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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kumble R. Subbaswamy
| image = Kumble R. Subbaswamy.jpg
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| caption = Subbaswamy speaking at the [[University of Kentucky]] in 2011.
| order1 = 11th Chancellor of the [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]]
| term_start1 = 1 July 2012
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| predecessor1 = [[Robert C. Holub]]
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| birth_place = [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]
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| salary = $489,329 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://cthrupayroll.mass.gov |title=Statewide Payroll |access-date=June 5, 2019}}</ref>
| residence = [[Amherst, Massachusetts]]
| nationality = [[India|Indian]]
| profession = Physicist<br>[[University Professor]]<br>[[Dean (education)|University Dean]]<br>[[Provost (education)|University Provost]]
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| website = http://www.umass.edu/chancellor/|
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'''Kumble R. Subbaswamy''' is the 11th and current [[Chancellor (education)|chancellor]] of the [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]].<ref name="Subbaswamy UMass Amherst">{{cite web|title=Biography of Chancellor Subbaswamy|url=https://www.umass.edu/chancellor/biography-chancellor-subbaswamy|publisher=[[University of Massachusetts Amherst]]|accessdate=1 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="Subbaswamy UMass Amherst Inaugration">{{cite web|title=UMass Amherst Inaugurates Kumble Subbaswamy as Chancellor |url=https://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/article/umass-amherst-inaugurates-kumble-subbaswamy-chancellor |publisher=[[University of Massachusetts Amherst]] |accessdate=1 November 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031221844/https://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/article/umass-amherst-inaugurates-kumble-subbaswamy-chancellor |archivedate=31 October 2016 }}</ref> He formerly served as the [[Provost (education)|provost]] of [[University of Kentucky]].

He is a member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]<ref name="Subbaswamy Arts and Sciences">{{cite web|title=Kumble Subbaswamy Elected To American Academy Of Arts & Sciences|date=3 May 2021|url=https://businesswest.com/blog/kumble-subbaswamy-elected-to-american-academy-of-arts-sciences/|publisher=businesswest.com|accessdate=5 December 2021}}</ref><ref name="Subbaswamy Arts and Sciences2">{{cite web|title=Kumble R. Subbaswamy has been elected as a new member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences|url=https://www.umass.edu/news/article/umass-amherst-chancellor-kumble-0|publisher=[[University of Massachusetts Amherst]]|accessdate=5 December 2021}}</ref> and also an elected fellow of the [[American Physical Society]], and has research interests in computational chemistry and condensed matter physics.

On June 2nd, Subbaswamy announced that he would retire from being the chancellor by the end of June 2023.<ref>{{cite web|title=UMass Amherst chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy annuonces plans to retire at the end of June 2023|url=https://www.umass.edu/news/article/umass-amherst-chancellor-kumble-subbaswamy-announces-plans-retire-end-june-2023|publisher=[[University of Massachusetts Amherst]]|accessdate=2 June 2022}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Subbaswamy was born in the city of [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]] in [[India]]. He earned a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in Physics from [[Bangalore University]], a [[Master of Science]] in Physics from [[University of Delhi]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://alumni.du.ac.in/archive/pdfs/picture/9.pdf | title=Dr Kumble R Subbaswamy named Chancellor of UMass Amherst | publisher=University of Delhi | accessdate=24 October 2018 }}</ref> and a [[Doctor of Philosophy]] in Physics from [[Indiana University Bloomington]].

==Career==
===Academia===
He served as [[Research associate]] in the Department of Physics at [[University of California, Irvine]] from 1976 to 1978.<ref name="Subbaswamy CV UMass Amherst">{{cite web|title=Official Curriculum Vitae of Chancellor Subbaswamy|url=https://www.umass.edu/chancellor/sites/default/files/cv.pdf|publisher=[[University of Massachusetts Amherst]]|accessdate=1 November 2016}}</ref> He later joined as [[Assistant Professor]] at [[University of Kentucky]] in 1978 and rose to become the Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy from 1993 to 1997.<ref name="Subbaswamy CV UMass Amherst"/>

He also served as [[Adjunct professor]] (Professore a contratto) at [[University of Pavia]] in [[Italy]] in 1990.<ref name="Subbaswamy CV UMass Amherst"/>

He later served as the [[Dean (education)|Dean]] of the College of Arts and Sciences in the Department of Physics at both [[University of Miami]] and [[Indiana University Bloomington]].<ref name="Subbaswamy CV UMass Amherst"/> He then served as the [[Provost (education)|provost]] of [[University of Kentucky]].<ref name="Subbaswamy CV UMass Amherst"/>

After becoming chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2012, he and his wife worked with the UMass Permaculture Committee<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scholarworks.umass.edu/permaculture/|title=UMass Amherst Permaculture Initiative {{!}} University of Massachusetts - Amherst Research {{!}} ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst|website=scholarworks.umass.edu|access-date=2019-12-05}}</ref> to create a sustainable garden featuring [[Southeast Asia|Southeast Asian]] plants at their Hillside residence on [[Campus|campus.]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.localumass.com/hillside.html|title=Hillside|website=Sustainability|language=en|access-date=2019-12-05}}</ref>

==Books, Research Papers and Journals==
Kumble Subbaswamy is a published author and coauthor of several books, research papers and journals.
* Local Density Theory of Polarizability (Physics of Solids and Liquids) (Publisher: Springer, Publication Year: 1st ed. 1990 edition (31 December 2013); {{ISBN|978-1489924889}}).

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web
| url = https://www.umass.edu/chancellor/biography-chancellor-subbaswamy
| title = Biography of Chancellor Subbaswamy
| publisher = [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]]
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20161031213342/https://www.umass.edu/chancellor/biography-chancellor-subbaswamy
| archivedate = 31 October 2016 }}
* {{cite web
| url = http://www.indiana.edu/~ocmhptst/091500/text/subbaswamy.html
| title = Kumble R. Subbaswamy, College of Arts and Sciences: IU Bloomington
| publisher = [[Indiana University Bloomington]]
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20161031220621/http://www.indiana.edu/~ocmhptst/091500/text/subbaswamy.html
| archivedate = 31 October 2016 }}
* [http://www.umass.edu/chancellor/ Official website] - [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120702000145/http://www.umass.edu/chancellor/biography Biography] - [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]]

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