Conversation with Sudipta Sarkar

Sudipta Sarkar is a Professor of Physics at IIT Gandhinagar, specializing in gravitation, black hole thermodynamics, gravitational waves, and quantum field theory in curved spacetime. He is also interested in the history of science, particular history of relativity and connected ideas.

In this conversation, we discussed his intellectual journey and the research questions that he has been interested in.

References:

‘IIT Gandhinagar | Sudipta Sarkar’. n.d. Accessed 9 March 2026. https://iitgn.ac.in/faculty/phy/fac-sudipta.

GEORGE GAMOV. n.d. ONE TWO THREE INFINITY. Accessed 13 March 2026. http://archive.org/details/OneTwoThreeInfinity_158.

IIT Gandhinagar. 2022a. Classical Black Hole | Prof Sudipta Sarkar | Lecture 01. 01:18:58. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nKVYasNFh0.

IIT Gandhinagar. 2022b. Towards Relativity: Einstein and His Compass | Sudipta Sarkar | History of Ideas 2.0. 01:05:09. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4gv-S7sLZ0.

Lightman, Alan. n.d. A Sense of the Mysterious: Science and the Human Spirit. Vintage Books.

Miller, Arthur I. 1981. Albert Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity: Discovery. Addison Wesley Longman Publishing Co.

Pais, Abraham. 2005. Subtle Is the Lord: The Science And the Life of Albert Einstein. Oxford Univ Pr.

‘‪Sudipta Sarkar‬ – ‪Google Scholar‬’. n.d. Accessed 9 March 2026. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=zXU9ZN4AAAAJ&hl=en.

‘Sudipta Sarkar – INSPIRE’. n.d. Accessed 9 March 2026. https://inspirehep.net/authors/1039819.

TIFR Quantum Space-Time Seminars. 2026. Sudipta Sarkar (IITGandhinagar): Rotating Black Holes Beyond General Relativity. 02:07:12. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRJw9MXVgdc.

Unknown's avatar

Author: G.V. Pavan Kumar

Namaste, Hola & Welcome from G.V. Pavan Kumar. I am a Professor of Physics at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India. My research interests are : (1) Optics & Soft Matter: Optically Induced Forces – Assembly, Dynamics & Function; (2) History and Philosophy of Science – Ideas in Physical Sciences. I am interested in the historical and philosophical evolution of ideas and tools in the physical sciences and technology. I research the intellectual history of past scientists, innovators, and people driven by curiosity, and I write about them from an Indian and Asian perspective. My motivation is to humanize science. In the same spirit, I write and host my podcast Pratidhvani – Humanizing Science.

One thought on “Conversation with Sudipta Sarkar”

  1. Pingback: Conversations with Scientists, Historians, Philosophers, Writers etc. – VISMAYA – History & Philosophy of Physics

Leave a comment