The emeritus professor of physics at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, Deepak Dhar has been awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2023. Dhar won the TWAS prize. He is an elected fellow of The World Academy of Sciences.
Talking to ANI, Dhar said, “It is a great honour, a huge award and I am really happy. Working for science is its own reward and the Padma Bhushan is incidental.”