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Ph.D. thesis supervision
- Indrajit Mitra: Some aspects of particle physics in thermal
background (Jadavpur University, 2002)
- Kaushik Bhattacharya: Elementary particle interactions in a background
magnetic field (Jadavpur University, 2004)
- Biswajit Adhikary: Models of fermion mass and CP violation (Jadavpur
University, 2009)
- Pulak Ranjan Giri: Solvable models in quantum physics (Jadavpur
University, 2009)
- Priti Bhajan Byakti: Some aspects of supersymmetry breaking
(Calcutta University, 2014)
- Arindam Mazumdar: Effect of Preheating on Cosmic Microwave
Background (Calcutta University, 2017)
Courses given before joining Saha Institute
- [1979-80] Teaching assistant for several undergraduate Physics
courses at Carnegie-Mellon University.
- [1984] Taught part of a graduate course on gauge
theories at Carnegie-Mellon University.
- [1987] Organized a graduate student seminar series on
Supersymmetry and gave some lectures on Superstrings at the University
of Massachusetts.
- [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).
- [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
- "Quantum Field Theory" to
the class of 1997-1998, January to May 1998.
- "Theoretical Physics" to
the class of 1999-2000 during August to December 1999.
- "Theoretical Physics" to
the class of 2000-2001 during August to December 2000.
- "Statistical Physics"
to the class of 2001-2002 during August to October 2001, half of a
semester-long course.
- "Statistical Physics"
to the class of 2002-2003 during August to December 2002.
- "Particle Physics"
to the class of 2003-2004 during January to May 2004.
- "Particle Physics"
to the class of 2005-2006 during January to May 2006.
- "Particle Physics"
to the class of 2006-2007 during January to May 2007.
- "Classical Field Theory"
to the class of 2008-2009 during August to December 2008.
- "Classical Field Theory"
to the class of 2009-2010 during August to November 2009.
- "Quantum Field Theory"
to the class of 2010-2011 during December 2010 to March 2011.
- "Experimental methods"
to the class of 2011-2012 during August to November 2011.
- "Experimental techniques"
to the class of 2012-2013 during December 2012 to March 2013.
- "Mathematical methods"
to the class of 2013-2014 during August to November 2013.
- "Mathematical methods"
to the class of 2014-2015 during August to November 2014.
- "Particle Physics"
to the class of 2015-2016 during December 2015 to March 2016.
- "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
- "Electrodynamics" for 2nd semester
MSc students during January–April 2018.
- "Quantum Mechanics 1" for 1st semester
MSc students, 2019.
- "Particle Physics" for 4th semester
MSc students, 2020.
- "Quantum Mechanics 1" for 1st semester
MSc students, 2020.
- "Particle Physics" for 4th semester
MSc students, 2021.
- "Quantum Mechanics 1" for 1st semester
MSc students, 2021.
- "Particle Physics" for 4th semester
MSc students, 2022.
Courses given at workshops and schools
(at least 15 hours of lectures)
- "Neutrino Physics": A course of 12 lectures (1.5
hours each) at the SERC school held at IISc, Bangalore.
- "Supersymmetry":
A course of 12 lectures (1.5 hours each) at the
Rencontres du Vietnam, Hanoi, January 2001.
- "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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