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| name             = Palash Baran Pal &amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;পলাশ বরন পাল&lt;br /&gt;
| image            = Palash.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
| alt              = Palash Pal at Kolkata&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1955|9|4}}&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place      = [[Budge Budge]],&lt;br /&gt;
[[Kolkata]], [[South 24 Parganas]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| fields           = [[Physics]] ([[Theoretical physics|theoretical]])&lt;br /&gt;
| workplaces       = {{ublist |[[Rajabazar Science College]],  [[Calcutta University]], [[Kolkata]]|[[Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics]], [[Kolkata]] |[[Indian Institute of Astrophysics]], [[Bangalore]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
| alma_mater       = {{ublist |[[Carnegie-Mellon University]] (PhD) |[[Rajabazar Science College]] (MSc) | [[Presidency College, Kolkata|Presidency College]] (BSc)}}&lt;br /&gt;
| doctoral_advisor = [[Lincoln Wolfenstein]]&lt;br /&gt;
| known_for        = {{longitem|Contributions to [[particle physics]] and [[Bengali language|Bengali]] literature}}&lt;br /&gt;
| awards           = {{smaller|2004{{nbsp|2}}}}[[Rabindra Smriti Puroshkar]] {{smaller|2011{{nbsp|2}}}}Ramendra Sundar Smriti Puroshkar&lt;br /&gt;
| website          = {{URL|https://palashbaranpal.github.io/}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Palash Baran Pal&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (Bengali: পলাশ বরন পাল &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Palāś Baran Pāl&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, born : 1955) is an Indian [[theoretical physicist]], an Emeritus Professor in the Physics Department of [[Rajabazar Science College|Science College]], [[Calcutta University]], [[Kolkata]],&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;toi&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|date=23 May 2012 |title= Building Blocks of Science |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/Building-Blocks-of-Science/articleshow/12379926.cms |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; a writer,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;hindu&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|date=4 March 2007 |title= Life&amp;#039;s like that only |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-literaryreview/lifes-like-that-only/article2274580.ece |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;toi1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news|date=4 July 2010 |title= Political love|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1100704/jsp/calcutta/story_12641505.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709015057/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100704/jsp/calcutta/story_12641505.jsp |archive-date=9 July 2010 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; a linguist&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;desh&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite news |title= বিচিত্র শব্দকথা |url= https://www.desh.co.in/story/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE |newspaper= Desh |access-date= 3 September 2017 |archive-date= 1 July 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140701134342/http://desh.co.in/story/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a poet. His main area of research is [[Particle Physics]]. His works in the area of [[neutrino physics]] and [[Theory of relativity|relativistic]] treatment of particle properties in matter are well recognized in the particle physics community. Apart from his scientific contributions, he has authored well known text books in [[physics]] as well as several popular science literature in [[Bengali language|Bengali]] to popularize science. He was the first to create digital Bengali fonts for IBM PC (precursor of MS Windows).&lt;br /&gt;
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== Early life ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Born to Amulya Bhushan Pal and Niva Pal on 4 September 1955, Palash Pal is the eldest of three siblings. He did his schooling from BE College Model School at [[Howrah]]. He received his bachelor&amp;#039;s degree in Physics from [[Presidency College, Kolkata|Presidency College]], Kolkata (affiliated to [[Calcutta University]], [[Calcutta]], [[India]]) in 1975 and master&amp;#039;s degree in Physics from the renowned [[Rajabazar Science College|Science College]] campus of [[Calcutta University]], [[Calcutta]], [[India]] in 1979. He then moved to United States for further studies. He received his Doctorate Degree from [[Carnegie-Mellon University]], [[Pittsburgh]], United States in the year 1983. After that, he was associated with [[University of Maryland]], [[University of Massachusetts]], [[University of Oregon]] and [[University of Texas]] respectively as post-doctoral fellow before he came back to [[India]] in 1994.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Career ==&lt;br /&gt;
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After he returned to India, Pal took up professorship at [[Indian Institute of Astrophysics]], [[Bangalore]], [[India]] in 1994 where he stayed till 1997 before he moved to [[Kolkata]]. He then joined the Theory Division of [[Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics]], [[Kolkata]] where he remained in service till September 2017. He is now an Emeritus Professor in the Physics Department of [[Calcutta University]], [[Kolkata]].&lt;br /&gt;
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Palash Pal has worked in various branches of [[modern physics]].&lt;br /&gt;
Primarily a [[particle physicist]], his works encompass studies in the &lt;br /&gt;
[[Standard Model of particle physics]]. Some of his pioneering works are particularly&lt;br /&gt;
focused on the topic of massive [[neutrinos]], whose theoretical basis&lt;br /&gt;
requires physics [[beyond the Standard Model]]. His original contributions to the field of [[neutrino physics]] include calculation of [[Feynman diagrams]] for [[Majorana fermions]].,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;paper1&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite journal|first1=Palash B.|last1=Pal|first2=Lincoln|last2=Wolfenstein|title=Radiative decays of massive neutrinos|journal=Phys. Rev. |volume=D25|issue=3|year=1982|page=766|doi=10.1103/PhysRevD.25.766|bibcode=1982PhRvD..25..766P}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; determination of properties of [[fermions]] in [[matter]]s and [[magnetic fields]],&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;paper2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite journal|first1=Juan Carlos|last1=D&amp;#039;Olivo|first2=Jose F.|last2=Nieves|first3=Palash B.|last3=Pal|title=Electromagnetic properties of neutrinos in a background of electrons|journal=Phys. Rev. |volume=D40|issue=11|year=1989|pages=3679–3687|doi=10.1103/PhysRevD.40.3679|pmid=10011749|bibcode=1989PhRvD..40.3679D}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and a quantum field&lt;br /&gt;
theoretic reworking of [[Lincoln Wolfenstein]]&amp;#039;s formula predicting the properties of&lt;br /&gt;
neutrino oscillation in presence of matter.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;paper3&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite journal|first1=Palash B.|last1=Pal|first2=T. N.|last2=Pham|title=Field-theoretic derivation of Wolfenstein&amp;#039;s matter-oscillation formula|journal=Phys. Rev. |volume=D40|issue=1|year=1989|pages=259–261|doi=10.1103/PhysRevD.40.259|pmid=10011680|bibcode=1989PhRvD..40..259P}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
His review on the [[neutrino physics]]&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;paper4&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite journal|first1=Palash B.|last1=Pal|title=Particle physics confronts the solar neutrino problem|journal=Int. J. Mod. Phys. A|volume=7|issue=22|year=1992|pages=5387–5460|doi=10.1142/S0217751X92002465|bibcode=1992IJMPA...7.5387P|url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1064003/m2/1/high_res_d/5297278.pdf}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; gives a lucid description of the [[solar neutrino problem]] which appeals to a wider class of physicists.&lt;br /&gt;
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Apart from his contributions to [[neutrino physics]], Pal has done important work related to [[Grand Unification Theory]]&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;paper5&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite journal|first1=Tristan|last1=Hübsch|first2=Palash B.|last2=Pal|title=Economical unification of three families in SO(18)|journal=Phys. Rev.|volume=D34|issue=5|year=1986|pages=1606–1611|doi=10.1103/PhysRevD.34.1606|pmid=9957322|bibcode=1986PhRvD..34.1606H}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;paper6&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite journal|first1=Palash B.|last1=Pal|title=Monopoles of SU(15) grand unification|journal=Phys. Rev.|volume=D44|issue=5|year=1991|pages=R1366–R1368|doi=10.1103/PhysRevD.44.R1366|pmid=10014041|bibcode=1991PhRvD..44.1366P|s2cid=42548585 |url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1067731/m2/1/high_res_d/5368089.pdf}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
and [[statistical field theory]] (popularly called [[thermal field theory]]).&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;paper7&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite journal|first1=José F.|last1=Nieves|first2=Palash B.|last2=Pal|title=Radiative neutrino decay in hot media|journal=Phys. Rev.|volume=D56|issue=1|year=1997|page=365|doi=10.1103/PhysRevD.56.365|arxiv=hep-ph/9702283|bibcode=1997PhRvD..56..365N|s2cid=17739670}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;paper8&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite journal|first1=José F.|last1=Nieves|first2=Palash B.|last2=Pal|title=Electromagnetic properties of neutrinos in a medium|journal=Phys. Rev.|volume=D40|issue=5|year=1989|pages=1693–1696|doi=10.1103/PhysRevD.40.1693|pmid=10011994|bibcode=1989PhRvD..40.1693N}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Some of his works deal with the &lt;br /&gt;
quantum field theoretic calculations of self-energies of [[photon]] and [[neutrino]] in a&lt;br /&gt;
background of [[charged particles]] (as [[electrons]], [[positrons]] or [[Electric charge|charge]]d weak [[gauge bosons]]) in thermal equilibrium.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;paper9&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite journal|first1=José F.|last1=Nieves|first2=Palash B.|last2=Pal|title=Thermal self-energies at zero momentum|journal=Phys. Rev.|volume=D51|issue=9|year=1995|pages=5300–5304|doi=10.1103/PhysRevD.51.5300|pmid=10019002|arxiv=hep-ph/9411440|bibcode=1995PhRvD..51.5300N|s2cid=2269281}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;paper10&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite journal|first1=José F.|last1=Nieves|first2=Palash B.|last2=Pal|first3=David G.|last3=Unger|title=Photon mass in a background of thermal particles|journal=Phys. Rev.|volume=D28|issue=4|year=1983|page=908|doi=10.1103/PhysRevD.28.908|bibcode=1983PhRvD..28..908N}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Pal has also ventured&lt;br /&gt;
into calculations where the background for various [[elementary particle]]&lt;br /&gt;
processes includes a thermal bath of [[charged particles]] in presence of&lt;br /&gt;
constant [[magnetic field]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;paper11&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite journal|first1=Avijit K.|last1=Ganguly|first2=Sushan|last2=Konar|first3=Palash B.|last3=Pal|title=Faraday effect: A field theoretical point of view|journal=Phys. Rev.|volume=D60|issue=10|year=1999|article-number=105014|doi=10.1103/PhysRevD.60.105014|arxiv=hep-ph/9905206|bibcode=1999PhRvD..60j5014G|s2cid=16849452}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Palash Pal is also well known for his teaching and has taught various topics of modern physics in the teaching program of [[Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics]]. Most of the material he has taught have been later turned into books which includes subjects like [[particle physics]], [[statistical physics]] and [[quantum field theory]]. Except these books Palash B. Pal and Rabindra N. Mohapatra have written the book titled &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Massive neutrinos in physics and astrophysics&amp;#039;&amp;#039;,&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;paper12&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite journal|first1=R. N.|last1=Mohapatra|first2=Palash B.|last2= Pal|title=Massive neutrinos in physics and astrophysics. Second edition|journal=World Sci. Lec. Notes Phys.|volume=60|year=1998|pages=1–397}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;paper13&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite journal|first1=R. N.|last1=Mohapatra|first2=Palash B.|last2= Pal|title=Massive neutrinos in physics and astrophysics. Third edition|journal=World Sci. Lec. Notes Phys.|volume=72|year=2004|pages=1–451}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; which is a standard text for both newcomers and old practitioners working in the field of [[neutrino physics]] or [[astroparticle physics]].&lt;br /&gt;
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Pal started contributing to Bengali literature through popular science articles from as early as 1988. Eight such books and many other articles published in several magazines show his enthusiasm to reach out to an individual who has any scientific curiosity. His other writings in Bengali include several articles on Bengali phonetics, orthography and grammar, Bengali translations of poetries written in other foreign languages, such as the ones by Nobel Laureate [[Pablo Neruda]], and folktales for children carry the signature of his varied interests in literature and linguistics. He has received two awards in the field of literature, [[Rabindra Smriti Puroshkar]] in 2004 and Ramendra Sundar Smriti Puroshkar in 2011, for his popular-level books Bigyān: byakti jukti somoy somāj (বিজ্ঞান: ব্যক্তি যুক্তি সময় সমাজ) and Einstein-er uttorādhikār (আইনস্টাইনের উত্তরাধিকার), respectively.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Books ==&lt;br /&gt;
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Besides many scientific papers, Palash Pal has written Physics textbooks in English, and popular-level scientific books and pedagogical scientific articles in [[Bengali language|Bengali]]. He has translated several poetries written in foreign languages, such as Spanish, French and Japanese, into Bengali. Among these, the Spanish and the French poetries are direct translations made from the original texts, whereas the collection of translation of Japanese [[Haikus]] was made from the English translations of these poetries. Pal&amp;#039;s translation of the Spanish poetries written by [[Pablo Neruda]] is one of the first translations of an entire Spanish book into Bengali. Apart from that, Palash Pal has also translated several Bengali popular literature by other Bengali literary laureates into English. He has authored books on [[linguistics]] and [[Oral tradition|folktales]] in [[Bengali language|Bengali]]. An exhaustive list of the books, authored by him so far, is as follows:&lt;br /&gt;
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{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+ Academic books&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Title !! Description !! Co-author !! Publication details !! Link&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Massive Neutrinos in Physics and Astrophysics&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| A book on neutrino physics for researchers and students in the field&lt;br /&gt;
| Rabindra N. Mahapatra&lt;br /&gt;
| World Scientific, Singapore, 1991. [Enlarged editions: 1998, 2004.]&lt;br /&gt;
| http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/5024&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;A first book of Quantum Field Theory&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| A beginning level text book on Quantum Field Theory&lt;br /&gt;
| Amitabha Lahiri&lt;br /&gt;
| Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, 2000. [Second edition 2005.]&lt;br /&gt;
| http://www.narosa.com/books_display.asp?catgcode=978-81-7319-654-6&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;An introductory course of Statistical Mechanics&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| A text book on Statistical Mechanics for post-graduate as well as advanced undergraduate students&lt;br /&gt;
| &lt;br /&gt;
| Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, 2007 [Reprint 2013]&lt;br /&gt;
| http://www.narosa.com/books_display.asp?catgcode=978-81-7319-864-9&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;An introductory course of Particle Physics&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| A text book on Particle Physics for post-graduate students as well as beginning researchers&lt;br /&gt;
| &lt;br /&gt;
| CRC Press, July 2014&lt;br /&gt;
| https://www.crcpress.com/An-Introductory-Course-of-Particle-Physics/Pal/p/book/9781482216981&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;A Physicists Introduction to Algebraic Structures&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| A text book on various topics of algebra which are useful for physicists. Detailed discussion of vector spaces, groups and topological spaces. Short introduction to many other algebraic structures like metric spaces, rings, fields, measure spaces, Boolean algebra.&lt;br /&gt;
| &lt;br /&gt;
| Cambridge University Press, March 2019&lt;br /&gt;
| http://www.cambridgeindia.org/Academic/subjects/Mathematics/A-Physicists-Introduction-to-Algebraic-Structures?ISBN=9781108729116 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501070420/http://www.cambridgeindia.org//Academic/subjects/Mathematics/A-Physicists-Introduction-to-Algebraic-Structures%3FISBN%3D9781108729116 |date=1 May 2019 }}&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Introduction to Quantum Mechanics&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| A text book on Quantum Mechanics for advance undergraduate and post-graduate students as well as beginning researchers&lt;br /&gt;
| Krishnendu Sengupta&lt;br /&gt;
| Cambridge University Press, 2023&lt;br /&gt;
| https://www.cambridge.org/in/universitypress/subjects/physics/quantum-physics-quantum-information-and-quantum-computation/introduction-quantum-mechanics?format=PB&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+ Popular-level books&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Title !! Description !! Co-author / Translator !! Publication details &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ki diyé samastô-kichu gorhā, কী দিয়ে সমস্তকিছু গড়া&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;— What is everything made of&lt;br /&gt;
| Popular book on particle physics in Bengali&lt;br /&gt;
| &lt;br /&gt;
| West Bengal State Book Board, Calcutta, 1988. [Second edition 1997.]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sāl-tarikhér itihās, সাল তারিখের ইতিহাস &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;— A history of dates and years&lt;br /&gt;
| A book in Bengali on the development of calendars in various civilizations and its relation to the development of Astronomy&lt;br /&gt;
| &lt;br /&gt;
| Samatat Prakashan, Calcutta, 1994. [Second edition, Sarat Book Distributors, Calcutta, 2003; Third edition 2015] &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ālôr kathā, আলোর কথা &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;— On light&lt;br /&gt;
| A book for children in Bengali on light&lt;br /&gt;
| &lt;br /&gt;
| Shishu Sahitya Samsad, Calcutta, 1999. [Second edition 2005.] &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bigyān: byakti jukti somoy somāj, বিজ্ঞান: ব্যক্তি যুক্তি সময় সমাজ&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;— Science: persons, arguments, time and society&lt;br /&gt;
| A collection of popular scientific articles in Bengali&lt;br /&gt;
| &lt;br /&gt;
| Anustup, Calcutta, 2001. [Editions: 2010, 2017 (ISBN No : 978-81-85479-20-0)]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Māpjôker itihās, মাপজোকের ইতিহাস&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;— A history of measurements&lt;br /&gt;
| A book in Bengali on the evolution of various units of measurement&lt;br /&gt;
| &lt;br /&gt;
| Anustup, Calcutta, 2002. [2nd edition, Sarat Book Distributors, Calcutta, 2003]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Journey through time: a history of dates and years&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| English translation of his Bengali book Sāl-tarikhér itihās (সাল তারিখের ইতিহাস)&lt;br /&gt;
| Translated by : Sushan Konar&lt;br /&gt;
| Scholastic, New Delhi, January 2008. [Revised reprint April 2008]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Rong-berong, রঙ-বেরঙ&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;— Colors&lt;br /&gt;
| A book in Bengali on the science of colors and color perception, the technology of color production and reproduction&lt;br /&gt;
| Co-author : Shekhar Guha&lt;br /&gt;
| Jnan Bichitra, Agartala, 2010&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Einstein-er uttorādhikār, আইনস্টাইনের উত্তরাধিকার&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;— Einstein&amp;#039;s legacy&lt;br /&gt;
| Nine essays in Bengali, discussing various aspects of Einstein&amp;#039;s work, his predecessors from whom he derived inspiration, and his impact on society and science&lt;br /&gt;
| &lt;br /&gt;
| Bangiya Bijnan Parishad, Calcutta, 2011&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;At the root of things&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| English translation of his Bengali book Ki diyé samastô-kichu gorhā (কী দিয়ে সমস্তকিছু গড়া)&lt;br /&gt;
| Translated by : Sushan Konar&lt;br /&gt;
| CRC Press, August 2014. &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bigyan ebong, বিজ্ঞান এবং&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| 12 essays on the relation of science with other aspects of human life and thoughts, e.g., Science and superstitions, Science and religion, Science and mathematics, Science and imagination&lt;br /&gt;
| &lt;br /&gt;
| Ababhash, Calcutta, 2016&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sonkhya̅r jogot, সংখ্যার জগৎ&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;— The world of numbers)&lt;br /&gt;
| On numbers: their definition, classification, writing systems, uses and abuses&lt;br /&gt;
| &lt;br /&gt;
| Nirjhar, Calcutta, 2022&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+ Translations &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Title !! Translated from !! Co-author !! Publication details &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Jekhāne brishtir janmô, যেখানে বৃষ্টির জন্ম&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Pablo Neruda&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;Donde nace la lluvia&amp;quot; (from the original Spanish) ||  ||Arunā Prokāshoni, Calcutta, 1988; [2nd edition, Paramparā Prakāshan, 2011]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sutrapāt, সূত্রপাত&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Isaac Asimov&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;Beginnings&amp;quot; || Shekhar Guha||Anustup, Calcutta, 1997&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Kathā, কথা&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Jacques Prévért&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;Paroles&amp;quot; (from the original French)||  ||Anustup, Calcutta, 1997. [2nd printing 2010 (ISBN No : 978-81-85479-31-6)]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bāshor Haiku, বাশো-র হাইকু &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Japanese Haikus by Matsuo Basho ||  || Ababhāsh, Calcutta, 2004&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Selected Stories by Parashuram&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| English translation of Bengali short stories by Parashuram [Rajshekhar Bose] || Sukanta Chaudhuri ||Penguin Books, New Delhi, 2006&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Funny and funnier&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| English translation of Bengali short stories by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay || Abhijit Gupta || Scholastic, New Delhi, 2010&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+ Books on linguistics&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Title !! Description !! Publication details &lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Dhwônimālā bornômālā, ধ্বনিমালা বর্ণমালা&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| A book on Bengali phonetics || Papyrus, Calcutta, 2001 [2nd edition: Anustup, Calcutta, 2015]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ā môri Bānglā bhāshā, আ মরি বাংলা ভাষা&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Collection of a number of essays on various aspects of language, orthography and grammar || Anushtup, Calcutta, 2011 (ISBN No: 978-81-85479-63-7)&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Hok kothā, হক কথা&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Collection of a number of short articles, written originally for newspaper supplements and literary magazines, on various aspects of language, orthography and grammar || Parampara Prakashan, Calcutta, 2013&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ek theke choy, এক থেকে ছয়&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Six essays on problems of transliteration, terminologies, typefaces and orthography || Parampara Prakashan, Calcutta, 2016&lt;br /&gt;
|- &lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Kothār kothā, কথার কথা&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Collection of a number of short articles, written originally for newspaper supplements and literary magazines, on various aspects of language, orthography and grammar|| Parampara Prakashan, Calcutta, 2020&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
|&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ka̅jer kotha̅, কাজের কথা&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| The first part is a compilation of all Bengali verbs. The second part is an analysis of the verb forms of standard Bengali || Anushtup, Calcutta, 2022&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{| class=&amp;quot;wikitable&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
|+ Miscellaneous&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
! Title  !! Description !! Publication details&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Nānā desh nānā golpô, নানা দেশ নানা গল্প&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Collection of folktales from all over the world&lt;br /&gt;
| Shishu Sahitya Samsad, Calcutta, 2010; [Second printing 2012]&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Poṭhôn pāṭhôn gobeshonā, পঠন পাঠন গবেষণা&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| On education and research&lt;br /&gt;
| Jacari, 2012&lt;br /&gt;
|-&lt;br /&gt;
| &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Mohājonokothā, মহাজনকথা&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| Critical essays on eminent persons&lt;br /&gt;
| Ababhāsh, 2024&lt;br /&gt;
|}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Software ==&lt;br /&gt;
Palash Pal has developed two latex based packages :&lt;br /&gt;
#bangtex : for typesetting documents in Bangla using the Tex/Latex systems [http://www.saha.ac.in/theory/palashbaran.pal/bangtex/bangtex.html]&amp;lt;ref name=ctan&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=Comprehensive TEX Archive Network|url=https://www.ctan.org/author/pal|website=CTAN}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
#pptalk : a Latex-based package for talk presentation [http://www.saha.ac.in/theory/palashbaran.pal/pptalk/pptalk.html]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Personal life ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Palash Pal is married to Shukla Sanyal (শুক্লা সান্যাল), who was a professor of history at [[Calcutta University]] and [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency University]] [[Kolkata]], respectively, and has one daughter, Shoili Pal (শৈলী পাল), and one son, Proyag Pal (প্রয়াগ পাল).&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
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== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[https://www.youtube.com/@palashbaranpal1615 YouTube Channel of Palash Baran Pal containing several of his lectures on various topics]&lt;br /&gt;
* {{YouTube|C1wr2qzsQAY|Colloquium by Palash Baran Pal based on his book &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sāl-tarikhér itihās&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;সাল তারিখের ইতিহাস&amp;#039;&amp;#039;}}&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://parabaas.com/parabaas-english.shtml#Palash_Baran_Pal Translated stories by Palash Baran Pal]&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/article/reso/022/01/0091-0093 A review of his book &amp;#039;&amp;#039;An introductory course of Statistical Mechanics&amp;#039;&amp;#039; published in Resonance]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://www.desh.co.in/story/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE A review of his book &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Hok kothā, হক কথা&amp;#039;&amp;#039; published in Desh] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140701134342/http://desh.co.in/story/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE |date=1 July 2014 }}&lt;br /&gt;
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* [http://inspirehep.net/search?p=author%3AP.B.Pal.1%20AND%20collection%3Aciteable Full list of scientific publications by Palash B. Pal]&lt;br /&gt;
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