Article: Pabna, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Bangladesh)
Theoretical physics, Atomic physics, Nuclear Physics
University of Rajshahi Shahjalal University of Science and Technology Kent University
University of RajshahiRajshahi CollegeBirmingham University
Arun Kumar Basak (born October 7, 1941) is a Bangladeshi physicist. He is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physics, University of Rajshahi.
Early life and education
Basak was born in Radhanagor of Pabna town, Bengal Presidency, British India to parents Haripada Basak and Usha Rani Basak. Basak matriculated in 1957 securing First Division from R.M. Academy. He secured the second position in the merit list in the Intermediate Science Examination held under University of Rajshahi in 1959 from Edward College. He was placed in First Class with the first position in the B.Sc. (Hons) examination from Rajshahi College in 1961. In M.Sc. Examination (1963) from University of Rajshahi, he obtained the first position in first class and was awarded an RU Gold medal.
Career
In December 1963, Basak joined the University of Rajshahi as a lecturer in the Department of Physics. He was awarded a merit scholarship for securing the highest marks in the Faculty of Science and got admission at Imperial College, London. Owing to the 1965 Indo-Pak war, he could not avail the opportunity. In 1972, he went to the University of Birmingham with a Commonwealth Scholarship. He worked with the tensor polarized deuteron and the polarized 3He beams, the latter being the only one of its kind in the world. He earned his Ph.D. degree in 1975.
Professional Membership
Senior associate of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics at Trieste, Italy during 1987-96.
Elected a fellow of the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences in 2001
Elected a fellow of the Institute of Physics (London) in 2001.
Was a principal investigator from Bangladesh in a collaborative project, which funded by the US National Science Foundation.
Is the fellow of Bangladesh Physical Society from 1987 to till death.
A member of American Physical Society during 200-03 and from 2013 to till death.
Others
Was a post doctoral fellow in Nuclear Physics, The Ohio State University, USA during 1981-82.
An associate member of ICTP, Italy during 1888-1995.
visiting scholar at Southern Illinois University, USA in 1997.
Awards
Bangladesh Academy of Sciences Gold Medal in Physical Sciences (2003)
Star Lifetime Award on Physics (2016)
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PROFESSOR ARUN KUMAR BASAK is a renowned scientist and physicist of Bangladesh. With a new theory of nuclear interactions, he has upheld the image of Bangladesh on the world stage. He is now Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physics, University of Rajshahi. He was born on October 17, 1941 in Radhanagor of Pabna town, Bengal Presidency, British India. Basak matriculated in 1957 securing first division from R.M. Academy, Pabna. He completed his B.Sc. (Hons) examination (1961) from Rajshahi College In M.Sc. examination (1963) from RU with exemplary results.
In December 1963, he joined University of Rajshahi as a lecturer in the Department of Physics. He was awarded a merit scholarship for securing the highest marks in the Faculty of Science and received admission at Imperial College, London. Owing to the 1965 Indo-Pak war, he could not avail the opportunity. After the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, he went to the University of Birmingham with a Commonwealth Scholarship for higher studies. There he worked with the tensor polarised deuteron and the polarised 3He beams, the latter being the only one of its kind in the world. He did his PhD degree in 1975. He had also received the SEATO Scholarship and Bangladesh Academy of Sciences Gold Medal (2003) in Physical Sciences.
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Professor Basak has had an illustrious career and life. He was a senior associate of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics at Trieste, Italy during 1987-96. He was elected a fellow of the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences and a fellow of the Institute of Physics (London) in 2001. He was a principal investigator from Bangladesh in a collaborative project funded by the US National Science Foundation. He is the fellow of Bangladesh Physical Society and Bangladesh Computer Society and also a member of American Physical Society. He was a post doctoral fellow in Nuclear Physics, The Ohio State University, USA (1981-82), an associate member of ICTP, Italy, and a visiting scholar at Southern Illinois University, USA.
Professor Arun Kumar Basak has 88 publications in international journals and 14 publications in national journals. He is one of the co-authors of the book
Byaboharic Padyartha Biggyan
(Practical Physics) written in Bangla for honours level.
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