The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded researchers at the University of New Mexico (UNM) and the University of Delaware (UD) an EPSCoR (Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) Track 2 grant for $4 million to advance quantum...

Distinguished Professor Emeritus Vasudev “Nitant” Kenkre

Vasudev "Nitant" Kenkre smiles proudly with a copy of the Festschrift in his honor. 

Vasudev "Nitant" Kenkre was honored recently by the North American Konkani Association with the Lifetime Excellence Award for his outstanding research contributions in physics.

The Consortium of the Americas for Interdisciplinary Science visitors were Latin American scientists representing countries including Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, and Paraguay. Even Italy and USA were represented. The scientists frequently collaborated on research projects with their UNM counterparts. 

It was in the winter of 1984 when a young physicist named Vasudev “Nitant” Kenkre wandered onto the campus at The University of New Mexico. Since then, Kenkre, who has been described as a physicist, humanist, humorist, magician, philosopher, scholar,...