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Vijay Balakrishna Shenoy

Vijay Balakrishna Shenoy is a physics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Vijay Balakrishna Shenoy rather than just read about it. In short: Vijay Balakrishna Shenoy is a Professor of Physics at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. He was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for science and technology, the highest science award in India, for the year 2013 in the physical sciences category.

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Reference excerpt

Vijay Balakrishna Shenoy is a Professor of Physics at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. He was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for science and technology, the highest science award in India, for the year 2013 in the physical sciences category.

Biography

Vijay B. Shenoy obtained his B.Tech. (Mechanical) from IIT, Madras in 1992 and his M.S. from Georgia Tech. in 1994. He received his Doctorate degree from Brown University in 1998. For a short period he took Adjunct Assistant Professorship in Brown University in 1999. Later he joined the faculty of IIT, Kanpur from 1999 to 2002. In 2002, he joined Indian Institute of Science. Currently he works on theoretical condensed matter physics with focus on strongly interacting/correlated fermionic systems.

Research His work on the Rashbon is said to have opened a new range of possibilities and new directions for physics.

External links Interview with Vijay Balakrishna Shenoy : When future can be a reality

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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Applications of Vijay Balakrishna Shenoy

In research: Vijay Balakrishna Shenoy appears in physics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Vijay Balakrishna Shenoy in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Vijay Balakrishna Shenoy is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Academic staff of the Indian Institute of Science, Brown University alumni, Indian condensed matter physicists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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