What is Thanu Padmanabhan?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Thanu Padmanabhan | image = ThanuPadmanabhan.png | birth_date = 10 March 1957 | birth_place = [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kerala]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2021|09|17|1957|03|10}} | death_place = [[Pune]], India | nationality = Indian | field = [[Physics]], [[Astronomy]] | work_institution = [[Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Homepage of Padmanabhan|url=http://www.iucaa.in/~paddy/|access-date=19 September 2020|website=www.iucaa.in|archive-date=24 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024060318/http://www.iucaa.in/~paddy/|url-status=live}}</ref> | alma_mater = [[Kerala University]],<br>[[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]] | doctoral_advisor = [[Jayant Narlikar]] | doctoral_students = | known_for = | prizes = [[Padma Shri]] | footnotes = | other_names = }} '''Thanu Padmanabhan''' (10 March 1957 – 17 September 2021) was an Indian [[theoretical physicist]] and [[cosmologist]]. His works fouced on [[Gravitation]], [[Structure formation]] in the [[universe]] and [[Quantum Gravity]]. He was a Distinguished Professor at the [[Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics]].<ref>{{cite web |title=IUCAA - People |url=http://www.iucaa.in:8080/iucaa/jsp/N-People.jsp |website=IUCAA |access-date=8 September 2019 |archive-date=11 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111015055/http://www.iucaa.in:8080/iucaa/jsp/N-People.jsp |url-status=live }}</ref> Padmanabhan died on 17 September 2021 at the age of 64 from a [[heart attack]] in [[Pune]], India.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-09-17|title=Theoretical physicist Thanu Padmanabhan passes away in Pune|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/theoretical-physicist-thanu-padmanabhan-passes-away-in-pune-7514922/|access-date=2021-09-17|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:P