He is a pioneer and leading figure in time-domain astrophysics across the electromagnetic spectrum.
The survey has turned up thousands of stellar explosions, transforming our knowledge of the transient sky.
Mr Kulkarni, with this honour, joins other prominent Indian laureates of the Dan David prize including author
Amitav Ghosh.
Music conductor Zubin Mehta
Renowned chemist CNR Rao.
He was the award with Andrej Udalski of the University of Warsaw and Neil Gehrels of NASA for their discoveries on time-domain astrophysics in the “Future” category of the prize.
About Dan David Prize
The $ 1 million prize is a joint international enterprise endowed by the Dan David Foundation headquartered at Tel Aviv University.
It is grants annually three prizes of US $ 1 million each for outstanding achievement.
Fields are chosen for Past, Present and Future.
It is Foundation was founded in 2000 with a $ 100 million endowment by Romanian-born Israeli businessman and philanthropist Dan David
The Founding Director was Professor Gad Barzilai.
It is awarded for innovative and interdisciplinary research.
Table Content shows About Dan David Prize
Dan David Prize
Awarded for
Outstanding Contribution in the Fields of Science, Technology, Culture or Social Welfare