Narlikar has dedicated his life to the study of the Universe, contributing to various aspects of Astrophysics including the Narlikar-Hoyle theory.
He has also inspired many generations with his popular interactions, films and books.
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Narlikar was amongst the first to initiate cosmology research in India..
Narlikar and Hoyle worked on cosmology, including:
His father, Vishnu Vasudev Narlikar, was a mathematician and theoretical physicist who served as Professor and Head of Department of Mathematics at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, and mother, Sumati Narlikar, was a scholar of Sanskrit.
His wife is mathematician Mangala Narlikar and they have three daughters.
Narlikar was born in Kolhapur, India on 19 July 1938 in a family of scholars.
His father, Vishnu Vasudev Narlikar, was a mathematician and theoretical physicist who served as Professor and Head of Department of Mathematics at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, and mother, Sumati Narlikar, was a scholar of Sanskrit.
