Naresh Dadhich

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Naresh Dadhich
Born (1944-09-01) September 1, 1944 (age 77)
Alma mater Pune University
Scientific career
Fields Quantum gravity
Institutions Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune
Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi
Doctoral advisor Vishnu Vasudev Narlikar

Naresh Dadhich (born September 1, 1944) is a theoretical physicist, formerly at Inter-University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA). He was also the director of IUCAA until August 31, 2009. He held the M.A. Ansari Chair in Theoretical Physics at Centre for Theoretical Physics, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi from 2012 to 2016. [1]

He became the director of IUCAA in July 2003. [2] In 2012 he was a visiting faculty member at the University of KwaZulu-Natal at Durban, South Africa [3] 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.

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References

  1. Dadhich, Naresh. "Naresh Dadhich @ CTP, JMI". CTP, JMI Website. CTP, Jamia Millia Islamia.
  2. Ramachandran, R. (10 May 2003). "Narlikar's successor". The Hindu . Retrieved 17 March 2008.
  3. "ACRU People". Astrophysics and Cosmology research unit, University of Kwazulu-Natal. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.