1. Atish Dabholkar is an Indian theoretical physicist.
11 Facts About Atish Dabholkar
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Atish Dabholkar is currently the Director of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics with the rank of Assistant Director-General, UNESCO.
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Atish Dabholkar earned his master's degree in physics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in 1985 and his PhD in theoretical physics from Princeton University in 1990 under the guidance of Jeffrey A Harvey.
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In November 2019, Dabholkar was appointed as Director of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics.
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Atish Dabholkar was the co-organizer of the Strings 2001 Conference held at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai, India.
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Atish Dabholkar was awarded the Chaire d'Excellence of the Agence Nationale de la Recherche in France in 2007.
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Atish Dabholkar is a recipient of the National Leadership award from the President of India in 2008.
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Atish Dabholkar is the son of Shripad Dabholkar and Vrinda Dabholkar and the nephew of Narendra Dabholkar.
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Atish Dabholkar is married to Anita Kovacic, has two children, and lives in Slovenia.
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Atish Dabholkar was one of the signatories to the letter by over 700 scientists against the Citizenship Amendment Bill.
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Atish Dabholkar co-organized the signature campaign that collected the signatures of 3000 scientists and 100000 citizens in support.