Sandip Trivedi (; born 1963) 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 experi ...

working at Tata Institute for Fundamental Research (

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) at Mumbai, India, where had been the director. He is well known for his contributions to

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, in particular finding (along with

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, and

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) the first models of accelerated expansion of the universe in low energy supersymmetric string (see KKLT mechanism). His research areas include string theory, cosmology and particle physics. He is now member of program advisory board of International Center for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS). He is also the recipient of the

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2010 in the category of

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Education

He completed his

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(Integrated) in physics from

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in 1985. He was awarded his

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in 1990 from

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, USA. Later he went on to work as a post-doctoral

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at IAS,

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until 1992.

Awards

He won the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in the Physical Sciences in 2005. He was the recipient of the

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He is also a recipient of the

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in Physics in 2015.

References

External links

Sandip Trivedi's Home Page at TIFR

List of Publications on SPIRES
20th-century Indian physicists Indian string theorists Living people 1963 births IIT Kanpur alumni Academic staff of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research TWAS laureates {{physicist-stub