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Govind Swarup

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Indian radio astronomer (1929-2020)

IndiaScientistsLived 1929 to 2020 · aged 91
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Govind Swarup was a pioneer in radio astronomy. In addition to research contributions in multiple areas of astronomy and astrophysics, he was a driving force behind the building of "ingenious, innovative and powerful observational facilities for front-line research in radio astronomy".

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Awards 12

2007Grote Reber Medal
2006Herschel Medal
2001H K Firodia awards
1993Gujar Mal Modi Science Award
1990John Howard Dellinger Medal
1988TWAS Prize for Physics
1987Meghnad Saha Medal
1984Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Medal
1974Jawarharlal Nehru Fellowship
1973Padma Shri in science & engineering
1972Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology
TWAS fellow

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Calyampudi Radhakrishna RaoAlso won Meghnad Saha MedalA. S. Kiran KumarAlso won Gujar Mal Modi Science AwardRajesh GopakumarAlso won TWAS Prize for PhysicsGerald NeugebauerAlso won Herschel MedalPadmanabhan BalaramAlso won H K Firodia awardsPurushottama LalAlso won Jawarharlal Nehru Fellowship

About this person

Country
India
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1929 to 2020 · aged 91
Written about in
6 languages

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