Somnath Bharadwaj
Somnath Bharadwaj | |
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| File:Somnath bharadwaj.jpg | |
| Born | 28 October 1964 |
| Nationality | Indian  |
| Alma mater | St. Xavier's School St. James' School Indian Institute of Technology Indian Institute of Science & Raman Research Institute |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Harish-Chandra Research Institute Indian Institute of Technology & Centre for Theoretical Studies |
| Doctoral advisor | Rajaram Nityananda |
Somnath Bharadwaj is an Indian theoretical physicist who works on Theoretical Astrophysics and Cosmology.
Bharadwaj was born in India, studied at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur, and later received his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Science. After having worked at the Harish-Chandra Research Institute, he is now a professor at IIT Kharagpur. He has made significant contributions to the dynamics of large-scale structure[1] formation.
In 2003 he was selected to be one of the professors from IIT whose class room lectures would be broadcast in the Eklavya Technology Channel.[2] [3] [4]
Bharadwaj was an invited speakers on Galaxy Formation at the prestigious Indo-US Frontier of Science symposium which was organized by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 2005.[5] [6]
He is currently in the Editorial Board of the Journal of Astrophysics & Astronomy published by the Indian Academy of Sciences.[7]
References
- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_filament
- ^ http://web.iitd.ac.in/eklavya/archive/newslettervol-1.2.pdf
- ^ Oct-Dec-wide
- ^ http://www.cdeep.iitb.ac.in/pages/oct_dec2004.pdf
- ^ National Academy of Sciences: Frontiers of Science
- ^ National Academy of Sciences: Frontiers of Science
- ^ Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy
External links
- Somnath Bharadwaj's page at IIT
- Somnath Bharadwaj's articles on INSPIRE-HEP
- NASA ADS database of Somnath Bharadwaj's articles
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