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|birth_place = [[West Bengal]], India<br />
|field = [[Physics]]<br />
|alma_mater = {{ulist|[[University of Cambridge]]|[[Jadavpur University]]}}<br />
|occupation = [[Professor]]<br />
|work_institution = [[Indian Institute of Science]]<br />
|doctoral_advisor = [[Michael Green (physicist)|Michael Green]]<br />
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| spouse = [[Urbasi Sinha]]<br />
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'''Aninda Sinha''' is an Indian theoretical physicist working as a professor at Center for High Energy Physics, [[Indian Institute of Science]] in [[Bangalore]], India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/people/aninda-sinha|title=Aninda Sinha|publisher=Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics|access-date=15 August 2016}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
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Sinha finished his schooling from [[Don Bosco School, Park Circus|Don Bosco Park Circus, Kolkata]]. He obtained his B.Sc. From [[Jadavpur University]], Kolkata in 1999, and MA, [[Part III of the Mathematical Tripos|CASM]] and PhD from [[University of Cambridge]]. Sinha ranked first in B.Sc. and won the [[Mayhew Prize|Mayhew prize]] for the part III mathematics degree in [[University of Cambridge]]. His PhD advisor was Professor [[Michael Green (physicist)|Michael Green]]. He is a member of the Kandi Raj family and is the son of late [[Atish Chandra Sinha]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
Sinha is a professor at Center for High Energy Physics, [[Indian Institute of Science]] in [[Bangalore]], India. He was awarded a Ramanujan Fellowship in 2010 <ref>[http://serb.gov.in/pdfs/research1/Aninda_Sinha.pdf Aninda Sinha] Ramanujan Fellows profiles, [[Science and Engineering Research Board]], Department of Science & Technology, Government of India. Accessed August 25, 2016</ref> He was awarded the Swarnajayanti Fellowship, instituted by the [[Department of Science and Technology (India)|Department of Science and Technology, India]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/Indian-Institute-of-Science-Bags-5-of-11-Fellowships/2015/03/31/article2738476.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150331034002/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/Indian-Institute-of-Science-Bags-5-of-11-Fellowships/2015/03/31/article2738476.ece|archive-date=31 March 2015|title=Indian Institute of Science Bags 5 of 11 Fellowships |access-date=16 August 2016|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=31 March 2015}}</ref> Sinha won the 2016 [[ICTP Prize]].<ref>[http://www.ictp.it/about-ictp/media-centre/news/2016/11/ictp-prize-winner-2016.aspx] ICTP Prize 2016, [https://www.ictp.it/about-ictp/prizes-awards/the-ictp-prize/the-prize-winners.aspx]</ref> He received the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]] 2019 for his influential work on aspects of quantum field theory and string theory, in particular, on conformal bootstrap and entanglement entropy.<ref>[http://ssbprize.gov.in/WriteReadData/LatestUpdates/201909260832301436805SSBPrize2019.pdf] Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (SSB) for Science and Technology 2019 List of recipients</ref><br />
Sinha is known for his work with Rob Myers on c-theorems in [[Quantum field theory|quantum field theories]].<ref>{{citation |arxiv=1011.5819|title=Holographic c-theorems in arbitrary dimensions|journal=Journal of High Energy Physics|volume=2011|page=125|bibcode=2011JHEP...01..125M|doi=10.1007/JHEP01(2011)125|year=2011|last1=Myers|first1=Robert C|last2=Sinha|first2=Aninda|s2cid=17182624}}</ref> <br />
Sinha and his wife, [[Urbasi Sinha]], a professor at the [[Raman Research Institute]] (RRI), along with other scientists in RRI working in similar areas set up a tabletop experiment that will provide scientists their first opportunity to measure the probability that particles can move through slits in a twisted path.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140825/jsp/nation/story_18757472.jsp#.V7LmoNG8n7N|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827070141/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140825/jsp/nation/story_18757472.jsp#.V7LmoNG8n7N|archive-date=27 August 2014|title=Indians attempt quantum clean-up - Experiment to right old error |access-date=16 August 2016|newspaper=The Telegraph India|date=25 August 2014}}</ref> Subsequently, this prediction has been verified experimentally.<ref>{{citation |title=Exotic looped trajectories of photons in three-slit interference|bibcode=2016NatCo...713987M|last1=Magaña-Loaiza|first1=Omar S.|last2=De Leon|first2=Israel|last3=Mirhosseini|first3=Mohammad|last4=Fickler|first4=Robert|last5=Safari|first5=Akbar|last6=Mick|first6=Uwe|last7=McIntyre|first7=Brian|last8=Banzer|first8=Peter|last9=Rodenburg|first9=Brandon|last10=Leuchs|first10=Gerd|last11=Boyd|first11=Robert W.|journal=Nature Communications|year=2016|volume=7|article-number=13987|doi=10.1038/ncomms13987|pmid=28008907 |pmc=5196392 |arxiv=1610.08585|s2cid=7288366}}</ref><ref>{{citation|arxiv=1610.09143|title=Measuring the deviation from the superposition principle in interference experiments|bibcode=2016arXiv161009143R|last1=Rengaraj|first1=G.|last2=Prathwiraj|first2=U.|last3=Narayan Sahoo|first3=Surya|last4=Somashekhar|first4=R.|last5=Sinha|first5=Urbasi|year=2016}}</ref><br />
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==Research interests==<br />
*[[Theoretical physics]]<br />
*[[Quantum field theory]]<br />
*[[Conformal field theory]]<br />
*[[General relativity]]<br />
*[[String theory]]<br />
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