HC Verma is an Indian experimental physicist and retired professor of physics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. His field of research is nuclear physics. HC Verma is famous as the author of the two-volume book Concepts of Physics.
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Wiki/Biography
HC Verma (full name Harish Chandra Verma) was born on Tuesday, 8 April 1952 (age 69 years; as in 2021) in Darbhanga, Bihar. His zodiac sign is Aries. His hometown is Patna. After completing his schooling from Darbhanga, Verma completed his B.Sc. To do this he took admission in Patna Science College. (Hons.) Degree in Physics. Verma did B.Sc. Has received the title of. He obtained a (Hons) degree in Physics with good marks and stood third in the university. Later, he joined the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, where he completed his M.Sc. Studied. (Physics), and then, he received his Ph.D. Earned. In 1979.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 6″
Eye colour: black
Hair Colour: Gray (semi-bald)
family and caste
parents and siblings
HC Verma’s father’s name is Ganesh Prasad Verma who was a teacher and had his own school in Samastipur. HC Verma’s mother’s name is Ramwati Verma. HC Verma has an elder brother, Devi Prasad Verma.
HC Verma’s parents
HC Verma’s brother, Devi Prasad Verma
wife and children
HC Verma is unmarried and has no children.
livelihood
Birth of Concepts of Physics book
In 1980, after completing his formal education, HC Verma joined Patna Science College as a lecturer. While working as a lecturer, HC Verma realized that students were facing huge problems in understanding simple concepts of physics, and he always wanted to bring an easy-to-understand version of the famous physics book, Resnick & Halliday. Because this version was not available. market, so Mr. Verma himself decided to write a textbook based on physics concepts that anyone could easily read and understand. After spending eight years, Mr. Verma finally published a two-volume book, Concepts of Physics, in 1992.
HC Verma’s book Concepts of Physics
His tenure at IIT Kanpur
In 1994, Verma left his job at Patna Science College and started working as an assistant professor at IIT Kanpur, where he taught several professional and core courses such as quantum mechanics, electrodynamics, nuclear physics, etc.
HC Verma giving a demonstration on a concept of Physics
Awards/Honors
- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Education Award in 2017
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar honoring HC Verma with Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Education Award.
Controversy
Twitter handle ‘Real Heroes’ shared a post about HC Verma saying he was getting Rs. He received Rs 1 crore as royalty from his book ‘Concepts of Physics’ and donated the amount to the PM’s relief fund and other charitable trusts, Mr Verma said in a Facebook post, refuting the claims made in the Twitter post. Did; The Twitter post also claimed that Mr Verma owned a Bajaj Priya scooter which he used to ride most of the time. Later, many Facebook and Twitter users took Mr Verma’s side to spread awareness against fake news.
Facts/General Knowledge
- According to HC Verma, he was not a bright student in school, and struggled to pass his school examinations. In an interview, sharing an anecdote from his childhood, Mr Verma revealed that when he was in class ten, his mother was making his favorite sweets on the occasion of Chhath Puja, and he told her to give him two pieces of sweets. Will give. Sweets for every hour he spent on his studies. According to Mr. Verma, this incident inspired him to focus more on his studies and later, he passed almost all his examinations with good marks.
Childhood picture of HC Verma with his father
- HC Verma’s first salary as a lecturer in Patna Science College was Rs. 796.
- While working as a professor at IIT Kanpur, HC Verma along with several other faculty members and students started an NGO called Shiksha Sopan. The NGO focuses on providing educational support to children who live near the IIT Kanpur campus and cannot pay for their education.
Demo training workshop conducted by NGO Shiksha Sopan and Indian Association of Physics Teachers (IAPT) while HC Verma watches from a corner
- HC Verma has been an active member of the Indian Association of Physics Teachers (IAPT). He started a new project called National Anveshika Network of India (NANI) in 2011, and IAPT helped Mr. Verma open multiple NANI centers in more than twenty-two cities across India. More than 1000 schools and colleges benefited from this initiative as NANI conducted several training activities, teaching aid development classes, etc. in these schools and colleges.
- HC Verma has developed around 600 physics experiments, which are used by many teachers and professors as demo experiments in their classes. While working as a lecturer, HC Verma also developed various informal and open-ended experiments that could be conducted by a student in the classroom, where they themselves could gather and conduct experiments. HC Verma has also conducted various workshops to teach Physics teachers about some demo-based training methods that will help students connect science with real life.
HC Verma interacting with teachers during his workshop
- He has trained more than 8000 teachers with his workshops and more than 1000 teachers have changed the way they teach. The National Academy of Sciences India (NASI) provides funds for organizing these workshops.
- HC Verma is fond of yoga and is often seen practicing yoga with his family and students.
HC Verma (right) doing yoga with his brother and daughter
- HC Verma has a YouTube account where he uploads videos on various topics related to physics and gives some real life examples.
- On 30 June 2017, HC Verma retired as Professor of Physics from IIT Kanpur. In July 2017, YouTube channel ‘The Viral Fever’ made a video on HC Verma and uploaded it on their channel in his honour.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vJFFsuOyMA
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