Mustansir Barma is an Indian scientist specializing in statistical physics. He was former director of the

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) is a leading research Institute under the Department of Atomic Energy of the Government of India. It is a public deemed university located at Navy Nagar, Colaba in Mumbai. It also has a centres in ...

from 2007 to 2014.

Early life

Mustansir Barma was born in Mumbai to a

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family.

Awards and honours

* Young Scientist Award of the Indian National Science Academy (1980). * Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences (1983 – 86). *

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Shanti or Shanthi may refer to: In Sanskrit * Inner peace, a state of being mentally and spiritually at peace, with enough knowledge and understanding to keep oneself strong in the face of discord or stress * Kshanti, one of the paramitas of B ...

for the Physical Sciences awarded by the CSIR (1995). * Honorary faculty member, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore (1998 – 2001). * DAE Raja Ramanna Prize Lecture in Physics (2004). * S.N. Bose Birth Centenary Award of the Indian Science Congress (2007). * J.C. Bose Fellowship of the Department of Science and Technology (2007). * Seventh Abdus Salam Memorial Lecture, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi (2009). * R.S. Goyal Prize for Physics (2006), awarded in 2010. *

Padma Shri The Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī'', lit. 'Lotus Honour'), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. In ...

Award (2013)Padma Awards 2013: Full list
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References

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