T. V. Ramakrishnan
T. V. Ramakrishnan | |
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T. V. Ramakrishnan | |
| Born | Tiruppattur Venkatachalamurti Ramakrishnan 14 August 1941 Madras, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Banaras Hindu University (B.Sc.) (M.Sc.) Columbia University (Ph.D.) |
| Known for | Contributions to Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics and Statistical Mechanics |
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| Institutions | Banaras Hindu University Indian Institute of Science Princeton University |
| Doctoral advisor | Joaquin Mazdak Luttinger |
| Doctoral students | Venkat Pai |
Tiruppattur Venkatachalamurti Ramakrishnan FRS (born 14 August 1941) is an Indian theoretical physicist renowned for his contributions to condensed matter physics. He served as the DAE Homi Bhabha Chair Professor in the Department of Physics at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) from 2003 to 2008 and has been an Emeritus Professor there since 2006. He is also a Distinguished Associate at the Centre for Condensed Matter Theory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.