I am a physicist who specializes in nuclear physics. I loved nuclei since my school days and tried to get as much information as possible about these unique building blocks of matter, from books and magazines, which were too few in those days (1960s). This interest in physics and nuclei compelled me to quit my admission to an engineering college. In my quest to understand nuclei, I have always tried to search for simplicity in the complex structure of nuclei, having tried my hand in most of the subfields of nuclear structure physics. This focus on simplicity of things has always guided my teaching also.
