BIRTH: June 9, 1964 in Hyderabad, India
Married to Anita R. Singh, One daughter.
EDUCATION: Bachelor of Technology in Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, 1985. Master of Science in Physics, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA, 1988. Ph. D. in Physics, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA, 1991.
RESEARCH TRACK: Post-Doctoral fellow: Physical Reseach Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India, March 1992-August 1993; University of Lausanne, Switzerland, October 1993-September 1995; University of Bern, Switzerland, October 1995-September 1996. Fellow, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Madras, India, October 1996-November 1996. Assistant Professor, Centre for Theoretical Studies Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India, 1996-2002 Associate Professor, Centre for Theoretical Studies Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India, 2002-2009
PRESENT POSITION: Professor & Chairman, Centre for Theoretical Studies Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India.
OTHER SIGNIFICANT POSITIONS HELD: Associate Member (1997-2002) Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy 6 month visitor to Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA 23606, USA (May-October 2003)
HONOURS AND AWARDS: Fellowship of the Homi Bhabha Fellowships Council, November 2009 - 2011.