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- Indian-origin professor of astronomy, Shrinivas R Kulkarni, wins Shaw Prize.
- Shaw Prize in Astronomy has been given to him for his ground-breaking discoveries about millisecond pulsars, gamma-ray bursts, and supernova.
- Shrinivas R Kulkarni has done MS from the Indian Institute of Technology in 1978 and PHD from University of California in 1983.
- He was also the director of Caltech Optical Observatories from 2006 till 2018.
- The Shaw Prize is given in three fields: Astronomy, Life sciences and Medicine, and Mathematical Sciences.
- The award comprise a monetary award of USD 1.2 million.
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