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At the age of twnty three and after completing his studies in Kerala, he joined Tata Institute of Fundamental Research as a Scientist under the guidance of Jayanth Narlikar. He published his first article during his BSc Graduation Programme and further contributed eleven notable books and published more than three hundred research papers. Nation honoured this popular scientist, scientific writer and great speaker with Padma Shri, Bhatnagar Award and many other accolades. He won the first Infoys Award with gold medal and prize money of fifty five lakhs.
He is currently doing research in Cosmology, Gravitational force and Blackholes for Astronomy and Astrophysics of Pune.
Dr. GOVIND SWAROOP
Dr. Govinda Swaroop is a notable scientist in the observatory field of Astronomy. He was born in Uttarpradesh in 1929 and Post Graduated in Physics from University of Allahabad. Further he got his Doctorate from Stanford University of USA. He returned to India thereafter and continued his his further researches at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.
April, 2016