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Ajoy Ghatak
Born
Lucknow
NationalityIndia
CitizenshipIndian
Alma materDelhi University
Cornell University
Known forResearch on photonics, fiber optics and education in India
AwardsShanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
OSA Fellow
OSA Esther Hoffman Beller Award
ICO Galileo Galilei Award
SPIE educator award
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsIndian Institute of Technology
Doctoral advisorMark Nelkin
Notable studentsK. Thyagarajan, RK Varshney,B.P. Pal, Anurag Sharma, IC Goyal, GP Agrawal

Ajoy Ghatak is an Indian physicist and author of physics textbooks.

Ajoy Ghatak has written over 170 research papers and more than 20 books (see Selected Publications below). His undergraduate textbook on Optics has been translated to Chinese and Persian and his monograph on Inhomogeneous Optical Waveguides (coauthored with Professor Sodha) has been translated to Chinese and Russian.[1] In 1995, he was elected Fellow of the Optical Society of America "for distinguished service to optics education and for his contribution to the understanding of propagation characteristics of gradient index media, fibers and integrated optical devices".[2]

He received his M.Sc from Delhi University and Ph.D from Cornell University. Professor Ghatak joined the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 1966.[2] He retired as an Emeritus Professor of Physics at IIT Delhi in 2007[3]

Professor Ghatak now spends his time writing books and doing special guest lectures at universities and colleges in India and internationally.[4][5] In recent years, he has taken a keen interest in bringing the genius of Albert Einstein to the wider public and was invited to present a TEDx talk, "Inside Einstein's mind"[6] in 2017

Selected awards and honors

Selected publications[11]

  • Ghatak, Ajoy (2010), Einstein And The Special Theory Of Relativity, ISBN 81-309-1478-6
  • Thyagarajan, K.; Ghatak, Ajoy (2010), Lasers: Fundamentals And Applications (2nd ed.), ISBN 1-4419-6441-X
  • Ghatak, Ajoy (2009), Optics (4th ed.), ISBN 0-07-338048-2
  • Ghatak, Ajoy (2009), Basic Quantum Mechanics (with CD), ISBN 0-230-63916-X
  • Lakshminarayanan, Vasudevan; Ghatak, Ajoy; Thyagarajan, K. (2001), Lagrangian Optics, ISBN 0-7923-7582-3
  • Ghatak, Ajoy; Thyagarajan, K. (1998), An Introduction To Fiber Optics, ISBN 0-521-57785-3
  • Ghatak, Ajoy (1996), Introduction To Quantum Mechanics, ISBN 0-333-92419-3
  • Ghatak, Ajoy; Thyagarajan, K. (1989), Optical Electronics, ISBN 0-521-30643-4
  • Eliezer, Shalom; Ghatak, Ajoy; Hora, Heinrich (1986), Fundamentals Of Equations Of State, ISBN 981-02-4833-4
  • Ghatak, Ajoy; Lokanathan, S. (1984), Quantum Mechanics: Theory And Applications, ISBN 9781403923417
  • Ghatak, Ajoy; Sodha, M. S. (1977), Inhomogeneous Optical Waveguides, ISBN 0-306-30916-5

References

  1. ^ Miranda House events (PDF), retrieved 8 November 2010
  2. ^ a b Ajoy Ghatak biography, International Commission for Optics, retrieved 7 November 2010
  3. ^ IIT Kharagpur's biography on Ajoy Ghatak (PDF), Indian Institute of Technology, archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2011, retrieved 8 November 2010 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ BESU Events 2010, archived from the original on 18 November 2010, retrieved 8 November 2010 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ SPIE Events, archived from the original on 20 July 2010, retrieved 8 November 2010 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9n_Mr80elg
  7. ^ SPIE Educator Award, retrieved 8 November 2010
  8. ^ OSA's Esther Hoffman Beller Medal, retrieved 8 November 2010
  9. ^ ICO Galileo Galilei Award, archived from the original on 9 July 2011, retrieved 8 November 2010 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ S. S. Bhatnagar award for Physical Sciences, archived from the original on 27 September 2011, retrieved 8 November 2010 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ The full list of publications can be found here (accessed 8 November 2010)
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