Physics Professor Supurna Sinha Remembers Satyendra Nath Bose

We welcome a very special contribution to the SN Bose Project Blog by Dr. Supurna Sinha. Dr. Sinha is a physicist and Professor at the Raman Research Institute, Bangalore. Dr. Sinha is a daughter of the late Dr. Purnima Sinha, the renowned physicist, author and music scholar from Bengal who was a Ph.D student of Professor Bose, and was one of the first, perhaps the first, woman in Bengal to receive a Doctorate in Physics, and the eminent anthropologist Dr. Surajit Chandra Sinha 

The following article first appeared in Sopanam, the student magazine published by IISER Thiruvananthapuram (2013-2014) [Indian Institute of Science Education and Research] and appears here with permission from the author and publishers.

Dr. Sinha had shared this article and permission to publish it here on the SN Bose Project Blog many years ago when I had the pleasure of meeting her and her mother, Purnima madam, at their home in Bengalaru. At that time I regretfully hadn't followed through to publish it on the previous incarnation of the SN Bose Project Website which then went dormant for many years until recently revived in this present form.

I offer my sincere apologies to Dr. Sinha for the delay. As it turns out publishing it now is perfect timing especially the 100th Anniversary year of Bose Einstein Statistics, and over the past decade interest in Professor Bose has only grown. Her contribution adds to the growing historical, and personal, store of knowledge about Professor Bose, for which we are very grateful. 

I am sure people will enjoy the read. 

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Remembering Satyendra Nath Bose

By Dr. Supurna Sinha

Professor Supurna Sinha

Dr. Supura Sinha is a physicist and a Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Raman Research Institute, Bangalore. 

My broad area of research is equilibrium and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics. In recent years my research has focussed on statistical mechanics of semiflexible polymers with a view to understanding the role of elasticity of biopolymers in, for instance, packaging of DNA molecules in the cell nucleus. Single molecule experiments on biopolymers provides a natural context for such studies. Some of my recent research interest has been in the area of interferometric effects in classical and quantum optics with a view to understanding issues related to classical and quantum information theory.

Raman Research Institute website.