Bhalchandra Madhav Udgaonkar, popularly as B.M. Udgaonkar, was an Indian theoretical particle physicist, scientist, educationist and the co-editor of ''A Nuclear-Weapon-Free World: Desirable?, Feasible?''.
His contributions have been reported in the development of
Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education
Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE) is a National Centre of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India. The broad goals of the institute are to promote equity and excellence in science and mathematics educati ...
(HBCSE),
Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar and Marathi Vidnyan Parishad (MaViPa). An alumnus of the
Raja Shivaji Vidyalaya
Raja Shivaji Vidyalaya is one of the three medium high schools (formerly known as King George High School), in the Dadar neighborhood of Mumbai, Maharastra, India. Raja Shivaji is a Marathi medium school and the Indian Education Society's aka IES ...
(erstwhile King George School),
he is a member of the
Institute of Advanced Study, USA, a scientists' community,
and a former president of the Marathi Vidnyan Parishad.
He is the author of several books
and has contributed content to books written by others.
The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the
Padma Bhushan
The Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is given for "distinguished service ...
, in 1985, for his contributions to science and technology.
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Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in science & engineering
Indian particle physicists
Indian scientific authors
20th-century Indian educational theorists
1927 births
2014 deaths
Marathi people
20th-century Indian physicists
Scientists from Maharashtra
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