Key facts
- Born
- 19 July 1938, Kolhapur
- Died
- 20 May 2025, Pune
- State of birth
- Kolhapur, Maharashtra
- Sector
- Science & space
- Profession
- Indian astrophysicist and writer (1938–2025)
- Gender
- Male
Biography
Jayant Vishnu Narlikar was an Indian astrophysicist who performed research on alternative cosmology. He was also an author who wrote textbooks on cosmology, popular science books, and science fiction novels and short stories.
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Timeline
- 1938Born in Kolhapur
- 1960Awarded the Tyson Medal
- 1962Awarded the Smith's Prize
- 1965Awarded the Padma Bhushan in science & engineering
- 1967Awarded the Adams Prize
- 1978Awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology
- 1996Awarded the Kalinga Prize
- 2004Awarded the Prix Jules Janssen
- 2004Awarded the Padma Vibhushan in science & engineering
- 2006Awarded the H K Firodia awards
- 2014Awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in Marathi
- 2025Awarded the Vigyan Ratna Award
- 2025Dies in Pune
Sources & licences
- English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- हिंदी विकिपीडिया (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- Wikidata (CC0) · 3/5
- Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0) · Biswarup Ganguly