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{{Short description | Indian theoretical physicist
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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Varun Sahni
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|3|29}}
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| fields = {{ublist | [[Astrophysics]] | [[Astronomy]] }}
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics]] }}
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| doctoral_advisor = [[Alexei Starobinsky]]
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| father = [[Bhisham Sahni]]
| known_for = Studies on Dark Energy, large-scale structure of the Universe
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'''Varun Bhisham Sahni''' (born
Sahni is reported to have studied the universe, more specifically its large-scale structure, the early inflationary phase and cosmological constant.<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=24 |title=Brief Profile of the Awardee |date=2017-10-17 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |access-date=2017-10-17}}</ref> His achievements include the establishment of a cosmic no-hair theorem related to inflation, analysis of the universe structure using self-developed statistical methods, discovery of novel models of [[dark energy]] and [[dark matter]], design of unified models of Inflation and dark energy and the elucidation of [[Big Bang theory]] using [[Brane cosmology|Braneworld physics]].<ref name="Indian fellow">{{Cite web |url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail/P11-1555 |title=Indian fellow |date=2017-10-17 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy |access-date=2017-10-17}}</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/Varun_Sahni2 |title=On ResearchGate |date=2017-10-17 |access-date=2017-10-17}}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Please see ''Selected bibliography'' section}} and the online article repository of the Indian Academy of Sciences has listed 68 of them.<ref name="Browse by Fellow">{{Cite web |url=http://repository.ias.ac.in/view/fellows/Sahni=3AVarun_Bhisham=3A=3A.html |title=Browse by Fellow |date=2017-10-17 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences |access-date=2017-10-17}}</ref>
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