Sandip Trivedi

Sandip Trivedi (Hindi: स दप ि वेदी) is an Indian theoretical physicist working at

Sandip Trivedi
Tata Institute for Fundamental Research (TIFR) at Mumbai, India, while he is its
current Director.[1] He is well known for his contributions to string theory, in Born 5 April 1963 (age 56)
particular finding (along with Renata Kallosh, Andrei Linde, and Shamit India
Kachru) the first models of accelerated expansion of the universe in low energy Residence India
supersymmetric string. His research areas include string theory, cosmology and Nationality Indian
particle physics. He is now member of program advisory board of International
Alma mater Indian Institute of
Center for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS). He is also the recipient of the Infosys
Technology Kanpur
Prize 2010 in the category of Physical Sciences.[2]
California Institute of
Technology
Institute for Advanced
Contents Study

Education Known for String Theory

Awards Spouse(s) Shubha Tole

References Awards Shanti Swarup
External links Bhatnagar Award
Infosys Prize
TWAS Prize
Education Scientific career
He completed his master of science (Integrated) in physics from IIT Kanpur in Fields Theoretical physics
1985. He was awarded his PhD in 1990 from Caltech, Pasadena, USA. Later he Institutions TIFR
went on to work as a post-doctoral research associate at IAS, Princeton until
Doctoral John Preskill
1992.
advisor

Awards
He won the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in the Physical Sciences in 2005. He was the recipient of the Infosys
Prize 2010 in the category of Physical Sciences.[3] He is also a recipient of the TWAS Prize in Physics in 2015.[4]

References
1. Yogita Rao (9 July 2015). "Sandip Trivedi takes charge as TIFR director" (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/
mumbai/Sandip-Trivedi-takes-charge-as-TIFR-director/articleshow/47995537.cms). The Times of India. Retrieved
8 March 2016.
2. Infosys Prize 2010 - Physical Sciences (http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/infosys-prize-2010-winners.ht
ml#physicalsciences) Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20101117022339/http://www.infosys-science-founda
tion.com/infosys-prize-2010-winners.html) 17 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine
3. Infosys Prize 2010 - Gallery (http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/gallery.html) Archived (https://web.archiv
e.org/web/20101130195243/http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/gallery.html) 30 November 2010 at the
Wayback Machine
 4. "Prizes and Awards" (http://twas.org/article/winners-2015-twas-prizes-announced). The World Academy of
Sciences. 2016.

External links
Sandip Trivedi's Home Page at TIFR (http://theory.tifr.res.in/~sandip/)
List of Publications on SPIRES (https://archive.is/20121212143254/http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/find/hep/
www?rawcmd=ea+Trivedi,+Sandip+P)

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