| Somnath Bharadwaj | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kolkata, India |
| Residence | India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Fields | Theoretical Physics |
| Institutions | Harish-Chandra Research Institute Indian Institute of Technology & Centre for Theoretical Studies |
| Alma mater | St. Xavier's School St. James' School Indian Institute of Technology Indian Institute of Science & Raman Research Institute |
| Doctoral advisor | Rajaram Nityananda |
Somnath Bharadwaj is an Indian theoretical physicist who works on Theoretical Astrophysics and Cosmology.
Bharadwaj was born in India, studied at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur, and later received his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Science. After having worked at the Harish-Chandra Research Institute, he is now at the Indian Institute of Technology, as a Professor. He has made significant contributions to the dynamics of large-scale structure[1] formation.
In 2003 he was selected to be one of the professors from IIT whose class room lectures would be broadcast in the Eklavya Technology Channel.[2] [3] [4]
Bharadwaj was an invited speakers on Galaxy Formation at the prestigious Indo-US Frontier of Science symposium which was organized by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 2005.[5] [6]
He is currently in the Editorial Board of the Journal of Astrophysics & Astronomy[7] published by the Indian Academy of Sciences[8]