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Shrinivas Kulkarni was born on October 4, 1956 in Kurundwad, Kolhapur district, India. Public records list Shrinivas Kulkarni as a physicist, astronomer and teacher. The age as of 2026 is 70. Schooling on record includes University of California, Berkeley. Listed accolades include Fellow of the Royal Society, Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy (1991), Dan David Prize (2017) and 4 more.
My Take
Kulkarni is the kind of scientist I quietly idolize. From a small town in Kolhapur to Berkeley and then a long reign at Caltech running Palomar and Keck, his path reads like a love letter to the night sky that never cooled off. The award shelf, from the Waterman to the Dan David Prize and a Royal Society fellowship, is staggering, but what moves me is the subject matter: transient and explosive phenomena, the universe at its most dramatic. He chose to chase the cosmos in real time. That blend of childhood wonder and relentless rigor is rare, and deeply admirable.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Shrinivas Kulkarni
- Name (Japanese)
- シュリニヴァス・クルカルニ
- Reading
- しゅりにゔぁす・くるかるに
- Born
- October 4, 1956 (age 70)
- Origin
- Kurundwad, Kolhapur district, India
- Occupation
- physicist / astronomer / teacher
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Monkey
2. Background
- University
- University of California, Berkeley
Awards & achievements
- Fellow of the Royal Society
- 1991 Helen B. Warner Prize for Astronomy
- 2017 Dan David Prize
- 1992 Alan T. Waterman Award
- Infosys Prize
- 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship
- 1990 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering
3. Links
4. About this entry
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Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
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When was Shrinivas Kulkarni born?
Shrinivas Kulkarni was born on October 4, 1956 and is 70 years old.
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Shrinivas Kulkarni is from Kurundwad, Kolhapur district, India.
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Shrinivas Kulkarni works as physicist, astronomer, teacher.
Where did Shrinivas Kulkarni study?
Shrinivas Kulkarni attended University of California, Berkeley.
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