
About the Author
Dr. Radhika Vathsan earned a PhD in mathematical physics and is cur-
rently an associate professor in the Department of Physics of the Goa campus
of Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani. After completing an hon-
ours degree in physics from St Stephen’s College, Delhi University for her
bachelor’s degree, she obtained a first class in her masters in physics from the
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras in 1992. Her PhD was from the Uni-
versity of Madras, after studying at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences,
Chennai. She spent two years at the Harish Chandra Research Institute at
Allahabad before joining the faculty