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	\| fields = [[String Theory]], [[Theoretical Physics]]		\| fields = [[String Theory]], [[Theoretical Physics]]
	\| workplaces = [[International Centre for Theoretical Sciences]] <br/>[[Harish-Chandra Research Institute]] <br/> [[Institute for Advanced Study]]		\| workplaces = International Centre for Theoretical Sciences <br/>[[Harish-Chandra Research Institute]] <br/> [[Institute for Advanced Study]]
	\| alma_mater = [[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur]] <small>([[Bachelor of Science\|B.Sc.]], [[Master of Science\|M.Sc.]])</small>, [[Princeton University]] <small>([[Doctor of Philosophy\|Ph.D]])</small>		\| alma_mater = [[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur]] <small>([[Bachelor of Science\|B.Sc.]], [[Master of Science\|M.Sc.]])</small>, [[Princeton University]] <small>([[Doctor of Philosophy\|Ph.D]])</small>
	\| doctoral_advisor = [[David Gross]]		\| doctoral_advisor = [[David Gross]]
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	'''Rajesh Gopakumar''' (born 1967 in [[Kolkata]], [[India]]) is a [[theoretical physicist]] and the director of the [[International Centre for Theoretical Sciences]] (ICTS-TIFR) in [[Bangalore]], India. He was previously a professor at [[Harish-Chandra Research Institute]] (HRI) in [[~~Allahabad~~]], India.<ref name="hri-ar2011">{{cite web\|url=http://www.hri.res.in/~anlweb/Annual-Report-2010-11.pdf\|title=Academic Report 2010-2011\|publisher=[[Harish-Chandra Research Institute]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407045731/http://www.hri.res.in/~anlweb/Annual-Report-2010-11.pdf\|archive-date=7 April 2019\|url-status=live\|access-date=13 June 2012}}</ref> He is known for his work on [[topological string theory]].		'''Rajesh Gopakumar''' (born 1967 in [[Kolkata]], [[India]]) is a [[theoretical physicist]] and the director of the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS-TIFR) in [[Bangalore]], India. He was previously a professor at [[Harish-Chandra Research Institute]] (HRI) in [[Prayagraj district\|Prayagraj]], India.<ref name="hri-ar2011">{{cite web\|url=http://www.hri.res.in/~anlweb/Annual-Report-2010-11.pdf\|title=Academic Report 2010-2011\|publisher=[[Harish-Chandra Research Institute]]\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407045731/http://www.hri.res.in/~anlweb/Annual-Report-2010-11.pdf\|archive-date=7 April 2019\|url-status=live\|access-date=13 June 2012}}</ref> He is known for his work on [[topological string theory]].

	==Background==		==Background==
	Gopakumar was born in 1967 to Jaishree and G. Gopakumar in Kolkata.{{citation needed\|date=March 2013}} His family hails from the southern Indian state of [[Kerala]].<ref name=toi-bhatnagar>{{cite news\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-29/allahabad/28066705_1_city-scientist-shanti-swarup-bhatnagar-award-bhatnagar-awardees\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811074439/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-29/allahabad/28066705_1_city-scientist-shanti-swarup-bhatnagar-award-bhatnagar-awardees\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2011-08-11\|title=City scientist chosen for Bhatnagar award \| date=2009-09-29\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|access-date=2012-06-13}}</ref> He has the distinction being ranked 1 in the entrance examination for the [[Indian Institute of Technology]] in 1987.<ref>[http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/where-are-they-now Where are They Now? \| OPEN Magazine<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>		Gopakumar was born in 1967 to Jaishree and G. Gopakumar in Kolkata.{{citation needed\|date=March 2013}} His family hails from the southern Indian state of [[Kerala]].<ref name=toi-bhatnagar>{{cite news\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-29/allahabad/28066705_1_city-scientist-shanti-swarup-bhatnagar-award-bhatnagar-awardees\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811074439/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-29/allahabad/28066705_1_city-scientist-shanti-swarup-bhatnagar-award-bhatnagar-awardees\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2011-08-11\|title=City scientist chosen for Bhatnagar award \| date=2009-09-29\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|access-date=2012-06-13}}</ref> He has the distinction being ranked 1 in the entrance examination for the [[Indian Institute of Technology]] in 1987.<ref>[http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/where-are-they-now Where are They Now? \| OPEN Magazine<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

	Gopakumar obtained his integrated [[M.Sc.]] degree in [[physics]] from the [[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur]] in 1992. He received his Ph.D. from [[Princeton University]] in 1997 under the supervision of [[David Gross]]. After a few years as a research associate at [[Harvard University]], he joined HRI in 2001. He was also a ~~Visiting Fellow~~ at the [[Institute for Advanced Study]], [[Princeton, New Jersey]] from 2001 to 2004.<ref>[http://www.wildfire.in/wfs/wfid/yisc2009.wf/pdf/articles/yisc2009_wf_a16.pdf ]{{dead link\|date=December 2011}}</ref>		Gopakumar obtained his integrated [[M.Sc.]] degree in [[physics]] from the [[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur]] in 1992. He received his Ph.D. from [[Princeton University]] in 1997 under the supervision of [[David Gross]]. After a few years as a research associate at [[Harvard University]], he joined HRI in 2001. He was also a visiting fellow at the [[Institute for Advanced Study]], [[Princeton, New Jersey]] from 2001 to 2004.<ref>[http://www.wildfire.in/wfs/wfid/yisc2009.wf/pdf/articles/yisc2009_wf_a16.pdf ]{{dead link\|date=December 2011}}</ref>

	He is married to Rukmini Dey, a Professor of Mathematical Physics and Geometry at ICTS-TIFR.<ref>{{Cite web\|title = PEOPLE {{!}} International Centre for Theoretical Sciences\|url = https://www.icts.res.in/people/5/details/184/\|website = www.icts.res.in\|access-date = 2015-11-17}}</ref>		He is married to Rukmini Dey, a Professor of Mathematical Physics and Geometry at ICTS-TIFR.<ref>{{Cite web\|title = PEOPLE {{!}} International Centre for Theoretical Sciences\|url = https://www.icts.res.in/people/5/details/184/\|website = www.icts.res.in\|access-date = 2015-11-17}}</ref>
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'''Rajesh Gopakumar''' (born 1967 in [[Kolkata]], [[India]]) is a [[theoretical physicist]] and the director of the [[International Centre for Theoretical Sciences]] (ICTS-TIFR) in [[Bangalore]], India. He was previously a professor at [[Harish-Chandra Research Institute]] (HRI) in [[Allahabad]], India.<ref name="hri-ar2011">{{cite web|url=http://www.hri.res.in/~anlweb/Annual-Report-2010-11.pdf|title=Academic Report 2010-2011|publisher=[[Harish-Chandra Research Institute]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407045731/http://www.hri.res.in/~anlweb/Annual-Report-2010-11.pdf|archive-date=7 April 2019|url-status=live|access-date=13 June 2012}}</ref> He is known for his work on [[topological string theory]].

==Background==
Gopakumar was born in 1967 to Jaishree and G. Gopakumar in Kolkata.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} His family hails from the southern Indian state of [[Kerala]].<ref name=toi-bhatnagar>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-29/allahabad/28066705_1_city-scientist-shanti-swarup-bhatnagar-award-bhatnagar-awardees|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811074439/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-29/allahabad/28066705_1_city-scientist-shanti-swarup-bhatnagar-award-bhatnagar-awardees|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-08-11|title=City scientist chosen for Bhatnagar award | date=2009-09-29|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2012-06-13}}</ref> He has the distinction being ranked 1 in the entrance examination for the [[Indian Institute of Technology]] in 1987.<ref>[http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/where-are-they-now Where are They Now? | OPEN Magazine]</ref>

Gopakumar obtained his integrated [[M.Sc.]] degree in [[physics]] from the [[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur]] in 1992. He received his Ph.D. from [[Princeton University]] in 1997 under the supervision of [[David Gross]]. After a few years as a research associate at [[Harvard University]], he joined HRI in 2001. He was also a Visiting Fellow at the [[Institute for Advanced Study]], [[Princeton, New Jersey]] from 2001 to 2004.<ref>[http://www.wildfire.in/wfs/wfid/yisc2009.wf/pdf/articles/yisc2009_wf_a16.pdf ]{{dead link|date=December 2011}}</ref>

He is married to Rukmini Dey, a Professor of Mathematical Physics and Geometry at ICTS-TIFR.<ref>{{Cite web|title = PEOPLE {{!}} International Centre for Theoretical Sciences|url = https://www.icts.res.in/people/5/details/184/|website = www.icts.res.in|access-date = 2015-11-17}}</ref>

==Research==
Gopakumar is a [[string theorist]]. Early in his career, his research was primarily focused on large N gauge theories with [[David Gross]], noncommutative gauge theories with [[Andrew Strominger]] and [[Shiraz Minwalla]], and [[topological string theory]] and gauge/geometry correspondence with [[Cumrun Vafa]] and is particularly known for proposing the Gopakumar–Vafa duality and [[Gopakumar–Vafa invariant]]s.<ref name="cornell-gopakumar-vafa">{{cite journal|last1=Gopakumar|first1=Rajesh|last2=Vafa|first2=Cumrun|author-link2=Cumrun Vafa|year=1999|title=On the Gauge Theory/Geometry Correspondence|url=https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/25249582.pdf|url-status=live|journal=[[Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics]]|volume=3|issue=1999|pages=1415–1443|doi=10.4310/ATMP.1999.v3.n5.a5|arxiv=hep-th/9811131|bibcode=1998hep.th...11131G|s2cid=13824856|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407050214/https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/25249582.pdf|archive-date=7 April 2019}}</ref> Later, his work focussed on attempts to derive the AdS/CFT correspondence, and on minimal model holography (with [[Matthias Gaberdiel]]). In recent years, he has made important contributions to higher spin theories and their connections with string theory (with [[Matthias Gaberdiel]]). He has also recently worked on the [[Conformal bootstrap]].

==Awards==
Gopakumar was awarded the 2004 B.M. Birla Science Prize in Physics.<ref name=iitk-alumniupdate>{{cite web|url=http://www.iitkalumni.org/newsupdateindetail.asp |title= News Update |publisher=IIT Kanpur Alumni Association |date=2006-03-07 |access-date=2012-06-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207075359/http://www.iitkalumni.org/newsupdateindetail.asp |archive-date=7 February 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref>

He received the 2006 ICTP Prize.<ref name=ictp-prize>{{cite web|url=http://www.ictp.it/about-ictp/prizes-awards/the-ictp-prize/the-prize-winners.aspx|title=The Prize Winners|publisher=[[International Centre for Theoretical Physics]]|access-date=2012-06-13}}</ref>

He received the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award]] in 2009.<ref name=toi-bhatnagar/>

He was named Fellow of the [[Global Young Academy]] of Scientists for 2010.<ref name=hri-ar2011/><ref name=gya-members>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalyoungacademy.net/members|title=Members|publisher=Global Young Academy|access-date=2012-06-13}}</ref> He is a member of the [[Indian National Science Academy]], and the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]].<ref>[http://www.globalyoungacademy.org/index.php/about/member/86-rajesh-gopakumar-india GYA member listing] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110116123823/http://www.globalyoungacademy.org/index.php/about/member/86-rajesh-gopakumar-india |date=16 January 2011 }}, retrieved 2011-03-23.</ref>

He received [[TWAS Prize]] in Physics in 2013.<ref name="Prizes and Awards">{{Cite web |url=http://twas.org/opportunities/prizes-and-awards |title=Prizes and Awards |date=2016 |publisher=[[The World Academy of Sciences]]}}</ref>

==Selected publications==
*{{cite journal|last1=Dijkgraaf|first1=Robbert|author-link=Robbert Dijkgraaf|last2=Gopakumar|first2=Rajesh|last3=Ooguri|first3=Hiroshi|author-link3=Hirosi Ooguri|last4=Vafa|first4=Cumrun|author-link4=Cumrun Vafa|title=Baby universes and string theory|journal=[[International Journal of Modern Physics D]]|volume=15|issue=10|year=2006|pages=1581–1586|url=http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/find/hep/www?rawcmd=FIND+A+GOPAKUMAR%2Cr.|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121215004114/http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/find/hep/www?rawcmd=FIND+A+GOPAKUMAR,r.|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-12-15|access-date=2007-06-04|doi=10.1142/s0218271806008978|bibcode=2006IJMPD..15.1581D}}
*{{cite journal|last1=David|first1=Justin R.|last2=Gopakumar|first2=Rajesh|title=From spacetime to worldsheet: Four point correlators|journal=[[Journal of High Energy Physics]]|volume=0701:063|issue=1|date=17 January 2007|url=http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/find/hep/www?rawcmd=FIND+A+GOPAKUMAR%2Cr.|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121215004114/http://www.slac.stanford.edu/spires/find/hep/www?rawcmd=FIND+A+GOPAKUMAR,r.|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-12-15|access-date=2007-06-04|doi=10.1088/1126-6708/2007/01/063|pages=063|arxiv=hep-th/0606078|bibcode=2007JHEP...01..063D|s2cid=8336127}}
*[https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=pvyvhfQAAAAJ&hl=en. List of R. Gopakumar's Publications]

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