Ajay K. Sood
- January 5, 2024
- Physicist
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Ajay K. Sood Biography
| Name | Ajay K. Sood |
| Birthday | Jun 26 |
| Birth Year | 1951 |
| Place Of Birth | Gwalior |
| Home Town | Gwalior |
| Birth Sign | Cancer |
Ajay K. Sood is one of the most popular and richest Physicist who was born on June 26, 1951 in Gwalior, Gwalior, ****. Ajay K. Sood was born on 26 June 1951, in Gwalior, India. He graduated in Physics (BSc Hons) from the Punjab University, Chandigarh, in 1971, and followed it with a master’s degree, (MSc Hons) a year later, from the same university. In 1973, he joined the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, as a scientist where he worked till 1988. During this period, he enrolled for research at the Indian Institute of Science from where he obtained his PhD, in 1982. He also did post doctoral research at the Max Planck Institute für Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart, Germany, from 1983 to 1985.
Sood is a fellow of many science academies and institutions such as the Indian Academy of Sciences (FASc) (1991), the Indian National Science Academy (FNA) (1996), The World Academy of Sciences (FTWAS) (2002) and the National Academy of Sciences, India (FNASc) (1995) and holds the Bhatnagar Chair of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research. He is the incumbent Secretary General of The World Academy of Sciences and a former President of the Indian Academy of Sciences from 2010 to 2012 and the Vice-President of the Indian National Science Academy from 2008 to 2010. He also served as a member of the Asia- Pacific Academy of Materials in 2008.
Sood, through his experiments in 2003, generated electrical signals by passing liquids over solids or through nanotubes and this phenomenon has now been termed by the scientific world as Sood Effect.
Sood has also served on the scientific advisory committee to the Prime Minister of India from 2009 to 2014, and is the Chairman of the National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi.
Sood is a recipient of many awards and honours. He was awarded Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, in 1990, by the Government of India. In 2013, the Government of India followed it up with the fourth highest civilian award, Padma Shri.
Ajay K. Sood Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Physicist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Ajay K. Sood is one of the richest Physicist from . According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ajay K. Sood 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Ajay Kumar Sood FNA, FASc, FNASc, FRS, FTWAS (born 26 June 1951) is an Indian physicist, researcher and holder of 2 US and 5 Indian patents, known for his pioneering research findings on graphene and nanotechnology. He is a Distinguished Honorary Professor of Physics at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. The Government of India honoured him in 2013, with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for his contributions to the fields of science and technology. Sood was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2015.
The Indian Institute of Science offered Dr. Sood, the post of an Associate Professor at the institution in 1988, which he accepted. In 1994, he was promoted as the Professor of the Department of Physics at IISc. Four years later, he rose to the position of the Chairman of the Division of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, IISc, which he held until 2008. Sood has also been holding the position of the Honorary Professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru since 1993.
The Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) recognised Sood’s services by conferring on him the TWAS Prize in Physics, in 2000. The same year, he received four more awards viz. G. D. Birla Science Award, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Award, Materials Research Society (India) Medal and Millennium Gold Medal of Indian Science Congress. Two years later, in 2002, he received the Homi Jehangir Bhabha Medal of Indian National Science Academy. The next year, in 2003, he was selected for the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Alumni Award for Excellence in Research for Science. Three more awards came his way the same year, viz. M. N. Saha Birth Centenary Award of the Indian Science Congress, Sir C. V. Raman Award of the University Grants Commission and the Goyal Prize in Physics. he has also received awards such as:
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