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Urjit A. Yajnik

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Urjit A. Yajnik

Visiting Professor, Physics

  • MSc: IIT Bombay, 1980
  • PhD: University of Texas at Austin, 1986

Email: urjit.yajnik -AT- iitgn.ac.in



  • Selected Publications

    1. Dark matter in the Alternative Left Right model
      Mariana Frank(Concordia U., Montreal), Chayan Majumdar(Indian Inst. Tech., Mumbai and Middle East Tech. U., Ankara), Poulose Poulose(Indian Inst. Tech., Guwahati), Supriya Senapati(Indian Inst. Tech., Mumbai and Massachusetts U., Amherst), Urjit A. Yajnik(Indian Inst. Tech., Mumbai) (Nov 8, 2022)

    2. Gravitational fields and quantum mechanics
      R.B. MacKenzie(Montreal U.), Victor Massart(Montreal U.), M.B. Paranjape(Montreal U. and Montreal U., CRM and British Columbia U.), Gordon Semenoff(British Columbia U.), U.A. Yajnik(Indian Inst. Tech., Mumbai) (Oct 8, 2022)

    3. Domain walls and CP violation with left right supersymmetry: implications for leptogenesis and electron EDM
      Piyali Banerjee(Indian Inst. Tech., Mumbai), Urjit Yajnik(Indian Inst. Tech., Mumbai) (Dec 10, 2020)

    4. Exploring 0νββ and leptogenesis in the alternative left-right model
      Mariana Frank(Concordia U., Montreal), Chayan Majumdar(Indian Inst. Tech., Mumbai), P. Poulose(Concordia U., Montreal and Indian Inst. Tech., Guwahati), Supriya Senapati(Indian Inst. Tech., Mumbai), Urjit A. Yajnik(Indian Inst. Tech., Mumbai) (Aug 27, 2020)

    5. Evolution of black hole shadow in the presence of ultralight bosons
      Rittick Roy(Indian Inst. Tech., Mumbai), Urjit A. Yajnik(Indian Inst. Tech., Mumbai) (Jun 7, 2019)

    6. New ultraviolet operators in supersymmetric SO(10) GUT and consistent cosmology
      Piyali Banerjee(Indian Inst. Tech., Mumbai), Urjit A. Yajnik(Indian Inst. Tech., Mumbai) (Dec 30, 2018)

  • Work Experience

    • Visiting Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (July 2023 - present)
    • Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (1989-2023)
    • Visiting Fellow, TIFR Mumbai (1987-1989)
    • Research Associate, Weinberg Theory Group (1986-87)

    • Coordinator, LEAP - Leadership Program for Academicians, 2019
    • Convener, Centre for Advanced Study (2017 - present)
    • Institute Chair Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (2014 -17 ; 2021 - 2023)
    • Dean, Student Affairs IIT Bombay 2011-15;
    • Founding Dean, Student Affairs and Dean Academic Programmes, IIT Gandhinagar, (2008-09)

Research Interests

  • ● Elementary Particle Physics
  • ● Cosmology and unified theories.

Complete List of Publications