String theory pioneer Ashoke Sen won the Oskar Klein Medal

Dr. Ashok Sen. | Photo credit: R. Ravindran

Theoretical physicist Ashoke Sen has won the 2026 Oskar Klein Medal, becoming the first Indian laureate to receive the honor, awarded by Stockholm University and the Nobel Committee in Physics of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

The medal recognizes a significant contribution to theoretical physics. Dr. Sen is the ICTS-Infosys Madhava Senior Professor at the International Center for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), Bengaluru. He also gave a memorial lecture accompanying the medal in Stockholm on 22 October entitled “Gravity from Strings and Strings from Gravity”.

Published – 25 Oct 2026 19:45 IST