Hon’ble Vice Chancellor Desk
Prof. Shashi Kumar Dhiman
Vice-Chancellor
Himachal Pradesh Technical University, Hamirpur (HP)
Profile:
Prof. Shashi Kumar Dhiman is the Vice Chancellor and Founding Vice Chancellor of Himachal Pradesh Technical University, Hamirpur. He is a Professor of Physics at Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, and holds a Doctorate in Nuclear Science and Nuclear Astrophysics. Attended successfully Academic Leader Programme at Indian Institute of Management Bangaluru funded by Ministry of Education India.
He has published over 150 research papers and regularly review research articles for peer-reviewed international research journals in Physics and Astronomy. He has guided fifty-four research scholars for their Ph.D. and M.Phil. degrees and has served as Principal Investigator/Project Coordinator for several research projects.
He has held permanent teaching and research faculty positions at Indira Gandhi National Open University and the School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has also served as Director of the University Institute of Information Technology, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, and as Chairman of the Department of Physics. Additionally, he has been the Visitor’s (The President of India) Nominee at Rajiv Gandhi Central University, Arunachal Pradesh.
Prof. Dhiman is a member of the Governing Council and Board of Governors of the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) Pune is an autonomous institution set up by the University Grants Commission (UGC) of India. He is member of the Executive Council of Sardar Patel University Mandi. He is a member of the Academic Council of the Delhi Technological University New Delhi.
Prof. Dhiman has been a member of the Governing Council, Board of Governors, Scientific Advisory Committee, and Accelerator Users’ Committee of the Inter-University Accelerator Centre (IUAC)—an autonomous centre of the University Grants Commission (UGC) of India. He has also served as a Member of the Regional Committee (North-West Region) of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Chandigarh, and as Chairman of the Board of Studies (UG and PG) in Physics at Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla. He has been a member of the Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Information Technology Una.
He has been a Member of the Board of Studies in Physics for Undergraduate (UG), Postgraduate (PG), and Research degrees at Kashmir University (Jammu & Kashmir), Kurukshetra University (Haryana), Central University of Jammu, Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Motihari (Bihar) and Delhi Technological University New Delhi.
He has visited several universities and institutions of higher learning in India and abroad, including the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Institute of Nuclear Theory, University of Washington, Seattle, USA, as a Visiting Professor, and the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, as a Visiting Scientist.
Current Research Interests:
Development of Nuclear Density Functional Theories based on Effective Field Theories—both Relativistic and Non-relativistic; studies on Atomic Nuclei, Hypernuclei, and Compact Stars of Astrophysical Interest; Computational Physics; and Quantum Computation and Information Sciences.