Educational background
- M.Sc. Physics, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla (1987)
- Ph.D. (Science), Panjab University, Chandigarh (1991)
Professional background
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Institut fur Theoretische Physik, Universitat Tubingen, Germany (1991–1994)
- Visiting Scientist, Laboratoire de Physique Nucleaire, Universite de Nantes, France (1994–1995)
- Lecturer, Panjab University, Chandigarh (1995–2004)
- Reader, Panjab University, Chandigarh (2004–2007)
- Associate Professor, Panjab University, Chandigarh (2007–2010)
- Professor, Panjab University, Chandigarh (2010 onwards)
Important awards and fellowships of academies
- Young Scientist Research Award of the Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India, conferred by the Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (March 1996)
- Senior Common Wealth Fellowship for one year (1998)
- INFN (National Institute for Nuclear Physics, Italy) Fellowship for two years (1998)
- Visiting Professorship by Belgian Foundation of Scientific Research for one year (2000)
- S.N. Satyamurthy Memorial Award conferred by the Indian Physics Association for the work in "Theoretical Nuclear Physics at Intermediate Energies" (2000)
- Felicitated by the Syndicate of Panjab University for research achievements at international level (May 2009)
- Felicitated by the Syndicate of Panjab University for induction in the editorial board of Goergian Electronic Scientific Journal: Physics (Feb. 2010)
- Felicitated by the Syndicate of Panjab University for induction in the editorial board of Physics Research International (HINDAWI Corp.) (March 2010)
- Felicitated by the Syndicate of Panjab University for induction in the American Physical Society (May 2010)
Main area of work
Theoretical nuclear physics/Computational physics: Fusion, fission, multifragmentation, collective flow, elliptical flow, stopping, thermalization, sub-threshold particle production
Significant recent publications
- Importance of momentum dependent interactions at the energy of vanishing flow
R. Chugh and R.K. Puri
Physical Review C 82 (2010) 014603 - A comparison of different proximity potentials for asymmetric colliding nuclei
I. Dutt and R.K. Puri
Physical Review C 81 (2010) 064609 - Analytical parameterization of fusion barriers using proximity potentials
I. Dutt and R.K. Puri
Physical Review C 81 (2010) 064608 - The role of surface energy coefficients and nuclear surface diffuseness on the fusion of heavy-ion collisions
I. Dutt and R.K. Puri
Physical Review C 81 (2010) 047601 - A systematic study of fusion barriers of symmetric colliding nuclei using different proximity type potentials
I. Dutt and R.K. Puri
Physical Review C 81 (2010) 044615 - Elliptic flow and isospin effects in heavy-ion collisions at intermediate energies
S. Kumar, S. Kumar and R.K. Puri
Physics Review C 81 (2010) 014611 - Effect of symmetry energy on nuclear stopping and its relation to the production of light charged particles
S. Kumar, S. Kumar and R.K. Puri
Physical Review C 81 (2010) 014601