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'''Bal Phondke''' (born 22 April 1939) is the [[nom-de-plume]] of '''Dr Gajanan Phondke''', a leading [[Marathi language|Marathi]] writer of science literature ([[science fiction|fiction]] and non-fiction). He is credited in part to have started the science fiction genre of writing in [[Marathi literature]]. Alongside Dr. Jayant Narlikar's science fiction work Baal Phondke's works had a cult following in a generation of readers in Maharashtra.

He worked as a nuclear biologist at the [[Bhabha Atomic Research Centre]] from 1962 to 1983. From 1983 to 1989, he was with the Times of India, serving as the Editor of [[Science Today magazine]] and also as the science editor of ''[[The Times of India]]'' broadsheet.<ref name="Arnab Bhattacharya hopes to get Mumbaikars chatty about science">{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_arnab-bhattacharya-hopes-to-get-mumbaikars-chatty-about-science_1218538|title=Arnab Bhattacharya hopes to get Mumbaikars chatty about science|last=Krishna|first=R |date=Jan 4, 2009|publisher=[[DNA India]]|access-date=7 December 2010}}</ref><ref name="Nukes are 'weapons of peace': Kakodkar">{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Nukes-are--weapons-of-peace---Kakodkar/592992/|title=Nukes are 'weapons of peace': Kakodkar|date=March 19, 2010|publisher=[[Indian Express]]|access-date=7 December 2010}}</ref>

He later served as the director of the Publications and Information Directorate of CSIR ([[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]]), retiring in 1999.

After retirement, he served as a guide for various universities and also wrote science articles for several publications.

Bal Phondke has also published books on fun with mathematics.

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