Bipuljyoti SAIKIA

 Work: Centre of Plasma Physics, Guwahati
 Tel/Fax: (India) 361 233-4117
 Home: Bora Service Byelane, Ulubari, Guwahati
 Tel: (India) 361 245-0629
 Email: bsaikia@rediffmail.com

• Home Town
  • Kusumtola, Jamugurihat, Sonitpur District, Assam
    (55 km East of Tezpur)

• Schools
  • 243 No. Bari Barphaliya Buniyadi Vidyalaya, Barigaon, Sonitpur District, Assam (1970-75).
  • Jamuguri Higher Secondary School, Jamugurihat, Sonitpur District, Assam (1975-1982).

• College/University
  • Cotton College, Guwahati, Assam [Pre-University 1982-84; B.Sc. (Physics) 1984-87;
    M.Sc. (Physics) 1988-90 (under Gauhati University)].
  • Centre of Plasma Physics, Guwahati, Assam
    [Ph.D. (Plasma Physics) 1992-96 (under Gauhati University)].

• Awards/Scholarships
  • National Merit Scholarship, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India, 1982-90.
  • Research Fellowship, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, India, 1992-96.
  • Research Fellowship, Indian Space Research Organization, India, 1996-99.
  • Post Doctoral Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan, 1999-2001.

• Projects
  • A study of a new maser effect in plasma turbulence
    Supported by Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, India (Ph.D. project).
  • Dynamics of a self-consistent dusty plasma and its effect in space plasma
    Supported by Indian Space research Organization, India (Research Scientist).
  • Measurement of charge on dusts in a plasma
    Supported by Department of Science & Technology, India (Co-investigator).
  • Jeans instability in a dusty plasma
    Supported by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Co-investigator).
  • Study of a thermal plasma system for production of nanoparticles
    Supported by Board of Research in Nuclear Science, Department of Atomic Energy, India (Co-investigator).

• Positions held
  • Junior Research Fellow
    Centre of Plasma Physics, Guwahati (1992-94).
  • Senior Research Fellow
    Centre of Plasma Physics, Guwahati (1994-96).
  • Research Scientist
    Centre of Plasma Physics, Guwahati (1996-99).
  • Assistant Professor
    Centre of Plasma Physics, Guwahati (1999-2001).
  • Post Doctoral Fellow
    Department of Earth System Science & Technology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan (1999-2001, on leave from Centre of Plasma Physics).
  • Fellow
    Centre of Plasma Physics, Guwahati (2001-).

• 2002
  1. N.K. Deka, B.J. Saikia and K.S. Goswami : Relativistic plasma maser effect in presence of ion acoustic turbulence,
     Phys. Plasmas 9 (2002) (In Press).

• 2001
  1. M. Nambu, B.J. Saikia and T. Hada : Wake potential of a dust charge in magnetised plasma,
     J. Phys. Soc. Japan, ? (2001) ???.

• 2000
  1. N. Das, K.S. Goswami and B.J. Saikia : Theory of transpot properties of dusty plasma,
     Planet. Space Sci.

• 1999
  1. M. Nambu, B.J. Saikia, D. Gyubu and J.I. Sakai : Nonlinear plasma maser driven by electron beam instability,
     Phys. Plasmas 6 (1999) 994.
  2. M. Nambu, B.J. Saikia, D. Gyubu and J.I. Sakai : Nonlinear plasma maser driven by electron beam instability,
     Phys. Lett. A, 252 (1999).
  3. B.J. Saikia and M. Nambu : Plasma maser instability in magnetised dusty plasma,
     Phys. Scr. 59 (1999) 62.
  4. B.K. Saikia, B.J. Saikia, K.S. Goswami and S. Bujarbarua : Amplification of extraordinary mode wave in the presence of MHD turbulence,
     Pramana - J. Phys., 51 (1999) 481.

• 1998
  1. S. Bujarbarua, M. Nambu, B.J. Saikia, M. Eda and J.I. Sakai : Numerical simulation and theory of generation of electromagnetic waves in the presence of whistler turbulence,
     Phys. Plasmas 5 (1998) 2244.
  2. S. Bujarbarua, M. Nambu, B.J. Saikia, M. Eda and J.I. Sakai : Simulation study of nonlinear plasma maser,
     Phys. Scr. T75 (1998) 46.

• 1996
  1. L. Mahanta, B.J. Saikia, B.P. Pandey and S. Bujarbarua : Dynamics of a magnetised gravitating dusty plasma,
     J. Plasma Phys. 55 (1996) 401.

• 1995
  1. B.J. Saikia and S. Bujarbarua : On the conservation of the non resonant quanta in plasma maser interaction,
     Phys. Scr. 51 (1995) 277.
  2. B.J. Saikia and S. Bujabarua : Damping of the resonant mode in a plasma maser,
     Phys. Lett. A 198 (1995) 352.
  3. B.J. Saikia and S. Bujarbarua : Evolution of the resonant mode in plasma maser interaction,
     Pramana - J. Phys. 44 (1995) 257.
  4. B.J. Saikia, M. Nambu and S. Bujarbarua : Conservation relations and generalised Manley-Rowe relation for the plasma maser in magnetised plasma,
     Phys. Plasmas 2 (1995) 1746.
  5. B.J. Saikia, P.N. Deka and S. Bujarbarua : Plasma maser instability of Bernstein mode in the presence of MHD turbulence,
     Contrib. Plasma Phys. 35 (1995) 263.

• 1994
  1. B.J. Saikia, B.K. Saikia, S. Bujarbarua and M. Nambu : Plasma maser interaction of Langmuir wave with kinetic Alfven wave turbulence,
     Pramana - J. Phys. 42 (1994) 435.

• Mahakavyar Pratham Paat
  

  My first collection of poems published during Guwahati Book Fair in 1989-90. It contains 45 of my poems written during the period from 1980 to 1989. The book was reprinted in 1996. You can read some of the poems (in Assamese) here (Thanks to Pallav and Maitreyee) and there (Thanks to Saurav). English transcreation of a few is available on this site (Thanks to PA and Rituraj). Publishers: Students’ Stores, Guwahati, Assam.

• Ramanujan
  

  A short biography of the great Indian mathematical genius Srinibas Ramanujan Iyengar, published in 1997. This book has been recommended as a text book for 8th standard students of Assam by the Secondary Education Board of the state. Publishers: Students’ Stores, Guwahati, Assam.

• Sonali Sankhya
  

  This is a collection of eleven popular mathematics articles, published in 1998. The subjects includes palindromic numbers, amicable numbers, the pi, large numbers such as Archemedes number, Zeno’s paradox, Fibonacci numbers and sequences and their occurences in nature, the Golden Golden Rectangle & Logathithmic Spiral Number, Fermat’s last theorem etc. One article is on the mathematical research carried out by Karl Marx, who is primarialy known as a political economist and a social scientist. This book won the Best Book on Popular Science award of Asom Sahitya Sabha in 2001. Publishers: Students’ Stores, Guwahati, Assam.

• Pahoronir Noi
  

  My second collection of poems published in 1997. This volume contains about forty poems written during the period from 1980 to 1996. Publishers: Students’ Stores, Guwahati, Assam.

• Bismayakar Chip
  

  Assamese translation of "Wonder Chip" writen by K.D. Pavate. This book describes the wonderful world of microprocessors including their manufacture and applications. Published in 1998. Publishers: National Book Trust, India, New Delhi.

• Aabhasi Baastavar Mayamoy Jagat
  

  Assamese translation of the book "The Illusive World of Virtual Reality" by Pradip Bhattacharya. The book deals with the history, technology and applications of virtual reality. To appear soon. Publishers: National Book Trust, India, New Delhi.