Jatinder Yakhmi

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Sep 29, 2023, 3:30 PM

Myriad of memories, unabated

My wife Upasana (fondly called Guddi) died a year ago (Oct. 8, 2022) but her memories continue, without fading. Guddi was 74 at the time of her passing away, and our wedded life lasted over 50 years. She is...

Nov 13, 2022, 2:34 PM

She loved Israel…

Testing the highly salty waters during a trip to the Dead Sea in 2009. Photo courtesy, author.

Having accompanied me on my academic visits to several countries, my wife, Mrs. Amar Upasana Yakhmi had no doubt that next to her own country, she liked Israel best. She enjoyed her four trips to Israel immensely, the last...

Sep 26, 2022, 11:39 PM

Post-retirement Employment: Opportunities and Benefits

In professions which are not labor-intensive, such as medical consultancy, teaching, and scientific research, the expertise acquired by an individual through long years of service adds maturity and value to his/her skills and capabilities. Losing acclaimed professionals belonging to...

Apr 3, 2022, 2:31 PM

Negba – a kibbutz with a war memorial

Dr. Ayelet Vilan, a Staff Scientist at Weizmann Institute of Science at Rehovot in Israel, told me during my visit to her labs in 2010, “Yakhmi, do you know, during my childhood, I or other children or even adults...

Oct 31, 2021, 2:16 PM

Chasing the Covid Blues Away with Ghazals

Reading or writing ghazals can become a passion, though it gives relaxation and solace to the mind. To get over the current phase of melancholy during the Covid-19 pandemic, many admirers of this poetic form in the Indian sub-continent,...

May 2, 2021, 6:26 PM

Dr. Manohar – a research scientist with humility, simplicity and kindness

“Dr. Chittar Manohar meant a combination of simplicity, nobility, depth of science, humility and ideals! Such people are true diamonds” - Prof. D.O. Shah, Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering & Anesthesiology, University of Florida, Gainesville (USA) Whenever, and wherever I...

Mar 20, 2021, 9:09 PM

O.K., my mentor

Should a top-notch scientist, at age 51, decide to mentor a 47 years scientist, from a faraway country? Olivier Kahn did it, and I was the beneficiary — J.V. Yakhmi Over a long academic career in scientific research, one needs...

Mar 2, 2021, 10:52 AM

How Top Sr. Scientists beat isolation and stay fit

A year has gone by under the dark clouds of the pandemic. Covid-19 situation in UK, France, the Netherlands, Germany and USA turned worrisome again recently, mainly because of the cold winter, and perhaps due to the new strains...

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About Me

Prof. Dr. J.V. Yakhmi, FNASc, had a research career of 45 years at BARC, Mumbai. He authored 450 publications, and 10 books on magnetism, superconductivity, soft matter, Sensors and Organic Electronics, etc. Also published two poetry books and 52 popular articles in newspapers, including Medium. Delivered 425 Invited Lectures in reputed labs and at conferences. As Chairman, AEES, he ran 30 Schools /Junior Colleges across India for three years.