1946 Born in Calcutta to Ranjit and Debi Mookerjee
1954 Admitted to St. Xavier's School, Calcutta
1963 Passed GCE and Senior Cambridge and stood first in Northern India.
Joined Presidency College, Calcutta with Maths Honours
1966 Obtained B.Sc. (Hons) degree from the Calcutta University. Joined
Imperial College, London, UK with Maths (Special)
1968 Obtained B.Sc. (Special) degree from London University and A.R.C.S.
Joined St. John's College, Cambridge, UK studying Tripos (Maths) Part III
1969 Completed Tripos Part III and migrated to do research in Condensed
Matter Physics at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge.
Although my official supervisor was Prof. Brian Josephson,
I worked mostly
in the group of Prof. Volker Heine closely with Roger Haydock.
1973 Obtained Ph.D. degree from Cambridge University. Started to work as
a Research Assistant in the Cavendish Laboratory.
1973 Married Bratati Ghatak in Calcutta
1974 Son Arijit was born in Cambridge.
Returned to India and joined Prof. S.K. Joshi's Group in Roorkee University
as a CSIR Silver Jubilee Fellow
1975 Joined IIT, Kanpur as a Lecturer
1978 Promoted to Assitant Professor at IIT, Kanpur.
Daughter Jayanti was born in Calcutta
1982 Daughter Ruchira was born in Calcutta
1985 Spent a year in ICTP, Trieste, Italy for my sabbatical. Promoted to
Professor at IIT, Kanpur
1989 Joined the S.N. Bose National Centre as a Professor, on leave from
IIT, Kanpur
1990 Resigned from IIT, Kanpur for permanent post at S.N. Bose National
Centre
1998 Spent six months at IIT, Kanpur for my sabbatical.
1999 Son Arijit married Rubina Majumdar in Calcutta.
Appointed Dean (Academic Programme) at S.N. Bose National Centre, Calcutta
2000 Grandson Debjit was born in Calcutta to Arijit .
2001 Promoted to Senior Professor at S.N. Bose National Centre, Kolkata.
Elected Fellow National Academy of Sciences
Reappointed Dean (Academic Programme)
2004 Daughter Jayanti married Aniruddha Das in Kolkata
2005 Appointed Director of S.N. Bose National Centre, Kolkata
2006 Appointed Dean (Faculty) at the S,N, Bose National Centre, Kolkata
2007 Daughter Ruchira married Swarnangshu Acharyya in Kolkata
2007 Grandaughter Oishaani born in Kolkata to Jayanti
2008 Grandaughter Shreeya born in Kolkata to Ruchira
2009 Suffered a massive heart attack but in God's grace survived
2011 Retired, but stay on as Emeritus Scientist at the S.N. Bose Centre
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