| Authorised form of name | Swarup; Govind (1929 - 2020) |
| Dates | 1929 - 2020 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Place of birth | Thakurdwara, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia |
| Date of birth | 23/03/1929 |
| Place of death | Pune, Mahrshtra, India, Asia |
| Date of death | 07/09/2020 |
| Occupation | Astronomer |
| Research field | Radio astronomy |
| Astrophysics |
| Antennas |
| Activity | Education:
Allahabad University, BSc (1948), MSc in Physics (1950); Stanford University, PhD (1961)
Career:
National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi (1950-1953 and 1955-1956); CSIRO, Australia (1953-1955); Research Associate, Harvard University (1956-1957); Research Assistant, Stanford University (1957-1960); Assistant Professor, Stanford University (1961-1963); Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Reader (1963-1965), Associate Professor (1965-1970), Professor (1970-19989), Professor of Eminence (1989-1994); Project Director, GMRT (1987); Centre Director, National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA) of TIFR (1993); retired from TIFR (1994)
Honours:
Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), Banaras Hindu University (1996) and Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur (2010)
Memberships:
Indian National Science Academy; Indian Academy of Sciences; National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad, India; Third World Academy of Science
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 14/03/1991 |
| Age at election | 61 |
| Relationships | Married to Bina Swarup, one daughter and one son. Younger brother of industrialist Mahesh Swarup Agarwal. |
| PublishedWorks | https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85384295/ |
| OtherInfo | Govind Swarup was responsible for the construction of the Ooty Radio Telescope (ORT) of unique design, which has provided very large gathering power at relatively low cost. His proposal for a giant metre-wavelength radio telescope of collecting area 50,000 square metres was funded for implementation. He was responsible for competence in India for the design and fabrication of antennas of all types.
His principal research contributions covered, amongst other topics: discovery of type U solar radio bursts, gyromagnetic model of solar radiation; lunar occultation of weak extragalactic radio sources using ORT; angular size–flux density relation for these, along with angular size counts, to provide independent evidence against the Steady State model; and the characteristics of jets, cores and hot spots of quasars.
Govind’s numerous awards included the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, the Herschel Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, the URSI Dellinger Medal, and the Grote Reber Medal of Australia.
Professor Govind Swarup FRS died on 7 September 2020. |
| Source | Sources:
https://royalsociety.org/people/govind-swarup-12374/; Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Govind_Swarup (accessed 17 September 2020) |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/108597473 |
| Code | NA4819 |