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{{Infobox scientist<br />
| name = Ajoy Ghatak<br />
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| birth_place = [[Lucknow]]<br />
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| residence = [[New Delhi]]<br />
| citizenship = Indian<br />
| nationality = [[India]]<br />
| fields = [[Physics]]<br />
| workplaces = [[Indian Institute of Technology]] <br> [[National Academy of Sciences, India]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[Delhi University]]<br>[[Cornell University]]<br />
| doctoral_advisor = Mark Nelkin <br />
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| notable_students =[[Anurag Sharma (physicist)|Anurag Sharma]] K Thyagarajan, Bishnu Pal, Arun Kumar, Enakshi Sharma, M R Shenoy, Ravi Varshney, Vipul Rastogi, Sukhdev Roy, Rajiv Jindal, Ramadas Pillai<br />
| known_for = Research on photonics, fiber optics and education in India <br />
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| awards = [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]]<br>OSA Fellow<br>OSA Esther Hoffman Beller Award<br>ICO Galileo Galilei Award<br>SPIE educator award<br />
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'''Ajoy Ghatak''' is an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[physicist]] and author of physics textbooks.<br />
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Ajoy Ghatak has written over 170 research papers and more than 20 books (see ''Selected Publications'' below). His undergraduate textbook on ''[[Optics]]'' has been translated to Chinese and Persian and his monograph on ''Inhomogeneous [[Optical Waveguide]]s'' (coauthored with Professor Sodha) has been translated to Chinese and Russian.<ref>{{Citation | url=http://www.mirandahouse.ac.in/DSKC/ALOP_ASIA_2006_REPORT.pdf | title=Miranda House events | access-date=8 November 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721150331/http://www.mirandahouse.ac.in/DSKC/ALOP_ASIA_2006_REPORT.pdf | archive-date=21 July 2011 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> <br />
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In 1995, he was elected Fellow of the [[Optical Society of America]] "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".<ref name="ico" /><br />
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== Education ==<br />
He received his M.Sc from [[Delhi University]] and Ph.D from [[Cornell University]]. <br />
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== Career ==<br />
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Professor Ghatak joined the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi]] in 1966.<ref name="ico">{{Citation | url=http://www.ico-optics.org/ico_jan99.html | title=Ajoy Ghatak biography | publisher=[[International Commission for Optics]] | access-date=7 November 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100713025201/http://www.ico-optics.org/ico_jan99.html | archive-date=13 July 2010 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He retired as an Emeritus Professor of Physics at IIT Delhi in 2007<ref>{{Citation|title=IIT Kharagpur's biography on Ajoy Ghatak |url=http://www.phy.iitkgp.ernet.in/ptaccd2/Speakers_Biodata/AKGhatak_Bio.pdf |publisher=[[Indian Institute of Technology]] |access-date=8 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302102415/http://www.phy.iitkgp.ernet.in/ptaccd2/Speakers_Biodata/AKGhatak_Bio.pdf |archive-date=2 March 2011 }}</ref><br />
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Professor Ghatak is currently the President of the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]].<ref>{{Citation|title=NASI Council 2021-22|url=http://nasi.nic.in/council.htm }}</ref> He also spends his time writing books and doing special guest lectures at universities and colleges in India and internationally.<ref>{{Citation|title=BESU Events 2010 |url=http://www.becs.ac.in/events-2010.html |access-date=8 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101118003159/http://www.becs.ac.in/events-2010.html |archive-date=18 November 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=SPIE Events |url=http://spiedcechapter.dce.edu/archive/news18.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100720005617/http://spiedcechapter.dce.edu/archive/news18.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 July 2010 |access-date=8 November 2010 }}</ref> In recent years, he has taken a keen interest in bringing the genius of [[Albert Einstein]] to the wider public and was invited to present a [[TEDx]] talk, "Inside Einstein's mind"<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9n_Mr80elg</ref> in 2017<br />
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== Selected awards and honors ==<br />
* [[The Optical Society]] Sang Soo Lee Award (2020) "For his seminal role in the development of fiber optics and guided wave photonics and for pioneering optics education in India."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sang Soo Lee Award|url=https://www.osa.org/en-us/awards_and_grants/awards/award_description/sangsooleeaward/|url-status=live|website=The Optical Society}}</ref><br />
*[[SPIE]] Educator Award (2008) "in recognition of outstanding contributions to optics education"<ref>{{Citation | title=SPIE Educator Award | url=http://spie.org/x3069.xml | access-date=8 November 2010 }}</ref><br />
* Esther Hoffman Beller Medal (2003) of the [[Optical Society of America]] "for outstanding contributions to optical science and engineering education"<ref>{{Citation | title=OSA's Esther Hoffman Beller Medal | url=http://www.osa.org/Awards_and_Grants/Awards/Award_Description/estherbeller/default.aspx | access-date=8 November 2010 }}</ref><br />
* Galileo Galilei Award (1998) of the [[International Commission for Optics]] "for outstanding contributions to the field of optics which are achieved under comparatively unfavorable circumstances"<ref>{{Citation|title=ICO Galileo Galilei Award |url=http://www.ico-optics.org/awards.html#galileo |access-date=8 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709212802/http://www.ico-optics.org/awards.html |archive-date=9 July 2011 }}</ref><br />
* [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology|S. S. Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]] – Physical Sciences (1979) of the [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] "for significant work in the field of inhomogeneous optical wave-guides, theory of aberrations for optical systems comprising inhomogeneous media and self-focussing of laser beams"<ref>{{Citation | title=S. S. Bhatnagar award for Physical Sciences | url=http://www.csir.res.in/external/heads/career/award/BPRIZE/Physical_SCIENCES.htm | access-date=8 November 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927141401/http://www.csir.res.in/external/heads/career/award/BPRIZE/Physical_SCIENCES.htm | archive-date=27 September 2011 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
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== Selected publications ==<br />
* {{Citation<br />
|last = Ghatak<br />
|first = Ajoy<br />
|year = 2010<br />
|title = Einstein And The Special Theory Of Relativity<br />
|isbn = 978-81-309-1478-7<br />
}}<br />
* {{Citation<br />
|last1 = Thyagarajan<br />
|first1 = K.<br />
|last2 = Ghatak<br />
|first2 = Ajoy<br />
|year = 2010<br />
|title = Lasers: Fundamentals And Applications <br />
|edition =2nd<br />
|isbn = 978-1-4419-6441-0<br />
}}<br />
* {{Citation<br />
|last = Ghatak<br />
|first = Ajoy<br />
|year = 2009<br />
|title = Optics <br />
|edition = 4th<br />
|isbn = 978-0-07-338048-3<br />
}}<br />
* {{Citation<br />
|last = Ghatak<br />
|first = Ajoy<br />
|year = 2009<br />
|title = Basic Quantum Mechanics (with CD)<br />
|isbn = 978-0-230-63916-4<br />
}}<br />
* {{Citation<br />
|last1 = Lakshminarayanan<br />
|first1 = Vasudevan <br />
|last2 = Ghatak<br />
|first2 = Ajoy<br />
|last3 = Thyagarajan<br />
|first3 = K.<br />
|year = 2001<br />
|title = Lagrangian Optics<br />
|isbn = 0-7923-7582-3<br />
}}<br />
* {{Citation<br />
|last1 = Ghatak<br />
|first1 = Ajoy<br />
|last2 = Thyagarajan<br />
|first2 = K.<br />
|year = 1998<br />
|title = An Introduction To Fiber Optics<br />
|isbn = 0-521-57785-3<br />
}}<br />
* {{Citation<br />
|last = Ghatak<br />
|first = Ajoy<br />
|year = 1996<br />
|title = Introduction To Quantum Mechanics <br />
|isbn = 0-333-92419-3<br />
}}<br />
* {{Citation<br />
|last1 = Ghatak<br />
|first1 = Ajoy<br />
|last2 = Thyagarajan<br />
|first2 = K.<br />
|year = 1989<br />
|title = Optical Electronics<br />
|isbn = 0-521-30643-4 <br />
}}<br />
* {{Citation<br />
|last1 = Eliezer<br />
|first1 = Shalom <br />
|last2 = Ghatak<br />
|first2 = Ajoy<br />
|last3 = Hora<br />
|first3 = Heinrich <br />
|year = 1986<br />
|title = Fundamentals Of Equations Of State<br />
|isbn = 981-02-4833-4<br />
}}<br />
* {{Citation<br />
|last1 = Ghatak<br />
|first1 = Ajoy<br />
|last2 = Lokanathan<br />
|first2 = S.<br />
|year = 1984<br />
|title = Quantum Mechanics: Theory And Applications<br />
|isbn = 9781403923417<br />
}}<br />
* {{Citation|last1 = Ghatak<br />
|first1 = Ajoy<br />
|last2 = Sodha<br />
|first2 = M. S.<br />
|year = 1977<br />
|title = Inhomogeneous Optical Waveguides<br />
|isbn = 0-306-30916-5 <br />
}}<br />
<ref>The full list of publications can be found [http://www.flipkart.com/search-book?dd=0&query=ajoy+ghatak here] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614052425/http://www.flipkart.com/search-book?dd=0&query=ajoy+ghatak |date=14 June 2012 }} (accessed 8 November 2010)</ref><br />
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