Prabhakar Pandurang Kane

Background

Kane, Prabhakar Pandurang was born on October 22, 1929 in Bombay, India. Son of Pandurang Vaman and Gangabai (Pandurang) Kane.

Education

Bachelor of Science with honors, Bombay Institute, 1949. Bachelor, Cambridge University, 1951. Master of Arts, Cambridge University, 1955.

Doctor of Philosophy, University Rochester, 1957.

Career

Assistant professor Wesleyan University, Connecticut, 1957-1959, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, 1959-1966, associate professor, 1966-1968, professor, 1968-1989, emeritus professor, since 1989.

Achievements

• Prabhakar Pandurang Kane has been listed as a noteworthy physicist, educator, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow: Maharahtra Academy of Sciences. Member: Indian Physics Association, American Physical Society.

Interests

• Music, hiking, reading.

Connections

Married Mary Thomas, September 26, 1957. Children: Rohini, Madhuri, Nandini.

Father:

Pandurang Vaman Kane

Mother:

Gangabai (Pandurang) Kane

Spouse:

Mary Thomas

child:

Rohini Kane

child:

Nandini Kane

child:

Madhuri Kane