Mangala Narikar

July 19, 2023

Noted mathematician and scientist Dr. Mangala Narlikar, wife of renowned astrophysicist Dr. Jayant Narlikar, passed away recently.
Narlikar completed her graduation and post-graduation from Mumbai University.
She was an associate researcher in the Mathematics School of the Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai between 1964 to 1966.
Between 1967 and 1969, she taught mathematics at Cambridge University in England.
Author of several books in English and Marathi, Mangala Narlikar was adept at demystifying mathematics to children.