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Dr Kanak Saha

  • 2021
  • Physical Sciences
  • 04/02/1977
  • Astrophysics and Astronomy
Award Citation:

Dr Kanak Saha has made the breakthrough discovery of a faint galaxy at high redshift, detected by deep observations using India’s first space observatory, AstroSat. In the area of theoretical astrophysics, his recent works throw light on the formation of long-standing spiral structures and dynamics of galaxies.

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Contact Details



  • Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics
    Ganeshkhind, Pune University Campus
    Pune - 411007
    Maharashtra
  • kanak[at]iucaa[dot]in
5 Dec 2024, https://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=585