A Career as a Physicist
A Career as a Physicist This essay by Dr. R. Rangarajan provides information on pursuing a career in Physics. It discusses the course of study (B.Sc.-M.Sc.-Ph.D.) and (research-related) employment opportunities thereafter.
A Career as a Physicist This is a PowerPoint presentation of the essay above developed by Dr. Bhas Bapat and Dr. R. Rangarajan. Teachers and others are welcome to modify and use this presentation. The presentation can be downloaded from here
Note that the information in the essay and the presentation may be outdated. Please send any suggestions for improvement to raghavan@prl.res.in .
Dr. Raghavan Rangarajan is with the Theoretical Physics Division at the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad, India. His research interests are in theoretical particle physics and cosmology. He has played an active role in the Advanced B.Sc. (Physics) Programme initiated by the Gujarat Science Academy and the Vikram A. Sarabhai Community Science Centre at Ahmedabad.
Dr. Rangarajan obtained his Bachelor's degree from Princeton University and his Ph. D. from the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB). He joined PRL in 1997.
Dr. Bhas Bapat is at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, India. He was earlier with the Space and Atmospheric Sciences Division at the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad, India. His research interests are in experimental atomic and molecular physics. He has played an active role in the Advanced B.Sc. (Physics) Programme initiated by the Gujarat Science Academy and the Vikram A. Sarabhai Community Science Centre at Ahmedabad.
Dr. Bapat obtained his Ph. D. from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai. He joined PRL in 2001 and moved to IISER Pune in 2014.