Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, Indian cosmologist (Kolhapur, Maharashtra State 19 July 1938 –

ACHIEVEMENTS

With F. Hoyle developed Hoyle-Narlikar conformal gravity theory

With P.K. Das provided an explanation for abnormal redshifts of quasars

With K.M.V. Apparao & N. Dadhich developed white hole concept as exploding sources of energy

With S.M.S. Chitre proposed the hypothesis of the gravitational curvature of radio waves due to the presence of galaxies (1978)

HONORS 

Prix Janssen, Société Astronomique de France (2004)