Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri

Indian physicist

Date of Birth: 14-Sep-1923

Place of Birth: Barisal, Barisal Division, Bangladesh

Date of Death: 18-Jun-2005

Profession: physicist

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri (Bengali: ??? ????? ??????????; 14 September 1923 – 18 June 2005) was a leading Indian physicist, known for his research in general relativity and cosmology.
His most significant contribution is the eponymous Raychaudhuri equation, which demonstrates that singularities arise inevitably in general relativity and is a key ingredient in the proofs of the Penrose–Hawking singularity theorems.
Raychaudhuri was also revered as a teacher during his tenure at Presidency College, Kolkata.
Many of his students have gone on to become established scientists.