Background
Kotru, Pushker Nath was born on January 27, 1941 in Srinagar, Kashmir, India. Son of Radha Krishen and Gounwati (Tiku) Kotru.
Kotru, Pushker Nath was born on January 27, 1941 in Srinagar, Kashmir, India. Son of Radha Krishen and Gounwati (Tiku) Kotru.
Bachelor of Science, Amar Singh College, Srinagar, India, 1959. Master of Science, Sardar Patel University, Gujarat, India, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, Sardar Patel University, Gujarat, India, 1969.
Lecturer Jammu & Kashmir State Education Department, Kashmir, 1963-1965. Research scholar Sardar Patel University, Gujarat, 1965-1968. Lecturer Jammu University, India, 1969—1970.
Pool officer Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, 1970-1972. Lecturer National Defense Academy, Poona, India, 1972-1974, Jammu University, 1974-1982, reader, 1983-1987, professor, 1987—2001, chairman department physics, 1990-1992. Visiting young scientist Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford, England, 1977.
Visiting scientist International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Parma, Italy, 1987-1988. Emeritus scientist Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, 2001-2006. Emeritus fellow All India Council for Technical Education, 2006-2009, University Grants Commission, since 2010.
Consultant and presenter in field.
Member Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (national committee on crystallography 1988-1994, convenor special interest group on crystal growth since 1991), International Commission on Crystal Growth and Materials, Indian Association Crystal Growth.
Married Veena Hakhu, October 5, 1967. Children: Alka, Arti, Aruna.