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{{Infobox scientist
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1955|12|11}}
| birth_place = [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]], India
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| nationality = [[Indian nationality|Indian]]
| fields = {{ublist | [[High energy physics]] }}
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]] | [[University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences]] }}
| alma_mater = {{ublist | [[South Point School (India)|South Point School]] | [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency College]] | [[Rajabazar Science College]]<br>([[University of Calcutta]]) | [[University of Chicago]] | [[Fermilab]] | [[California Institute of Technology]] | [[Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe|Kavli Institute]] }}
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| known_for = Studies on [[string theory]]
| awards = {{ublist| 1998 [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] }}
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'''Sumit Ranjan Das''' (born 11 December 1955) is a US-based Indian high energy physicist and a Professor at the [[University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences]]. Known for his research on [[string theory]], Das is an elected fellow of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]]. The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to physical sciences in 1998.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/AwardeeList.aspx |title=View Bhatnagar Awardees |date=2017-11-11 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |access-date=2017-11-11}}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Long link - please select award year to see details}}

== Biography ==
[[File:The Calcutta University by Francis Frith.jpg|thumb|left|Calcutta University- a [[Francis Frith]] photo]]
Born on 11 December 1955 at [[Kolkata]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]], Sumit Ranjan Das did his early schooling at [[South Point School (India)|South Point School]] and earned his graduate degree from Presidency College and master's degree from the [[Rajabazar Science College|Science College]], [[University of Calcutta]].<ref name="ASPEXS - South Point Ex-students' Association">{{Cite web |url=http://www.aspexs.com/aspexs/Exceptional.aspx?PageIndex=4&RecordPerPage=5 |title=ASPEXS - South Point Ex-students' Association |date=2017-10-17 |website=South Point Ex-students' Association |access-date=2017-10-17}}</ref> Moving to the US, he enrolled at the [[University of Chicago]] for his doctoral studies and after securing a PhD in 1983, he did his post-doctoral studies at [[Fermilab]] (1983–85) and [[California Institute of Technology]] (1985–87).<ref name="Faculty Profile">{{Cite web |url=https://pa.as.uky.edu/users/srdas2 |title=Faculty Profile |date=2017-10-17 |website=College of Arts & Sciences Physics & Astronomy - University of Kentucky |access-date=2017-10-17}}</ref> On his return to India in 1987, he joined [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]] where he served as a member of faculty till 2001. Subsequently, he went back to the US and joined the [[University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences]] where he holds the position of Jack and Linda Gill Eminent Professor. He was a senior associate at [[Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe]] during 2009–10 <ref name="Alumnae and Alumni">{{Cite web |url=http://db.ipmu.jp/member/personal/692en.html |title=Alumnae and Alumni |date=2017-10-17 |website=Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe |access-date=2017-10-17}}</ref> and a Visiting Professor at Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University during 2014 and has held visiting positions at several universities in the US.

== Legacy ==
The principal focus of Das' research is [[string theory]] and [[quantum field theory]].<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=349 |title=Brief Profile of the Awardee |date=2017-10-17 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |access-date=2017-10-17}}</ref> His work on two dimensional strings is the earliest example of [[holographic principle]]. His work on black holes in string theory assisted in resolving the [[Black hole information paradox|information paradox]] with regard to [[black hole]]s.<ref name="Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners">{{Cite web |url=http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf |title=Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners |date=2017-10-17 |publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research |access-date=2017-10-17}}</ref>

== Awards and honors ==
Das was a gold medalist in both his graduate and master's examinations.<ref name="ASPEXS - South Point Ex-students' Association" /> The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]], one of the highest Indian science awards in 1998.<ref name="CSIR list of Awardees">{{Cite web |url=http://www.csir.res.in/careeraward/prize-winner-indexdiscipline-wise |title=CSIR list of Awardees |date=2017 |publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research}}</ref> The [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] elected him as a fellow the same year.<ref name="Fellow profile">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Das,_Prof._Sumit_Ranjan |title=Fellow profile |date=2017-10-17 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences |access-date=2017-10-17}}</ref>

== Selected bibliography ==
* {{Cite journal |authors=Sumit R. Das, Antal Jevicki |title=String Field Theory and Physical Interpretation of D=1 String |journal=Modern Physics Letters A |date=1990 |volume=5 |issue=28 |pages=1639–1650 |doi=10.1142/S0217732390001888|bibcode=2005MPLA...20.2101D }}
* {{Cite journal |authors=Sumit R.Das, Samir D. Mathur |title=Comparing decay rates for black holes and D-branes |journal=Nuclear Physics B |date=1996 |volume=B478 |issue=3 |pages=561–576 |doi= 10.1016/0550-3213(96)00453-1 |arxiv= hep-th/9606185 |bibcode= 1996NuPhB.478..561D|s2cid=17202127 }}
* {{Cite journal |author=Sumit Das |title=Holography and cosmological singularities |journal=International Journal of Modern Physics A |date=2007 |volume=22 |issue=31 |pages=5638–5655 |doi=10.1142/S0217751X0703889X|arxiv=0706.4188 |bibcode=2007IJMPA..22.5638D |s2cid=11274511 }}
* {{Cite journal |authors=Adel Awad, Sumit Das, K. Narayan, Sandip Trivedi |title=Gauge theory duals of cosmological backgrounds and their energy momentum tensors |journal=Physical Review D |date=2008 |volume=77 |issue=4 |page=046008 |doi=10.1103/PhysRevD.77.046008|arxiv=0711.2994 |bibcode=2008PhRvD..77d6008A |s2cid=2458385 }}
* {{Cite journal |authors=Sumit Das, Gautam Mandal |title=Microstate dependence of scattering from the D1-D5 system |journal=Journal of High Energy Physics |date=2009 |volume=2009 |issue=4 |page=036 |doi=10.1088/1126-6708/2009/04/036|arxiv=0812.1358 |bibcode=2009JHEP...04..036D |s2cid=15928271 }}

== See also ==
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* [[Black hole]]
* [[Hawking radiation]]
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== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* {{Cite journal |last=Sumit Ranjan Das |title=Einstein's Miraculous Year - Book review |url=http://www.iisc.ernet.in/currsci/aug252002/510.pdf |journal=Current Science |date=2002 |volume=83 |issue=4 |page=510 |access-date=2017-10-17}}

== External links ==
* {{cite book|author=Amitav Ghosh|title=Countdown|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XTQriV-f1f4C&pg=PA107|year=1999|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn=978-81-7530-025-5|pages=107–}}
* {{cite book|author1=Sanjay Mohapatra|author2=Ranjan Prasad Singh|title=Information Strategy Design and Practices|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u4qiSFNmdzUC&pg=PR11|date=16 January 2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-4614-2427-7|pages=11–}}
* {{cite book|author=Sanjay Mohapatra|title=Business Process Automation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qvJdpqUquDAC&pg=PT12|date=1 January 2009|publisher=PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.|isbn=978-81-203-3927-9|pages=12–}}
* {{cite book|author=Amitav Ghosh|title=Incendiary Circumstances: A Chronicle of the Turmoil of our Times|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nB2Rq7aiIx4C&pg=PA300|date=23 April 2007|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|isbn=978-0-547-52713-0|pages=300–}}

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