Naresh Dadhich (physicist)
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Naresh Dadhich (born September 1, 1944) is a theoretical physicist
and Emeritus Professor at Inter-University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA). He was also the director of IUCAA until August 31, 2009.
Naresh Dadhich was born in Sarsali in Churu District
, Rajasthan
. He studied at Pilani, Hissar, Vallabh-Vidyanagar and finally at Pune
where he did his PhD
in general relativity
under the guidance of the highly respected mathematician and physicist, Vishnu Vasudev Narlikar (father of Jayant Narlikar, the renowned Indian physicist). He was then hired by the Faculty of Mathematics at the Pune University until February 10, 1988, when he was invited to be the project coordinator for the creation of the IUCAA.
He became the director of IUCAA in July 2003. He is currently a visiting faculty of the University of KwaZulu-Natal
at Durban, South Africa and also works with gravity research groups in Portsmouth, UK and Bilbao, Spain.
Naresh Dadhich's specialties include classical and quantum gravity
and relativistic astrophysics. Along with his colleagues he has published over 100 scientific papers. He has supervised several PhD
students.
Naresh Dadhich (humanities professor)
For the physicist of the same name, see Naresh Dadhich .Naresh Dadhich is a Professor of Political Science in University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, where he is teaching post graduate classes since 1978. He recently joined Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University as Vice Chancellor...
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Naresh Dadhich (born September 1, 1944) is a theoretical physicist
Theoretical physics
Theoretical physics is a branch of physics which employs mathematical models and abstractions of physics to rationalize, explain and predict natural phenomena...
and Emeritus Professor at Inter-University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA). He was also the director of IUCAA until August 31, 2009.
Naresh Dadhich was born in Sarsali in Churu District
Churu district
Churu is a district of Rajasthan state of western India. The town of Churu is the administrative headquarters of the district.Churu lies in the Jangladesh region of northern Rajasthan...
, Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
. He studied at Pilani, Hissar, Vallabh-Vidyanagar and finally at Pune
Pune
Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
where he did his PhD
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in general relativity
General relativity
General relativity or the general theory of relativity is the geometric theory of gravitation published by Albert Einstein in 1916. It is the current description of gravitation in modern physics...
under the guidance of the highly respected mathematician and physicist, Vishnu Vasudev Narlikar (father of Jayant Narlikar, the renowned Indian physicist). He was then hired by the Faculty of Mathematics at the Pune University until February 10, 1988, when he was invited to be the project coordinator for the creation of the IUCAA.
He became the director of IUCAA in July 2003. He is currently a visiting faculty of the University of KwaZulu-Natal
University of KwaZulu-Natal
The University of KwaZulu-Natal or UKZN is a university with five campuses all located in the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. It was formed on 1 January 2004 after the merger between the University of Natal and the University of Durban-Westville.-History:-University of...
at Durban, South Africa and also works with gravity research groups in Portsmouth, UK and Bilbao, Spain.
Naresh Dadhich's specialties include classical and quantum gravity
Quantum gravity
Quantum gravity is the field of theoretical physics which attempts to develop scientific models that unify quantum mechanics with general relativity...
and relativistic astrophysics. Along with his colleagues he has published over 100 scientific papers. He has supervised several PhD
PHD
PHD may refer to:*Ph.D., a doctorate of philosophy*Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*PHD finger, a protein sequence*PHD Mountain Software, an outdoor clothing and equipment company*PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
students.
External links
- http://www.iucaa.ernet.in/~nkd/ home page
- scientific publications