Key facts
- Born
- 10 March 1957, Thiruvananthapuram
- Died
- 17 September 2021, Pune
- State of birth
- Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
- Sector
- Science & space
- Profession
- Indian theoretical physicist (1957–2021)
- Gender
- Male
Biography
Thanu Padmanabhan was an Indian theoretical physicist and cosmologist whose research spanned a wide variety of topics in gravitation, structure formation in the universe and quantum gravity. He published nearly 300 papers and reviews in international journals and ten books in these areas. He made several contributions related to the analysis and modelling of dark energy in the universe and the interpretation of gravity as an emergent phenomenon. He was a distinguished professor at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) at Pune, India.
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Timeline
- 1957Born in Thiruvananthapuram
- 1996Awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology
- 2003Awarded the G.D. Birla Award for Scientific Research
- 2009Awarded the Infosys Prize
- 2011Awarded the TWAS Prize for Physics
- 2021Dies in Pune
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