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Yashwant Gupta, Director of the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, received the MP Birla Memorial Award. Gupta shared how a childhood visit to the planetarium sparked his passion for astronomy. The biennial award, presented after a six-year hiatus due to COVID-19 and an earlier flight cancellation, recognizes Gupta's significant contributions to understanding the universe.

jayant vishnu narlikar, a famous astrophysicist, died at 86 in Pune. He was recovering from surgery. Narlikar challenged the Big Bang theory and collaborated with Fred Hoyle. He founded IUCAA in Pune. Narlikar received Padma Vibhushan and Sahitya Akademi Award. His work inspired many scientists. The Narlikar family donated home movies to NFAI.

jayant vishnu narlikar, the celebrated astrophysicist, science communicator, and founding director of the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), passed away in his sleep in Pune on Tuesday. He was 87

India mourns the loss of jayant vishnu narlikar, a pioneering astrophysicist who challenged cosmological norms and co-developed a gravitation theory with Fred Hoyle. Narlikar, who passed away at 87, founded IUCAA and passionately communicated science through writing, earning prestigious awards. His legacy endures through his contributions to cosmology and his dedication to inspiring scientific curiosity in future generations.

Jayant Narlikar, born in 1938, challenged established cosmological theories and championed science education in India. Collaborating with Fred Hoyle, he developed an alternative to the Big Bang Theory. Narlikar returned to India to build research institutions like IUCAA and reformed science textbooks, striving to make science accessible and fostering scientific curiosity among the public.

Terming the big-bang theory an exploding myth, Prof jayant vishnu narlikar on Friday said that it is a misconception of people that the universe began with a big-bang.

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The Marathi literary world has wholeheartedly welcomed the election of internationally acclaimed astrophysicist and writer Dr Jayant Narlikar as president of the 94th Marathi sahitya sammelan to be held in Nashik in March.

Indian cosmologist, Dr jayant vishnu narlikar will grace Lucknow University's convocation ceremony scheduled on February 25.The decision was taken at the university Executive Council (EC) meeting held on Monday.

Banaras Hindu University held its 96th convocation ceremony on Amphitheater Ground on Thursday.

Prof Ram Prakash Singh was a Renaissance man with a mission and Lucknow University will remain indebted to him for his contribution that brought this great institution to prominence again. A distinguished polymer scientist and engineer in the field of material science who taught in the USA, Russia, Germany, Italy and IIT Kharagpur, Prof Singh had 11 patents to his name. He was well read and a great connoisseur of Hindi poetry. Also, a man of fine taste in dressing, dining and travel. Brought up in socialist progressive ideology, he was a strong votary of constitutional values of secularism, scientist temper and equality.

For Narlikar, it was his way of saying that the universe couldn’t have appeared all at once. The Big Bang theory, he felt, was too sudden, too convenient—and too close to the idea of a divine creation. He also pointed out that the theory had strong support from the Church: after all, it was first proposed by a Catholic priest, Georges Lemaître, and even endorsed by the Pope.

Raman Science Centre & Planetarium in collaboration with Rajhans Prakashan, Nagpur is organizing a popular science lecture on Saturday at 6.00pm in the centre's premises.

Several programmes were organized in the city to mark Teacher's Day celebrations on Monday.

A set of 41 films from the personal home movie collection of eminent astrophysicist Jayant Narlikar is now with the National Film Archive of India (NFAI).

LUCKNOW: Dr. Lakshmi Shankar Mishra ‘Nishank’ was given prestigious Bharat-Bharati Samman by the Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthan here on Thursday. The award carries Rs, 2.51 lakh cash besides a shawl, a plaque and memento.

The 96th convocation of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) will witness the introduction of Vice Chancellor's Award for excellence in research on Thursday.