Educational background
- M.Sc. Physics, Delhi University, Delhi (1975)
- Ph.D., City University of New York (1983)
Professional background
- Physics Teacher, Doon School, Dehradun (July–December 1975)
- Postdoctoral Fellow, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy (1983–85)
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute de Physique Nucleaire, Orsay, France (1985–86)
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen (1986–87)
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (1987–88)
- Senior Lecturer/Reader, Institute of Physics, Bhubaneshwar (1988–94)
- UGC Research Scientist, Panjab University, Chandigarh (August 1994 – November 1994) (on lien IOPB)
- Reader/Professor, Panjab University, Chandigarh (1994/2001 – 2014)
- Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali (2014 onwards)
Important awards and fellowships of academies
- National Science Talent Scholar (1970–77)
- Bourse Joliot Curie, Institut de Physique Nucleaire, Orsay, France (1985–86)
- Associate, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy (1988–93)
- UGC Research Scientist (1994)
- Senior Associate, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy (2014–2019)
Main area of work
Theoretical high-energy physics: Supersymmetric grand unified theories, supersymmetric left-right models, supergravities, Kaluza-Klein theories, higher spin theories, soliton solutions in higher dimensions
Significant recent publications
- Baryon Stability on the Higgs Dissolution Edge: Threshold corrections and suppression of Baryon violation in the NMSGUT
 Charanjit S. Aulakh, Ila Garg, Charanjit K. Khosa
 arXiv:1311.6100 [hep-ph]
- Grand Yukawonification
 Charanjit S. Aulakh and Charanjit K. Khosa
 arXiv:1308.5665 [hep-ph]
- Supersymmetric Seesaw inflation
 Charanjit S. Aulakh and Ila Garg
 Phys. Rev. D 86 (2012) 065001
- Pinning down the new minimal supersymmetric GUT
 Charanjit S. Aulakh
 Phys. Lett. B 661 (2008) 196
- MSGUT: From bloom to doom
 Charanjit S. Aulakh and Sumit K. Garg
 Nucl. Phys. B 757 (2006) 47
- SO(10) MSGUT: Spectra, couplings and threshold effects
 Charanjit S. Aulakh and Aarti Girdhar
 Nucl. Phys. B 711 (2005) 275
- SO(10) a la Pati-Salam
 Charanjit S. Aulakh and Aarti Girdhar
 Int. J. Mod. Phys. A 20 (2005) 865
- The minimal supersymmetric grand unified theory
 Charanjit S. Aulakh, Borut Bajc, Alejandra Melfo, Goran Senjanovic and Francesco Vissani
 Phys. Lett. B 588 (2004) 196
- Minimal supersymmetric left-right model
 Charanjit S. Aulakh, Alejandra Melfo and Goran Senjanovic
 Phys. Rev. D 57 (1998) 4174
- Reconciling supersymmetry and left-right symmetry
 Charanjit S. Aulakh, Karim Benakli and Goran Senjanovic
 Phys. Rev. Lett. 79 (1997) 2188
