Ashoke Sen becomes first Indian physicist to receive Oskar Klein Medal

Physicist Ashoke Sen has been awarded the Oskar Klein Medal for 2026, becoming the first Indian to receive the honour, the Bengaluru-based International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS) said on Saturday. Sen, an ICTS-Infosys Madhava Chair Professor, is recognised for pioneering work on S-duality, the precise counting of black hole entropy and string field theory, which helped shape modern string theory.