NAME: SUDESHNA SINHA

PRESENT POSITION:

Professor, Department of Physical Sciences,
and
Dean, Faculty
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali

Education and Visiting Positions held:

1. I.C.S.E. (Indian Certificate of Secondary Education)- 1978
2. Pre degree from Visva Bharati University (Grade A+)
3. Master of Science (Five Years Integrated Programme in Chemistry)
   from the Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T.) Kanpur - 1985
4. Joined the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (T.I.F.R.), Bombay, India, as graduate student in August 1985.
5. Submitted Ph. D. thesis Dynamical Studies of Atomic and Molecular Systems in November 1989
6. Visiting Scientist at the Condensed Matter Group, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy
   (March 1990 - July 1991)
7. Visiting Scientist at the Theoretical Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Bombay, India
   (January 1992 - June 1993)

Employment history:

1. Reader, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore,
   (June 1994 - August 1996)
2. Fellow D, The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai
   (September 1996 - July 1999)
3. Reader F, The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai
   (August 1999 - July 2003)
4. Professor G, The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai
   (August 2003 - January 2009)
5. Professor H, The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai
   (February 2009 - August 2011)
6. Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali
   (April 2010 onwards)

AWARDS:

1. National Merit Certificate
   ( for meritorious performance in the I.C.S.E. examination ) - 1978
   

2. National Talent Search Scholarship
   ( 1978 onwards )
   

3. Pre degree from Visva Bharati University: placed first in the University merit list ( 1980 )
   

4. General Proficiency Prize ( 1985 )
   

   From the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur : Awarded to the Best Outgoing Student in the Masters degree (five years integrated programme in Chemistry) for the year
   

5. Associate Member of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy (1995-2000).
   

6. Awarded the B M Birla Prize for Physics, 1998
   

   (The B M Birla prizes are awarded to Indian scientists, below the age of 40 years, who have made outstanding original contributions in their fields.)
   

7. Elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Science (IAS), Bangalore, 2010
   

8. Elected Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi, 2014
   

9. Awarded the J C Bose National Fellowship, 2015
   

10. Elected Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Trieste, Januray 2018
    

INVITED TALKS DELIVERED (partial list):

1. Discussion Meeting on Chaos: Some Open Questions, Bangalore, August 1992.
2. Workshop on Complex Systems, Bangalore, 26 - 29 June 1996
3. Workshop on Recent Developments in Chaotic Dynamics, Tiruchirapalli, December 1996.
4. International Conference on Dynamical Systems, Bangalore, 10 - 15 January 1997
5. Golden Jubilee Conference on Nonlinear Dynamics and Computational Physics,
   PRL Ahmedabad, December 1997
6. International Conference on Nonlinear Dynamics and Brain Functioning,
   Bangalore, February 1998
7. International Conference on Nonlinear Dynamics: Integrability and Chaos,
   Tiruchirapalli, February 1998
8. Symposium on Synchronisation of Chaotic Systems, Trieste, 3-5 July 2000
9. International Conference on Perspectives in Theoretical Physics, Ahmedabad, Januray 2001.
10. VIII Ramanujan Symposium on Recent Developments in Nonlinear Systems, February 2001.
11. Workshop on Recent Theoretical Advances in Computation, Tiruchirapalli, March 2001.
12. Lecture Series at the SERC School on Chemical Dynamics, IIT Madras, March 2001.
13. Theoretical Engineering Seminar Series, Bell Labs, June 2001.
14. Joint SFI-SINP International Workshop on Dynamics of Networks and Spatially Extended Systems, Kolkata, January 2002.
15. Discussion Meeting on Statistical Mechanics of Threshold Activated Systems, Chennai, March 2003
16. Workshop on Nonlinear Dynamics and Control, Florida, May 2003
17. International Conference on Nonlinear Phenomena, Bangalore, January 2004
18. Perspectives in Nonlinear Dynamics (Satellite Conference of STATPHYS-22), Chennai, 12-15 July 2004
19. Theoretical Chemistry Symposium, Mumbai, December 2004
20. First SERC School on Nonlinear Dynamics, Ahmedabad, December 2005 (Special Lecture)
21. National Conference on Control and Dynamical Systems, IIT-Bombay, Januray 2005 : Plenary Talk
22. International Conference on Statistical Mechanics of Plasticity and Related Instabilities 29 August - 2 September 2005, Bangalore
23. International Conference on Control and Synchronization of Dynamical Systems, 4-7 October 2005, Mexico
24. TWOWS third general assembly and international conference on Women's Impact on Science and Technology in the New Millennium, 21-25 November 2005, Bangalore
25. Complex Systems School, Chennai, January 2006
26. National Conference on Nonlinear Systems and Dynamics, Chennai, February 2006
27. Workshop on Modeling Infectious Diseases, Chennai, September 2006
28. IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems, Singapore, December 2006
29. Colloquium on Prospects of Methods in Contemporary Physics for Technology, Cochin, 2007
30. Institute Colloquium, RRI Bangalore, 19 April, 2007
31. 3rd International IEEE Scientific Conference on Physics and Control (PhysCon 2007) , Potsdam, 2007
32. Superrobust Computation Project Seminar, Tokyo, 2007
33. International Conference on Recent Developments in Nonlinear Dynamics, Tiruchirapalli, 2008
34. Bio-inspired Complex Networks in Science and Technology, Dresden, April 2008
35. International Conference on Nonlinear Dynamical Systems and Turbulence, Bangalore, July 17-22, 2008
36. INSA sponsored Lecture workshop on The applications of Nonlinear Dynamics in engineering and Technology.
    PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, 30 July - 1 August 2009
37. Physics Department Colloquium, IIT Kanpur, November 6, 2009
38. Dynamics on Networks, Pune, 13-14 November 2009
39. SERC School on Nonlinear Dynamics, New Delhi, December 17, 2009 (Special Lecture)
40. Dynamic Days South America, Brazil, July 2010: Plenary talk
41. Conference on Modeling Infectious Diseases, Mahabalipuram, September 2010
42. Platinum Jubilee International Physics Conference, IIT Kharagpur, 1-3 December 2011
43. Second International conference on Complex dynamical systems and applications (CDSAII), Kolkata, 9-11 January 2012
44. Conference on Statistical Mechanics and Nonlinear Dynamics, Kolkata, 12-19 March 2012
45. International Symposium on Innovative Mathematical Modelling, Tokyo, Japan, 14-18 May 2012.
46. International Conference on Complex Processes in Plasmas and Nonlinear Dynamical Systems, Gandhinagar, 6-9 November 2012
47. DST SERC school on Nonlinear Dynamics, Kolkata, 30 Nov-22 Dec 2012
48. International Workshop on Advanced Computational and Experimental Techniques in Nonlinear Dynamics, Cusco, May 2013
49. Perspectives in Nonlinear Dynamics (PNLD) (Satellite conference to STATPHYS 2013), July 2013
50. Conference on Nonlinear Systems and Dynamics (CNSD 2013), IIT Indore, 11-14 December 2013
51. Symposium on Complex Systems, Delhi, 15-16 October 2013
52. DST SERC school on Nonlinear Dynamics, 27-28 January 2014, Panjab University, Chandigarh
53. DST SERC School on Nonlinear Dynamics, December 2014, Central University of Rajasthan
54. Hands-on School on Complex Systems, Ahmedababd, February 2015
55. PHYSCON, Istanbul, 19-22 August 2015
56. Complex Dynamical Systems and Applications (CDSA), Durgapur, 15-17 February 2016
57. Chandigarh Science Congress, Chandigarh, 29 Feb-2 March, 2016
58. Workshop on Complex networks and emerging applications, Edinburgh, 28 March - 1 April 2016
59. Advances in Mathematical and Computational Biology (AMCB 2016), IIT Ropar, 21-22 May 2016
60. Conference on Nonlinear Systems and Dynamics (CNSD-2016), IISER Kolkata, 16-18 December, 2016
61. Evolving Networks and Collective Behaviour Analysis, Algorithms and Applications Workshop, Sanya, China, 9-13 January 2017

ACADEMIC SERVICE

1. Member of the Advisory Editorial Board of the journal Chaos (1999 - 2005)
   (Chaos is a leading interdisciplinary journal of nonlinear sciences, published by the American Institute of Physics.)

2. Editor of Chaos (2006 onwards)

3. Guest Editor of Focus Issue on Intrinsic and Designed Computation: Information Processing in Dynamical Systems in Chaos (2010)

4. Past Member of the Board of NBHM (National Board of Higher Mathematics)

5. Past Member of the PAC (Programme Advisory Committee) on Plasma, High Energy, Nuclear Physics, Astronomy, Astophysics and Nonlinear Dynamics of the SERB (Science & Engineering Research Board)

6. Member of the Planning Committee for the DST-SERC Schools on Nonlinear Dynamics

7. Core member of SERB Expert Committee for Young Scientists in the area of Physical & Mathematical Sciences (2015-2018)

8. Member of the Board of Governors of MNNIT Allahabad

9. In the International Program Committee/Organizing Committee of several conferences, most recently:
   

   (i) 6th International Scientific Conference on Physics and Control (PHYSCON 2013), Mexico, 2013

   (ii) Satellite conference to STATPHYS 2013 Perspectives in Nonlinear Dynamics (PNLD13), Hyderabad, 2013

   (iii) Dynamics Days Asia Pacific, Chennai, 2014

   (iv) 7th International Scientific Conference on Physics and Control (PHYSCON 2015), Turkey, 2015

   (v) Conference on Analysis and Control of Chaotic Systems (IFAC CHAOS 2015), Tokyo, 2015

   (vi) 8th International Scientific Conference on Physics and Control (PHYSCON 2017), Florence, Italy, 2017

   (vii) Conference on Analysis and Control of Chaotic Systems (IFAC CHAOS 2018), Eindhoven, 2018

MENTORSHIP

1. T.M. Janaki (post-doctoral advisor)
2. Mitaxi Mehta (post-doctoral advisor)
3. Zahera Jabeen (post-doctoral advisor)
4. Amit Sharma (post-doctoral advisor)
5. Soma De (post-doctoral advisor)
6. Pramod Kumar (post-doctoral advisor)
7. Ajay Deep Kachhwah (post-doctoral advisor)
   

   
   

8. S.M. Kamil (doctoral advisor)
9. Neeraj K. Kamal (doctoral advisor)
10. Vivek Kohar (doctoral advisor)
11. Anshul Choudhary (doctoral advisor)
12. Sudhangshu Shekhar Chaurasia (doctoral advisor - ongoing)
13. Promit Moitra (doctoral advisor - ongoing)
14. Manaoj Aravind (doctoral advisor - ongoing)
15. Chandrakala Meena (masters thesis advisor; doctoral advisor - ongoing)
16. Pranay Deep Rungta (masters thesis advisor; doctoral advisor - ongoing)
    

    
    

17. Vidit Agrawal (masters thesis advisor)
18. Shiv Pal Kang (masters thesis advisor)
19. Akansha Sharma (masters thesis advisor)
20. Ankit Kumar (masters thesis advisor)
21. Shweta Kumari (masters thesis advisor)
22. Kanishk Jain (masters thesis advisor)
23. Rahul Bansal (masters thesis advisor)
24. Manish Yadav (masters thesis advisor - ongoing)
25. Amol M. Amodkar (masters thesis advisor - ongoing)
26. Ishita Katyal (masters thesis advisor - ongoing)
    

Further, was a research mentor to:

A. Mondal, A. Miliotis, B. Kia, A. Sonawane, M.P.K. Jampa, S. Poria, A. Gupta, A. Sohane

RESEARCH IN THE NEWS:

1. Work on adaptive dynamics on chaotic lattices (Physical Review Letters (1993) 2010) was featured in:
   

   
   News and Views, Nature, Vol. 365 (1993) 485.
   

   
   

2. Work on computing with chaos (Physical Review Letters (1998) 2156) was featured in :
   

   
   

   AIP Physics News update (Update 389)
   

   Judged one of the Top Stories of 1998 (AIP Physics News Update 409).
   

   
   

3. Chaotic route to computation, Science News, 154, p. 217, October 3, 1998.
   

4. Answers evolve in computer chaos, The Daily Telegraph, London, September 10, 1998.
   

5. Computing with Chaos, Scientific American, 279, p. 45, Dec 1998.
   

6. A New Breed of Thinking Computer, Business Week, p. 111, June 21, 1999
   

7. Logic from Chaos, Economist, p. 82, April 3, 2004.
   

8. Logic from Chaos: New chips use chaos to produce potentially faster, more robust computing, MIT Technology Review, June 15, 2006.

9. The 10 Coolest Technologies You've Never Heard Of - Chaos Computing, PC Magazine, Vol. 25, No. 13, p. 66, August 8, 2006.
   

10. A Chip for All Seasons, New York Times, C6, Saturday, August 12, 2006.
    

11. Chip Takes a New Reconfigurability Approach, Computer, IEEE, September 2006.
    

12. Engines of Chaos, New Scientist, pp. 40-44, November 1st, 2008.
    

13. Work on complex networks (Phys. Rev. E, (Rapid) v. 71 020902) was featured in:
    

    
    

    The article Understanding ecosystem robustness by C.C. Wilmers, in Trends in Ecology and Evolution (2007) 504
    

    The News and Views article Ecology for bankers by R.M. May, S.A. Levin and G. Sugihara, Nature, Vol. 451 (2008) 893.
    

    
    

14. Work on Logical Stochastic Resonance (Physical Review Letters, 2009) reported in :
    

    
    

    Noisy Logic, Physical Review Focus
    

    http://focus.aps.org/story/v23/st7
    

    Science News ( Web edition : March 12th, 2009 )
    

    
    

15. Harnessing the Butterfly Effect, cover story, New Electronics, pp. 13-14, April 28, 2009.
    

16. News Scan Briefs: Logic That Feels the Noise, Scientific American, May 2009.
    

17. Babbage nanomachine promises low-energy computing, New Scientist, 25 March 2010