S. R. Kulkarni is the George Ellery Hale Professor of Astronomy at
the California Institute of Technology.  He served as Executive Officer
for Astronomy (1997-2000) and Director of Caltech Optical Observatories
for the period 2006-2018. He
was recognized by Cornell Uniersity with an 
AD White Professor-at-Large appointment.
Kulkarni received an honorary doctorate from
the Radboud University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.  He is
the Chair of the Physical Sciences panel of the Infosys Science
Foundation.  <p>

Kulkarni obtained his undergradute degree from the Indian Institute
of Technology, Delhi and his PhD from UC Berkeley. He served a brief
period as a postdoc at UC Berekely and Caltech before joining the
faculty rank at Caltech in 1987.  <p>

Prof. Kulkarni's primary interests are the study of compact objects
(neutron stars and gamma-ray bursts) and cosmic explosions.  He is
keenly interested in developing or refining astronomical methodologies.
<p>

His awards include NSF's Alan T. Waterman Prize of the NSF, a
fellowship from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, a Presidential
Young Investigator award from the NSF, the Helen B. Warner award
of the American Astronomical Society, the Janksy Prize of Associated
Universities, Inc and the Dan David Prize.  <p>

Kulkarni is a fellow or member of the following learned societies:
the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the Royal Society of London,
the US National Academy of Sciences, Indian Academy of Sciences and
the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).
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Detailed CV and Bibliograph can be found
<a href="http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~srk/cv.html"> here </a>