Prof. J. V. Narlikar
Founder Director, now Emeritus Professor, Inter-University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics
Prof. Narlikar is a theoretical physicist widely known for fundamental contributions to astrophysics and cosmology. Along with Sir Fred Hoyle Narlikar proposed an alternative to the Big Bang theory. He headed an international team which undertook and found evidence for micro-organisms in the stratosphere. An intriguing possibility is that the organisms could have arrived from space. Narlikar has authored or co-authored a hundred books (professional, science popularization, fiction). Narlikar is a member of three Indian academies of sciences and Fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences.