Professional Experience
- June 1998–Present: Professor, Centre for Theoretical Studies (Centre for High Energy Physics), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; Chairperson until March 2002.
- November 1995–June 1998: Associate Professor, Centre for Theoretical Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; Chairperson from August 1996.
- 1987–November 1995: Reader, Department of Physics, University of Bombay.
- November 1982–December 1987: Lecturer, Department of Physics, University of Bombay.
- 1982–November 1982: CSIR Research Associate, Institute of Science, Bombay.
- 1979–August 1982: Visiting Fellow, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay.
Visiting Positions
- Staff Associate, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 2013–2016.
- February–August 2011: Visiting Professor, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
- June 2010–February 2011: Scientific Associate, CERN Theory Division, Geneva, Switzerland.
- Adjunct Faculty, Department of Theoretical Physics and International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, 2005–2010.
- Several visiting positions lasting between one and three months at CERN, Geneva; DESY, Hamburg; University of Wisconsin–Madison; ICTP, Trieste; LNF-INFN, Frascati; University of Hawaii; LAPTh, Annecy; and LPT, Orsay.
- June 1986–June 1988: Department of Physics, University of Dortmund, West Germany.
- May–November 2002: Scientific Associate, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland.
- December 2002–May 2003: DESY, Hamburg, Germany.
Courses Taught
University of Mumbai
- Mathematical Physics, core course at the master’s level, taught five times.
- Relativistic Quantum Mechanics, elective course at the master’s level, taught four times.
- Statistical Mechanics, core course at the master’s level, taught three times.
- Advanced Nuclear Physics, elective course at the master’s level, taught three times.
Indian Institute of Science
- Nuclei and Particles, core course for the Integrated Ph.D. Programme in Physical Sciences, taught for four years.
- Quantum Mechanics III, core course for Ph.D. students at the Centre for High Energy Physics, taught for three years.
- Gauge Field Theory, core course for Ph.D. students at the Centre for High Energy Physics, taught for three years.
- Standard Model of Particle Physics, elective course for Ph.D. students at the Centre for High Energy Physics, taught five times.
- Quantum Mechanics II, core course for Integrated Ph.D. students in Physical Sciences and undergraduate students, taught for four years.
University of Utrecht
- Supersymmetry: Basic Formalism and Collider Phenomenology, a six-month course taught at the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Short-Duration Schools and Invited Lecture Courses
- Taught four different courses of 12 lectures each on aspects of the Standard Model and Collider Physics at the Main School in Theoretical High Energy Physics in India for graduate students, in 1984, 1996, 2002 and 2013.
- Taught two courses on Introduction to Particle Physics at preparatory schools in 1998 and 2000, as well as a similar course for Experimental Particle Physics students.
- Taught two six-hour lecture courses at SERC schools for Nuclear Physics in India.
- Delivered four lectures on topics in Electroweak Symmetry Breaking and QCD at a summer school organized by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, in 2004.
- Delivered two lectures on Supersymmetry at Colliders at “From Strings to LHC II,” Goa, India, in 2007.
- Delivered three lectures on Supersymmetry at the Algerian Summer School in Oran, Algeria, in 2009.
- Delivered three lectures on Supersymmetry at the Corfu Summer School in 2010.
- Delivered six-lecture courses on Introduction to the Standard Model for CERN summer students in 2011 and 2012.
- Delivered nine lectures on Beyond the Standard Model through the Window of Electroweak Symmetry Breaking at the Vietnam School on Physics, Quy Nhon, Vietnam, in 2012.
- Delivered four lectures on Higgs Physics at the Pre-SUSY School before SUSY 2013, Trieste, Italy.
- Delivered four lectures on Supersymmetry Phenomenology at the Pre-SUSY School before SUSY 2014, Manchester, United Kingdom.
- Delivered four lectures on the Standard Model at the Asia-Europe-Pacific School on High Energy Physics (AEPSHEP 2014), Puri, India, in November 2014.
- Invited to speak on Standard Model theory at the triennial ICFA Seminar in Beijing, China, in October 2014.
She was a sought-after lecturer on particle physics at every level—from popular talks for the general public and introductory lectures for students to advanced presentations for scientists and particle physicists. During the two years following the July 2012 announcement of the new boson at the LHC, she delivered 24 popular talks and nine colloquia on Higgs and LHC physics, in addition to 27 invited technical talks on the Higgs boson, the top quark and beyond-the-Standard-Model physics at the LHC.