Professor, North Bengal University
Dr. Bikash Chandra Paul is a distinguished physicist specializing in cosmology and relativity, currently serving at the Physics Department, University of North Bengal, India. With over 40 years of research experience, his work focuses on dark energy, modified gravity theories, and astrophysical phenomena like X-ray pulsars and black holes. He has published 168 research papers, supervised 12 Ph.D. scholars, and registered 8 new Ph.D. students in 2023. A Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and an IAU member, he has collaborated internationally and conducted several scientific events.
Profile
Scholar
🎓 Education
Dr. Paul earned his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of North Bengal in 1990 under Prof. Dr. Sailojananda Mukherjee, focusing on inflationary models of the early universe. He completed his M.Sc. in Physics from the same institution in 1984, securing a University Gold Medal and T.P. Roy Memorial Silver Medal for his academic excellence. He also received a University Silver Medal for his B.Sc. performance in 1981.
💼 Experience
Dr. Paul has been a faculty member at the University of North Bengal since 1999, serving as Head of the Physics Department, Dean of PG Faculty of Science, and Honourary Deputy Director of UGC Academic Staff College. He has been a visiting associate at IUCAA, Pune, since 2000 and coordinated IUCAA Resource Centre (2000–2018) and ICARD (since 2019). He has actively engaged in astronomy outreach programs across India and abroad.
🏆 Awards & Honors
Dr. Paul has received several prestigious awards, including the University Gold Medal (1984), T.P. Roy Memorial Silver Medal (1984), and University Silver Medal (1981). He was awarded fellowships from The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS-UNESCO) and IUCAA. He has visited and collaborated with institutions in Italy, South Africa, Japan, China, Switzerland, France, and the UK, strengthening global research ties in astrophysics and cosmology.
🔭 Research Focus
Dr. Paul’s research spans cosmology, relativity, dark energy, modified gravity, astrophysics, and data analysis of X-ray pulsars and black holes. He has completed five funded projects from UGC and SERB-DST. His interdisciplinary approach integrates observational data with theoretical models, contributing significantly to the understanding of the universe’s fundamental structure and evolution.
Conclusion
Dr. Bikash Chandra Paul’s extensive research output, mentorship record, professional recognition, and leadership roles position him as a strong candidate for the Excellence in Research Award. Addressing the identified areas for improvement could further enhance his research impact and contribution to the scientific community.
Publication
Interacting holographic generalized Chaplygin gas model (2007) – M.R. Setare – 289 citations
Emergent universe with exotic matter (2006) – S. Mukherjee, B.C. Paul, N.K. Dadhich, S.D. Maharaj, A. Beesham – 217 citations
General solution for a relativistic star (1997) – S. Mukherjee, B.C. Paul, N. Dadhich – 95 citations
Relativistic solutions of anisotropic compact objects (2014) – B.C. Paul, R. Deb – 87 citations
Modified Chaplygin gas and constraints on its B parameter from cold dark matter and unified dark matter energy cosmological models (2009) – P. Thakur, S. Ghose, B.C. Paul – 85 citations
Accelerating universe in modified theories of gravity (2009) – B.C. Paul, P.S. Debnath, S. Ghose – 80 citations
Emergent universe scenario in the Einstein–Gauss–Bonnet gravity with dilaton (2010) – B.C. Paul, S. Ghose – 76 citations
Higher-dimensional cosmology with Gauss-Bonnet terms and the cosmological-constant problem (1990) – B.C. Paul, S. Mukherjee – 64 citations
Constraints on exotic matter needed for an emergent universe (2010) – B.C. Paul, P. Thakur, S. Ghose – 62 citations
Emergent Universe from a composition of matter, exotic matter and dark energy (2011) – B.C. Paul, S. Ghose, P. Thakur – 54 citations
Note on inflation with a tachyon rolling on the Gauss-Bonnet brane (2004) – B.C. Paul, M. Sami – 54 citations
Anisotropic compact objects in f (T) gravity with Finch–Skea geometry (2019) – A. Chanda, S. Dey, B.C. Paul – Not specified