Dr. A C Sharma is retired professor of Physics from the faculty of science, The Maharaja sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara ( Gujarat) India. He has been head of physics department , Dean of faculty of science for two terms, chairman of board of studies in Physics, chairman of faculty board for two terms, and the coordinator of DST-FIST & PURSE programmes and UGC DSA programme. He has distinguished educational records, obtained his Ph.D. from Roorkee University ( now IIT Roorkee) and did his post-doctoral work at Cavendish laboratory , University of Cambridge ( U K). Professor Sharma has served as scientists pool officer at IIT Delhi , lecturer at Jiwaji University Gwalior and then reader & Professor at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. He has also been a visiting scientists to Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden , Peking University, Beijing, China, and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He has 33 years' experience of teaching to undergraduate, post-graduate and graduate students and 40 years' research experience in different areas of theoretical condensed matter physics. Semiconductors, surfaces and interfaces, superconductivity and nanostructures have been the areas of his research interests. Many-particle theory and numerical computations have been his expertized techniques to perform the research work. He has published 125 research papers. Some of his research papers are published in Journals like Physical review, Journal of condensed Matter Physics, Journal of Applied Physics and solid state communications. Professor Sharma has successfully completed 8 major research projects, delivered 41 invited talks at national & international conferences, organised 6 conferences , and supervised 12 students for their Ph.D. degree. He has been awarded merit scholarship , University Bursary , College Gold Medal for undergraduate and post-graduate degrees, junior research fellowship , University of Cambridge's Post-doctoral research assistantship , Madhya Pradesh Council of Science & Technology's Fellowship for in service Young Scientists , theoretical physics Seminar circuit speakership, and Indian National Science Academy visiting fellowship . Professor Sharma is member of Indian Physics Association, and a Fellow of Gujarat Science academy. He has worked as subject expert to evaluate the graduate thesis and research proposals for serval universities / institutions.
