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| Prof. Thanu Padmanabhan, Dean, Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune |
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His
field is the vast cosmos and theories of its origin.
Justifiably he is known in the wide world of astrophysicists and
scientists of the sky. But Prof.
Thanu Padmanabhan, Dean at Inter University Centre for Astronomy and
Astrophysics at Pune may not be well known among Malayalees back home.
Recently
he has been honoured with the Birla award,
the Rs.1.5 lakh award given to outstanding scientists below the age
of 50. Dr. Padmanabhan has
made significant contributions in the fields of origin of the universe,
its evolution, gravitation, quantum physics etc.
His book, “After the 1st 3 minutes”, on the origin
of the universe is a quite well known.
Born
at Thiruvananthapuram in 1957, Dr. Padmanabhan did his M.Sc at Kerala
University and later completed his Ph.D under the guidance of Dr.Jayant
Narlikar from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.
He then did post doctoral work at Cambridge University and has
acted as visiting professor at many foreign universities.
Other
honours that have come his way include Young Scientist award (1984) of
Indian National Science Academy, Gravity Esse award of the Gravity
Research Foundation, USA and the Santhi Swarup Bhatnagar award (1997).
Courtesy: Mathrubhoomi (text), Jackson Arattukulam (photo), November 20, 2003
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