book series (from Springer & Cambridge University Press).
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