National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

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EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Theoretical Physics
Areas of Interest
  • String theory and high energy physics.
  • Condensed matter physics

Subhash Chandra Mahapatra Associate Professor

Physics and Astronomy

mahapatrasub@nitrkl.ac.in

0661 - 246 2822

Biosketch

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PUBLICATIONS

2

SPONSORED PROJECTS

4

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Subhash Chandra Mahapatra

Associate Professor

Physics and Astronomy

Room Number: MC-205

Department of Physics and Astronomy, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008

2015

Ph.D.
String theory and theoretical high energy physics
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

2010

M.Sc
Physics
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

2008

B.Sc (Hons)
Physics Honours
University of Delhi

Teaching Experience
  • Quantum Field Theory,  NIT Rourkela,   July 2018 - Nov 2018
Post Doctoral Research Experience
  • String theory,  IISER Bhopal,   06 Nov 2017 - 28 Feb 2018
  • String theory,  KU Leuven,   2016 - 2017
  • String theory,  The Institute of Mathematical Sciences,   2015 - 2016

Quark-gluon plasma observables in a strong magnetic background Science & Engineering Research Board(SERB)
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Running   Sponsored
Strongly coupled 2CD via hologhaphy in a strong magnetic background DST/INSPIRE
  • Principal Investigator
  • 60
  • Completed   Sponsored

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GOOGLE SCHOLAR H-INDEX 28
GOOGLE SCHOLAR I10-INDEX 20
SCOPUS H-INDEX
Total Publications: 34
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S. C. Mahapatra,"Interplay between the holographic QCD phase diagram and mutual & n-partite information", Journal of High Energy Physics, vol.2019, no.137, Springer, April 2019, 10.1007/JHEP04(2019)137       Article

S. C. Mahapatra and P. Roy,"On the time dependence of holographic complexity in a dynamical Einstein-dilaton model", Journal of High Energy Physics, vol.11, no.138, Springer, November 2018, 10.1007/JHEP11(2018)138       Article

S. C. Mahapatra,"Logarithmic black hole entropy corrections and holographic Rényi entropy", The European Physical Journal C, vol.78, no.23, Springer, January 2018, 10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5511-4       Article

D. Dudal and S. C. Mahapatra,"Interplay between the holographic QCD phase diagram and entanglement entropy", Journal of High Energy Physics, vol.07, no.120, Springer, July 2018, 10.1007/JHEP07(2018)120       Article

D. Dudal and S. C. Mahapatra,"Confining gauge theories and holographic entanglement entropy with a magnetic field", Journal of High Energy Physics, vol.31, Springer, April 2017, 10.1007/JHEP04(2017)031       Article

  • PH1001 : Physics - I {Theory}
  • PH1002 : Physics - II {Theory}
  • PH3006 : Basic Mathematical Physics {Theory}
  • PH4001 : Mathematical Methods in Physics {Theory}
  • PH6121 : Quantum Field Theory {Theory}
  • PH1070 : Physics Laboratory {Practical}
  • PH4074 : Computational Physics Laboratory {Practical}
  • PH573 : Computational Physics Laboratory {Practical}
  • PH574 : Computational Laboratory-II {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [4]
Analytic Primary Scalar Hair Charged Black Holes and Their Thermodynamics in AdS Space in D Dimensions
Supragyan Priyadarshinee
Enrolled: Jul 2018
Graduated :  Feb 2024
Supervisor
Theoretical High Energy Physics
Jasper Singh Nongmaithem
Enrolled: Jul 2024
Continuing
Supervisor
String theory and its application to QCD
Siddhi Swarupa Jena
Enrolled: Jan 2020
Continuing
Supervisor
String theory and its applications to the strongly coupled systems.
Bhasker Shukla
Enrolled: Jul 2019
Continuing
Supervisor

Awards And Honours
  • Ranked among the top 2% of scientists in the 2024 Stanford University single-year rankings,   2024
  • Awarded Inspire Faculty Fellowship by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) India, for the period 03-2018 to 02-2023. Total Amount: 35 Lakhs.,   2018
  • Awarded the PDM postdoctoral fellowship from KU Leuven University.,   2016
  • Awarded the postdoctoral fellowship from the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai.,   2015
  • Awarded international travel grant and financial assistance from the Department of Science and Technology India (DST).,   2014
  • Awarded the Senior Research Fellowship from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).,   2012
  • Scored 98.89 Percentile in Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST-2010).,   2010
  • Top 1% in Graduate Aptitude test for engineering (Gate-2010).,   2010
  • Awarded the Junior Research Fellowship from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).,   2010
  • Awarded IASc-INSA-NASI summer research fellowship by the Indian Academy of Sciences.,   2009
  • Selected for summer internship in Indo-Swiss project (2009) by the University of Fribourg-Switzerland and received a scholarship from the Fribourg Center for Nanomaterials-Switzerland, to conduct research on oxide thin films and ellipsometry.,   2009
  • Institute topper in all the three years of B.Sc. programm (honours in physics) in Moti Lal Nehru Collage, University of Delhi (2005-2008).,   2009
Memberships / Fellowships
  • Indian Association of Physics Teachers,   2023