Nissim Kanekar

Institution
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Country
India

Field
Physics

Kanekar, who has defined stringent observational bounds on the evolution of the electron proton mass ratio, was awarded the 2017 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology for his contributions to astrophysics.

(Photo: Tata Institute of Fundamental Research)

AWARDS
  • 2017 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology

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