Mustansir Barma
# Mustansir Barma

Mustansir Barma is an Indian scientist specializing in Statistical Physics. He was former Director of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research from 2007 to 2014.

## Awards and honours

* Young Scientist Award of the Indian National Science Academy (1980).
* Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences (1983 – 86).
* Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for the Physical Sciences awarded by the CSIR (1995).
* Honorary faculty member, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore (1998 – 2001).
* DAE Raja Ramanna Prize Lecture in Physics (2004).
* S.N. Bose Birth Centenary Award of the Indian Science Congress (2007).
* J.C. Bose Fellowship of the Department of Science and Technology (2007).
* Seventh Abdus Salam Memorial Lecture, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi (2009).
* R.S. Goyal Prize for Physics (2006), awarded in 2010.
* Padma Shri Award (2013)
