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Sanjay Jain
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Education

  • Ph.D. Theoretical Physics - 1987
    Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
  • M.Sc. Physics - 1981
    Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi
  • B.Sc. Physics (Honours) - 1979
    St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi


Ph.D. Thesis

Conformally invariant field theory in two dimensions and strings in curved spacetime.
Thesis advisor : Spenta R. Wadia


Positions Held

2018 - present Senior Professor, Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi
2002 - 2018 Professor, Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi
2016 - 2019 Head, Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi (Nov 2016 - Dec 2019)
2016 Addie & Harold Broitman Member, Simons Center for Systems Biology, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA (Sept 2016 - Oct 2016)
2016 Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA (Jan 2016 - Aug 2016; on sabbatical leave from University of Delhi)
2000 - 2004 Associate Professor, Centre for Theoretical Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
1999 - 2000 Visiting Professor, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe (on sabbatical leave from University of Delhi)
1992 - 2000 Assistant Professor, Centre for Theoretical Studies, Indian Institute of Science
1990 - 1992 Research Associate, Physics Department, Harvard University
1987 - 1990 Research Associate, Physics Department, Brown University
1981 - 1987 Research Scholar, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai


Honours and Affiliations

  • Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India (since 2007).
  • Member of the External Faculty, Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM, USA (2000-2006, 2007-present).
  • Senior Associate, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, TIFR, Banglore, India (2013-2016).
  • Honorary Faculty Member, Condensed Matter Theory Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India (1995 - 2004).
  • Associate Member of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste (1996-2003).


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