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 public deemed research university located in Mumbai, India that is dedicated to basic research in mathematics and the sciences. It is a Deemed University and works under the umbrella of the ...

from 2007 to 2014.

Early life

Mustansir Barma was born in Mumbai to a

Dawoodi Bohra The Dawoodi Bohras are a religious denomination within the Ismā'īlī branch of Shia Islam. Their largest numbers reside in India, Pakistan, Yemen, East Africa, and the Middle East, with a growing presence across Europe, North America, South ...

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 The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) is a science award in India given annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental, in biology, ...

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 Padma Shri ( IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is conf ...

Award (2013)Padma Awards 2013: Full list
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References

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