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Dr. Pratap Raychaudhuri is selected for the "TAA - Geeta Udgaonkar Award" for the best Ph.D. thesis in Physical Sciences at TIFR for his thesis titled "Transport and magnetic properties of double exchange perovskites". His noteworthy research contributions include: (i) the observation of metal-insulator transition in new electron doped Colossal Magneto Resistive (CMR) Manganites systems, (ii) the formulation of a theoretical model for spin polarized tunnelling in granular CMR compounds and (iii) the development of CMR/insulator/CMR trilayer device showing large magneto resistance. Dr. Pratap Raychaudhuri (b.1971): Obtained M.Sc. in Physics from IIT, Kharagpur in 1995, where he was also selected for the award of Prof. K.L. Chopra endowment prize for the best experimental project. Joined TIFR Graduate School in 1995 and worked on the Ph.D. thesis under the supervision of Prof. R. Pinto. Awarded first prize for his presentation titled "Colossal magneto-resistance: novel properties, new materials and a new model" at the Annual (1999) Colloquium for Young Physicists (below 35 years) organised by Indian Physical Society, Kolkata. Since August 2000, a holder of the prestigious 5-year Fellowship from Leverhume Trust, U.K. to work jointly at the Universities of Birmingham, St. Andrews and Cambridge, in collaboration with Prof. Andy McKenzie.