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| known_for = Ajita; Twice Written; Particle Physics of Brane Worlds and Extra Dimensions<br />
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'''K. Sridhar''' (born 27 May 1961) is an Indian scientist conducting research in the area of theoretical [[high energy physics]] and a writer of [[fiction]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
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K. Sridhar obtained a PhD in physics in 1990 from [[Mumbai University]]. After his doctoral studies he worked in the [[University of London]] and [[CERN]], [[Geneva]]. He has collaborative associations with [[CERN]], [[Geneva]]; [[Laboratoire d'Annecy-le-Vieux de physique des particules|LAPP]], Annency; [[DAMTP]], Cambridge and University of Orsay, Paris. He was a professor of [[Theoretical Physics]] at the [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]], [[Mumbai]] till May, 2021 and is now a faculty member at the [[Azim Premji University]], [[Bengaluru]].<br />
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==Research==<br />
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His current interest is primarily in theories of extra dimensions and compositeness but he has also made contributions to quantum chromodynamics, supersymmetry, [[grand unification]] and electroweak physics. He has made significant contributions to brane-world models of extra dimensions, quarkonium physics and R-parity violating supersymmetry. He has published a book ''Particle Physics of Brane Worlds and Extra Dimensions'' which is published by Cambridge University Press in the series Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cambridge.org/er/academic/subjects/physics/particle-physics-and-nuclear-physics/particle-physics-brane-worlds-and-extra-dimensions?format=HB | title=Particle Physics of Brane Worlds and Extra Dimensions &#124; Particle physics and nuclear physics }}</ref><br />
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==Literature==<br />
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Sridhar's debut novel, ''Twice Written'' was published by [[Popular Prakashan]], Mumbai in 2011. This novel addresses important existential and philosophical questions through the lives of three young people living in Bombay in the 80's. ''Twice Written'' was reviewed in ''[[The Hindu]]'' and the ''[[Deccan Herald]]''.<ref name=Deccan>{{cite web|last1=Cherian|first1=Tarun|last2=Cherian|first2=Celia|title=A fresh classic|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/202689/a-fresh-classic.html|publisher=[[Deccan Herald]]|access-date=14 April 2015|date=5 November 2011}}</ref><ref name=Hindu>{{cite news|last1=Surya|first1=Vasantha|title=On a knife's edge|url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/on-a-knifes-edge/article2953484.ece|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=15 April 2015|date=3 March 2012}}</ref><br />
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A critical edition of Twice Written was published in 2019 by Curato, Mumbai.<br />
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Sridhar's second novel, ''Ajita'', was published in January 2025 by [[Westland Books]]. ''Ajita'' is a fictionalised account of the life of the [[Carvaka]] philosopher, [[Ajita Kesakambali]], presented in the novel as a story written by a contemporary professor of Philosophy called Moksh Malhar. ''Ajita'' presents Ajita's story alongside Moksh's own till the stories get intertwined and the book loops back upon itself. The form of the novel also mirrors its central concern with missing elements. The book is a [[lipogram]] in twenty-six chapters leaving out, in each chapter, one letter of the alphabet altogether.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[https://inspirehep.net/author/profile/K.Sridhar.1 Scientific publications of K. Sridhar] on [[INSPIRE-HEP]]<br />
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