Harish Chandra Verma (born 3 April 1952), popularly known as HCV, is an Indian experimental physicist, author and emeritus professor of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. He wrote the book "Concepts of Physics." In 2021, he was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, by the Government of India for his contribution to Physics Education. His field of research is nuclear physics.
He has authored several school, undergraduate and graduate level textbooks. He has been awarded the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Shiksha Puruskar by the Bihar state government. Early life and study Verma was born on 3 April 1952 to Ganesh Prasad Verma, a teacher and Ramvati Verma in Darbhanga
, Bihar. He obtained his B.Sc. degree at the Patna Science College. Then he obtained M.Sc. and Ph.D. at the IIT Kanpur.
Career
Patna Science College In early 1980, Verma joined Patna Science College as a lecturer. He remained at the college as a lecturer and reader for 15 years before resigning from the college and joining IIT Kanpur.
IIT Kanpur Verma joined IIT Kanpur in 1994 as an assistant professor. Here he pursued research in experimental nuclear physics. He has published 139 research papers. He retired on 30 June 2017.
Physics outreach
Verma has developed more than six hundred ‘low cost’ physics experiments that teachers can employ in their classrooms. In 2011, he set up the National Anveshika Network of India (NANI), a flagship program of the Indian Association of Physics Teachers (IAPT). He is the national coordinator for this program. There are currently 22 Anveshikas in the country.
Bibliography Concepts of Physics Part-1, Bharati Bhawan Publishers & Distributors, 1992, Concepts of Physics Part-2, Bharati Bhawan Publishers & Distributors, 1992, Quantum Physics, Surya Publication, Foundation Science Physics for class 9, Bharati Bhawan Publishers & Distributors, Foundation Science Physics for class 10, Bharati Bhawan Publishers & Distributors, Bhautiki Ki Samajh Part-1, Bharati Bhawan Publishers & Distributors, Classical Electromagnetism, Bharati Bhawan Publishers & Distributors,
Awards Padma Shri (2021) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Shiksha Purashkar (2017)
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