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1 Academic profile of the faculty member 1. Name: PRAVEEN SINGH NEGI. 2. Father s Name: Late. Mr. B. S. NEGI. 3. Date of birth: 10/01/1963 (10 JANUARY 1963). 4. Marital status: Married. 5. Affiliated Institution: Department of Physics, Kumaun University, Nainital , India. 6. Address for correspondence: Dr. P. S. Negi, Ganga Sadan, Sudarshan Hotel Compound, Nainital , India. psnegi nainital@yahoo.com Phone: ( ) Educational qualification (post-garduation onwards): Degree Month & Year University Subject Div./Grade M. Sc. Oct., 1984 Kumaun University, Nainital Physics I st. Ph. D. Dec., 1992 Kumaun University, Nainital Physics N. A. 8. Topic of the Ph. D. Thesis: Relativistic Structures and Motion of Test-Particles in Curved Space-time. 9. Positions held/work experience during Ph. D.: (i) Senior Research Fellow (SRF) of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, at the Department of Physics, Kumaun University, Nainital from July 1, 1990 to June 30, Positions held/work experience after Ph. D.: (i) Principal Investigator of the research pro ject entitled, Galactic Clusters and Dark Matter sponsored by the Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, under the scheme for young scientists (SERCYS) during the period Aug. 24, 1993 to Aug. 23, 1995 at the Department of Physics, Kumaun University, Nainital. 1

2 (ii) Senior Research Associate (Pool Officer) under the Scientist s Pool Scheme of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, during the period May 16, 1996 to May 15, 1999 at the Department of Physics, Kumaun University, Nainital. (iii) Appointed as a visiting faculty member in the teaching staff of Physics Department, Kumaun University, Nainital and taught post-graduate and undergraduate classes from July 11, 2001 to June 30, (iv) Appointed as a permanent faculty member (lecturer) of Physics Department in the UGC scale on February 28, References: (1) Dr. Abhas Mitra Nuclear Research Laboratory Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Mumbai India. amitra@apsara.barc.ernet.in (2) Prof. Henning Knutsen Rogaland University Centre 2557 Ullandhaug N , Stavanger Norway. henning.knutsen@tn.his.no (3) Prof. R. Meinel Friedrich Schiller University Institute of Theoretical Physics Max - Wein - Platz 1 D , Jena Germany. R.Meinel@tpi.uni-jena.de (4) Prof. P Haensel N. Copernicus Astronomical Center Polish Academy of Sciences Bartycka , Warszawa Poland. haensel@camk.edu.pl 2

3 12. Research publications (Refereed journals): 1. Negi, P. S., Pande, A. K. and Durgapal, M. C. (1989): Analytic core-envelope models with continuity of density. Classical and Quantum Gravity 6, Negi, P. S., Pande, A. K. and Durgapal, M. C. (1990): A core-envelope massive distribution with a parabolic density distribution in the core. General Relativity and Gravitation 22, No.7, Negi, P. S., Pande, A. K. and Durgapal, M. C. (1990): Trapping of test-particles in static spherically symmetric space-time geometries. Astrophysics and Space Science 166, Negi, P. S., Pandey, K. and Pande, A. K. (1991): Tra jectories of zero rest-mass particles and gravitational trapping in interior geometries. Astrophysics and Space Science 176, Negi, P. S., Pande, A. K. and Durgapal, M. C. (1993): Tra jectories of nonzero rest-mass particles in curved space-time. Astrophysical Journal 406, Negi, P. S. and Durgapal, M. C. (1996): Motion of test-particles in parabolic density distributions. Astrophysics and Space Science 245, Negi, P. S. and Durgapal, M. C. (1999a): Stable ultracompact objects. General Relativity and Gravitation 31, Negi, P. S. and Durgapal, M. C. (1999b): Stable Ultracompact objects and submillisecond pulsars. Gravitation and Cosmology 5, No.3 (19), Negi, P. S. and Durgapal, M. C. (2000): Stable ultracompact objects and an upper bound on neutron star masses. Astronomy and Astrophysics 353,

4 10. Durgapal, M. C. and Negi, P. S. (2000): Homogeneous spheres with constant adiabatic index. Astrophysics and Space Science 274, Negi, P. S. and Durgapal, M. C. (2001a): Relativistic supermassive stars. Astrophysics and Space Science 275, Negi, P. S. and Durgapal, M. C. (2001b): Equation of state of dense nuclear matter and upper bounds on neutron star masses. Astrophysics and Space Science 275, Negi, P. S. and Durgapal, M. C. (2001c): Status of self-bound equations of state and analytic solutions in general relativity. Gravitation and Cosmology 7, No.1 (25), 37-40; astro-ph/ Negi, P. S. (2003): Rotation curves of spiral galaxies: A general-relativistic model. Gravitation and Cosmology 9, No. 4 (36), ; astro-ph/ Negi, P. S. (2004a): Causal configurations of homogeneous energy-density in general relativity. International Journal of Modern Physics D 13, ; astro-ph/ Negi, P. S. (2004b): Hydrostatic equilibrium of insular, static, spherically symmetric perfect fluid solutions. Modern Physics Letters A 19, No. 39, ; astro-ph/ Negi, P. S. (2005): An upper bound on the energy of a gravitationally redshifted electron-positron annihilation line from the Crab pulsar, Astronomy and Astrophysics 431, ; astro-ph/

5 18. Negi, P. S. (2006a): A starquake model for the Vela pulsar, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 366, 73-78; astro-ph/ Negi, P. S. (2006b): Exact solutions of Einstein s field equations, International Journal of Theoretical Physics 45, ; gr-qc/ Negi, P. S. (2007a): Necessary and sufficient condition for hydrostatic equilibrium in general relativity, International Journal of Modern Physics D 16, 35-52; astro-ph/ Negi, P. S. (2007b): The stability of an isentropic model for a gaseous relativistic star, General Relativity and Gravitation 39, ; gr-qc/ Negi, P. S. (2008): Hydrostatic equilibrium of causally consistent and dynamically stable neutron star models, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 388, ; arxiv: Negi, P. S. (2011a): Neutron star sequences and the starquake glitch model for the Crab and the Vela pulsars Astrophysics and Space Science 332, ; arxiv: Durgapal, M. C. and Negi, P. S. (2011b): Thermal Equilibrium of Static and Spherical Structures in General Relativity International Journal of Theoretical Physics 50, Negi, P. S. (2011c): Dynamical stability of strange quarke stars International Journal of Modern Physics D 20, No.7, Pant, Neera j and Negi, P. S. (2012) Varity of well behaved exact solutions of Einstein-Maxwell field equations: an application to Strange quark stars, Neutron stars and Pulsars Astrophysics and Space science 338,

6 PAPERS PRESENTED IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 27. Negi, P. S. and Durgapal, M. C. (1999): Q-stars and sub millisecond pulsars. IAGRG Conference, Gorakhpur, Negi, P. S. and Durgapal, M. C. (1999): Analytic solution and upper bound on neutron star masses. IAGRG Conference, Gorakhpur, Mitra, A. K. and Negi, P. S. (2005): Black-Holes or Eternally collapsing objects? International conference on Nuclear Physics, BARC, Mumbai, 2005 July,

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