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| residence = [[Chennai]], [[India]]
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| fields = [[Condensed matter theory]], [[Strongly correlated materials]]
| workplaces = [[Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai|Institute of Mathematical Sciences]]<br/>[[Perimeter Institute]]
| alma_mater = [[Indian Institute of Science]]<br/>[[The American College in Madurai]]
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| known_for = [[Resonating valence bond theory]]
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| awards = [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award]] (1990) <br/>[[ICTP Prize]] (1983)
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| spouse = Malathy(Whiterose)
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'''Ganapathy Baskaran''' is an [[People of India|Indian]] [[theoretical physics|theoretical physicist]], known for his work on [[condensed matter physics]] and [[strongly correlated materials]].<ref name=iitk>{{cite web |title=Excitements in Condensed Matter Physics |url=http://www.iitk.ac.in/phy/New01/poster.htm |publisher=Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur |access-date=25 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050911034842/http://www.iitk.ac.in/phy/New01/poster.htm |archive-date=11 September 2005 }}</ref> Baskaran is an [[Emeritus Professor]] of physics at the [[Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai|Institute of Mathematical Sciences]] in [[Chennai]], [[India]] and a Distinguished Research Chair at the [[Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics]] in [[Waterloo, Ontario|Waterloo]], [[Canada]].<ref name=perimeter>{{cite web|last=Lambert |first=Lisa |title=Eight New Distinguished Research Chairs Join PI |url=http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/News/In_The_Media/Eight_New_Distinguished_Research_Chairs_Join_PI/ |publisher=Perimeter Institute |access-date=25 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522132716/http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/News/In_The_Media/Eight_New_Distinguished_Research_Chairs_Join_PI/ |archive-date=22 May 2012 }}</ref>

Baskaran completed his undergraduate education at the [[Thiagarajar College of Engineering|Thiagarajar college]] and the [[American College, Madurai|American College]] in [[Madurai]], [[India]]. He got his [[PhD]] in theoretical physics from the [[Indian Institute of Science]], [[Bangalore]] in 1975.<ref name=jamia>{{cite web|title=Prof. G. Baskaran's Brief Profile|url=http://www.jamia-physics.net/salam/10/baskaran_profile.html|publisher=Jamia Millia Islamia|access-date=17 October 2012}}</ref>

In 1987–88, Baskaran, along with [[P.W. Anderson]] at [[Princeton University]], developed the [[resonating valence bond theory]] to describe the behavior of [[high-temperature superconductor]]s.<ref name=jamia /> Baskaran is also known for his discovery of [[Emergence|emerging]] [[gauge field]]s in strongly correlated systems, and for his predictions of [[unconventional superconductor|p-wave superconductivity]] in [[strontium ruthenate]] and of high-temperature superconductivity in [[graphene]]; predictions which were later experimentally verified.<ref name=perimeter /> In 1983, Baskaran was the first recipient of the [[ICTP Prize]] awarded by the [[International Center for Theoretical Physics]], [[Trieste]] to young scientists in developing countries for work in physics and mathematics.<ref name=ictp-timeline>{{cite web|title=Abdus Salam ICTP Timeline|url=http://www.ictp.it/media/57095/timeline08.pdf|publisher=International Center for Theoretical Physics|access-date=25 April 2012}}</ref> He was a visiting scholar at the [[Institute for Advanced Study]] in the summer of 1996.<ref>[http://www.ias.edu/people/cos/frontpage?page=10 Institute for Advanced Study: A Community of Scholars] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106223426/http://www.ias.edu/people/cos/frontpage?page=10 |date=2013-01-06 }}</ref> He was also awarded the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] by the [[Government of India]] in 1990.

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