Shankar R

Shankar R

Retired Professor
Theoretical Physics
2254 3327
shankar @ imsc . res . in
S1/S2 Main Building
Research Interests: 
  • Glaciers and climate change
  • Geometry and topology of quantum many-body systems
Education: 
  • MS Physics, IIT Delhi, 1979
  • M. Phil, Delhi University, 1980
  • Ph.D., TIFR, Bombay University, 1987
Career History: 
  • Post-Doctoral Fellow, IMSc, 1987-89
  • Post-Doctoral Fellow, IIT Kanpur, 1989-1991
  • Faculty, IMSc, 1991-present
Courses Taught: 
  • Classical Field Theory
  • Quantum FIeld Theory - IB
  • Quantum Mechanics - 2
  • Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
  • Electromagnetism
  • Condensed matter physics - 1