“There people who were leaders in their field in Cambridge and they lectured. And what impressed me the most was that all these big names never said that they were busy in their research and did not want to be burdened with lectures. They took their part in the lectures actively.”

— Jayant Narlikar

An Exclusive Interview with Prof. Jayant Vishnu Narlikar

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