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	\| doctoral_advisor = [[Nathan Seiberg]]		\| doctoral_advisor = [[Nathan Seiberg]]
	\| academic_advisors = [[Andrew Strominger]], [[Spenta R. Wadia\|Spenta Wadia]]<ref name="breakthrough.webpage">{{Cite web\|url=https://breakthroughprize.org/Laureates/1/L22\|title=Breakthrough Prize – Fundamental Physics Breakthrough Prize Laureates – Shiraz Naval Minwalla\|website=breakthroughprize.org\|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref>		\| academic_advisors = [[Andrew Strominger]], [[Spenta R. Wadia\|Spenta Wadia]]<ref name="breakthrough.webpage">{{Cite web\|url=https://breakthroughprize.org/Laureates/1/L22\|title=Breakthrough Prize – Fundamental Physics Breakthrough Prize Laureates – Shiraz Naval Minwalla\|website=breakthroughprize.org\|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref>
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	~~Kyriakos Papadodimas~~

	~~Joeseph Marsano~~

	~~Lars Grant~~

	~~Suvrat Raju~~

	~~Subhaniel Lahiri~~

	Sayantani Bhattacharyya

	~~R. Loganayagam~~

	~~Jyotirmoy Bhattacharyya~~

	~~V. Umesh~~

	~~Tarun Sharma~~

	~~Mangesh Mandlik~~

	~~Subhajit Mazumdar~~

	~~Yogesh Dandekar~~

	~~Lavneet Janagal~~

	~~Indranil Haldar~~
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	'''Shiraz Naval Minwalla'''<ref name="breakthrough.webpage"/> (born January 2, 1972)<ref name="ssb.prize">{{Cite web\|url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=362\|title=Awardee Details: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize\|website=ssbprize.gov.in\|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://fellows.ias.ac.in/profile/v/FL2011014\|title=Indian Academy of Sciences\|website=fellows.ias.ac.in\|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Minwalla,_Prof._Shiraz\|title=Fellowship {{!}} Indian Academy of Sciences\|website=www.ias.ac.in\|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref> is an Indian [[theoretical physics\|theoretical physicist]] and [[string theory\|string theorist]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/mhonarc/physicstheorynet/pdfIFdNoA3qIP.pdf\|title=Physicist makes string theory look simple\|date=26 April 2004\|publisher=Tufts Institute of Cosmology\|access-date=6 February 2010\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626072456/http://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/mhonarc/physicstheorynet/pdfIFdNoA3qIP.pdf\|archive-date=26 June 2010\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He is a faculty member in the Department of Theoretical Physics at [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]], [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://theory.tifr.res.in/members.php\|title=Members of the Department of Theoretical Physics\|publisher=[[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]]\|access-date=6 February 2010\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100214215902/http://theory.tifr.res.in/members.php\|archive-date=14 February 2010\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Prior to his present position, Minwalla was a [[Harvard Society of Fellows\|Harvard Junior Fellow]] and subsequently an ~~Assistant Professor~~ at [[Harvard University]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/storyOld.php?storyId=65362\|title=Sultans of String\|date=27 February 2005\|publisher=[[The Indian Express]]\|access-date=6 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1041104/asp/calcutta/story_3964447.asp\|title=The Telegraph - Calcutta : Metro\|date=4 November 2004\|publisher=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)\|The Telegraph]]\|access-date=6 February 2010\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414225044/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1041104/asp/calcutta/story_3964447.asp\|archive-date=14 April 2010\|df=dmy-all}}</ref>		'''Shiraz Naval Minwalla'''<ref name="breakthrough.webpage"/> (born January 2, 1972)<ref name="ssb.prize">{{Cite web\|url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=362\|title=Awardee Details: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize\|website=ssbprize.gov.in\|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://fellows.ias.ac.in/profile/v/FL2011014\|title=Indian Academy of Sciences\|website=fellows.ias.ac.in\|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Minwalla,_Prof._Shiraz\|title=Fellowship {{!}} Indian Academy of Sciences\|website=www.ias.ac.in\|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref> is an Indian [[theoretical physics\|theoretical physicist]] and [[string theory\|string theorist]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/mhonarc/physicstheorynet/pdfIFdNoA3qIP.pdf\|title=Physicist makes string theory look simple\|date=26 April 2004\|publisher=Tufts Institute of Cosmology\|access-date=6 February 2010\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626072456/http://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/mhonarc/physicstheorynet/pdfIFdNoA3qIP.pdf\|archive-date=26 June 2010\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He is a faculty member in the Department of Theoretical Physics at [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]], [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://theory.tifr.res.in/members.php\|title=Members of the Department of Theoretical Physics\|publisher=[[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]]\|access-date=6 February 2010\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100214215902/http://theory.tifr.res.in/members.php\|archive-date=14 February 2010\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Prior to his present position, Minwalla was a [[Harvard Society of Fellows\|Harvard Junior Fellow]] and subsequently an assistant professor at [[Harvard University]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/storyOld.php?storyId=65362\|title=Sultans of String\|date=27 February 2005\|publisher=[[The Indian Express]]\|access-date=6 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1041104/asp/calcutta/story_3964447.asp\|title=The Telegraph - Calcutta : Metro\|date=4 November 2004\|publisher=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)\|The Telegraph]]\|access-date=6 February 2010\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414225044/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1041104/asp/calcutta/story_3964447.asp\|archive-date=14 April 2010\|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==
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	* Analysis of primary operators on AdS4 and AdS7		* Analysis of primary operators on AdS4 and AdS7
	* Three-point functions in N=4 supersymmetric [[Yang–Mills theory]] and [[AdS/CFT]]		* Three-point functions in N=4 supersymmetric [[Yang–Mills theory]] and [[AdS/CFT]]
	* [[noncommutative geometry\|Noncommutative]] perturbative dynamics (with [[Nathan Seiberg]] and Mark Van Raamsdonk)		* [[noncommutative geometry\|Noncommutative]] perturbative dynamics (with [[Nathan Seiberg]] and [[Mark Van Raamsdonk]])
	* Noncommutative [[soliton]]s (with [[Andrew Strominger]] and [[Rajesh Gopakumar]])		* Noncommutative [[soliton]]s (with [[Andrew Strominger]] and [[Rajesh Gopakumar]])
	* OM-theory (with [[Nathan Seiberg]], [[Andrew Strominger]] and [[Rajesh Gopakumar]])		* OM-theory (with [[Nathan Seiberg]], [[Andrew Strominger]] and [[Rajesh Gopakumar]])
	* Stringy interactions in pp-waves		* Stringy interactions in pp-waves
	* Some insights about [[tachyon condensation]]		* Some insights about [[tachyon condensation]]
	* Dualities in supersymmetric gauge theories, in particular Chern-Simons-matter theories		* Dualities in [[supersymmetric gauge theories]], in particular [[Chern-Simons]]-matter theories
	* Fluid-Gravity ~~correspondance~~, the connections between hydrodynamics and ~~Ads~~/~~Cft~~.(with Sayantani Bhattacharyya)		* Fluid-Gravity correspondence, the connections between hydrodynamics and AdS/CFT.(with Sayantani Bhattacharyya)

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
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	[[Category:Living people]]		[[Category:Living people]]
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	\| workplaces = [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]], [[Harvard University]]		\| workplaces = [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]], [[Harvard University]]
	\| alma_mater = [[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur\|IIT, Kanpur]] <small>([[Master of Science\|M.Sc.]])</small><br>[[Princeton University]] <small>([[Doctor of Philosophy\|Ph.D.]])</small>		\| alma_mater = [[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur\|IIT Kanpur]] <small>([[Master of Science\|M.Sc.]])</small><br>[[Princeton University]] <small>([[Doctor of Philosophy\|Ph.D.]])</small>
	\| doctoral_advisor = [[Nathan Seiberg]]		\| doctoral_advisor = [[Nathan Seiberg]]
	\| academic_advisors = [[Andrew Strominger]], [[Spenta R. Wadia\|Spenta Wadia]]<ref name="breakthrough.webpage">{{Cite web\|url=https://breakthroughprize.org/Laureates/1/L22\|title=Breakthrough Prize – Fundamental Physics Breakthrough Prize Laureates – Shiraz Naval Minwalla\|website=breakthroughprize.org\|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref>		\| academic_advisors = [[Andrew Strominger]], [[Spenta R. Wadia\|Spenta Wadia]]<ref name="breakthrough.webpage">{{Cite web\|url=https://breakthroughprize.org/Laureates/1/L22\|title=Breakthrough Prize – Fundamental Physics Breakthrough Prize Laureates – Shiraz Naval Minwalla\|website=breakthroughprize.org\|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref>
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	'''Shiraz Naval Minwalla'''<ref name="breakthrough.webpage"/> (born 2 ~~January~~, 1972)<ref name="ssb.prize">{{Cite web\|url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=362\|title=Awardee Details: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize\|website=ssbprize.gov.in\|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://fellows.ias.ac.in/profile/v/FL2011014\|title=Indian Academy of Sciences\|website=fellows.ias.ac.in\|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Minwalla,_Prof._Shiraz\|title=Fellowship {{!}} Indian Academy of Sciences\|website=www.ias.ac.in\|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref> is an Indian [[theoretical physics\|theoretical physicist]] and [[string theory\|string theorist]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/mhonarc/physicstheorynet/pdfIFdNoA3qIP.pdf\|title=Physicist makes string theory look simple\|date=26 April 2004\|publisher=Tufts Institute of Cosmology\|access-date=6 February 2010\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626072456/http://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/mhonarc/physicstheorynet/pdfIFdNoA3qIP.pdf\|archive-date=26 June 2010\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He is a faculty member in the Department of Theoretical Physics at [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]], [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://theory.tifr.res.in/members.php\|title=Members of the Department of Theoretical Physics\|publisher=[[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]]\|access-date=6 February 2010\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100214215902/http://theory.tifr.res.in/members.php\|archive-date=14 February 2010\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Prior to his present position, Minwalla was a [[Harvard Society of Fellows\|Harvard Junior Fellow]] and subsequently an Assistant Professor at [[Harvard University]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/storyOld.php?storyId=65362\|title=Sultans of String\|date=27 February 2005\|publisher=[[The Indian Express]]\|access-date=6 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1041104/asp/calcutta/story_3964447.asp\|title=The Telegraph - Calcutta : Metro\|date=4 November 2004\|publisher=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)\|The Telegraph]]\|access-date=6 February 2010\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414225044/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1041104/asp/calcutta/story_3964447.asp\|archive-date=14 April 2010\|df=dmy-all}}</ref>		'''Shiraz Naval Minwalla'''<ref name="breakthrough.webpage"/> (born January 2, 1972)<ref name="ssb.prize">{{Cite web\|url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=362\|title=Awardee Details: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize\|website=ssbprize.gov.in\|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://fellows.ias.ac.in/profile/v/FL2011014\|title=Indian Academy of Sciences\|website=fellows.ias.ac.in\|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Minwalla,_Prof._Shiraz\|title=Fellowship {{!}} Indian Academy of Sciences\|website=www.ias.ac.in\|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref> is an Indian [[theoretical physics\|theoretical physicist]] and [[string theory\|string theorist]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/mhonarc/physicstheorynet/pdfIFdNoA3qIP.pdf\|title=Physicist makes string theory look simple\|date=26 April 2004\|publisher=Tufts Institute of Cosmology\|access-date=6 February 2010\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626072456/http://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/mhonarc/physicstheorynet/pdfIFdNoA3qIP.pdf\|archive-date=26 June 2010\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He is a faculty member in the Department of Theoretical Physics at [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]], [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://theory.tifr.res.in/members.php\|title=Members of the Department of Theoretical Physics\|publisher=[[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]]\|access-date=6 February 2010\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100214215902/http://theory.tifr.res.in/members.php\|archive-date=14 February 2010\|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Prior to his present position, Minwalla was a [[Harvard Society of Fellows\|Harvard Junior Fellow]] and subsequently an Assistant Professor at [[Harvard University]].<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/storyOld.php?storyId=65362\|title=Sultans of String\|date=27 February 2005\|publisher=[[The Indian Express]]\|access-date=6 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1041104/asp/calcutta/story_3964447.asp\|title=The Telegraph - Calcutta : Metro\|date=4 November 2004\|publisher=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)\|The Telegraph]]\|access-date=6 February 2010\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414225044/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1041104/asp/calcutta/story_3964447.asp\|archive-date=14 April 2010\|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==
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	* Some insights about [[tachyon condensation]]		* Some insights about [[tachyon condensation]]
	* Dualities in supersymmetric gauge theories, in particular Chern-Simons-matter theories		* Dualities in supersymmetric gauge theories, in particular Chern-Simons-matter theories
	* ~~Connections~~ between hydrodynamics and ~~AdS~~/~~CFT~~.		* Fluid-Gravity correspondance, the connections between hydrodynamics and Ads/Cft.(with Sayantani Bhattacharyya)

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
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| name = Shiraz Naval Minwalla
| image = Shiraz Minwalla at Harvard.jpg
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| alt = Shiraz Minwalla's photograph at dining hall of Harvard University
| caption = Shiraz Minwalla at [[Harvard University]]
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| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
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| residence = India
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| fields = [[String Theory]], [[Theoretical Physics]]
| workplaces = [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]], [[Harvard University]]
| alma_mater = [[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur|IIT, Kanpur]] ([[Master of Science|M.Sc.]]) [[Princeton University]] ([[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]])
| doctoral_advisor = [[Nathan Seiberg]]
| academic_advisors = [[Andrew Strominger]], [[Spenta R. Wadia|Spenta Wadia]]<ref name="breakthrough.webpage">{{Cite web|url=https://breakthroughprize.org/Laureates/1/L22|title=Breakthrough Prize – Fundamental Physics Breakthrough Prize Laureates – Shiraz Naval Minwalla|website=breakthroughprize.org|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref>
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Kyriakos Papadodimas

Joeseph Marsano

Lars Grant

Suvrat Raju

Subhaniel Lahiri

Sayantani Bhattacharyya

R. Loganayagam

Jyotirmoy Bhattacharyya

V. Umesh

Tarun Sharma

Mangesh Mandlik

Subhajit Mazumdar

Yogesh Dandekar

Lavneet Janagal

Indranil Haldar
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'''Shiraz Naval Minwalla'''<ref name="breakthrough.webpage"/> (born 2 January, 1972)<ref name="ssb.prize">{{Cite web|url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=362|title=Awardee Details: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|website=ssbprize.gov.in|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fellows.ias.ac.in/profile/v/FL2011014|title=Indian Academy of Sciences|website=fellows.ias.ac.in|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Minwalla,_Prof._Shiraz|title=Fellowship {{!}} Indian Academy of Sciences|website=www.ias.ac.in|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref> is an Indian [[theoretical physics|theoretical physicist]] and [[string theory|string theorist]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/mhonarc/physicstheorynet/pdfIFdNoA3qIP.pdf|title=Physicist makes string theory look simple|date=26 April 2004|publisher=Tufts Institute of Cosmology|access-date=6 February 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626072456/http://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/mhonarc/physicstheorynet/pdfIFdNoA3qIP.pdf|archive-date=26 June 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He is a faculty member in the Department of Theoretical Physics at [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]], [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theory.tifr.res.in/members.php|title=Members of the Department of Theoretical Physics|publisher=[[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]]|access-date=6 February 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100214215902/http://theory.tifr.res.in/members.php|archive-date=14 February 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Prior to his present position, Minwalla was a [[Harvard Society of Fellows|Harvard Junior Fellow]] and subsequently an Assistant Professor at [[Harvard University]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/storyOld.php?storyId=65362|title=Sultans of String|date=27 February 2005|publisher=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=6 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1041104/asp/calcutta/story_3964447.asp|title=The Telegraph - Calcutta : Metro|date=4 November 2004|publisher=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]]|access-date=6 February 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414225044/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1041104/asp/calcutta/story_3964447.asp|archive-date=14 April 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Early life==
Born in [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India, in 1972, to a [[Parsi]]-Zoroastrian father (Naval) and a Muslim mother (Khadija), Minwalla graduated from [[Campion School, Mumbai]] in 1988 and then [[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur]] in 1995. He later moved to [[Princeton University]] to earn his PhD under the guidance of [[Nathan Seiberg]].<ref name = "breakthrough.webpage"/>

==Awards==
Minwalla was awarded the Swarnajayanti Fellowship 2005-06 by the [[Department of Science & Technology (India)|Department of Science & Technology]], [[Government of India]]. He was awarded the [[ICTP Prize]] in 2010 and the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], the highest science award in India, in the physical sciences category in 2011.<ref>"11 scientists selected for Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award" ibn live, 26 September 2011. {{cite web |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/11-scientists-selected-for-shanti-swarup-bhatnagar-award/836081.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-12-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104061539/http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/11-scientists-selected-for-shanti-swarup-bhatnagar-award/836081.html |archive-date=4 January 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="ssb.prize"/>
He was awarded the Infosys Prize 2013 in the field of Physical Sciences by the Infosys Science Foundation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/nayanjot-lahiri-6-others-win-infosys-foundation-awards/433658-11.html|title=News18.com: CNN-News18 Breaking News India, Latest News, Current News Headlines|website=News18|access-date=27 April 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131208135635/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/nayanjot-lahiri-6-others-win-infosys-foundation-awards/433658-11.html|archive-date=8 December 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=hindu_nov_13>{{cite news|author=Vasudevan Mukunth|title='Research in India happens in a few elite institutions'|url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/interview/research-in-india-happens-in-a-few-elite-institutions/article5347654.ece?homepage=true|access-date=14 November 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=14 November 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131117102301/http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/interview/research-in-india-happens-in-a-few-elite-institutions/article5347654.ece?homepage=true|archive-date=17 November 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Minwalla was awarded the 2014 New Horizons in Physics Prize by the [[Fundamental Physics Prize]] for "his pioneering contributions to the study of string theory and quantum field theory; and in particular his work on the connection between the equations of fluid dynamics and Albert Einstein's equations of general relativity."<ref name="hindu_nov_13"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://fundamentalphysicsprize.org/news7 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-11-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110225830/https://fundamentalphysicsprize.org/news7 |archive-date=10 November 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icts.res.in/news/details/142/|title=NEWS - ICTS|website=www.icts.res.in|access-date=27 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101162049/https://www.icts.res.in/news/details/142|archive-date=1 January 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In 2016, [[The World Academy of Sciences]] awarded him the [[TWAS Prize]] in Physics.<ref name="Prizes and Awards">{{Cite web |url=http://twas.org/article/winners-2016-twas-prizes-announced |title=Prizes and Awards |date=2016 |publisher=The World Academy of Sciences |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101001121/http://twas.org/article/winners-2016-twas-prizes-announced |archive-date=1 January 2017 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Notable contributions to the field==
* Analysis of primary operators on AdS4 and AdS7
* Three-point functions in N=4 supersymmetric [[Yang–Mills theory]] and [[AdS/CFT]]
* [[noncommutative geometry|Noncommutative]] perturbative dynamics (with [[Nathan Seiberg]] and Mark Van Raamsdonk)
* Noncommutative [[soliton]]s (with [[Andrew Strominger]] and [[Rajesh Gopakumar]])
* OM-theory (with [[Nathan Seiberg]], [[Andrew Strominger]] and [[Rajesh Gopakumar]])
* Stringy interactions in pp-waves
* Some insights about [[tachyon condensation]]
* Dualities in supersymmetric gauge theories, in particular Chern-Simons-matter theories
* Connections between hydrodynamics and AdS/CFT.

==Personal life==
Shiraz Minwalla lives in Mumbai with his wife and two children.<ref name="breakthrough.webpage"/>

==Selected works==
* {{cite journal |last1=Bhattacharyya |first1=Sayantani |last2=Hubeny |first2=Veronika E. |author-link2= Veronika Hubeny |last3=Loganayagam |first3=R. |last4=Mandal |first4=Gautam |last5=Minwalla |first5=Shiraz |last6=Morita |first6=Takeshi |last7=Rangamani |first7=Mukund |last8=Reall |first8=Harvey S. |title=Local fluid dynamical entropy from gravity |journal=[[Journal of High Energy Physics]] |date=2008 |volume=2008 |issue=6 |pages=055 |doi=10.1088/1126-6708/2008/06/055|arxiv=0803.2526 |bibcode=2008JHEP...06..055B }}

==References==
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*{{official website|http://theory.tifr.res.in/~minwalla/}}
*[http://inspirehep.net/author/S.Minwalla.1/ Shiraz Minwalla's articles in the INSPIRE-HEP database]

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