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Ashoke Sen

Indian physicist · India · Scientists · Born 1956 · age 70

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Ashoke Sen FRS is an Indian theoretical physicist and ICTS-Infosys Madhava Chair Professor at the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), Bangalore.

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2014ICTP Dirac MedalAward2013Padma Bhushan in science & engineeringAward2012Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental PhysicsAward2009Infosys PrizeAward2005H K Firodia awardsAward2001Padma Shri in science & engineeringAward1997TWAS Prize for PhysicsAward1996G.D. Birla Award for Scientific ResearchAward1994Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and TechnologyAward1989ICTP PrizeAward1956Born15 July 1956

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Awards

ICTP Dirac Medal2014
Padma Bhushan in science & engineering2013
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics2012
Infosys Prize2009
H K Firodia awards2005
Padma Shri in science & engineering2001
TWAS Prize for Physics1997
G.D. Birla Award for Scientific Research1996
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology1994
ICTP Prize1989
Fellow of the Royal Society
Honorary Doctor of the University of Calcutta

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Ashoke Sen FRS is an Indian theoretical physicist and ICTS-Infosys Madhava Chair Professor at the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), Bangalore. A former distinguished professor at the Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Prayagraj, He is also an honorary fellow in National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) India. He is also a Morningstar Visiting Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a distinguished professor at the Korea Institute for Advanced Study. His main area of work is string theory. He was among the first recipients of the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics "for opening the path to the realization that all string theories are different limits of the same underlying theory".

Country
India
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Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
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Dates
Born 1956 · age 70

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