PhD (TIFR, Mumbai). Joined NIAS on 6th August 1992. Dr. Sreekantan is currently Visiting Professor at this Institute and also Chairman, Gandhi Centre of Science and Human Values of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bangalore. He was Dr. Radhakrishnan Visiting Professor in 1992. He was the Director of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research during 1975-87 and the Indian National Science Academy Srinivasa Ramanujan Professor during 1987-92. He has received a number of professional awards including the RD Birla Award of the Indian Physics Association and the Padma Bhushan. He has held a number of Visiting positions including in the US and Japan. After moving to NIAS, Prof. Sreekantan shifted his interests from pure science to studies on scientific and philosophical studies on consciousness and exploration of commonalities and similarities in holistic approaches in modern science and ancient philosophies. Through two seminars organized by him at NIAS, the historical epistemological, mathematical, experimental and technological factors that laid the foundations of sciences and led to the growth of modern science over the last few decades were analyzed and these have been incorporated in a volume that is under publication by ICPR.

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He has specialised in cosmic rays, high-energy physics and high-energy astronomies and has published over 200 research papers. After moving to NIAS, Prof. Sreekantan shifted his interests from pure science to studies on scientific and philosophical studies on consciousness and exploration of commonalities and similarities in holistic approaches in modern science and ancient philosophies.