Deepak Dhar becomes first Indian to win 'Boltzmann Medal'

Deepak Dhar becomes first Indian to win 'Boltzmann Medal'

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Category : Awards Published on: February 28 2022

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  • PHYSICIST PROFESSOR Deepak Dhar has become the first Indian to be awarded the Boltzmann Medal.
  • He shares the medal with John J Hoefield of Princeton University.
  • The Commission on Statistical Physics of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) presents this medal once in three years for contributions in the field of statistical physics. 
  • The medal presentation ceremony will be held during the StatPhys28 conference scheduled to be held in Tokyo in August this year.
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