Professor Suresh Chandra Sharma Physicist SRTM University Nanded India
Prof. Suresh Chandra F.R.A.S. (London), Mem T.W.A.S. (Italy),
Father's name : Shri Chiranji Lal Sharma
Date & Place of birth : July 8, 1949; Amroha (U.P.) India
Nationality : Indian
Sex: Male;
Marital status : Married
Present /Mailing Address : Director
School of Physical Sciences,
S.R.T.M. University,
Nanded 431 606, India
Email: sch@iucaa.ernet.in
Tel. No. (091) 02462-229242 Ext. 122
FAX No. (091) 02462-229245
Mobile No. (091) 98902 98756
Permanent Address : III-A/21 Vaishali,
Ghaziabad 201 012, India
Mobile No. (091) 98183 50928; 98108 20624
Academic Qualifications
Examination Board/Univ. Year Subject Marks Division
High School U.P. Board 1966
Hindi, English, Maths., 66.2% First Science, Art (tech.)
Intermediate U.P. Board 1968
Hindi, Physics, Maths., 63.3% First Chemistry, English
B.Sc. Meerut Univ. 1970
Physics, Chemistry 70.7% First Maths.
M.Sc. Meerut Univ. 1972
Physics 64.6% First Physics
Ph.D. Meerut Univ. 1977
Membership of the bodies in scientific institutions and research journals
member of the apex body called the `The Council' of the Inter-University Centre for
Astronomy & Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune - An Autonomous Institution of the UGC,
New Delhi, for the period of two years from January 1, 1999 to December 31, 2000.
Attended the meeting of the Council on 18.8.99, and on 17.10.2000.have been appointed Associate Member of the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS),
Trieste, Italy for a period of three years from 26.1.2000. The tenure is likely to be renewed
for a period of further three yearsmember of the Editorial Board of the research journal, New Vision, published by the Swami
Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded, from September 1998 to March 2000.member of the Scienti_c Advisory Board of the Centre for Astronomy & Space Technology
(CAST), Nanded 431 605 from February 1999 onwardmember of the Advisory Committee to the UGC { SAP Phase III in Astronomy at the
Centre of Advanced Study in Astronomy, Osmania University, Hyderabad vide letter No.
318/F.26/SAP/CAS/AST/UGC/04 dated 3/5 July 2004 of the Dean, Development &
UGC A_airs, Osmania University, Hyderabad) member of the Working Group in Physics for National Science Digital Library (NSDL)
project of the National Institute of Science Communication And Information Resources
(NISCAIR) vide letter No. NSDL/WKG-Physics/05 dated 9 August 2005 of the Director
of the NISCAIR, New Delhi.
Name & Address of the persons who may be consulted about my work
Prof. Jayant V. Narlikar,
Former Director, IUCAA,
Post Bag 4, Ganeshkhind
Pune 411 007
Email: jayant@iucaa.ernet.in
Prof. Dr. W.H. Kegel,
Zentrum fur Astronomie und Astrophysik
der Technischen Universitat Berlin,
PN 8-1, Hardenbergstrasse 36,
D 10623 Berlin, Germany
Prof. D.A. Varshalovish
Io_e Physical-Technical Institute of the Academy of the Sciences of Russia,
Leningrad K-21, Russia
Email: varsh@astro.io_e.ru
Prof. A.W. Joshi,
Former Head, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Pune,
D-2 Ayodhyanagari,
Bhau Patil Road, Bopodi
Pune 411 003
Email: awjoshi@gmail.com
Scholarships/Fellowships/Associateships
have been research scholar (C.S.I.R., New Delhi) from Dec. 1973 to July 1976 in Meerut
College, Meerut to work for Ph. D. degreehave been Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (F.R.G.) Fellow from April 1980
to July 1981 to work in collaboration of Prof. Dr. G. Elwert in the University of Tubingen
(F.R.G.).have been Visiting Associate (U.G.C., New Delhi) for the period from 1.4.89 to 31.3.92.
Under this scheme I visited
(a) U.P. State Observatory, Nainital from 15.6.89 to 14.9.89.
(b) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Bombay from 14.5.90 to 14.8.90.
have been Pool O_cer (C.S.I.R., New Delhi) from August 1984 to January 1985 in the
Dept. of Physics, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla.have been Associate/Senior Associate/ Visiting Associate of Inter-University Centre for
Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune for the period from 1.7.90 to 30.6.2008.
Under this scheme, I visited IUCAA, Pune several times.have been elected Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (London) w.e.f. 4 July 2000.
have been elected Fellow of the Maharashtra Academy of Sciences w.e.f. 4
November 2000
have been Associate of the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad for two years from
October 2004


