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PhD Thesis supervision
Courses given at the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
Courses given elsewhere

Ph.D. thesis supervision

  1. Indrajit Mitra: Some aspects of particle physics in thermal background (Jadavpur University, 2002)
  2. Kaushik Bhattacharya: Elementary particle interactions in a background magnetic field (Jadavpur University, 2004)
  3. Biswajit Adhikary: Models of fermion mass and CP violation (Jadavpur University, 2009)
  4. Pulak Ranjan Giri: Solvable models in quantum physics (Jadavpur University, 2009)
  5. Priti Bhajan Byakti: Some aspects of supersymmetry breaking (Calcutta University, 2014)
  6. Arindam Mazumdar: Effect of Preheating on Cosmic Microwave Background (Calcutta University, 2017)

Courses given before joining Saha Institute

  1. [1979-80] Teaching assistant for several undergraduate Physics courses at Carnegie-Mellon University.
  2. [1984] Taught part of a graduate course on gauge theories at Carnegie-Mellon University.
  3. [1987] Organized a graduate student seminar series on Supersymmetry and gave some lectures on Superstrings at the University of Massachusetts.
  4. [1989] Taught the graduate course on Classical Electrodynamics at the University of Oregon. Teacher evalutation by the students: 4.73 out of 5.0 (departmental average for graduate courses: 4.22).
  5. [1996] Taught Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics to Ph.D. students at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics.

Courses given to the Post-MSc students at the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics

  1. "Quantum Field Theory" to the class of 1997-1998, January to May 1998.
  2. "Theoretical Physics" to the class of 1999-2000 during August to December 1999.
  3. "Theoretical Physics" to the class of 2000-2001 during August to December 2000.
  4. "Statistical Physics" to the class of 2001-2002 during August to October 2001, half of a semester-long course.
  5. "Statistical Physics" to the class of 2002-2003 during August to December 2002.
  6. "Particle Physics" to the class of 2003-2004 during January to May 2004.
  7. "Particle Physics" to the class of 2005-2006 during January to May 2006.
  8. "Particle Physics" to the class of 2006-2007 during January to May 2007.
  9. "Classical Field Theory" to the class of 2008-2009 during August to December 2008.
  10. "Classical Field Theory" to the class of 2009-2010 during August to November 2009.
  11. "Quantum Field Theory" to the class of 2010-2011 during December 2010 to March 2011.
  12. "Experimental methods" to the class of 2011-2012 during August to November 2011.
  13. "Experimental techniques" to the class of 2012-2013 during December 2012 to March 2013.
  14. "Mathematical methods" to the class of 2013-2014 during August to November 2013.
  15. "Mathematical methods" to the class of 2014-2015 during August to November 2014.
  16. "Particle Physics" to the class of 2015-2016 during December 2015 to March 2016.
  17. "Quantum Field Theory (Part 2)" to the class of 2016-2017 during December 2016 to March 2017.

Courses given to the MSc students at the Calcutta University

  1. "Electrodynamics" for 2nd semester MSc students during January–April 2018.
  2. "Quantum Mechanics 1" for 1st semester MSc students, 2019.
  3. "Particle Physics" for 4th semester MSc students, 2020.
  4. "Quantum Mechanics 1" for 1st semester MSc students, 2020.
  5. "Particle Physics" for 4th semester MSc students, 2021.
  6. "Quantum Mechanics 1" for 1st semester MSc students, 2021.
  7. "Particle Physics" for 4th semester MSc students, 2022.
  8. "Quantum Mechanics 1" for 1st semester MSc students, 2022.
  9. "Particle Physics" for 4th semester MSc students, 2023.

Courses given at workshops and schools (at least 15 hours of lectures)

  1. "Neutrino Physics": A course of 12 lectures (1.5 hours each) at the SERC school held at IISc, Bangalore.
  2. "Supersymmetry": A course of 12 lectures (1.5 hours each) at the Rencontres du Vietnam, Hanoi, January 2001.
  3. "Quantum Field Theory": A course of 12 lectures (1.5 hours each) at the SERC school held at the SGTB Khalsa College, Delhi University, September-October 2008.
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