# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shashikumar-chitre
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:56:09.352Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/shashikumar-chitre"
name: "Shashikumar Chitre"
slug: "shashikumar-chitre"
description: "Shashikumar Madhusudan Chitre FNA, FASc, FNASc, FRAS was an Indian mathematician and astrophysicist, known for his research in Astronomy and Astrophysics. The Government of India honored him, in 2012, with Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award, for his services to the sciences."
tagline: "Indian mathematician and astrophysicist"
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birthDate: "1936-05-07"
deathDate: "2021-01-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump