Education:
Ph.D., University of Rochester - 1971 (Mathematics, General)
M.S., Pune University - 1963 (Applied Mathematics)
Areas of Expertise:
Differential geometry and theoretical physics, with special interest in gauge field theories and gravity.
Books and Publications
Interview with Times of India, on "Applications of Mathematics in Various Fields." Pune Mirror, Jan. 17. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2013
"Geometric Topology and Field Theory on 3-Manifolds." Mathematics of Knots. Springer. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2011
Topics in Physical Mathematics (Springer), exhibited at the 2011 annual American Mathematical Society conference. (Books and Publications: Book) 2011
Topics in Physical Mathematics completed manuscript submitted to Springer Verlag. Contract for publication was signed in December. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2009
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Chief guest and keynote speaker at the publication of a book of Marathi poetry by Mrs. Vinita Mahajani (Pune and San Jose), Pune, India, Jan. 25. (Awards and Honors) 2013
Max Planck research fellow at MPI-MIS, Leipzig, Germany, Summer. (Grants and Fellowships) 2009
Max Planck Society research fellow at MPI-MIS, Leipzig, Germany, Summer and December. (Grants and Fellowships) 2008
Max Planck Society research fellow at MPI-MIS, Leipzig, Germany, Fall. (Grants and Fellowships) 2007
Research Activities
Visiting research professor, Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune, India, Dec. 15, 2012 - Jan. 26, 2013. 2013
Research visit to Florence University and Centro di Ricerca Matematica, Pisa, Italy, May 27 - June 9. 2012
Participant, Geometry, Topology and Strings Workshop. Mathematics Research Institute. Oberwolfach, Germany, July. 2009
Research visit and seminars at the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India, January. 2009
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
"Physical Mathematics: Old and New'." International Conference on Mathematical Sciences. Part of the 125th birth anniversary celebration of Srinivasa Ramanujan. Nagpur, India, Dec. 28-31. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
"Physical Mathematics: Old and New." Brooklyn College Mathematics Club. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2010
Maharashtra Science Congress meeting. Pune, India, January. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2010
Research visit and invited colloquium at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Chennai, India, January. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2010
Workshop on Lorentzian Geometry. Greifswald, Germany, July. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2009
"Topics in Physical Mathematics" series of lectures. Workshop on Geometric Topology. Pune University. Jan. 2-16. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008
Colloquium lecture at the Tata Institute for Fundamental Research. Nov. 6. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008
Main speaker at conference of professors of mathematics in Engineering Institutes. Pune, India, October. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008
Seminar at the S.N. Bose Research Inst. Kolkata, India, September. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008
"Quantum Topology." 100th anniversary meeting of the Indian Mathematical Society. Pune, India, December. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007
Professional Leadership
"Applications of Mathematics in the Sciences" public lecture. Science Congress. Pune, India, January. (Professional Leadership: Public Service) 2013
Organizer, Geometric Topology Workshop, Pune University, Jan. 2-16. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2008
Other Professional Activities
Referee for doctoral thesis on the design and analysis of filters using wavelet transforms, submitted to University of Pune in 2010. 2011
Referee, doctoral thesis on differential equations, submitted to Pune University. 2009
Visited Hausdorff Research Institute and Max Planck Institute, Bonn, Germany, and attended the "Arbeitstagung 2009." June. 2009
Visiting professor, Indian Institute of Technology (Mumbai) and Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research (Pune), Fall. 2008
Visiting professor, Department of Mathematics, Pune University, Nov. 25, 2007-Jan. 25, 2008. 2007
