Muthusamy Lakshmanan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Muthusamy Lakshmanan

Indian theoretical physicist (born 1946)

Date of Birth: 25-Mar-1946

Place of Birth: Pollachi, Tamil Nadu, India

Profession: physicist

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Muthusamy Lakshmanan (born 25 March 1946) is an Indian theoretical physicist and a Ramanna fellow of the Department of Science and Technology at the Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics of Bharathidasan University.
He has held several research fellowships which included Raja Rammanna fellowship of Department of Atomic Energy, Alexander von Humboldt fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science fellowship, Royal Society Nuffield Foundation fellowship, and NASI-Senior Scientist Platinum Jubilee Fellowship. Known for his research on nonlinear dynamics and for the development of Murali-Lakshmanan-Chua (MLC) Circuit, Lakshmanan is an elected fellow of all three major Indian science academies – Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy and National Academy of Sciences, India – as well as of The World Academy of Sciences and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to physical sciences in 1989.