About Trilochan Pradhan
Lived 1929 – 2021 (aged 92). Trilochan Pradhan was an Indian physicist.
Trilochan Pradhan (3 January 1929 – 4 December 2021) was an Indian scientist.
Career Pradhan obtained his PhD from the University of Chicago in 1956. He headed the Theoretical Nuclear Physics Division at the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics from 1964 to 1974, was the founding director of the Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar from 1974 to 1989 and served as the vice chancellor of Utkal University from 1989 to 1991.
Books The Photon, (Nova Science Publishers, New York), 2001 Quantum Mechanics (University Press of Hyderabad) Electron Capture by Protons Passing through Hydrogen
Awards Kalinga Ratna, 2018 Kalinga Samman, 2014 Padma Bhusan, 1990 Meghnad Saha Award, 1980
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Who was Trilochan Pradhan?
Indian Physicist
When was Trilochan Pradhan born?
Trilochan Pradhan was born on 3 January 1929 in Nayagarh district.
When did Trilochan Pradhan die?
Trilochan Pradhan died on 4 December 2021 in Bhubaneswar.
What was Trilochan Pradhan's occupation?
Trilochan Pradhan was a physicist.
What nationality was Trilochan Pradhan?
Trilochan Pradhan was Indian.
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