Prof. H. S. Hans earned B.A. from Panjab University in 1945, M.Sc (Physics) degree from Banaras Hindu University in 1948 and Ph.D. from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) in 1956. He established a 150 kV Cockcroft-Walton type accelerator at AMU in 1958. He served as Head, Department of Physics at Panjab University (1967-1979), where he established the Variable Energy Cyclotron that was gifted from Rochester University (NY). Prof. Hans played leading role for the Nuclear Physics community in proposing Accelerator-based centres for universities. The efforts resulted in the Inter-University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi, based on a 15 MV Tandem accelerator. Prof. Hans has dedicated his whole life in developing the Accelerator-based Nuclear Science in Indian Universities. He has been conferred with prestigious “INS Outstanding Service Award” instituted by Indian Nuclear Society under the category of Nuclear Science Education for the year 2011.
Harnam Singh Hans
(21st Nov., 1922 - 19th March, 2014)
Prof H.S. Hans Centenary Memorial Lecture, April 2024
Department of Physics, Panjab University
in association with
Indian Association of Physics Teachers (IAPT)
is organizing
“Prof. H. S. Hans Centenary Memorial Lecture”
Prof. H.S. Hans
(1922 –2014)
Dr. A.K. Mohanty,
Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission & Secretary DAE, Government of India
Former Director, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) from March 2019 to September 2023, Director of Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP), Kolkata from June 2015 to March 2019 and Director of Physics group, BARC from July 2018 to March 2019. Dr. Mohanty has held several honorary positions. He served as Secretary and Member Secretary of BRNS Basic Science Committee from 2004-2010, General Secretary of India Physics Association (IPA) 2012-2016, President of IPA 2018-2020, India-CMS Spokesperson (CMS Experiment at CERN Geneva) 2013-2015, Dean, Academic, Physical & Mathematical Sciences, BARC, Homi Bhabha National Institute. Gold Medal in Graduation (1979, Radha Gobinda Trust, Mayurbhanj), Young Scientists Award of Indian Physical Society (IPS, Kolkata, 1988), Young Physicist Award by Indian National Science Academy (INSA, New Delhi 1991) and DAE Homi Bhabha Science & Technology Award (2001) by Department of Atomic Energy, Mumbai. Dr. Mohanty is a fellow of National Academy of Sciences and Indian National Academy of Engineering.