Education
He studied in Saraswati Secondary School, Thane, Maharashtra up to 10th grade and attended Doctorate. G. Ruparel College for the next 2 years.
He studied in Saraswati Secondary School, Thane, Maharashtra up to 10th grade and attended Doctorate. G. Ruparel College for the next 2 years.
He was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for science and technology, the highest science award in India, for the year 2013 in physical science category. His main research interest is in the area of high energy physics with focus on particles known as neutrinos, their nature and the role they play in astrophysics and cosmology. Dighe completed his Bachelor of Technology in Engineering Physics (1992) from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Mississippi and Doctor of Philosophy (1997) from University of Chicago.
Later he did postdoctoral research at International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, European Organization of Nuclear Research and Max Planck Institute before joining Tata Institute of Fundamental Research as a faculty member in 2003.
