Avinash Anant Deshpande (born 23 January 1958) is an Indian astrophysicist and a professor of physics at

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. Known for his research on astrophysics, Deshpande is known to have contributed towards the studies of ''the pulsar magnetospheric emission regions'' and in the elucidation of ''unphysically ultradense neutral hydrogen irregularities in the interstellar space''. Born on 23 January 1958, desh graduated in electrical engineering from the

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in 1980 and started his career by joining

. He did his doctoral research at RRI which earned him his PhD from the

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in 1988 and subsequently, did his post doctoral work at

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during 1990–92. On his return to India, he resumed his service at RRI and holds the position of a professor there, continuing his research at the electronic laboratory of the institute. He has been involved in a number of projects undertaken by RRI and he is credited with the development of a receiver for ''high time-resolution studies of pulsars at low radio frequencies''. His studies have been documented by way of a number of articles and

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, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the

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, one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to physical sciences in 2002.

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Recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Physical Science Scientists from Bangalore Indian scientific authors 1958 births IIT Bombay alumni IIT Kanpur alumni Indian astrophysicists University of Tasmania alumni Living people {{India-scientist-stub

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