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Bikram Pal

Department of Physical Sciences
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata

Campus Road, Mohanpur, 741246, India
Email: bikram25052005[at]gmail[dot]com

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Greetings!
I am Bikram Pal, a 4th year Master of Science (Integrated) student at the Department of Physical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata. Apart from physics, I also take interest in problems of pure mathematics.

My research interest is broadly to understand the physics of complex systems. I have held a couple of research internship positions in the past that have helped me to grow towards this goal. My current spectrum of research is broad (and multifractal) due to that reason. My interests span both equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical physics : Phase transistions and critical phenomena, intermittency in turbulent flows, self-orgnaization and pattern formation in active matter. I am working in collaboration with the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (ICTS-TIFR), Bengaluru (formerly as an NIUS scholar of 2024 batch) with Prof. Samriddhi Sankar Ray and Prof. Deepak Dhar. Recently, I served as a Research Intern at the Department of Living Matter Physics, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen, Germany, where I worked with Prof. Ramin Golestanian

Besides, I am a football aficionado and an unapologetic fan of Mohunbagan (মোহনবাগান), FC Barcelona and Lionel Messi. This passion has kept me awake through countless derbies and Champions League nights for more than a decade, gradually turning me into a (self-proclaimed) football pundit. Also I have good (in my opininion) taste in Bengali and Hindi music; especially of Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Anupam Roy and Mohammed Rafi.

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Spring 2025

Analysis II (MA2201)Probability & Statistics II (MA2204)Group Theory (MA2205)Thermal Physics (PH2102)Quantum Mechanics I (PH2101)Modern Physics Laboratory (PH2203)Mathematical Methods I (PH2104)Introduction to Computation (CS2201)

Autumn 2024

Analysis I (MA2101)Linear Algebra (MA2102)Probability & Statistics I (MA2104)Mechanics II (PH2102)Waves and Optics (PH2101)Optics Laboratory (PH2103)Rocks, Minerals and Deformation (ES2103)Geophysics (ES2104)Earth Science Laboratory (ES2105)

Spring 2024

Mathematics II (MA1201)Electricity & Magnetism (PH1201)Elements of Chemistry II (CH1201)Introduction to Biology II (LS1201)Earth System Processes (ES1201)Physics Laboratory (PH1202)General Chemistry Laboratory (CH1202)

Autumn 2023

Mathematics I (MA1101)Mechanics I (PH1101)Elements of Chemistry I (CH1101)Introduction to Earth Science (ES1101)Introduction to Computer Programming (CS1101)Biology Laboratory (LS1102)