Nissim Kanekar was born on 11 September 1973 and is an Indian astrophysicist, cosmologist and a professor at National Centre for Radio Astrophysics of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.
11 Facts About Nissim Kanekar
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Nissim Kanekar, born on 11 September 1973 in Mumbai in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, did his undergraduate studies at Ramnarain Ruia College of Mumbai University and, after earning a graduate degree in physics in 1991, moved to Savitribai Phule Pune University for his master's studies to obtain an MSc in 1995.
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Nissim Kanekar enrolled for his doctoral studies at the same institution and carrying out his research at National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, a research institute managed by Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, he secured a PhD in 2000.
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One of the principal contributions of Nissim Kanekar was the establishment of observational bounds for the study of the evolution of the electron proton mass ratio.
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Nissim Kanekar has done reportedly notable work on the fine structure constant over cosmological time scales.
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Nissim Kanekar was one among the group of astronomers who observed a pair of distant Milky Way-like galaxies in early 2017 which has since been detailed in a paper published by the scientists.
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Nissim Kanekar's studies have been documented by way of a number of articles and ResearchGate, an online article repository of scientific articles, has listed 115 of them.
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Nissim Kanekar has delivered several lectures on astronomy which include a series of lectures delivered at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali in 2014.
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Nissim Kanekar received the URSI Young Scientist Award of the International Union of Radio Science in 2005 which he declined.
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Nissim Kanekar has held various research fellowships, including Max Planck Fellowship, Jansky Fellowship, and NOVA Fellowship and he declined the Bolton Fellowship twice and ASTRON Fellowship once.
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Nissim Kanekar is a member of the International Astronomical Union.