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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|08|15|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Parlakimidi]], [[British India]]<br />
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| death_place = [[Mumbai]], India<br />
| field = [[Physics]], [[spectroscopy]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[Andhra University]], [[Visakhapatnam]]<br />[[Banaras Hindu University]], [[Varanasi]]<br />
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'''Nishtala Appala Narasimham''', shortly '''N. A. Narasimham''' (15 August 1922 – 8 April 2002) was an Indian [[physicist]] and [[spectroscopist]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.insaindia.res.in/BM/BM25_0412.pdf | title=Nishtala Appala Narasimham (15 August 1922 - 8 April 2002) | website=www.insaindia.res.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Indian Academy of Sciences |url=https://fellows.ias.ac.in/profile/v/FL1966004 |access-date=2025-06-15 |website=fellows.ias.ac.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=INSA :: Archive Detail |url=https://insajournal.in/intranetinsa/deceased_detail.php?id=N71-0511 |access-date=2025-06-15 |website=insajournal.in}}</ref><br />
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He was born at [[Parlakimidi]] on 15 August 1922. He was graduated in [[physics]] (B.Sc.) from [[Andhra University]] in 1942 and M.Sc. in physics from [[Banaras Hindu University]] (BHU) in 1945. He passed both the examinations with first-class. He has worked as [[lecturer]] in physics in [[Mrs. A.V.N. College]], [[Visakhapatnam]] and at [[Bijapur, Karnataka|Bijapur]] between 1945 and 1949.<br />
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He has joined with R. K. Asundi at BHU in 1949 and obtained his [[Ph.D.]] in 1952.<br />
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He died in [[Mumbai]] on 2002 at the age of 79 years. He is survived by wife Kamala and son Prasad.<br />
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==Awards and honours==<br />
* [[Kotcherlakota Rangadhama Rao Memorial Lecture Award]] in 1983<br />
* INSA Senior Scientist Award 1985-87<br />
* Sir C. V. Raman Birth Centenary Medal in 1988<br />
* Silver Jubilee Lecture of Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences in 1988<br />
* Sanjeevaiah Memorial Lecture of Sri Venkateswara University in 1990<br />
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