Vipin Kumar Tripathi (alternately known as VK Tripathi; born 11 March 1948) is an Indian Plasma physicist and a former Physics professor of the IIT, Delhi.

Professor Emeritus
Vipin Kumar Tripathi
Born (1948-03-11) 11 March 1948 (age 76)
Known forPlasma (physics)
Academic background
Alma materAgra University, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
Academic work
DisciplinePhysics
Sub-disciplinePlasma
Notable worksSadbhav Mission

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.[1]

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.[1][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.

Publications edit

Tripathi's publications include:[2][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. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ a b "Profile of Vipin Kumar Tripathi". ieeexplore.ieee.org. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  3. ^ Pheroze L. Vincent. "Professor fights for Kashmir, armed with pamphlets". Telegraph India. Retrieved 9 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.