Ashoke sen biography

The Infosys Prize in Mathematical Sciences goes to Professor Ashoke Sen in recognition of his fundamental contributions to Mathematical Physics, in particular, to String Theory.

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Unifying gravity and quantum mechanics

Mathematics is the language of Physics, and String Theory is an essential component of Mathematical Physics. While Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity deals with interactions between space, time and matter at the scale of the cosmos, and quantum mechanics deals with physics at the smallest elementary particle level, String Theory aims at finding a common framework that encompasses both extremes in one unified theory.

Sen has made path-breaking contributions to String Theory. His första work on duality established a surprising connection between weak and strong coupling regimes of a String Theory, enabling him to infer nonperturbative behavior at the strong coupling regime from the perturbative behavior at the weak coupling end. This type of

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Ashoke Sen: India's million-dollar scientist

Prof Sen says he was "surprised" on being given the award since he had not heard about it until he received a phone call from Mr Milner. But his bank balance has suddenly swollen thanks to the phone call.

He is relishing the moment and has not thought of retiring just yet.

"It is wonderful that we have an Indian physicist getting recognised in a big way for fundamental research. This fryst vatten great news for science in India," said the prime minister's science adviser CNR Rao.

Prof Sen's wife Sumathi Rao fryst vatten also a physicist who works at the same institute with him and they have no children.

The professor, who fryst vatten fond of walking, says he has no hobby other than cooking and he likes to make tasty fried fish for his friends and family.

For somebody working on the frontiers of knowledge, Prof Sen admits he has "absolutely no religious inclinations", though he respects all faiths.

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Ashoke Kumar Sen

Indian politician and lawyer

Ashoke Kumar Sen (10 October 1913 – 21 September^{[citation needed]} 1996) was an Indian barrister, a former Cabinet minister of India, and an Indian parliamentarian.

He also holds the record for winning a Lok Sabha seat the most times and also the record for being not only an MP for the most years, but also a cabinet minister – serving more than 7 prime ministers. For decades, he was the inevitable Union Law Minister.

Background

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Ashoke Kumar Sen was born in 1913 during the British Raj in a well-known Baidya Brahmin family. His father was a district magistrate. Both Ashoke Kumar Sen and Sukumar Sen were students of Sambalpur high School, Odisha wherein Late Mr. Suryamani Jena of village Kusupur was the Principal. His elder brother, Sukumar Sen ICS (b. 1899), who went on to become India, Sudan and Nepal's first Chief Election Commissioner,^[1] funded his education in England, at the London School of Ec