Prof. Jainendra K Jain , currently Erwin K. Mueller Professor of Physics at Pennsylvania University completed his M.Sc.(2 year) in Physics from IIT Kanpur in 1981. Prof. J. K. Jain received his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Maharaja College, Jaipur, and IIT Kanpur. He joined Stony Brook University in 1981 for his Ph.D. in physics, which he completed in 1985. After postdoctoral work at the University of Maryland and the Yale University, he returned to the Stony Brook University as an Assistant Professor in 1989, was promoted to Associate Professor (1993) and Full Professor (1997), and moved in 1998 to the Pennsylvania State University As a many body condensed matter theorist, his primary focus has been the study of unexpected conceptual structures that emerge when electrons behave cooperatively. His work on composite fermions and seminal contributions to fractional and quantum Hall effect has earned him an unenviable reputation among the community of physicists. Prof. Jain not only pioneered the field of composite fermions, he has been one of the leaders in the further developments, coauthoring more than 100 articles with his students and colleagues confirming, refining and extending his theory into many directions. One of his most important accomplishments has been to bring the theory at a level where detailed, quantitative tests of the theory have become possible, which has required Jain and collaborators to perform extensive quantum Monte Carlo calculations. He has authored a book to give on this topic "Composite Fermions" (Cambridge University Press, 2007). For his insights, and a large body opt work he has been awarded with numerous recognitions including Distinguished Postdoctoral Alumnus Award, U. Maryland in 2004, Sloan Fellowship in 1991 and, the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1996 & 2002, Fellow of American Physical Society, the SPS Excellence in Teaching Award (2003). In 2002, Jain was awarded the Oliver E. Buckley Prize of the American Physical Society, which is the highest U.S. prize in condensed matter physics.