Gorakhpur University
Which school did Girish Saran Agarwal go to from 1963 to 1964?
Girish Saran Agarwal Girish S . Agarwal , Fellow of the Royal Society UK , ( born 7 July 1946 ) is a theoretical physicist . He is currently at the Texas A & M University with affiliations to the Departments of Biological and Agricultural Engineering , Physics and Astronomy , and the Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering . Earlier he worked as Noble Foundation Chair and the Regents Professor at the Oklahoma State University . He is a recognized leader in the field of quantum optics and also has made major contributions to the fields of nonlinear optics , nanophotonics and plasmonics . In 2013 he published the textbook Quantum Optics , covering a wide range of recent developments in the field , which has been well received by the community . Life . Born in Bareilly , India , Agarwal studied physics at the Gorakhpur University , Gorakhpur , India , ( BSc in 1964 ) and Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi , India , ( MSc in 1966 ) . In 1969 , he received his PhD from the University of Rochester , USA , followed by post-doctoral appointments at the University of Rochester , the University of Stuttgart , Germany , and The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research , Mumbai , India . In 1974 , at the age of 28 , he published his first monograph Quantum Statistical Theories of Spontaneous Emission and their Relation to other Approaches at Springer . This book on light-matter interaction and spontaneous decay has since been a standard reference for quantum optics researchers worldwide . After a few years at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and the Institute of Science , Mumbai , India , he was appointed in 1977 full professor at the University of Hyderabad , India , where he had the major responsibility to set up the School of Physics . In 1995 , Girish S . Agarwal was appointed Director and Distinguished Scientist of the Physical Research Laboratory ( PRL ) , Ahmedabad , India . From 1995 - 2000 he served additionally as Honorary Professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research , Bangalore , India , and from 2001 - 2005 held the Einstein Centenary Research Professorship of the Indian National Science Academy . Numerous guest professorships have taken him to the major centers of optics and quantum optics throughout the world , including the University of Rochester , Texas A & M University , College Station , the University of Colorado , Boulder , the Max-Planck Institute for Quantum Optics , Garching , Germany , the Max-Planck Institute for the Science of Light , Erlangen , Germany , the Universities of Essen , Ulm , and Erlangen , Germany , the Technical University of Vienna , Austria , and the University of Manchester , UK . As a scientist he served the international optics and quantum optics community by organizing schools and symposia , e.g. , at the International Center for Theoretical Physics ( ICTP ) , Trieste , Italy , for the benefit of the scientists from third world countries . He also spearheaded the efforts of the Indian Governments Department of Science and Technology to build up the infrastructure in the Physics Departments of Indian Universities . He also has served on the editorial board of various leading journals in optics and quantum optics , including Physical Review A . Awards . Girish S . Agarwal has received awards for his achievements in the field of optics and quantum optics . This includes the Humboldt Research Award , Germany ( 1997 ) , the Max-Born Award of the Optical Society of America , USA ( 1988 ) , the Einstein Medal of the Optical and Quantum Electronics Society , USA ( 1994 ) , the Third World Academy of Sciences Prize in Physics ( 1994 ) , the Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award in Physical Sciences by the Government of India ( 1982 ) the Honoris causa of the University of Liege , Belgium ( 2007 ) , and of the University of Hyderabad , India ( 2011 ) , an Elected Fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences ( 1997 ) , an Elected Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy , New Delhi ( 1985 ) , an Elected Fellow of the Optical Society of America ( 1986 ) , an Elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences , Bangalore ( 1981 ) , and an Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society ( 1981 ) . He was invited to the Sir JC Bose Chair at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research ( IISER ) , Pune , India , and the JRD Tata Chair at The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research , Mumbai , India . In 2012 he was recognized by the Oklahoma State University by the Eminent Faculty Award . Selected publications . - Quantum statistical theories of spontaneous emission and their relation to other approaches , Springer Tracts in Modern Physics Band 70 , 1974 - Quantum Optics , Cambridge University Press 2012 - Publisher Selected Papers on Fundamentals of Quantum Optics , SPIE Press 1995 - Publisher Selected Papers on Resonant and Collective Phenomena in Quantum Optics , SPIE Press 1995