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JAYANTH NARLIKAR
Jayanth Narlikar is one of the predominant names when we discuss about the
greatest astronomers of Modern India. He is a scientist of international repute who
promotes the goodness and value of science all over the world.
He was born in Kolhapur of Maharashtra in 1938 as the son of famous
Mathematicianm, Vishnu Vasudev Narlikar and Sanscrit Pandit ,Sumathi Narlikar.
Jayanth Narlikar was a brilliant student who graduated from Banaras Hindu
University and further received Doctorate from Cambridge University for his research
iIn Cosmology under the guidance of Fred Hoyle, the noted scientist.
Later he became the Professor of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai in
1972. He became world famous through the study on Steady State Model of the
Universe which was totally different and unique from the Big Bang Theory. He was
April, 2016