Background
Kumar, Shiv Sharan was born on March 15, 1939 in Bannu, India.
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Shiv Sharan Kumar
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Education
Bachelor of Science, Lucknow University, Lucknow, India, 1957. Master of Science, University Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1962.
Career
Research assistant University Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1957—1960. Staff member Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1960—1961. Research associate National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, New York, 1962—1963.
Staff member Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India, 1963—1965. Faculty member University Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1965—1998, emeritus faculty member, since 1998. President The Galileo Institute, since 2000.
Visiting fellow Australian National University, Canberra, 1970—1971.
Achievements
Membership
Member of Astronomical Society of India, American Astronomical Society, International Astronomical Union.
Connections
Married Madhu Kumar, March 7, 1964. Children: Mona, Veena, Anita.
