Somnath Bharadwaj (born 28 October 1964) is an Indian

theoretical physicist Theoretical physics is a branch of physics that employs mathematical models and abstractions of physical objects and systems to rationalize, explain and predict natural phenomena. This is in contrast to experimental physics, which uses experimen ...

who works on

Theoretical Astrophysics Astrophysics is a science that employs the methods and principles of physics and chemistry in the study of astronomical objects and phenomena. As one of the founders of the discipline said, Astrophysics "seeks to ascertain the nature of the hea ...

and

Cosmology Cosmology () is a branch of physics and metaphysics dealing with the nature of the universe. The term ''cosmology'' was first used in English in 1656 in Thomas Blount (lexicographer), Thomas Blount's ''Glossographia'', and in 1731 taken up in ...

. Bharadwaj was born in India, studied at the

Indian Institute of Technology The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are central government owned public technical institutes located across India. They are under the ownership of the Ministry of Education of the Government of India. They are governed by the Institu ...

Kharagpur Kharagpur () is a planned urban agglomeration and a major industrial city in Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Kharagpur subdivision. It is the largest, most populated, multicultural and cosmopol ...

, and later received his PhD from the

Indian Institute of Science The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is a public, deemed, research university for higher education and research in science, engineering, design, and management. It is located in Bengaluru, in the Indian state of Karnataka. The institute wa ...

. After having worked at the Harish-Chandra Research Institute, he is now a

professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an Academy, academic rank at university, universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who pr ...

IIT Kharagpur Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur) is a public institute of technology established by the Government of India in Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. Established in 1951, the institute is the first of the IITs to be established ...

. He has made significant contributions to the dynamics of large-scale structure formation. In 2003, he was selected to be one of the professors from IIT whose class room lectures would be broadcast in the

Eklavya Technology Channel Eklavya Technology Channel is a distant learning joint initiative between the IIT and IGNOU. It was inaugurated by Prof. Murli Manohar Joshi, Honourable Minister, HRD, S&T and Ocean Development on 26 January 2003. The objective of this initiati ...

. Bharadwaj was an invited speakers on

Galaxy Formation The study of galaxy formation and evolution is concerned with the processes that formed a heterogeneous universe from a homogeneous beginning, the formation of the first galaxies, the way galaxies change over time, and the processes that have ge ...

at the prestigious Indo-US Frontier of Science symposium which was organized by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 2005. He is currently in the editorial board of the ''Journal of Astrophysics & Astronomy'' published by the

Indian Academy of Sciences The Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore was founded by Indian Physicist and Nobel Laureate C. V. Raman, and was registered as a society on 24 April 1934. Inaugurated on 31 July 1934, it began with 65 founding fellows. The first general meet ...

.Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy
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References

External links

Somnath Bharadwaj's page at IIT

Somnath Bharadwaj's articles on INSPIRE-HEP

NASA ADS database of Somnath Bharadwaj's articles
Academic staff of IIT Kharagpur Indian astrophysicists 20th-century Indian physicists Living people Indian Institute of Science alumni IIT Kharagpur alumni 1964 births Scientists from Kolkata {{India-scientist-stub