Curriculum Vitae

Name

 Rajendra Prasad

Address

 Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Technology
Kanpur - 208016

Education

 M.Sc.(Phy) 1971 University of Roorkee (Now IIT Roorkee)
 Ph.D.(Phy) 1976 University of Roorkee (Now IIT Roorkee)

Positions Held

 1977-78 Research Associate, University of Roorkee
 1978-81 Research Associate, Northeastern University,Boston
 1981-83 Visiting Assistant Professor, Northeastern University,Boston
 1983-84 Assistant Physicist, Argonne National Laboratory
 1984- Faculty, IIT Kanpur
 2004- 2007 Head, Physics Deparment, IIT Kanpur

Visits
 
 

Summer of 1985 and 1986	Visiting Scientist, Argonne Nationtal Laboratory
Jan 1987-June 1987 and Dec 1987	Visiting Associate Professor ,Northeastern University,Boston
Summer of 1988	Northeastern University ,Boston  ICTP Trieste
Summer of 1989	Cavendish Laboratory ,Cambridge.  Tampere Univ. of Technology , Finland. Argonne National Laboratory
Summer of 91, 92	ICTP Trieste
1993-94	ICTP Trieste
Summer of 1995	ICTP Trieste
Summer of 1998	Argonne National Laboratory

Honours and Awards

• National Scholarship from 1965-69 on the basis of merit in High School result
• National Scholarship from 1969-71 on the basis of merit in B.Sc. result
• Associate Member, International Centre for Theoretical Physics (1992-98)
• Director's Commendation for Best Instructor for 'General Physics I' in 1994
• Director's Commendation for Best Instructor for 'Electronic Structure of Materials' in 2010
• Director's Commendation for Best Instructor for 'Survey of Classical Physics I' in 2012
• Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India, 2006.