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	'''Yashwant Singh''' (born 28 July 1944) is an ~~indian~~ theoretical physicist known for his contributions to soft matter physics. He is at present Distinguished Professor and INSA Senior Scientist at [[Banaras Hindu University]].		'''Yashwant Singh''' (born 28 July 1944) is an Indian theoretical physicist known for his contributions to soft matter physics. He is at present Distinguished Professor and INSA Senior Scientist at [[Banaras Hindu University]].

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	Yashwant Singh ~~was~~ born on 28 July 1944 in a village near Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. He completed his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Physics from [[Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University\|Gorakhpur University]] (Now DDU University) in 1962 and 1964. He then joined [[Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science\|Indian Association for the Cultivation of Sciences (IACS)]], Jadavpur, Kolkata, where he worked on transport phenomenon in gaseous state and obtained D. Phil. from [[University of Calcutta\|Calcutta University]] (1969). He started his professional career as lecturer at [[Banaras Hindu University]] where he continues to work as a Distinguished Professor. In between he has worked at [[IBM Research Laboratory\|IBM Research Laboratory, California]] (1976–78).<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Abraham \|first1=F. F. \|last2=Singh \|first2=Y. \|title=The structure of a hard‐sphere fluid in contact with a soft repulsive wall \|journal=The Journal of Chemical Physics \|date=1977 \|volume=67 \|issue=5 \|page=2384 \|doi=10.1063/1.435080 }}</ref> and [[University of Illinois]], [[Urbana Champaign]] (1982–84) [[United States]].<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Chandler \|first1=D \|last2=Singh \|first2=Y. \|title=Excess electrons in simple fluids. I. General equilibrium theory for classical hard sphere solvents \|journal=The Journal of Chemical Physics \|date=1984 \|volume=81 \|issue=4 \|page=1975 \|doi=10.1063/1.447820 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Singh \|first1=Y. \|last2=Stoessel \|first2=J.P. \|last3=Wolynes \|first3=P.G. \|title=Hard-Sphere Glass and the Density-Functional Theory of Aperiodic Crystals \|journal=Phys. Rev. Lett. \|date=1985 \|volume=54 \|issue=10 \|pages=1059–1062 \|doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.54.1059 \|pmid=10030918 }}</ref>		Dr. Yashwant Singh born on 28 July 1944 in a village near Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. He completed his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Physics from [[Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University\|Gorakhpur University]] (Now DDU University) in 1962 and 1964. He then joined [[Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science\|Indian Association for the Cultivation of Sciences (IACS)]], Jadavpur, Kolkata, where he worked on transport phenomenon in gaseous state and obtained D. Phil. from [[University of Calcutta\|Calcutta University]] (1969). He started his professional career as lecturer at [[Banaras Hindu University]] where he continues to work as a Distinguished Professor. In between he has worked at [[IBM Research Laboratory\|IBM Research Laboratory, California]] (1976–78).<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Abraham \|first1=F. F. \|last2=Singh \|first2=Y. \|title=The structure of a hard‐sphere fluid in contact with a soft repulsive wall \|journal=The Journal of Chemical Physics \|date=1977 \|volume=67 \|issue=5 \|page=2384 \|doi=10.1063/1.435080 }}</ref> and [[University of Illinois]], [[Urbana Champaign]] (1982–84) [[United States]].<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Chandler \|first1=D \|last2=Singh \|first2=Y. \|title=Excess electrons in simple fluids. I. General equilibrium theory for classical hard sphere solvents \|journal=The Journal of Chemical Physics \|date=1984 \|volume=81 \|issue=4 \|page=1975 \|doi=10.1063/1.447820 \|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Singh \|first1=Y. \|last2=Stoessel \|first2=J.P. \|last3=Wolynes \|first3=P.G. \|title=Hard-Sphere Glass and the Density-Functional Theory of Aperiodic Crystals \|journal=Phys. Rev. Lett. \|date=1985 \|volume=54 \|issue=10 \|pages=1059–1062 \|doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.54.1059 \|pmid=10030918 }}</ref>

	Singh has made contributions to the theory of [[liquids]], [[liquid crystals]],<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Singh \|first1=Y. \|title=Density-functional theory of freezing and properties of the ordered phase \|journal=Physics Reports \|date=1991 \|volume=207 \|issue=6 \|pages=351–446 \|doi=10.1016/0370-1573(91)90097-6 }}</ref> [[polymer]] statistics,<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Mishra \|first1=P.K. \|last2=Kumar \|first2=S. \|last3=Singh \|first3=Y. \|title=Force-induced desorption of a linear polymer chain adsorbed on an attractive surface \|journal=EPL (Europhysics Letters) \|date=2005 \|volume=69 \|page=102 \|url=http://stacks.iop.org/0295-5075/69/i=1/a=102\|doi=10.1209/epl/i2004-10304-5 \|arxiv=cond-mat/0404191 \|s2cid=119093167 }}</ref> and to the theory of liquid-solid and solid-solid transitions.<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Bharadwaj \|first1=A.S. \|last2=Singh \|first2=Y. \|title=Density-functional theory for fluid-solid and solid-solid phase transitions \|journal=Phys. Rev. E \|date=2017 \|volume=95 \|issue=3 \|~~page~~=032120 \|doi=10.1103/PhysRevE.95.032120 \|pmid=28415240 }}</ref>		Singh has made contributions to the theory of [[liquids]], [[liquid crystals]],<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Singh \|first1=Y. \|title=Density-functional theory of freezing and properties of the ordered phase \|journal=Physics Reports \|date=1991 \|volume=207 \|issue=6 \|pages=351–446 \|doi=10.1016/0370-1573(91)90097-6 }}</ref> [[polymer]] statistics,<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Mishra \|first1=P.K. \|last2=Kumar \|first2=S. \|last3=Singh \|first3=Y. \|title=Force-induced desorption of a linear polymer chain adsorbed on an attractive surface \|journal=EPL (Europhysics Letters) \|date=2005 \|volume=69 \|page=102 \|url=http://stacks.iop.org/0295-5075/69/i=1/a=102\|doi=10.1209/epl/i2004-10304-5 \|arxiv=cond-mat/0404191 \|s2cid=119093167 }}</ref> and to the theory of liquid-solid and solid-solid transitions.<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Bharadwaj \|first1=A.S. \|last2=Singh \|first2=Y. \|title=Density-functional theory for fluid-solid and solid-solid phase transitions \|journal=Phys. Rev. E \|date=2017 \|volume=95 \|issue=3 \|article-number=032120 \|doi=10.1103/PhysRevE.95.032120 \|pmid=28415240 }}</ref>

	== Awards and honours ==		== Awards and honours ==
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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	Yashwant Singh was born on 28 July 1944 in a village near Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. He completed his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Physics from [[Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University\|Gorakhpur University]] (Now DDU University) in 1962 and 1964. He then joined [[Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science\|Indian Association for the Cultivation of Sciences (IACS)]], Jadavpur, Kolkata, where he worked on transport phenomenon in gaseous state and obtained D. Phil. from [[University of Calcutta\|Calcutta University]] (1969). He started his professional career as lecturer at [[Banaras Hindu University]] where he continues to work as a Distinguished Professor. In between he has worked at [[IBM Research Laboratory\|IBM Research Laboratory, California]] (1976–78).<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Abraham \|first1=F. F. \|last2=Singh \|first2=Y. \|title=The structure of a hard‐sphere fluid in contact with a soft repulsive wall \|journal=The Journal of Chemical Physics \|date=1977 \|volume=67 \|issue=5 \|page=2384 \|doi=10.1063/1.435080 }}</ref> and [[University of Illinois]], [[Urbana Champaign]] (1982–84) [[United States]].<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Chandler \|first1=D \|last2=Singh \|first2=Y. \|title=Excess electrons in simple fluids. I. General equilibrium theory for classical hard sphere solvents \|journal=The Journal of Chemical Physics \|date=1984 \|volume=81 \|issue=4 \|page=1975 \|doi=10.1063/1.447820 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Singh \|first1=Y. \|last2=Stoessel \|first2=J.P. \|last3=Wolynes \|first3=P.G. \|title=Hard-Sphere Glass and the Density-Functional Theory of Aperiodic Crystals \|journal=Phys. Rev. Lett. \|date=1985 \|volume=54 \|issue=10 \|~~page~~=~~1059~~ \|doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.54.1059 \|pmid=10030918 }}</ref>		Yashwant Singh was born on 28 July 1944 in a village near Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. He completed his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Physics from [[Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University\|Gorakhpur University]] (Now DDU University) in 1962 and 1964. He then joined [[Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science\|Indian Association for the Cultivation of Sciences (IACS)]], Jadavpur, Kolkata, where he worked on transport phenomenon in gaseous state and obtained D. Phil. from [[University of Calcutta\|Calcutta University]] (1969). He started his professional career as lecturer at [[Banaras Hindu University]] where he continues to work as a Distinguished Professor. In between he has worked at [[IBM Research Laboratory\|IBM Research Laboratory, California]] (1976–78).<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Abraham \|first1=F. F. \|last2=Singh \|first2=Y. \|title=The structure of a hard‐sphere fluid in contact with a soft repulsive wall \|journal=The Journal of Chemical Physics \|date=1977 \|volume=67 \|issue=5 \|page=2384 \|doi=10.1063/1.435080 }}</ref> and [[University of Illinois]], [[Urbana Champaign]] (1982–84) [[United States]].<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Chandler \|first1=D \|last2=Singh \|first2=Y. \|title=Excess electrons in simple fluids. I. General equilibrium theory for classical hard sphere solvents \|journal=The Journal of Chemical Physics \|date=1984 \|volume=81 \|issue=4 \|page=1975 \|doi=10.1063/1.447820 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Singh \|first1=Y. \|last2=Stoessel \|first2=J.P. \|last3=Wolynes \|first3=P.G. \|title=Hard-Sphere Glass and the Density-Functional Theory of Aperiodic Crystals \|journal=Phys. Rev. Lett. \|date=1985 \|volume=54 \|issue=10 \|pages=1059–1062 \|doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.54.1059 \|pmid=10030918 }}</ref>

	Singh has made contributions to the theory of [[liquids]], [[liquid crystals]],<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Singh \|first1=Y. \|title=Density-functional theory of freezing and properties of the ordered phase \|journal=Physics Reports \|date=1991 \|volume=207 \|issue=6 \|pages=351–446 \|doi=10.1016/0370-1573(91)90097-6 }}</ref> [[polymer]] statistics,<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Mishra \|first1=P.K. \|last2=Kumar \|first2=S. \|last3=Singh \|first3=Y. \|title=Force-induced desorption of a linear polymer chain adsorbed on an attractive surface \|journal=EPL (Europhysics Letters) \|date=2005 \|volume=69 \|page=102 \|url=http://stacks.iop.org/0295-5075/69/i=1/a=102\|doi=10.1209/epl/i2004-10304-5 \|arxiv=cond-mat/0404191 }}</ref> and to the theory of liquid-solid and solid-solid transitions.<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Bharadwaj \|first1=A.S. \|last2=Singh \|first2=Y. \|title=Density-functional theory for fluid-solid and solid-solid phase transitions \|journal=Phys. Rev. E \|date=2017 \|volume=95 \|issue=3 \|page=032120 \|doi=10.1103/PhysRevE.95.032120 }}</ref>		Singh has made contributions to the theory of [[liquids]], [[liquid crystals]],<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Singh \|first1=Y. \|title=Density-functional theory of freezing and properties of the ordered phase \|journal=Physics Reports \|date=1991 \|volume=207 \|issue=6 \|pages=351–446 \|doi=10.1016/0370-1573(91)90097-6 }}</ref> [[polymer]] statistics,<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Mishra \|first1=P.K. \|last2=Kumar \|first2=S. \|last3=Singh \|first3=Y. \|title=Force-induced desorption of a linear polymer chain adsorbed on an attractive surface \|journal=EPL (Europhysics Letters) \|date=2005 \|volume=69 \|page=102 \|url=http://stacks.iop.org/0295-5075/69/i=1/a=102\|doi=10.1209/epl/i2004-10304-5 \|arxiv=cond-mat/0404191 \|s2cid=119093167 }}</ref> and to the theory of liquid-solid and solid-solid transitions.<ref>{{cite journal \|last1=Bharadwaj \|first1=A.S. \|last2=Singh \|first2=Y. \|title=Density-functional theory for fluid-solid and solid-solid phase transitions \|journal=Phys. Rev. E \|date=2017 \|volume=95 \|issue=3 \|page=032120 \|doi=10.1103/PhysRevE.95.032120 \|pmid=28415240 }}</ref>

	== Awards and ~~Honours~~ ==		== Awards and honours ==
	He is an elected Fellow of [[Indian Academy of Sciences\|Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore]],<ref>{{cite web \|title=~~DIrectory~~ of Fellows, IAS (Bangalore) Vol. 2, 2009. \|url=https://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Singh,_Prof._Yashwant}}</ref> [[The National Academy of Sciences, India]] and The [[Indian National Science Academy\|Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi]]<ref>{{cite web \|title=Biographical Notes, A platinum Jubilee Publication, INSA (New Delhi) Vol. II, 2009 \|url=http://www.insaindia.res.in/index.php}}</ref>		He is an elected Fellow of [[Indian Academy of Sciences\|Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore]],<ref>{{cite web \|title=Directory of Fellows, IAS (Bangalore) Vol. 2, 2009. \|url=https://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Singh,_Prof._Yashwant}}</ref> [[The National Academy of Sciences, India]] and The [[Indian National Science Academy\|Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi]]<ref>{{cite web \|title=Biographical Notes, A platinum Jubilee Publication, INSA (New Delhi) Vol. II, 2009 \|url=http://www.insaindia.res.in/index.php}}</ref>

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'''Yashwant Singh''' (born 28 July 1944) is an indian theoretical physicist known for his contributions to soft matter physics. He is at present Distinguished Professor and INSA Senior Scientist at [[Banaras Hindu University]].

== Biography ==
Yashwant Singh was born on 28 July 1944 in a village near Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. He completed his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Physics from [[Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University|Gorakhpur University]] (Now DDU University) in 1962 and 1964. He then joined [[Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science|Indian Association for the Cultivation of Sciences (IACS)]], Jadavpur, Kolkata, where he worked on transport phenomenon in gaseous state and obtained D. Phil. from [[University of Calcutta|Calcutta University]] (1969). He started his professional career as lecturer at [[Banaras Hindu University]] where he continues to work as a Distinguished Professor. In between he has worked at [[IBM Research Laboratory|IBM Research Laboratory, California]] (1976–78).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Abraham |first1=F. F. |last2=Singh |first2=Y. |title=The structure of a hard‐sphere fluid in contact with a soft repulsive wall |journal=The Journal of Chemical Physics |date=1977 |volume=67 |issue=5 |page=2384 |doi=10.1063/1.435080 }}</ref> and [[University of Illinois]], [[Urbana Champaign]] (1982–84) [[United States]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Chandler |first1=D |last2=Singh |first2=Y. |title=Excess electrons in simple fluids. I. General equilibrium theory for classical hard sphere solvents |journal=The Journal of Chemical Physics |date=1984 |volume=81 |issue=4 |page=1975 |doi=10.1063/1.447820 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Singh |first1=Y. |last2=Stoessel |first2=J.P. |last3=Wolynes |first3=P.G. |title=Hard-Sphere Glass and the Density-Functional Theory of Aperiodic Crystals |journal=Phys. Rev. Lett. |date=1985 |volume=54 |issue=10 |page=1059 |doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.54.1059 |pmid=10030918 }}</ref>

Singh has made contributions to the theory of [[liquids]], [[liquid crystals]],<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Singh |first1=Y. |title=Density-functional theory of freezing and properties of the ordered phase |journal=Physics Reports |date=1991 |volume=207 |issue=6 |pages=351–446 |doi=10.1016/0370-1573(91)90097-6 }}</ref> [[polymer]] statistics,<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Mishra |first1=P.K. |last2=Kumar |first2=S. |last3=Singh |first3=Y. |title=Force-induced desorption of a linear polymer chain adsorbed on an attractive surface |journal=EPL (Europhysics Letters) |date=2005 |volume=69 |page=102 |url=http://stacks.iop.org/0295-5075/69/i=1/a=102|doi=10.1209/epl/i2004-10304-5 |arxiv=cond-mat/0404191 }}</ref> and to the theory of liquid-solid and solid-solid transitions.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bharadwaj |first1=A.S. |last2=Singh |first2=Y. |title=Density-functional theory for fluid-solid and solid-solid phase transitions |journal=Phys. Rev. E |date=2017 |volume=95 |issue=3 |page=032120 |doi=10.1103/PhysRevE.95.032120 }}</ref>

== Awards and Honours ==
He is an elected Fellow of [[Indian Academy of Sciences|Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore]],<ref>{{cite web |title=DIrectory of Fellows, IAS (Bangalore) Vol. 2, 2009. |url=https://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Singh,_Prof._Yashwant}}</ref> [[The National Academy of Sciences, India]] and The [[Indian National Science Academy|Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Biographical Notes, A platinum Jubilee Publication, INSA (New Delhi) Vol. II, 2009 |url=http://www.insaindia.res.in/index.php}}</ref>

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