Vice Chancellor Chandigarh University

Will you please provide the awards and special recognitions of Arun Kumar Grover Vice Chancellor, Panjab University ? Also provide the academic profile .

[Kiran Chandar]

Professor Arun Kumar Grover is a Vice Chancellor, Panjab University .

Arun Kumar Grover



1. Name in full : Arun Kumar Grover

2. Date of birth : December 12, 1951

3. Nationality : Indian

4. Designation and address : Vice Chancellor, Panjab University, Chandigarh – 160 014, India

5. Personal details : Married, one son.

6. Academic career and professional attainments : (a) Academic qualifications: B.Sc. Hons. School (Physics), 1971; M.Sc. Hons. School (Physics), 1972, Panjab University, Chandigarh ; Ph.D. (Physics) T.I.F.R. / University of Bombay, 1979

(b) Academic Profile : Career at TIFR :
Position / Rank Duration
Visiting Member 1972-1977
Research Associate 1977-1982
Fellow 1982-1988 Reader 1988-1995
Associate Professor 1995-1998
Professor 1998-2009 Senior Professor 2009-

Awards / Special recognitions :

1. National Science Talent Search (NSTS) Scholar (1967-1976)

2. First BRUKER Young Scientist Award for NMR application in Physical Sciences, 1982.

3. Research Award for Foreign Specialists by Science and Technology Agency of Government of Japan, 1991 and 1993.

4. Homi Bhabha Science and Technology Award of BARC and Department of Atomic Energy, 1995.

5. Materials Research Society of India Medal, 1996.

6. Elected Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India, 1997.

7. Elected Fellow, The National Academy of Sciences, India, 1997.

8. Honorary Fellow, Punjab Academy of Sciences, 2012.

9. DAE – C. V. Raman Lecture, 2012-13, awarded by Indian Physics Association.

10. 30th N R Kamath & Mrs. Ruzena Kamath Oration, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Kolkata, 2014.

11. Fellow, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2014.