Jayant Vishnu Narlikar Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, based on 3 World History Database records associated with India.

3 records1964–19883 events3 places

Chronological biography

1964

Hoyle-Narlikar Gravity1964

Science / Physics · Astrophysicist · Cambridge

Jayant Narlikar and Fred Hoyle publish a new Machian theory of gravitation based on direct particle interactions.

1974

Mini-bangs1974

Science / Physics · Astrophysicist · India

Jayant Narlikar develops the idea of localized matter-creation events, later described as mini-bangs within alternative cosmological models.

1988

IUCAA1988

Science / Physics · Founder · IUCAA · Pune

Jayant Narlikar becomes founding director of IUCAA, creating a national centre to strengthen university research in astronomy and astrophysics.

Titles and roles

Astrophysicist · Founder · IUCAA

Record provenance

This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.