PUNE: Thanu Padmanabhan, distinguished Professor and Dean of Core Academic Programmes at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), has been awarded the Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) prize in Physics for 2011. The award consists of $15,000 and a personalised plaque that will be given to him during the award ceremony arranged by TWAS.
"Padmanabhan is recognised for developing a thermodynamical perspective in which gravity arises as an emergent phenomenon and for contributing significantly to our understanding of dark energy," said a statement released by TWAS.
