Background
Bose, Dwarka Nath was born on June 25, 1938 in Calcutta, India. Son of Sunil Chandra and Lalita (Dutta) Bose.
Physicist and Material Scientist Academic and researcher
Bose, Dwarka Nath was born on June 25, 1938 in Calcutta, India. Son of Sunil Chandra and Lalita (Dutta) Bose.
Cambridge School Certificate, St Paul's School, Darjeeling, 1946 - 52 ; Bachelor of Science in Physics with Honors, Calcutta University, 1956. M. Sc (Tech) in Radiophysics & Electronics, Calcutta University, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, University Reading (England), 1965.
Associate Lecturer, I I.T. Kharagpur (India), 1960-1961. I C I Technical Scholar Reading University 1961-1965. Lecturer Jadavpur (India) University, 1966.
Research Associate Materials Research Laboratory Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 1966-1970. From Assistant to Associate Professor Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 1970-1977. Professor Materials Science Center Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 1977 - 2001
Visiting Professor Institute de Microtechnique University de Neuchatel (Switzerland), 1982, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University USA 1985-1986., Dean Faculty and Planning, Indian Institute of Technology, 1989-1991, Coordinator Photonics Mission, 1992 - 1996 ; Visiting Professor USIC, Calcutta University 2002 - 2011; Hon Visiting Professor, Physics Dept. St. Xavier's College 2012- present
: 1.D. N. Bose ‘Materially Yours’, C.S.I.R Golden Jubilee Series, New Delhi (1995) 2. J. N. Roy and D. N. Bose `Introduction to VLSI Design & Technology, New Age New Delhi (2010) 3. D.N. Bose, `Semiconductor Materials & Devices’ New Age, New Delhi (2011) 4.Pijush Bhattacharya and Dwarka Bose `Laser Deposition of Compound Semiconductors’ Lampert. Germany (2014) 5. J.N.Roy and D.N.Bose `Photovoltaic Science & Technology’ Cambridge University Press (2017) 6. D.N.Bose (1988) “Amorphous Chalcogenide Microwave Switches” in “Disorder and Order in Solids” ed. R.W. Pryor. Plenum Press, London, 45-52. 7. D.N. Bose (1995) Chapter 6 on `Photodetectors’ in “Perspectives in Optoelectronics”, ed. S.S. Jha, pp. 299 - 384, World Scientific, Singapore (1995).
(Books and chapters covering Semiconductor Physics, Materi...)
1995Liberal socialist humanist
Fellow West Bengal Academy of Sciences and Technology, . Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (senior ), Member American Physical Society.
Won Majumdar Science Prize and Ashutosh English Literature Prize at St. Paul's School Darjeeling 1952;
Played cricket for St. Paul's School Darjeeling, Postgraduates Calcutta University 1957, Reading Cricket Club 1962- 63 in England and captained Penn State cricket team 1969; represented Reading University at Table-Tennis and Badminton 1961 - 62. Columnist and contributor to articles on popular science. Interested in Cricket, Tennis, English literature, Films, Western classical music, world travel, history, photography.
1 child, Nandana.