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![]() Deepak Kumar at J.N.U in 2007 | |
Born | New Delhi, India | 1 April 1946
Died | 26 January 2016 New Delhi, India | (aged 69)
Nationality | Indian |
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Known for | Studies on theory of disordered magnetic systems |
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Deepak Kumar (1 April 1946–26 January 2016) was an Indian condensed matter physicist and a professor at the School of Physical Sciences of Jawaharlal Nehru University. Known for his research on quantum mechanics and other areas of condensed matter physics, Kumar was an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to physical sciences in 1988.[1][note 1]
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