{"id":155141,"date":"2023-08-14T12:25:42","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T06:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=155141"},"modified":"2023-08-14T12:25:44","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T06:55:44","slug":"bikash-sinha-a-renowned-nuclear-physicist-dies-at-the-age-of-78-in-kolkata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/bikash-sinha-a-renowned-nuclear-physicist-dies-at-the-age-of-78-in-kolkata\/","title":{"rendered":"Bikash Sinha, a renowned nuclear physicist, dies at the age of 78 in Kolkata."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Bikash Sinha, a renowned nuclear physicist, dies at the age of 78 in Kolkata:<\/strong> He was the former director of the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics and Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/daily-current-affairs-and-quiz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daily Current Affairs Quiz: August 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sinha specialized in nuclear physics, high energy physics, Quark Gluon Plasma, and early cosmology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the first time, he led the Indian team to participate in the experiments of the European Atomic Research Organization in Geneva.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was a recipient of the Padma Shri in 2001 and the Padma Bhushan in 2010. He was also awarded the RD Birla Award for Excellence in Physics in 2002.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bikash Sinha, a renowned nuclear physicist, dies at the age of 78 in Kolkata: He was the former director of the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics and Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre. Daily Current Affairs Quiz: August 2023 Sinha specialized in nuclear physics, high energy physics, Quark Gluon Plasma, and early cosmology. 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