Monday, December 13, 2010

tathagat avtar tulsi


Tathagat Avatar Tulsi (born 9 September 1987) is an Indian physicist, most well known as a child prodigy. He completed high school at the age of 9, earned a B.Sc. at the age of 10 and a M.Sc. at the age of 12 from Patna Science College (Patna University). In August 2009, he got his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore at the age of 21.[1] In 2010, he was offered a position as Assistant Professor on contract (a non-permanent teaching position for fresh PhD graduates) at IIT Bombay. [2][3][4] Various Indian newspapers claimed that this made him the youngest faculty member ever at an IIT[5]

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[edit]Biography

Tulsi was born in Patna, Bihar. He completed high school at the age of nine, earned a B.Sc. at the age of ten and a M.Sc. at the age of twelve from Patna Science College (Patna University).
He received wide public attention in 2001, when he was shortlisted by the Indian Department of Science and Technology (DST) to participate in a Nobel laureates conference in Germany. Later, the DST officials claimed that it was a mistake to shortlist him, and that he was a "fake prodigy".[6] Tulsi alleges that some students who accompanied him to Germany asked him to prove his brilliance, but he refused to share his research as it was incomplete.[6] This resulted in him being labeled a "fraud", whose father had forced him to mug up physics without any actual understanding.[6] Following the controversy, Tulsi suffered from depression, which he says, cost him a Ph.D. seat at IIT. He decided to "fight back" by earning a Ph.D. and gaining recognition as a scientist.[7]
Tulsi was admitted by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc).[8], where he wrote a 33-page long Ph.D. thesis on "Generalizations of the Quantum Search Algorithm".[9] He has the special distinction of being one of the world's youngest scientists. At the age of 17, he co-authored a research manuscript ("A New Algorithm for Fixed-point Quantum Search") with Lov Grover, the inventor of a quantum search algorithm that goes by his name.
Tulsi is listed as one of the most gifted Asian youngsters by TIME magazine, mentioned as "Superteen" by SCIENCE, "Physics Prodigy" by The TIMES, "Master Mind" by The WEEK and listed by OUTLOOK as one of the smartest Indian youngsters. Tathagat Avatar Tulsi participated in theStock Exchange of Visions project of Fabrica, Benetton's research centre in 2007. He was invited byLuciano Benetton for a dinner in honor of Al Gore on Jun. 14, 2007 in Milano, Italy. Tathagat's story was showcased by National Geographic Channel in the program My Brilliant Brain. The episode named "India's Geniuses" was aired on 13 Dec. 07 and was hosted by Bollywood actress Konkona Sen Sharma.

[edit]Research

Tulsi worked on quantum search algorithms for his Ph.D. Tulsi at 21 is often claimed by news reporters as the youngest person in India to hold a doctorate. Some of his research publications are listed below (in chronological order of dispatch to the scientific magazines).

[edit]Career

Tulsi joined IIT Bombay in July 2010 as an assistant Professor in the Physics department. With this he became the youngest faculty member ever at any IIT.

[edit]See also

[edit]References

  1. ^ Youngest PhD and shortest thesis Times of India
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  5. ^ Tathagat's homepage at IISc at his homepage
  6. ^ a b c I broke Kelvin's Grade 10 record at the age of nine Gulf News
  7. ^ He is no fraud genius Mumbai Mirror, Nov. 18, 2009.
  8. ^ Prodigy Tulsi seals debate with PhD admission in IISc Indian Express
  9. ^ Tathagat Tulsi. 21. Ph.D. in Physics from IISc New Indian Express, Feb. 20, 2010.

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