
Endowment to honour Thanu Padmanabhan
The Hindu
Toppers of the BSc and MSc Physics programmes of University college will get awards
The alumni association of the University College, Thiruvananthapuram, has decided to establish an endowment and scholarship to honour Thanu Padmanabhan, the eminent theoretical physicist and an old boy of the college who passed away on September 17.
Every year, toppers of the BSc and MSc Physics programmes of the college will be awarded under this initiative, S. P. Deepak, president of the alumni association, said.

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