Sudeshna Sinha

Sinha is married to Kapil Hari Paranjape, who is a professor of mathematics at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali. Her maternal grandfather was Dr. Prabodh Chandra Bagchi, formerly the Vice-Chancellor of Viswa Bharati University and historian.

Sinha holds a Master of Science (Five Years Integrated Programme in Physics) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, in 1985.[3] She completed her Ph.D. from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, in 1990.[4]

Sinha is currently a professor at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali and works in the field of nonlinear physics.[5] Her research areas include Nonlinear Dynamics, Chaos, Complex Systems, Networks, and Computation.[6] She is an Editor of the AIP journal Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science [7] and Associate Editor of Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation (Elsevier).[8] She is also in the Editorial Boards of Pramana - Journal of Physics [9] and Indian Journal of Physics.[10]

• Elected Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences, 2018 [11]
• J.C. Bose National Fellowship (2016-2020; renewed 2021-2025) [12]
• Elected Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi in 2014 [13]
• Elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore in 2010 [14]
• Awarded the B.M. Birla Prize for Physics in 1998 : The B M Birla prizes are awarded to Indian scientists, below the age of 40 years, who have made outstanding original contributions in their fields [15]
• Associate Member of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy during 1995-2000
• General Proficiency Prize from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (1985): Awarded to the "Best Outgoing Student in the master's degree (five years integrated programme in Physics) for the year"
• National Talent Search Scholarship, during 1978-1985

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