N. S. Satya Murthy

Nivrathi Suryanarayanashastry Satya Murthy (5 February 1936 – 8 October 1984) was an Indian physicist and the head of the Nuclear Physics Division of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.

[2][note 1] N. S. Satya Murthy, who held a PhD from University of Bombay (1967), served as an assistant director at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and as the head of the Nuclear Physics Division of the institution.

[4] Murthy and his team were credited with the discovery of novel magnetic structures and a polarizer for thermal neutrons.

[3] He contributed to the establishment of the Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology and was one of the founders of the Magnetics Society of India where he also served as the vice president.

Murthy coordinated academic courses on Magnetism and Integrated Circuits for Indian Physics Association and was the general secretary of the organization for two terms from 1973 to 1977.