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'''Banibrata Mukhopadhyay''' is an Indian Scientist/Astrophysicist and a professor of [[Physics]] at the [[Indian Institute of Science]], [[Bangalore]], [[India]], born at [[Kolkata]], [[India]] to Pulak Mukhopadhyay, a biologist, and Tapati Mukhopadhyay, an academic. Mukhopadhyay's mother tongue is [[Bengali language|Bengali]].<br />
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==Research interests==<br />
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Mukhopadhyay's research interests include [[black holes]], [[white dwarfs]] and [[neutron stars]] (called as compact astrophysical objects),<ref>{{cite news|title= Fatter than laureate's limit- Indian astrophysicists revise sacrosanct number |url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130219/jsp/frontpage/story_16578581.jsp |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130223121159/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130219/jsp/frontpage/story_16578581.jsp |url-status = dead |archive-date = 23 February 2013 |newspaper=The Telegraph | access-date=10 November 2016 | date=19 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Extremely bright supernovae may break the Chandrasekhar limit |url = http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2013/feb/12/extremely-bright-supernovae-may-break-the-chandrasekhar-limit |newspaper=Physics World | access-date=10 November 2016 | date=12 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= New mass limit for white dwarfs<br />
|url = http://www.natureasia.com/en/nindia/article/10.1038/nindia.2013.27 |newspaper= Nature India | access-date=10 November 2016 | date=20 February 2013|doi = 10.1038/nindia.2013.27 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Indian physicists crack puzzle of exploding stars<br />
|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150417/jsp/nation/story_15063.jsp#.VT0GEUkaleh|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419235528/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150417/jsp/nation/story_15063.jsp#.VT0GEUkaleh|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 April 2015|newspaper=The Telegraph | access-date=10 November 2016 | date=16 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=New Mass Limit for White Dwarfs: Explains Super-Chandrasekhar Type Ia Supernovae | url=http://www.2physics.com/2013/02/new-mass-limit-for-white-dwarfs.html |newspaper=2Physics | access-date=10 November 2016 | date=16 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=IISc scientist's paper explains the existence of super luminous supernova<br />
| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/IISc-scientists-paper-explains-the-existence-of-super-luminous-supernova/articleshow/19257945.cms |newspaper=The Times of India | access-date=10 November 2016 | date=28 March 2013}}</ref> in general, relativistic, high energy and nuclear astrophysics; astrophysical fluid dynamics and other related/similar fluid flows; Einstein's general relativity and its possible modifications and their applications to understand enigmatic astrophysical observations; and field theory in curved spacetime including baryogenesis.{{Verification needed|date=August 2021}}<br />
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==Awards and recognition==<br />
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In recognition of his work, Mukhopadhyay has received the following awards:<br />
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* B. M. Birla Science Prize in Physics, 2012,<ref>{{cite news |title=B.M. Birla Science Prizes announced |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/bm-birla-science-prizes-announced/article5219855.ece |newspaper=The Hindu| access-date=10 November 2016 | date=10 October 2013}}</ref><br />
* Vainu Bappu Gold Medal, 2006,<ref>{{cite web |title=ASI Awards |url=http://www.astron-soc.in/awards.php |access-date=10 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610132727/http://www.astron-soc.in/awards.php |archive-date=10 June 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{Verification needed|date=August 2021}}<br />
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