Ashoke Sen becomes first Indian to win Oskar Klein Medal

Theoretical physicist Ashoke Sen has received the 2026 Oskar Klein Medal, becoming the first Indian to win the honour awarded by Stockholm University and the Nobel Committee for Physics. Sen, a professor at ICTS Bengaluru known for work on string theory, delivered the accompanying lecture, 'Gravity from Strings and Strings from Gravity', in Stockholm on October 22.