Thiruvananthapuram: Postal Ass Deputy Chancellor Kerala Chancellor may fail to captivate Thanu Padmanabhan, but he is more than willing to participate in the Golden Jubilee celebration from the University Physics Department.
He has agreed to the organizer of the event that he will go down to the city and give ‘Luminar Lecture’ based on his studies on gravity and relativity.
Padmanabhan, who has a school and college education in the city, has joined the University College in 1975 as a physics student.
In two years, he published his first paper in general relativity in 1977.
“Padmanabhan’s death came as a rough surprise.
We have complicated conversations by telephone on Thursday night.
He was very interested in bringing a house on Nettayam where he carried a plot of several land Last year.
He plans to establish a scientific institute with the support of the state government, “said CPM member Politbiro M a baby.
Baby remembered how polite Padmanabhan rejected the invitation to take my position VC when he was Minister of State Education in the government V S Achuthananan.
My Physics Department celebrated his Golden Yobel celebration in December 2020.
“As part of the celebration, we organized 50 lectures by leading scientists.
When I contacted him with a request to give a lecture online, he said he would be better to come to the university and give college.
He said he wanted to get feedback, instant expression on Featuring students when he gave a lecture, “said KS Sibi, head of the Department of Physics, Ku.
The University plans to arrange lectures after the reopening of college.
People from various layers of society, including Governor Arif Mohammed Khan and Chair of the Pinarayai Minister Vijayan, denied Padmanabhan’s death.
“He is a talented science communicator and his contribution to loving research in cosmology and astrophysics will remember long,” the governor said in his message.
CM said the life and contribution of Padmanabhan would be an inspiration for science students forever.
Rajagopal Science writer Kamats considers Padmanabhan as a scientist who is sure about the limits that can be known.
“He is a down-to-earth and a good speaker.
Very few know that he has an asteroid for his credit and he named him after his daughter Hamsa,” he said.
Kamath considered books ‘after the first three minutes’ and ‘The Dawn of Science’ as one of the best beginner guides to the world of science and astrophysics.