Bkash sinha biography sample

Bikash Sinha, a pioneer in the field of quark–gluon plasma and the early universe, passed away on 11 August 2023 at the age of 78. His influence on heavy-ion physics is woven into the fabric of not only the ALICE experiment but also the broader field.

Bikash Sinha was born on 16 June 1945 in Kandi, Murshidabad in the state of West Bengal, India.

After graduating in physics from Presidency College, Kolkata in 1964, he went to the UK where he completed the natural sciences Tripos course at King’s College, Cambridge in 1967, and then gained a PhD in nuclear physics from the University of London in 1970.

He returned to India on invitation from nuclear physicist Raja Ramanna and joined the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in 1976.

In the early 1980s Bikash started working in high-energy physics, particularly relativistic heavy-ion collisions and the formation of quark–gluon plasma.

He was appointed director of the Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre in 1987 a