Prof. Erode Subramanian Raja Gopal

Prof. Gopal - the name that he was generally known by, had his pre-graduation studies at the St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli and after earning his B.Sc. (Hons.) Degree from the Madras University, obtained his M.A. (Physics) and M.Sc. (Physics - By Research) Degrees from that University in 1956 and 1958 respectively. He had his Ph.D. Degree from the Indian Institute of Science Bangalore in 1961, for his work on investigations on the elastic behaviour of crystals, done under the guidance of Prof. R.S. Krishnan. He spent three years (1961-64) in post-doctoral research at Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, UK, with Kurt Mendelssohn (FRS) to understand the low temperature specific heat and super flow of liquid helium.