Sandip Trivedi is an Indian theoretical physicist working at Tata Institute for Fundamental Research (TIFR) at Mumbai, India, while he is its current Director. He is well known for his contributions to string theory, in particular finding (along with Renata Kallosh, Andrei Linde, and Shamit Kachru) the first models of accelerated expansion of the universe in low energy supersymmetric string. His research areas include string theory, cosmology and particle physics. He is now member of program advisory board of International Center for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS). He is also the recipient of the Infosys Prize 2010 in the category of Physical Sciences.
Fields
- Theoretical physics
Institutions
- Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
- California Institute of Technology
- Institute for Advanced Study
- TIFR
Notable awards
- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award
- Infosys Prize
- TWAS Prize
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