Background
Jha, Sudhanshu Shekhar was born on December 25, 1940 in Vijay Nagar, Bihar, India. Son of Asharfi and Sundari (Mishra) Jha.
Jha, Sudhanshu Shekhar was born on December 25, 1940 in Vijay Nagar, Bihar, India. Son of Asharfi and Sundari (Mishra) Jha.
Bachelor of Science with honors, Patna (India) University, 1957. Master of Science in Physics, Stanford (California) University, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Stanford (California) University, 1965.
Research assistant, Stanford University, 1960-1965;
research fellow, fellow, Tata Institute Fundamental Research, Bombay, 1965-1967;
fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1967-1968;
scientist, International Business Machines Corporation Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, 1968-1969;
reader, associate professor, professor, senior professor, Tata Institute Fundamental Research, Bombay, 1969-1990;
dean School Physics, Tata Institute Fundamental Research, Bombay, 1982-1987;
distinguished professor, Tata Institute Fundamental Research, Bombay, since 1990;
director, Tata Institute Fundamental Research, Bombay, since 1997. Member science county Indo-French Center for Promotion of Advanced Research, NewDelhi and Paris, 1993-1996. Chairman Board Research Nuclear science, Bombay, since 1994.
Honorary professor Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Science Research, Bangalore, India, since 1994.
Fellow American Physical Society, Indian National Science Academy (S. N. Bose medal for theophysics 1992, Jawaharlal Birth Centenary Leadership award 1991), Indian Academy of Sciences.
Married Sudha Jha, November 20, 1969. Children: Nandita, Pallavi.