Jayant Narlikar is the perfect answer to the serious issue of Indian ‘Brain-drain’. Now a days, it has become very common of our talented professionals migrating abroad for never to return back. But, this scientist decided to come back from Cambridge after study & research in early stage of career to pursue lifelong career in our very own homeland.
Background: Born on 19th July 1938 as youngest son to Wrangler Prof. Vishnu & Sumati Narlikar at Kolhapur.
Education: Schooling from University school, Banaras. He took important decision of joining science stream (ahead of Engineering which was preferred among scholars) with a dream of becoming scientist.
B.S.C. with honours from BHU (His father was a professor & HOD of Maths at Banaras Hindu University).
B.A. in mathematics as a senior Wrangler (like his father), M.A. in astronomy and astrophysics & Ph.D from Cambridge university, England.
Career: After receiving Ph.D from Cambridge University in 1963 under the able guidance of his mentor Sir Fred Hoyle, he began his career as a research Fellow at King's College in Cambridge and earned M.A. in astronomy and astrophysics in 1964.
1964-72: Continued research as founder staff member of ‘Institute of Theoretical Astronomy’ set up by Sir Fred Hoyle.
In 1972, he decided to return back to India & took up Professorship at the ‘Tata Institute of Fundamental Research’ (TIFR) in Mumbai working as in-charge of the Theoretical Astrophysics Group.
In 1988, he set up Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) inside Pune university campus & served as Founder-Director of IUCAA till 2003.
Marriage & Spouse: He got married to Mangala Rajwade on 21st June’1966 & the couple is blessed with 3 daughters Gita, Girija & Lilawati.
Honours: He is awarded with ‘Padma Bhushan’ in 1965 & ‘Padma Vibhushan’ in 2004 for his research work.
Our government is spending huge amount of money for the education & infrastructure at IIT’s & IIM’s. But, the cream of new generation passing out from these premier institutes of country prefer to proceed abroad for either further studies or high salary MNC jobs for never to return back. This brain-drain is a serious issue, as far as talent retaining & contribution for the development of own country is concerned.
Astrophysicist Jayant Narlikar has set good example to follow for all those youngsters; who look at him as a role model in the field of research.
Source: Autobiography of Jayant Narlikar – ‘Char nagaratale mazhe vishwa’.
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