- On May 20, renowned Indian astrophysicist and science communicator Dr Jayant Vishnu Narlikar passed away in Pune.
- He was a pioneer in the field of cosmology and played a key role in setting up major scientific institutions in India.
- Born on July 19, 1938, he studied at Banaras Hindu University and later at the University of Cambridge, where he was awarded the Tyson Medal.
- The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) employed him from 1972 to 1989, where he headed the Theoretical Astrophysics Group.
- The Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) was established under his leadership at the University of Pune in 1988.
- Narlikar served as the founding director of IUCAA until his retirement in 2003.
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