Prof Naresh Dadhich, former director of Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), passed away on Thursday at Beijing, China. He was 81.

Prof Dadhich was unwell for past few days and was hospitalised according to Dr Ajit Kembhavi, former director and Emeritus Professor at IUCAA.

“In fact, I briefly spoke with him early this evening. Then we got a call informing us his sad demise,” Dr Kembhavi added.

“Prof Dadhich was an internationally known general relativist and worked in various areas of gravitation theory. He has a great deal of research work to his credit, including the magnetic Penrose process. He worked right till the day before he passed away in Beijing, where he was visiting for a month for research collaboration and lectures,” Dr Kembhavi recalled.

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