Ajoy Ghatak

Ajoy Ghatak
Born9 November 1939
Lucknow, India
Alma materDelhi University
Cornell University
Known forResearch on photonics, fiber optics and education in India
AwardsShanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
Optica Fellow
OSA Esther Hoffman Beller Award
ICO Galileo Galilei Award
SPIE educator award
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsIndian Institute of Technology
National Academy of Sciences, India
ThesisNon linear prompt neutron kinetics in multigroup diffusion theory (1964)
Doctoral advisorMark Nelkin
Notable studentsAnurag Sharma, Sasikanth Manipatruni

Ajoy Kumar Ghatak is an Indian physicist and author of physics textbooks.

Ghatak has written over 170 research papers and more than 20 books. His undergraduate textbook on Optics[1] has been translated to Chinese and Persian and his monograph on Inhomogeneous Optical Waveguides[2] (coauthored with Professor Sodha) has been translated to Chinese and Russian.[3]

In 1995, he was elected Fellow of the Optica (society) "for distinguished service to optics education and for his contribution to the understanding of propagation characteristics of gradient index media, fibers and integrated optical devices".[4]

  1. ^ Ghatak, Ajoy (23 March 2009). Optics. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education. ISBN 978-0-07-338048-3.
  2. ^ Sodha, M. S.; Ghatak, Ajoy (1977). Inhomogeneous Optical Waveguides. New York NY: Springer. ISBN 978-0-306-30916-8.
  3. ^ Miranda House events (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011, retrieved 8 November 2010
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