Full
name: Yeshwant Ramchandra Waghmare
Residential address: 'Omkar',9, Sri Mangal
society, near jog hospital, Paud, pune-411038
Email: vrwaghmare@vsnl.net;
yrw37@rediffmail.com
Phone: (Res) 020-2541-0432
; (Off) 020-2542-o163. |
Administrative:
* Acting Director, IIT Kanpur, several times during
1991-1992
* Dean of Students Affairs, IIT Kanpur (1978-1993)
* Head, department of physics, IIT Kanpur(1978-1958)
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Academics1:
* M.Sc (physics),Univ of Bombay (1958)
* Ph.D. in nuclear theory; physical research lab,
Ahemadabad (1962)
* Lecturer in physics as Punjab university, Chandigarh
(1962-1963)
* Assistant research physicist with noble Laurette
Late Madame Maria Mayer, , at university of California,
San Diego, U.S.A.(1963-1965)
* Research associate at Massachusetts institute
of technology, Cambridge, mass., U.S.A (1965-1966)
* Assistant professor of physics, IIT Kanpur (1966-1971);
professor of physics (1971- 1997
* Visiting Prof., IUCAA, Pune (1997-1998)
* Emeritus scientist, physics Dept.Univ.of Pune
(1998-2003) |
Courses
in universities:
* Gave series of extended courses at: B.A.R.C (Mumbai);
Aligarh Muslim university Kanpur University; nuclear
science center (Delhi);Kumaon university, Nainital;
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi; Australian National
University, Canberra Australia.
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Visiting
Professorships Abroad:
Univ. of Heidelberg (Germany); Nuclear science
Centre,Juelich (Germany ); Weissmann Institute of
Science, Rehovoth (Israel);Harwell (England); Oxford
Univ. (England); Saclay ( France ); lowa state University,
Ames (USA); CERN Geneva ( Switzerland ); Australian
National Univ. (Uanberra Australia), etc
* Senior Associate of International Centre for Theortical
Physics, Trieste (Italy) |
Academics
2:
* Guided 13 students for Ph.D. degree
* Written over 80 research papers.
* Written 7 books on Nuclear Physics, Nuclear Science
and Engineering, Quantum Mechanics, Relativity,
etc |
Honors:
* Fellow of the Maharashtra Academy of Sciences
* Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India
* Was awarded Rotary Ratna 1997 award for contributions
to Science & Technology * Ex-vice president
of Indian physics association
* Ex- president of Indian association of physics
teachers (IAPT).
* Editorial board of some reputed international
and National journal. |
Others
(Past & Present Occupations) :
* He was member trustee of Vasundhara
trust, Pune
* He is chancellor’s nominee on the academic
council of Shivaji University, kolhapur
* He is member of board of trustees of Vidnyan Samvardhan
Mandal, Pune .
* He is member of board of trustees of Indian institute
of education, Pune.
* He has been advisor to, state entrance test (set),
Maharashtra state and also advisor for the national
eligibility test (net), CSIR/ UGC.
* He is vice- chairman of Maharashtra education
society, Pune.
* President, Marathi Vigyan Parishad, Pune
* President, Vidya Mahamadal (Apte Prashala belongs
to it ). |
Areas
of interest:
Nuclear Science, Theory of Relativity, Mathematical
Physics, Quantum Mechanics, History and Philosophy
of Science; Education of science and science of
education, etc |
