Shrinivas R Kulkarni, an Indian-origin professor of astronomy from the US will be bestowed the prestigious Shaw Prize in Astronomy 2024.
- Shri Kulkarni has been awarded for his ground-breaking discoveries about millisecond pulsars, gamma-ray bursts, supernovae, and other variable or transient astronomical objects.
- Mr Kulkarni is the George Ellery Hale Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Science, Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy at the California Institute of Technology.
Shaw Prize
- In 2002, under the auspice of Mr Run Run Shaw, the Shaw Prize Foundation was established. The inaugural Shaw Prize was presented two years later in 2004.
- The Shaw Prize consists of three annual awards, namely the Prize in Astronomy, the Prize in Life Science and Medicine, and the Prize in Mathematical Sciences.
- Each prize carries a monetary award, which has been set at of one million two hundred thousand US dollars since 2016.
