1999 SAMPATHKUMARAN, Echur Varadadesikan (b. 1954) PhD,FNA,FASc,FTWAS, Distinguished Professor, Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba, Mumbai – 400005; Res. 610, Bhaskara, TIFR Housing Complex, Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba, Mumbai – 400005; Tel: (022) 22782437, 22782439(O), 22804977, 22783437(R), 09892100402(M); Fax: 22804610, 22804611; Email: ; ; Sp. Magnetism/Superconductivity/Alloys/Multiferroies.