Background
Wadia, Spenta R. was born on August 1, 1950.
Wadia, Spenta R. was born on August 1, 1950.
Bachelor of Science, St. Xavier's College, University Bombay, 1971. Master of Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 1973. Doctor of Philosophy, City University of New York, 1978.
He is currently a Distinguished Professor at Tata Institute of Fundamental, Mumbai and the first Director of the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS). Spenta Wadia did his bachelors from Saint Xavier"s College, Bombay and masters from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He obtained his Doctor of Philosophy from City College of City University of New York in 1978.
He then worked at University of Chicago from 1978-1982 first as a research fellow and then as a staff scientist
He finally moved to the Tata Institute of Fundamental in 1982 where he remains to this day. He is well known for his contributions to string theory, especially for the black hole solution in two dimensional string theory and various other work relating to the black holes in the context of string theory.
He has published around 80 papers in reputable scientific journals.
Fellow: National Academy of Sciences, India, New York Academy of Sciences, Indian National Science Academy, Indian Academy of Sciences, Third World Academy of Sciences (Physics prize 2004).