About

Brief Bio

Basudeb Dasgupta is a Professor at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai. After earning his PhD from TIFR in 2009, he held research positions at the Max Planck Institute for Physics, the Ohio State University, and the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, before joining the TIFR faculty. His work in theoretical astroparticle physics focuses on neutrinos and dark matter, and he is a recipient of the ICTP Prize (2019) and the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (2022).

Curriculum Vitae

Employment

• 2024 onwards : TIFR, Professor

• 2019 - 2024 : TIFR, Associate Professor

• 2014 - 2019 : TIFR, Reader

• 2012 - 2014 : ICTP, Postdoctoral Fellow

• 2010 - 2012 : CCAPP Ohio State Univ., CCAPP Fellow

• 2009 - 2010 : MPI for Physics, Guest Scientist

Education

• 2003 - 2009 : TIFR, M.Sc. (Physics) and Ph.D.

• 2000 - 2003 : Jadavpur University, B.Sc. (Physics Hons.)

Awards & Recognition

• 2022 : Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize

• 2022 : Featured in "75 under 50: Scientists Shaping Today's India"

• 2020 : Featured in The Asian Scientist 100

• 2020: Swarnajayanti Fellow

• 2019 : ICTP Prize (in honor of S. Chandrasekhar)

• 2016 : Max Planck Partnergroup Leader

• 2015 : Kavli Frontiers Fellow of the US National Academy of Science

• 2015 : Ramanujan Fellow

• 2011 : Young Scientist Medal of the Indian National Science Academy

• 2010 : CCAPP Fellow

• 2009 : Honorable mention for TAA Geeta Udgaonkar Best Thesis Award

• 2008 : Marie Curie Fellowship of the European Commission [unavailed]

• 2001 : KVPY Fellow