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Jayant Narlikar honoured with Ratna Puraskar
The Statesman
|October 27, 2025
Jayant Narlikar, India's renowned astrophysicist, science communicator, and Padma Vibhushan awardee, has been selected posthumously for the Vigyan Ratna Puraskar ~ the country's highest scientific honour, the Ministry of Science and Technology announced.
Narlikar, who passed away on 20 May this year at the age of 86, was celebrated for his bold and unconventional ideas in cosmo
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