Spenta Wadia

Spenta R. Wadia is the Infosys Homi Bhabha Chair Professor at the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS-TIFR) and Distinguished Emeritus Professor of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. He is the Founding Director of ICTS-TIFR, a unique institution involved in furthering the boundaries of fundamental research and science education, emphasizing that science is one story. Prof. Spenta Wadia has made basic contributions to quantum field theory, statistical mechanics, string theory and black hole physics. His other interests are in complex systems and cross-disciplinary biology.

Prof. Wadia is an alumnus of St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, City University of New York and the University of Chicago. He has held long-term visiting positions at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton and CERN Geneva. Wadia’s recognitions include the TIFR Alumni Association Excellence Award in 2016, The World Academy of Science (TWAS) Physics Prize in 2004, the Physics Prize of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in 1995. Prof. Spenta Wadia is a Distinguished Alumnus of St Xavier’s College, Mumbai, and a member of the Indian National Science Academy, The Indian Academy of Sciences and TWAS.