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	{{Short description\|Indian scientist}}		{{Short description\|Indian scientist (1929–2021)}}
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	{{Use Indian English\|date=December 2015}}		{{Use Indian English\|date=December 2015}}
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	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|df=yes\|2021\|12\|04\|1929\|01\|03}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|df=yes\|2021\|12\|04\|1929\|01\|03}}
	\| death_place = [[Bhubaneswar]], [[Odisha]], India		\| death_place = [[Bhubaneswar]], [[Odisha]], India
	~~\| nationality = Indian~~
	\| known_for = Scientist		\| known_for = Scientist
	\| education = Ph.D. ([[University of Chicago]])		\| education = Ph.D. ([[University of Chicago]])
	\| alma_mater = [[Ravenshaw College]], [[Benaras Hindu University]], [[University of Chicago]]		\| alma_mater = [[Ravenshaw College]], [[Benaras Hindu University]], [[University of Chicago]]
	\| awards = [[Padma Bhusan~~]], [[Kalinga Prize~~]]		\| awards = [[Padma Bhusan]]
	}}		}}

	'''Trilochan Pradhan''' (3 January 1929 – 4 December 2021) was an Indian scientist.<ref>{{Cite news\|title=Noted physicist Trilochan Pradhan passes away at 93\|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2021/~~dec~~/05/noted-physicist-trilochan-pradhan-passes-away-at-93-2392035.~~amp\|url-status=live~~\|access-date=2021-12-05\|work=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|date=4 December 2021\|title=Former Utkal University VC Dr. Trilochan Pradhan Passes Away\|url=https://pragativadi.com/former-utkal-university-vc-dr-trilochan-pradhan-passes-away/\|access-date=4 December 2021\|work=[[Pragativadi]]\|language=en-US}}</ref>		'''Trilochan Pradhan''' (3 January 1929 – 4 December 2021) was an Indian scientist.<ref>{{Cite news\|title=Noted physicist Trilochan Pradhan passes away at 93\|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2021/Dec/05/noted-physicist-trilochan-pradhan-passes-away-at-93-2392035.html\|access-date=2021-12-05\|work=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|date=4 December 2021\|title=Former Utkal University VC Dr. Trilochan Pradhan Passes Away\|url=https://pragativadi.com/former-utkal-university-vc-dr-trilochan-pradhan-passes-away/\|access-date=4 December 2021\|work=[[Pragativadi]]\|language=en-US}}</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==
	Pradhan obtained his PhD from the [[University of Chicago]] in 1956. He headed the Theoretical Nuclear Physics Division at the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics from 1964 to 1974, was the ~~first~~ director of the [[Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar]] from 1974 to 1989 and served as the vice chancellor of [[Utkal University]] from 1989 to 1991.<ref name="MohantyMohanty2006">{{cite book\|author1=Jagannath Mohanty\|author2=Sudhansu Mohanty\|title=In Quest of Quality Education and Literature: An Autobiography\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EXmnZw99mXgC&pg=PA190\|date=1 January 2006\|publisher=Deep & Deep Publications\|isbn=978-81-7629-764-6\|pages=190–}}</ref>		Pradhan obtained his PhD from the [[University of Chicago]] in 1956. He headed the Theoretical Nuclear Physics Division at the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics from 1964 to 1974, was the founding director of the [[Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar]] from 1974 to 1989 and served as the vice chancellor of [[Utkal University]] from 1989 to 1991.<ref name="MohantyMohanty2006">{{cite book\|author1=Jagannath Mohanty\|author2=Sudhansu Mohanty\|title=In Quest of Quality Education and Literature: An Autobiography\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EXmnZw99mXgC&pg=PA190\|date=1 January 2006\|publisher=Deep & Deep Publications\|isbn=978-81-7629-764-6\|pages=190–}}</ref>

	==Books==		==Books==
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	==Awards==		==Awards==
	* Kalinga Ratna, 2018<ref name=":0">{{Cite news\|last=Mallick\|first=Sharmili\|title=Eminent Scientist From Odisha, Trilochan Pradhan, No More\|url=https://odishatv.in/news/miscellaneous/eminent-scientist-from-odisha-trilochan-pradhan-no-more-165455/amp~~\|url-status=live~~\|access-date=2021-12-05\|work=[[Odisha TV]]}}</ref>		* Kalinga Ratna, 2018<ref name=":0">{{Cite news\|last=Mallick\|first=Sharmili\|title=Eminent Scientist From Odisha, Trilochan Pradhan, No More\|url=https://odishatv.in/news/miscellaneous/eminent-scientist-from-odisha-trilochan-pradhan-no-more-165455/amp\|access-date=2021-12-05\|work=[[Odisha TV]]}}</ref>
	* [[Kalinga ~~Prize~~]], 2014<ref>{{cite news\|title=Physicist Trilochan Pradhan gets Kalinga Samman\|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/physicist-trilochan-pradhan-gets-kalinga-samman-115112501082_1.html\|access-date=26 November 2015\|newspaper=Business Standard}}</ref>		* [[Kalinga Samman]], 2014<ref>{{cite news\|title=Physicist Trilochan Pradhan gets Kalinga Samman\|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/physicist-trilochan-pradhan-gets-kalinga-samman-115112501082_1.html\|access-date=26 November 2015\|newspaper=Business Standard}}</ref>
	* [[Padma Bhusan]], 1990<ref>http://archive.india.gov.in/myindia/padmabhushan_awards_list1.php?start=500</ref>		* [[Padma Bhusan]], 1990<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://archive.india.gov.in/myindia/padmabhushan_awards_list1.php?start=500 \|title=Padma Bhushan Awardees - Padma Awards - My India, My Pride - Know India: National Portal of India \|access-date=26 November 2015 \|archive-date=4 March 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083908/http://archive.india.gov.in/myindia/padmabhushan_awards_list1.php?start=500 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>
	* Meghnad Saha Award, 1980<ref name=":0" />		* Meghnad Saha Award, 1980<ref name=":0" />

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	[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in science & engineering]]		[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in science & engineering]]
	~~[[Category:Kalinga Prize recipients]]~~
	[[Category:Banaras Hindu University alumni]]		[[Category:Banaras Hindu University alumni]]
	[[Category:Ravenshaw University alumni]]		[[Category:Ravenshaw University alumni]]
			[[Category:University of Chicago alumni]]
	[[Category:20th-century Indian physicists]]		[[Category:20th-century Indian physicists]]
	[[Category:Scientists from Bhubaneswar]]		[[Category:Scientists from Bhubaneswar]]

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{{Short description|Indian scientist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox person
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1929|01|03}}
| birth_place = Ghanasalia, [[Nayagarh district]], [[Odisha]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2021|12|04|1929|01|03}}
| death_place = [[Bhubaneswar]], [[Odisha]], India
| nationality = Indian
| known_for = Scientist
| education = Ph.D. ([[University of Chicago]])
| alma_mater = [[Ravenshaw College]], [[Benaras Hindu University]], [[University of Chicago]]
| awards = [[Padma Bhusan]], [[Kalinga Prize]]
}}

'''Trilochan Pradhan''' (3 January 1929 – 4 December 2021) was an Indian scientist.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Noted physicist Trilochan Pradhan passes away at 93|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2021/dec/05/noted-physicist-trilochan-pradhan-passes-away-at-93-2392035.amp|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-05|work=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=4 December 2021|title=Former Utkal University VC Dr. Trilochan Pradhan Passes Away|url=https://pragativadi.com/former-utkal-university-vc-dr-trilochan-pradhan-passes-away/|access-date=4 December 2021|work=[[Pragativadi]]|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Career==
Pradhan obtained his PhD from the [[University of Chicago]] in 1956. He headed the Theoretical Nuclear Physics Division at the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics from 1964 to 1974, was the first director of the [[Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar]] from 1974 to 1989 and served as the vice chancellor of [[Utkal University]] from 1989 to 1991.<ref name="MohantyMohanty2006">{{cite book|author1=Jagannath Mohanty|author2=Sudhansu Mohanty|title=In Quest of Quality Education and Literature: An Autobiography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EXmnZw99mXgC&pg=PA190|date=1 January 2006|publisher=Deep & Deep Publications|isbn=978-81-7629-764-6|pages=190–}}</ref>

==Books==
* The Photon, (Nova Science Publishers, New York), 2001<ref name="Pradhan2001">{{cite book|author=Trilochan Pradhan|title=The Photon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P2UTBEeHL9kC|date=1 January 2001|publisher=Nova Publishers|isbn=978-1-56072-928-0}}</ref>
* Quantum Mechanics (University Press of Hyderabad) <ref name="Pradhan2009">{{cite book|author=Trilochan Pradhan|title=Quantum Mechanics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2pVAngEACAAJ|year=2009|publisher=Anshan|isbn=978-1-84829-038-9}}</ref>
* Electron Capture by Protons Passing through Hydrogen<ref name="Pradhan1956">{{cite book|author=Trilochan Pradhan|title=Electron Capture by Protons Passing Through Hydrogen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hDdLOAAACAAJ|year=1956|publisher=University of Chicago, Department of Physics.}}</ref>

==Awards==
* Kalinga Ratna, 2018<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Mallick|first=Sharmili|title=Eminent Scientist From Odisha, Trilochan Pradhan, No More|url=https://odishatv.in/news/miscellaneous/eminent-scientist-from-odisha-trilochan-pradhan-no-more-165455/amp|url-status=live|access-date=2021-12-05|work=[[Odisha TV]]}}</ref>
* [[Kalinga Prize]], 2014<ref>{{cite news|title=Physicist Trilochan Pradhan gets Kalinga Samman|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/physicist-trilochan-pradhan-gets-kalinga-samman-115112501082_1.html|access-date=26 November 2015|newspaper=Business Standard}}</ref>
* [[Padma Bhusan]], 1990<ref>http://archive.india.gov.in/myindia/padmabhushan_awards_list1.php?start=500</ref>
* Meghnad Saha Award, 1980<ref name=":0" />

==References==
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{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 1990–99}}
{{Padma Award winners of Odisha}}

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[[Category:2021 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Nayagarh district]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in science & engineering]]
[[Category:Kalinga Prize recipients]]
[[Category:Banaras Hindu University alumni]]
[[Category:Ravenshaw University alumni]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian physicists]]
[[Category:Scientists from Bhubaneswar]]