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| fields = {{ublist | [[Astrophysics]] | [[Astronomy]] }}
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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 March 29, 1956) is an Indian theoretical physicist, astrophysicist and a Distinguished Professor at the [[Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics]].<ref name=" Faculty">{{Cite web |url=http://www.iucaa.in:8080/iucaa/jsp/N-People.jsp |title= Faculty |date=2017-10-19 |website=Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics |access-date=2017-10-19}}</ref> Known for his research on cosmology,<ref name="Summary of faculty research interests">{{Cite web |url=http://www.iucaa.ernet.in/research.html |title=Summary of faculty research interests |date=2017-10-19 |website=Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics |access-date=2017-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611140022/http://www.iucaa.ernet.in/Research.html |archive-date=2010-06-11 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> Sahni is an elected fellow of all the three major Indian science academies viz. [[Indian Academy of Sciences]],<ref name="Fellow profile">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Sahni,_Prof._Varun_Bhisham |title=Fellow profile |date=2017-10-17 |publisher=[[Indian Academy of Sciences]] |access-date=2017-10-17}}</ref> [[Indian National Science Academy]]<ref name="INSA Year Book 2016">{{Cite web |url=http://www.insaindia.res.in/pdf/YearBook_2016.pdf |title=INSA Year Book 2016 |date=2017 |publisher=[[Indian National Science Academy]]}}</ref> and [[National Academy of Sciences, India]].<ref name="NASI fellows">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=S |title=NASI fellows |date=2017 |publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India}}</ref> The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to physical sciences in 2000.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/AwardeeList.aspx |title=View Bhatnagar Awardees |date=2017-11-11 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |access-date=2017-11-11}}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Long link - please select award year to see details}}
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