Personal Profile
| Name | Dr. Sudeshna DasGupta |
| Designation | Associate Professor |
| Department | Physics |
| Email Id | sudeshna.dasgupta10@gmail.com |
| Year of Joining present service | 2006 |
| Date of Joining WBES | 01-07-2006 |
Educational Qualifications
| Passout Year | Examination | Passout From | Division |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Ph.D. | Jadavpur University | |
| 1995 | Master of Science (M.Sc.) | Jadavpur University | 1st Class |
| 1993 | Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) | Lady Brabourne College | 1st Class |
College Served
| College Name | Served From | Served Till |
|---|---|---|
| Lady Brabourne College | 2006 | Jan, 2025 |
Teaching Experience
| UG Experience | PG Experience |
|---|---|
| 18 Years 6 Months | 17 Years 5 Months |
| UG or PG | College Name | From Date | To Date | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PG | Lady Brabourne College | Aug, 2007 | Jan, 2025 | 17 Years 5 Month |
| UG | Lady Brabourne College | Jul, 2006 | Jan, 2025 | 18 Years 6 Month |
Research guidance: Ph.D.
| Name of Scholar | Graduated/Ongoing | Thesis Title | Year of Registration | Registered University | Year of Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soumyajit Pramanick | Ongoing | 2022 | University of Calcutta | 0 | |
| Dr. Sabana Shabnam | Graduated | Monte Carlo And Molecular Field Studies of Some Model Liquid Crystals. | 2015 | University of Calcutta | 2019 |
Area of Research and Interest
| Details |
|---|
| Electromagnetic theory, thermodynamics and electronics at the Under Graduate level and General Condensed Matter and Advanced Condensed Matter I at the Post Graduate level. |
| I did my PhD under the guidance of Prof. Soumen Kumar Roy of the Department of Physics, Jadavpur University. Our work focussed on the experimental determination of elastic constants, dielectric anisotropy and rotational viscosity coefficients of liquid crystalline mixtures (both mesogenic-mesogenic as well as mesogenic-nonmesogenic mixtures) using electric field induced Freedericksz transition. We also studied the phase transitions of these mixtures and tried to theoretically explain some anomalous behaviour that we had observed using Landau theory. The title of my thesis was "Physical characterisation and phase transitions of some mesogenic-mesogenic and mesogenic-nonmesogenic mixtures" for which I was awarded the PhD degree from Jadavpur University in February, 2004. At present I have switched to mostly theoretical and computational work in the field of liquid crystals. I am currently working on various statistical mechanical models of liquid crystalline systems. I was the Principal Investigator (PI) of a major project entitled "Monte Carlo simulations on biaxial nematic liquid crystals" sanctioned by the CSIR. Prof. Soumen Kumar Roy, my erstwhile Ph. D. Guide, was the Co-PI of the project. Two servers were set up in a server room at the Physics Department of Lady Brabourne College using the financial grant that was received from CSIR. The Project has been completed successfully resulting in quite a few publications in reputed international journals. Two research scholars had enrolled under my guidance. One of them has submitted her thesis to the University of Calcutta in Janaury 2019 and subsequently has been awarded her Ph.D degree in November 2019. She is curently pursuing Post Doctoral Research work at NISER, Bhubaneshwar. My other research fellow is near completion of his work. |
Project details
| Sl No. | Project Name | Year From | Year To | Funding Agency | Sanction No | Amount Sanction | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monte Carlo simulation of biaxial nematic liquid crystals. | 06-08-2012 | 31-12-2015 | Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) | 03(1235)-12/EMR-II | 2200000 | Major |
Publication: Research Papers in Journals
| Sl No. | Year/Month | Title | Name of Journal | Volume / Page No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May, 2021 | "A molecular field approach to pressure-induced phase transitions in liquid crystals : Smectic-nematic transition" | Phys. Fluids | 33, pg 057116 |
| 2 | Feb, 2019 | "Monte Carlo study with reweighting of uniaxial nematic liquid crystals composed of biaxial molecules." | Physical Review E | 99, pg 022703 |
| 3 | Aug, 2018 | "Pressure-induced phase transitions in liquid crystals: A molecular field approach." | Physical Review E | 98, pg 022701 |
| 4 | May, 2016 | "Monte Carlo investigation of critical properties of the Landau point of a biaxial liquid-crystal system." | Physical Review E | 93, pg 052701 |
| 5 | Feb, 2016 | "Existence of a line of critical points in a two-dimensional Lebwohl Lasher model." | Physics Letters A | 380, pg 667 |
| 6 | Jan, 2003 | "Splay and bend elastic constants and rotational viscosity coefficient in a mixture of 4, 4 - n - pentyl - cyanobiphenyl and 4, 4 - n - decyl - cyanobiphenyl." | Physics Letters A | 306/4, pg 235 |
| 7 | Jan, 2003 | "Effect of a rigid nonpolar solute on the dielectric anisotropy, the splay and bend elastic constants and on the rotational viscosity coefficient of 4, 4 - n - heptyl-cyanobiphenyl." | Liquid Crystals | 30, pg 31 |
| 8 | Oct, 2001 | "The bend elastic constant in a mixture of 4, 4 - n - octyl - cyanobiphenyl and biphenyl." | Physics Letters A | 288, pg 323 |
| 9 | Mar, 2001 | "Effect of a rigid nonpolar solute on the splay, bend elastic constants, and on rotational viscosity coefficient of 4, 4 - n - octyl - cyanobiphenyl." | Physical Review E | 63, pg 041703 |
| 10 | May, 1997 | "Nanocrystalline ZnSe films prepared by high pressure magnetron sputtering Nanostuctured Materials." | Nanostructured Materials. | 8,pg301 |
Publication: Chapters in books
| Sl No. | Year/Month | Book Title | Chapter Title | Editor/Author | ISBN No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2016 | Open Source Audion Editing for the Classroom, Chapter 6, Page No. 49 Relevance and Impact of Free and Open Source Software in the Era of Globalization. | Open Source Audio Editing for the Classroom. | Dhruba Shankar Ray et. al. Publisher: Madhav Books (P) Ltd., New Delhi, India. | 978-93-80615-36-6 |