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'''Avinash Anant Deshpande''' (born 23 January 1958) is an Indian astrophysicist and a professor of physics at [[Raman Research Institute]].<ref name="International Year of Astronomy celebrated">{{Cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/International-Year-of-Astronomy-celebrated/article16497248.ece |title=International Year of Astronomy celebrated |date=21 October 2017 |website=The Hindu |access-date=2017-10-21}}</ref> Known for his research on astrophysics, Deshpande is known to have contributed towards the studies of ''the pulsar magnetospheric emission regions'' and in the elucidation of ''unphysically ultradense neutral hydrogen irregularities in the interstellar space''.<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=445 |title=Brief Profile of the Awardee |date=17 October 2017 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |access-date=2017-10-17}}</ref>

Born on 23 January 1958, Deshpande graduated in electrical engineering from the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur]] in 1980 and started his career by joining [[Raman Research Institute]].<ref name="Biographical Information">{{Cite web |url=https://www.prl.res.in/~library/Hari%20Om_%202001%20CD/Biodata/Avinash%20A.%20Deshpande_bio.pdf |title=Biographical Information |date=21 October 2017 |website=Physical Research Laboratory |access-date=2017-10-21}}</ref> He did his doctoral research at RRI which earned him his PhD from the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai]] in 1988 and subsequently, did his post doctoral work at [[University of Tasmania]] during 1990–92. On his return to India, he resumed his service at RRI and holds the position of a professor there,<ref name="Faculty profile">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rri.res.in/aa_avinashdeshpande.html |title=Faculty profile |date=21 October 2017 |website=Raman Research Institute |access-date=2017-10-21}}</ref> continuing his research at the electronic laboratory of the institute.<ref name="Desh's Home page at RRI">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rri.res.in/~desh/ |title=Desh's Home page at RRI |date=21 October 2017 |website=Raman Research Institute |access-date=2017-10-21}}</ref> He has been involved in a number of projects undertaken by RRI<ref name="RADIO OBSERVATORY ON EVERY CAMPUS IS RRI’S DREAM">{{Cite web |url=http://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others//articleshow/52316488.cms |title=RADIO OBSERVATORY ON EVERY CAMPUS IS RRI'S DREAM |date=18 May 2016 |website=Bangalore Mirror |access-date=2017-10-21}}</ref> and he is credited with the development of a receiver for ''high time-resolution studies of pulsars at low radio frequencies''.<ref name="Presentation of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes: 2002">{{Cite web |url=http://www.niscair.res.in/ScienceCommunication/RnDNewsLetters/csirnews2k3/csirnews_30Jul03.asp |title=Presentation of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes: 2002 |date=30 July 2003 |website=NISCAIR |access-date=2017-10-21}}</ref> His studies have been documented by way of a number of articles<ref name="On ResearchGate">{{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Avinash_Deshpande2 |title=On ResearchGate |date=17 October 2017 |access-date=2017-10-17}}</ref> and [[Google Scholar]], an online article repository of scientific articles, has listed 223 of them.<ref name="On Google Scholar">{{Cite web |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=FL5CkhAAAAAJ&hl=en |title=On Google Scholar |date=17 October 2017 |publisher=Google Scholar |access-date=2017-10-17}}</ref> The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to physical sciences in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|title=Awardee Details: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize|url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=445|website=ssbprize.gov.in|access-date=21 October 2017|publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize}}</ref>