{"id":25516745,"date":"2022-03-20T23:45:56","date_gmt":"2022-03-20T18:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/?p=25516745"},"modified":"2022-03-20T23:45:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-20T18:15:56","slug":"thanu-padmanabhan-contribution-awards-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/thanu-padmanabhan-contribution-awards-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanu Padmanabhan &#8211; Contribution, Awards, Quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_79_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69d2fecc469c5\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69d2fecc469c5\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/thanu-padmanabhan-contribution-awards-quotes\/#History_of_Thanu_Padmanabhan\" >History of Thanu\u00a0Padmanabhan<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/thanu-padmanabhan-contribution-awards-quotes\/#Contribution_of_Thanu_Padmanabhan\" >Contribution of Thanu Padmanabhan<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/thanu-padmanabhan-contribution-awards-quotes\/#Awards_conferred_by_Thanu_Padmanabhan\" >Awards conferred by Thanu\u00a0Padmanabhan<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/thanu-padmanabhan-contribution-awards-quotes\/#Quotes_of_Thanu_Padmanabhan\" >Quotes of Thanu Padmanabhan<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/thanu-padmanabhan-contribution-awards-quotes\/#Conclusion\" >Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eminent theoretical physicist and cosmologist Thanu Padmanabhan was born on 10 March 1957 in Thiruvananthapuram to Thanu Iyer and Lakshmi. He<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> had a high level of scholarship in many areas of theoretical physics. His publications were mostly in Quantum and Classical Gravity, Cosmology and Structure Formation in the Universe. Thanu Padmanabhan experiments with gravity had fetched him prizes in nine years in the prestigious annual Gravity Essay contest conducted by the Gravity Research.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In this blog we will discuss the contributions, awards received, famous quotes and other important facts of the great <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">theoretical physicist<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and cosmologist Thanu Padmanabhan<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. This article will be very informative<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in GK parts<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for aspirants who are preparing for various competitive exams.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/entri.sng.link\/Bcofz\/yv45\/8wer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25507812 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/blog-banner1-1-3.png\" alt=\"blog banner1 (1)\" width=\"345\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/blog-banner1-1-3.png 345w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/blog-banner1-1-3-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/blog-banner1-1-3-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/blog-banner1-1-3-24x24.png 24w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/blog-banner1-1-3-48x48.png 48w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/blog-banner1-1-3-96x96.png 96w, https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/blog-banner1-1-3-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thanu Padmanabhan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Born<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">10 March 1957<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Died<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">17 September 2021<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pune, Maharashtra<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Birth Place\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trivandrum, Kerala<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Father<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Thanu Iyer<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mother<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lakshmi<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Nationality<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Indian<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">University<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kerala University<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tata Institute of Fundamental Research<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Known for<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Gravitation, structure formation in the universe and quantum gravity.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Awards<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Padma Shri<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fields<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Physics<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, astronomy<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Institutions<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The award is set up to honour distinguished scientists of Kerala origin. Gravitation, structure formation in the universe and quantum gravity are his major fields of research, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">whose research spanned a wide variety of topics in gravitation, structure formation in the universe and quantum gravity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">World famous Malayalee physicist <\/span>Prof. Thanu Padmanabhan<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> passed away on <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">17 September 2021, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He was 64.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/entri.sng.link\/Bcofz\/yv45\/8wer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Attempt Free GK Mock Test! Download Entri App!<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"History_of_Thanu_Padmanabhan\"><\/span><b>History of Thanu\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-size: 29.295px\"><b>Padmanabhan<\/b><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span id=\"highlight_64398\" class=\"editor-highlight\" data-id=\"64398\" data-type=\"highlight\">He was born on March 10, 1957, in Thiruvananthapuram. After completing his early schooling in Thiruvananthapuram, he completed his bachelor\u2019s degree in science and master\u2019s degree in science from the University College, Kerala University<\/span>\u00a0in the year 1977 and 1979 respectively.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"highlight_64399\" class=\"editor-highlight\" data-id=\"64399\" data-type=\"highlight\">At the age of just 20 years, he published his first paper on General Relativity being just a B.Sc. student.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Professor Thanu Padmanabhan is an internationally acclaimed Theoretical Physicist and Cosmologist whose research spans a wide variety of topics in Gravitation, Structure formation in the universe and Quantum Gravity. He has published more than 240 papers and reviews in international journals and nine books in these areas. Many of his contributions, especially those related to the analysis and modeling of dark energy in the universe and the thermodynamics of spacetime horizons, have made significant impact in the field.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He was honoured with a Padma Shri by the President of India in 2007.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Born in 1957, Padmanabhan took his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Physics from Kerala University and was a Gold medallist in both. Subsequently he joined TIFR, Mumbai where he did his Ph.D. in Physics. He held various positions at TIFR during 1980-1992 and also spent a year (in 1986-87) at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge for his postdoctoral research. He moved to the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune in 1992 and became Dean, Core Academic Programmes of that Centre in 1997, which is the position he is currently holding. He has been a visiting faculty at several places abroad including Caltech, Princeton University and Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Contribution_of_Thanu_Padmanabhan\"><\/span><strong>Contribution of Thanu Padmanabhan<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He made several contributions related to the analysis and modelling of dark energy in the universe and the interpretation of gravity as an emergent phenomenon.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Padmanabhan&#8217;s research was in the fields of gravitation and cosmology which includes quantum gravity and nature of dark energy. During 2002\u20132015, he provided a clear interpretation of gravity as an emergent phenomenon (like elasticity or fluid dynamics) and showed that this paradigm extends to a wide class of theories of gravitation including, but not limited to, general relativity.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Padmanabhan could show that several peculiar aspects of classical gravitational theories find natural interpretations in this approach. Such an interpretation also provides a novel solution to the cosmological constant problem. He gave two lectures at the Oxford\u2013Cambridge collaborative conference on &#8220;Cosmology and the Constants of Nature&#8221; about this.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the earlier part of Padmanabhan&#8217;s career (1980\u20132001), he made important contributions to quantum cosmology, structure formation in the universe and statistical mechanics of gravitating systems. In the 1980s, he came up with an interpretation of the Planck length as the &#8216;zero-point length&#8217; of spacetime based on very general considerations.This result, established by theoretical considerations and well-chosen thought experiments,finds an echo in more recent results in several other candidate models for quantum gravity.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He developed the complex path method (in 1998) to study black hole thermodynamics which was a precursor to the &#8216;tunneling paradigm&#8217; that became quite popular later on. He was a recognized authority in the subject of the statistical mechanics of gravitating systems and was a pioneer in the systematic application of these concepts to study the gravitational clustering in an expanding universe.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Dark energy in the universe<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>It has been known for decades that the universe is expanding. But until the late 1990s, it was believed that the expansion rate of the universe was slowing down, much like a car that is decelerating. Studies in the late 90s disproved this and showed that the expansion rate of the universe was, in fact, increasing \u2014 that is, the universe is like an accelerating car! This accelerated expansion demanded that nearly 70 percent of the energy driving the expansion must have very peculiar properties. This peculiar component was dubbed as dark energy.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In physical cosmology and astronomy, dark energy is an unknown form of energy that affects the universe on the largest scales. The first observational evidence for its existence came from measurements of supernovas, which showed that the universe does not expand at a constant rate; rather, the universe&#8217;s expansion is accelerating. Understanding the universe&#8217;s evolution requires knowledge of its starting conditions and composition. Before these observations, scientists thought that all forms of matter and energy in the universe would only cause the expansion to slow down over time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Measurements of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) suggest the universe began in a hot Big Bang, from which general relativity explains its evolution and the subsequent large-scale motion. Without introducing a new form of energy, there was no way to explain how scientists could measure an accelerating universe. Since the 1990s, dark energy has been the most accepted premise to account for the accelerated expansion.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Interpretation of gravity as an emergent phenomenon<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In philosophy, systems theory, science, and art, emergence occurs when an entity is observed to have properties its parts do not have on their own, properties or behaviors which emerge only when the parts interact in a wider whole.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Emergence plays a central role in theories of integrative levels and of complex systems. For instance, the phenomenon of life as studied in biology is an emergent property of chemistry, and many psychological phenomena are known to emerge from underlying neurobiological processes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Every resultant is either a sum or a difference of the co-operant forces; their sum, when their directions are the same \u2013 their difference, when their directions are contrary. Further, every resultant is clearly traceable in its components, because these are homogeneous and commensurable. It is otherwise with emergencies, when, instead of adding measurable motion to measurable motion, or things of one kind to other individuals of their kind, there is a co-operation of things of unlike kinds. The emergent is unlike its components insofar as these are incommensurable, and it cannot be reduced to their sum or their difference.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/entri.sng.link\/Bcofz\/yv45\/8wer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Attempt Free GK Mock Test! Download Entri App!<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Awards_conferred_by_Thanu_Padmanabhan\"><\/span><b>Awards conferred by Thanu\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-size: 29.295px\"><b>Padmanabhan<\/b><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">His research work won prizes nine times (in 1984, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2018 and 2020) including the First Prize in 2008 from the Gravity Research Foundation, USA.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A Stanford study in 2020, listing top scientists in different fields, ranked Padmanabhan as 24th in the world in his research area. He\u2019s the recipient of Padma Shri in the year 2007 for his contributions in the field of theoretical physics.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kerala Sastra Puraskaram, 2021<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">M. P. Birla Memorial Award, 2019<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Homi Bhabha Lecturer at UK (IoP-IPA award), 2014<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TWAS Prize in Physics (2011)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Infosys Science Foundation Prize for Physical Sciences (2009)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">J. C. Bose National Fellowship (Science and Engineering Research Board, DST[21]) (2008)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">INSA Vainu Bappu Gold Medal (2007)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Padma Shri (from the President of India, 2007<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Miegunyah Fellowship Award (University of Melbourne, Australia, 2004)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Homi Bhabha Fellowship (2003)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">G. D. Birla Award for Scientific Research (2003)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Al-Khwarizmi International Award (2002)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Millennium Medal (CSIR, 2000)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award (1996)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Birla Science Prize (1991)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Young Scientist Award, (Indian National Science Academy) (1984)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Quotes_of_Thanu_Padmanabhan\"><\/span><strong>Quotes of Thanu Padmanabhan<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;Attempts to understand extragalactic objects and the universe by using the laws of physics lead to difficulties that have no parallel in the application of the laws of physics to systems of a more moderate scale&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thanu padmanabhan has contributed a lot to India and to the world and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">whose research spanned a wide variety of topics in gravitation, structure formation in the universe and quantum gravity. He <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">passed away on <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">17 September 2021 at his residence Pune.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"highlight_64400\" class=\"editor-highlight\" data-id=\"64400\" data-type=\"highlight\">Throughout his career, he has been the author of over 300 research papers and several books in the field of gravitation, quantum gravity, structure, formation of the universe<\/span>\u00a0etc.\u00a0<span id=\"highlight_64401\" class=\"editor-highlight\" data-id=\"64401\" data-type=\"highlight\">He held the 24th rank among the top scientists in the world, as per a list maintained by Stanford University, for his research in Theoretical Physics.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/entri.app\/blog\/c-v-raman-biography-discovery-contribution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Get C V Raman \u2013 Biography, Discovery, Contribution here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Download <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/entri.sng.link\/Bcofz\/yv45\/8wer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Entri App<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Entri provides you effective learnings in a period of time with the help of expert teams and you can accomplish the goal with the Entri App. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Start your preparation for your dream government job with Entri App. We provide a wide range of courses over different government exams. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We are providing you the best platform for the preparations for every prestigious exam. 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