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Readers discuss the importance of English at university level, a fix to an access problem, and an inspiring example set by two Shaw Prize winners.

Shrinivas R Kulkarni, an Indian-origin professor of astronomy from the US will be bestowed the prestigious Shaw Prize in Astronomy for his ground-breaking discoveries.

Kulkarni is the younger brother of well-known writer and Rajya Sabha member Sudha Murty, and hails from Karnataka. He was born in Kurundwad, near Sangli in Maharashtra and studied at Hubballi.

Other Shaw Prize recipients include US scientists Peter Sarnak, who received the Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences, and Swee Lay Thein and Stuart Orkin, who received the Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine in equal shares. Kulkarni is the George Ellery Hale Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Science in the Division of Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy at the California Institute of Technology

CalTech Professor Wins Shaw Prize In Astronomy.

The Shaw Prize, established in 2003, honors exceptional achievements in astronomy, life science and medicine, and mathematical sciences.

Thein Swee Lay and Stuart Orkin received the Shaw Prize for Life Sciences and Medicine for research into treatment for sickle cell disease and beta-thalassaemia.

HONG KONG, May 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Shaw Prize in Astronomy is awarded to Shrinivas R KulkarniGeorge Ellery Hale Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Science, Division of Physics

/PRNewswire/ -- The Shaw Prize in Astronomy is awarded to Shrinivas R Kulkarni George Ellery Hale Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Science, Division of...

The Shaw Prize Foundation announced on Tuesday that four scientists were given the Shaw Prize for their contributions to the fields of astro...