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Kalobaran Maiti

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Kalobaran Maiti(born 21 October 1967) is an Indianphysicistspecialising incondensed matter physicsandmaterials science.He obtained his MSc degree fromRajabazar Science Collegeand PhD degree fromIndian Institute of Science, Bangalore.He was awarded theShanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technologyin 2010, the highest science award in India, in thephysical sciencescategory[1]for his contribution in the field of very high resolution photoelectron spectroscopy in understanding the physics of metal-insulator transition, charge density wave and Kondo systems.[2]He is also a Fellow of theNational Academy of Sciences,[citation needed]Indian Academy of Sciences[citation needed]and theIndian National Science Academy.[3]

He is a Professor of Condensed Matter Physics and Materials' Science inTata Institute of Fundamental Research,Mumbai (TIFR). At TIFR, Maiti has built an electron spectrometer that can measure the energy of electrons with very high accuracy.[4]

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  1. ^"Shanti Swarup Bhatngar Awards 2010,".Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India. Archived fromthe originalon 2 July 2014.Retrieved4 November2015.
  2. ^"Brief Profile of the Awardee".CSIR Human Resource Development Group.Retrieved4 November2015.
  3. ^"Academy News - Annual General Meeting"(PDF).Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy.Vol. 81, no. 5. Indian National Science Academy. 5 December 2015. pp. 1246–1247.Retrieved27 November2018.
  4. ^Dinesh C. Sharma (21 October 2010)."Indian scientists explore fresh research frontiers".India Today.Retrieved4 November2015.
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