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{{Short description|Indian condensed matter physicist}}
{{Orphan|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Srinivasan Ramakrishnan
| image = S.Ramakrishnan Photo.jpg
| caption =
| birth_place = 22 December 1956 <br /> [[Tamil Nadu, India]]
| fields = [[Condensed matter physics]]
| alma_mater = [[PSG College of Technology]]<br />[[IIT Madras ]]<br />[[University of Mumbai]]
| known_for = Studies on Ultra-low temperature physics and [[superconductivity]]
| work_institution = [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]]
}}

'''Srinivasan Ramakrishnan'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Srinivasan Ramakrishnan |url=https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=MxQlUKgAAAAJ&hl=en |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=scholar.google.co.in}}</ref> is a [[Condensed matter physics|condensed matter physicist]] working on experimental ultra-low temperature research. He was the director and distinguished professor of the [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]] (TIFR).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tifr.res.in/portal/council.php | title=Tata Institute of Fundamental Research | TIFR }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=Chethan Kumar|date=Dec 10, 2021 |title=ncbs: NCBS, TIGS ink pact for 'Genetics and Society' {{!}} India News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ncbs-tigs-ink-pact-for-genetics-and-society/articleshow/88210003.cms |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> Recently, he joined IISER Pune as a distinguished professor.

== Education ==

Srinivasan Ramakrishnan, did his B.Sc. degree in Applied Sciences from the [[PSG College of Technology]] at Coimbatore in 1977 and M.Sc. Physics in [[IIT Madras]] in 1979. He joined [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]] in 1979, enrolled at the [[University of Mumbai]] for doctoral studies on superconductivity in transition metal compounds and obtained his Ph.D. in 1985.

== Research ==
His efforts in Ultra Low Temperature (ULT) research led to the discovery of superconductivity in the Bismuth at 0.53 mK and was published in Science 2017.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Prakash |first1=Om |last2=Kumar |first2=Anil |last3=Thamizhavel |first3=A. |last4=Ramakrishnan |first4=S. |date=2017-01-06 |title=Evidence for bulk superconductivity in pure bismuth single crystals at ambient pressure |url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aaf8227 |journal=Science |language=en |volume=355 |issue=6320 |pages=52–55 |doi=10.1126/science.aaf8227 |pmid=27934703 |arxiv=1603.04310 |bibcode=2017Sci...355...52P |s2cid=206649934 |issn=0036-8075}}</ref> Temperature of the experiments in his laboratory range from 400 K to 40 μK.

== Awards ==
He is a recipient of the [[Friedrich Bessel]] research award<ref>{{Cite web |title=Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award |url=https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/apply/sponsorship-programmes/friedrich-wilhelm-bessel-research-award |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=www.humboldt-foundation.de |language=en}}</ref> (bestowed by [[Alexander von Humboldt Foundation]]) in November 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Srinivasan Ramakrishnan |url=https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/connect/explore-the-humboldt-network/singleview?tx_rsmavhsolr_solrview%5BpPersonId%5D=1022736&cHash=2707d50396b5c9f02940c38078eb3008 |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=www.humboldt-foundation.de |language=en}}</ref> He was elected as a fellow of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Indian Academy of Sciences |url=https://fellows.ias.ac.in/profile/v/FL2002010 |access-date=2022-05-15 |website=fellows.ias.ac.in}}</ref> in 2002.

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