Naresh Dadhich

Naresh Dadhich
Born	(1944-09-01)1 September 1944
Died	6 November 2025(2025-11-06) (aged 81) Beijing, China
Alma mater	Pune University
Scientific career
Fields	Quantum gravity
Institutions	Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi
Doctoral advisor	Vishnu Vasudev Narlikar
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Naresh Dadhich (1 September 1944 – 6 November 2025) was an Indian theoretical physicist at Inter-University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA). He was also the director of IUCAA until 31 August 2009. Dadhich held the M.A. Ansari Chair in Theoretical Physics at Centre for Theoretical Physics, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi from 2012 to 2016.^[1]

Dadhich became the director of IUCAA in July 2003.^[2] In 2012, he was a visiting faculty member at the University of KwaZulu-Natal at Durban, South Africa^[3] and also worked with gravity research groups in Portsmouth, United Kingdom and Bilbao, Spain.

His specialties included classical and quantum gravity and relativistic astrophysics. Along with his colleagues he published over 100 scientific papers and also supervised several PhD students.

Dadhich died on 6 November 2025, at the age of 81.^[4] at Beijing, China, where he was on an academic visit.

References

1. Dadhich, Naresh. "Naresh Dadhich @ CTP, JMI". CTP, JMI Website. CTP, Jamia Millia Islamia.
2. Ramachandran, R. (10 May 2003). "Narlikar's successor". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 March 2008.
3. "ACRU People". Astrophysics and Cosmology research unit, University of Kwazulu-Natal. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
4. "Prof Naresh Dadhich, former director IUCAA, passes away in Beijing". The Indian Express. 6 November 2025. Retrieved 6 November 2025.

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