HC Verma is an Indian experimental physicist and retired professor of physics at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. His research area is nuclear physics. HC Verma is known for his two-volume book Concepts of Physics.
Wiki/Biography
HC Verma (full name Harish Chandra Verma) was born on Tuesday, April 8, 1952 (69 years old in 2021) in Darbhanga, Bihar. His star sign is Aries. His hometown is Patna. After completing his schooling in Darbhanga, Verma joined the Patna Science College to pursue a B.Sc. (Honors) degree in Physics. Verma completed his B.Sc. (Honors) degree in Physics with distinction and ranked third in the college. Later, he joined the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur to pursue an M.Sc. (Physics) and then a Ph.D. in 1979.
appearance
Height (approximate): 5′ 6″
Eye color: Black
Hair color: Gray (half bald)
Family and caste
Parents and siblings
HC Verma’s father’s name is Ganesh Prasad Verma, he is a teacher and owns his own school in Samastipur. HC Verma’s mother’s name is Ramvati Verma. HC Verma has an elder brother named Devi Prasad Verma.
HC Verma’s parents
Devi Prasad Verma, brother of HC Verma
Wife and children
HC Verma is unmarried and has no children.
Profession
The birth of the book “Concepts of Physics”
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 faced major problems in understanding simple physics concepts. He always wanted to bring an easy to understand version of the famous physics book Resnick & Halliday. As this version was not available in the market, Mr. Verma decided to write a textbook based on physics concepts himself, which could be easily read and understood by anyone. After eight years, Mr. Verma finally published a two-volume book “Physical Concepts” in 1992.
HC Verma’s book Concepts in Physics
His experience at IIT Kanpur
In 1994, Verma resigned from Patna Science College and started working as an assistant professor at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, teaching many core professional courses such as quantum mechanics, electrodynamics, nuclear physics, etc.
HC Verma demonstrates physics concepts
Awards/Honors
- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Siksha Puruskar, 2017
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar conferred Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Shiksha Puruskar honour on HC Verma
dispute
After a Twitter user with the handle ‘Real Heroes’ shared a post about HC Verma, which claimed that he received Rs 1 crore in royalties from his book Concepts of Physics and donated the money to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund and other charitable trusts, Mr. Verma refuted the claims in the Twitter post through a Facebook post; the Twitter post also claimed that Mr. Verma owns a Bajaj Priya motorcycle, which he drives most of the time. Later, many Facebook and Twitter users sided with Mr. Verma and promoted the rebuttal of the fake news.
Facts/Trivia
- According to HC Verma, he was not a good student in school and it was difficult for him to pass his school exams. In an interview, Mr. Verma shared an interesting anecdote from his childhood, where he revealed that when he was in class 10, his mother prepared his favorite sweets during the Chhath Puja festival and told him that for every hour he studied, she would give him two pieces of sweets. According to Mr. Verma, this incident made him more focused on his studies and later, he passed almost all his exams with flying colors.
HC Verma with his father as a child
- HC Verma’s first salary as a lecturer at Patna Science College was Rs.
- While serving as a professor at IIT-Kanpur, HC Verma along with several other faculty members and students started an NGO called Shiksha Sopan. The NGO was dedicated to providing educational assistance to children living near IIT-Kanpur who could not afford the school fees.
HC Verma stands in the corner watching a demonstration training workshop organized by NGO Shiksha Sopan and the Indian Association of Physics Teachers (IAPT)
- HC Verma has been an active member of the Indian Association of Physics Teachers (IAPT). In 2011, he started a new project called National Network of Physics Teachers of India (NANI) and IAPT helped Mr. Verma to open multiple NANI centers in more than 22 cities in India. NANI has conducted several training activities, teaching aid development courses, etc. in these schools and colleges. More than 1000 schools and colleges have benefited from this program.
- HC Verma has developed nearly 600 physics experiments which are used by many teachers and professors as demonstration experiments in their classrooms. During his tenure as a lecturer, HC Verma also developed various informal and open-ended experiments which students could assemble and perform on their own in class. HC Verma also conducted various workshops for physics teachers to impart some demonstration-based training methods to help students relate science to real life.
HC Verma interacting with teachers during the workshop
- He has trained more than 8,000 teachers through workshops, of which more than 1,000 have changed their teaching style. The National Academy of Sciences of India (NASI) provided funds for organizing these workshops.
- HC Verma loves yoga and is often seen practicing it with his family and students.
HC Verma (right) practices yoga with his brother and daughter
- HC Verma has a YouTube account where he uploads videos on various topics in physics and provides some real-life examples.
- HC Verma retired from the post of Professor of Physics at IIT Kanpur on 30 June 2017. In July 2017, the YouTube channel “The Viral Fever” made a video on HC Verma and uploaded it on their channel in his memory.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vJFFsuOyMA
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