Background
Agarwal, Girish Saran was born on July 7, 1946 in Bareilly, India.
Agarwal, Girish Saran was born on July 7, 1946 in Bareilly, India.
Master of Science, Banaras Hindu University, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy, University Rochester, 1969.
Research associate, U. Rochester, New York, 1969-1970; assistant professor, U. Rochester, New York, 1970-1971; assistant professor, Institute for Theoretical Physics U. Stuttgart, Germany, 1971-1973; visiting fellow, Tata Institute Fundamental Research, Bombay, 1973-1975; professor, Institute Science, Bombay, 1975-1977; professor, U. Hyderabad, India, 1977-1995; director, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India, since 1995. Director winter/training colleges International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 1990, 92, 94, 97.
Fellow American Physical Society, Optical Society of America (Max Born award 1988), Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy (Albert Einstein research professor 2002), National Academy of Sciences India, FASc, FNASc, FTWAS.
Son of Bachelor of Science and K.D. Agarwal. Married Sneh Lata, May 30, 1970. Children: Anjali, Mranjali.