Vipin Kumar Tripathi

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Professor Emeritus

Vipin Kumar Tripathi
Born (1948-03-11) 11 March 1948 (age 77)
Known forPlasma (physics)
ChildrenRakhi Tripathi
Academic background
Alma materAgra University, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Academic work
DisciplinePhysics
Sub-disciplinePlasma
Notable worksSadbhav Mission

Vipin Kumar Tripathi alternately known as VK Tripathi (born 11 March 1948) is an Indian Plasma physicist. He is former Physics professor of IIT, Delhi.[1]

Early life and education[edit]

Tripathi was born in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh on 11 March 1948. He did his Masters from Agra University and completed his PhD from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.[2]

Career[edit]

Tripathi started his career as a lecturer with IIT, Delhi in 1970. He joined University of Maryland in 1976 as a Post-Doctoral Researcher and then a Research Associate. He was involved in the research on radio frequency heating of fusion plasma's in the university. In 1983, He joined Indian Institute of Technology Delhi as a Professor of Physics where he served for about 30 years.[2][3]

Sadbhav Mission[edit]

Sadbhav Mission aims to develop a grassroots resistance against communalism and mobilizing people on basic issues like education, as stated on its official website. Professor Tripathi established it in the aftermath of Bhagalpur riots in 1990.[4] Professor Tripathi through the Sadbhav Mission has written and distributed pamphlets on the issues like Abrogation of Article 370[5] and CAA[6] as a mode of protest.

Literary works[edit]

Some notable publications of Tripathi are:[3][7]

  • Parametric instabilities in laser produced plasmas.
  • Thermonuclear fusion
  • Plasma-aided radiation guiding in a free-electron laser
  • Stimulated Brillouin scattering of a laser beam in a plasma channel
  • Cherenkov Terahertz Generation by Electron Bunches in a Dielectric Lined Resonator
  • Theoretical Modeling and Experimental Verification of the Permeability Measurements of Thick Films at Microwave Frequencies
  • Laser wakefield bubble regime acceleration of electrons in a preformed non uniform plasma channel
  • Plasmonics
  • High power laser plasma interaction
  • Fundamentals of plasma physics

References[edit]

  1. Pheroze L. Vincent. "Professor fights for Kashmir, armed with pamphlets". Telegraph India. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Shradha Chettri (22 October 2019). "Delhi: Meet the 71-year-old pamphlet man with a message of peace". Times of India. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Profile of Vipin Kumar Tripathi". ieeexplore.ieee.org. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  4. "About Sadbhav Mission". Sadbhav Mission. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  5. Pawanjot Kaur and Sunil Rawat (14 October 2019). "To Educate People on Kashmir, a 71-Year-Old Has Taken to the Streets All Alone". The Wire. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  6. "Retired IIT Professor's solitary campaign against the National Register of Citizens: Listen to VK Tripathi". National Herald India. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  7. "V.K. Tripathi's research works". ResearchGate. Retrieved 8 February 2020.