Biman B. Nath

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Biman B Nath
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Born1964 (age 60–61)
Assam, India
Alma mater University of Maryland

Biman B. Nath (born 1964) is an educator, scientist, cosmologist, astrophysicist, and bilingual author from Bangalore, India. He writes in English and Bengali (fiction and non-fiction). He is currently a professor in Astronomy and Astrophysics at Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, India. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

His 2022 book Homi J Bhabha sheds light on the rich scientific legacy of Homi J Bhabha and his vision for India. Asian Age described the book as an authentic biography of a scientific pioneer. [5] [6]

Early life

Biman Nath was born in Assam to Binode Bihari Nath and Sabita Nath. He attended Narsing H S School and Gurucharan College in Silchar, then received his bachelor's degree in physics from Delhi University's Kirori Mal College, followed by a doctorate in astronomy from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1992. [7] [ failed verification ]

Career

Nath was a postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in Germany, then at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics India. He was a visiting professor at the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, University of Colorado in 2004. He joined the Raman Research Institute in 1997. He has received the Vikram Sarabhai research award for space science in 2005. He has authored and co-authored more than 120 research papers.[ citation needed ] He is an active member of the International Astronomical Unit. [8] He is often invited to deliver talks on research and development in astrophysics and astronomy. [9] [10] He also wrote columns for national papers such as Indian Express, [11] [12] The Hindu, [13] and other newspapers. [14] [15]

Books

He has authored several books (fiction and non-fiction), including the following:

Awards

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