Faculty at School of Natural Sciences

Professor Rohini Madhusudan Godbole

Professor Rohini Madhusudan Godbole

Distinguished Visiting Professor

School of Natural Sciences


Contact Information

  • B.Sc. (Physics), University of Pune, India 1972, First Rank.
  • M.Sc. (Physics), Indian Inst. of Technology, Bombay, India,1974, First Rank, Institute Silver Medal
  • Ph.D. (Physics), S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook, N.Y., U.S.A,1979.

  • August 2018 - present: Honorary Professor, Centre for High Energy Physics, Indian Institute of
  • Science, Bangalore, 
  • November 1995 - August 2018: Professor (1998-2018), Associate Professor (1995- 1998), Chairperson 1996 - 2002, Centre for Theoretical Studies (Centre for High Energy Physics), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, November 1982 - November 1995: Reader (1987-1995), Lecturer (1982-1987), Department of Physics, University of Bombay, 
  • August 1982- November 1982: CSIR Research Associate, Institute of Science, Bombay, 
  • September 1979-August 1982: Visiting Fellow, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Bombay

Visiting Positions:

  • September 2018- December 2018: Van der Waals Chair visiting Professor and distinguished visitor,
  • Amsterdam Institute of Physics and Astronomy, Amsterdam. 
  • 2013-2016: Sta_ Associate, International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy. 
  • Feb 2011 - August 2011: Visiting Professor, Univ. of Utrecht, The Netherlands, 
  • June 2010 - Feb 2011: Scientific Associate, CERN Theory Division, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland. 
  • 2005-2010: Adjunct faculty of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai: Department of Theoretical Physics and International Centre for Theoretical Sciences;
  • Dec. 2002 - May 2003: DESY, Hamburg, Germany. 
  • May 2002 - Nov. 2002: Scientific Associate, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland. 
  • June 1986 – June 1988, Department of Physics, University of Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany; and 
  • 1984-1992; 1995-2001: Associate Member of the ICTP. A number of short-term, one-two-month, visits at various times at: CERN (Geneva), DESY(Hamburg), Madison (Wisconsin), ICTP (Trieste), LNF-INFN(Frascati), Hawaii(USA), LAPTH, Annecy, France, LPT, Orsay, France.

High energy physics

Civilian Honours:

  • Ordre National du Merite, Civilian Honour of France, January 2021.
  • Padma Shri, Civilian Honour of India, January 2019.

Selected Medals and Awards:

  • Goyal Prize in Physical Sciences, awarded by the Kurukshetra University, September 2022. 
  • Lifetime Achievement Award of the Karnataka Science and Technology Academy in Science, Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Medicine (STEAM)', January 2021.
  • K. S. Krishnan Memorial Lecture Award of the Indian National Science Academy, January 2020. 
  • R.D. Birla Award of IPA for 2018, January 2019. 
  • APS outstanding referee for 2018. 
  • Satyendra Nath Bose Medal for Theoretical Physics of the Indian National Science Academy, 2008.
  • J.C. Bose fellowship of the Department of Science and Technology of India, 2008 - 2020. 
  • Meghnad Saha Medal for Theoretical Physics of the Asiatic Society, 2007. 
  • Distinguished Alumnus Award by the Indian Institute of Technology, Powai, India, 2004.
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