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Jayant Narlikar, the storyteller who brought the stars closer to India

June 02, 2025 11:01 am

He was a brilliant researcher and had the conviction and courage to ride against the tide.

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Very few have courage to stand up against astrology today: Mashelkar on Narlikar

June 01, 2025 11:30 am

In 2008, Narlikar teamed up with the late rationalist Narendra Dabholkar to conduct an experiment testing the validity of astrology.

Prof Narlikar founded the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) within the Savitribai Phule Pune University

'Prof Jayant Narlikar believed in nurturing children with love of science from young age': Educator remembers astrophysicist

May 22, 2025 10:08 am

Prof Jayant Narlikar, who passed away at the age of 86 on May 20, was a renaissance scientist, said Prof Arvind Gupta.

'An ideal teacher who turned difficult ideas simple': Scientists, groomed by Narlikar, remember their mentor

May 22, 2025 9:28 am

Narlikar, who passed away early Tuesday morning aged 87, happened to be one of the most recognisable and loved figures in Pune, not the least among school-children who he actively sought out to discuss science.

Remembering Jayant Narlikar, the astrophysicist who challenged dominant theories

May 21, 2025 10:26 am

He made science accessible while underlining that there were no shortcuts to excellence

Jayant Narlikar (1938-2025): The North Star in Indian astrophysics, he was ahead of his time — and space

May 21, 2025 7:32 am

Working with legendary Fred Hoyle to setting up IUCAA, Jayant Narlikar nurtured, inspired next generation

Jayant Narlikar being bestowed with the Ranade award in Pune in 2019.

How renowned cosmologist Jayant Narlikar helped build the steady-state theory of the universe

May 21, 2025 11:43 am

Cosmologist Jayant Narlikar Contribution: Narlikar’s main contribution was in modifying Einstein’s general relativity equations in a manner consistent with the creation of new matter in the universe.

Prof Jayant Narlikar addressing students during the National Conference on Space in Chandigarh in 2013.

Astrophysicist Jayant Narlikar passes away: What is the Hoyle–Narlikar theory of gravity?

May 20, 2025 5:00 pm

Astrophysicist Jayant Narlikar Theory Gravity Explained: Narlikar was best known for propounding the Hoyle–Narlikar theory of gravity (also known as conformal gravity), which sought to improve on Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity.

Explained: What it means to have Jayant Narlikar as chair of Marathi Sahitya Sammelan

January 27, 2021 8:24 am

The importance of Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan in the Marathi literary world, and what it means to have world-renowned scientist Jayant Narlikar as its chair.

Mumbai Confidential: A Dash of Science

January 24, 2021 9:07 pm

For the upcoming summit in March, the convention has unanimously voted world renowned astrophysicist, researcher and author Dr Jayant Narlikar, a Padma Bhushan awardee and a winner of several global accolades, as the president.