Govind Swarup
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Govind Swarup (March 23, 1929 – September 7, 2020) was a pioneer in radio astronomy. In addition to research contributions in multiple areas of astronomy and astrophysics, he was a driving force behind the building of "ingenious, innovative and powerful observational facilities for front-line research in radio astronomy".[2]
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Born | (1929-03-23)23 March 1929 |
Died | 7 September 2020(2020-09-07) (aged 91) |
Nationality | Indian |
Known for | Radioastronomy; R&D |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Radioastronomy |
Institutions | TIFR |
Doctoral advisor | Ronald N. Bracewell |
Doctoral students | Vijay Kumar Kapahi, Gopal Krishna |
Swarup was the key scientist behind the concept, design and installation of the Ooty Radio Telescope (Ootacamund, India) and the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) near Pune.[3][4] Swarup was the founding director of the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR).[5] Under his leadership, a strong group in radio astrophysics was built at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research that is comparable to the best in the world.[6]
He published over 125 research papers, edited 4 books, and held at least two patents.[7] He contributed to the fields of solar radio emission, radio galaxies, quasars, pulsars, interplanetary scintillation, dark matter and cosmology.[4][8][9]