Surajit Dhara is an Indian Physicist, a Professor, working in the School of Physics, University of Hyderabad. His research interest is Soft Matter Physics. He works on the optical control and manipulation of topological defects of liquid crystals, elasticity and defect mediated self-assembly of colloids, topological active matter, rheology of complex fluids and photonics of soft materials. http://surajitdhara.in/