<p>78-year old Ennackal Chandy George Sudarshan shares the Dirac 2010 with Italian physicist Nicola Cabibbo. Sudarshan’s contributions to theoretical physics include the discovery of the V-A theory of weak interactions, which opened the way to the full description of the unified electroweak theory.<br /><br />The Dirac Medal of the ICTP is awarded by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in honour of the renowned physicist P A M Dirac on his birthday, August 8. It was first awarded in 1985. The medallists also receive a prize of USD 5,000.<br /><br />One of the criteria that the recipients must qualify is that they should not have won a Nobel prize, Fields medal or Wolf Foundation prize till the Dirac medal was conferred on them. Both Cabbibo and Sudarshan were passed over by the Nobel committee earlier. Cabbibo in 2008 and Sudarshan in 1979 and 2005.<br /><br />In awarding the Dirac medal to the duo, ICTP director Fernando Quevedo called it "recognition that is long overdue," and praised both physicists for their strong links to science in the developing world.<br /><br />ICTP was set up by Salam in 1964 to foster advanced studies and research in physics and mathematics, especially in developing countries.<br />Sudarshan originally from Pallam, Kotayam district, Kerala, has also taught at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), University of Rochester, Syracuse University and Harvard.<br /><br />He has been a professor at the university since 1969 and a Senior Professor at the Indian Institute of Science. He served as the Director of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai, for five years during the 1980s dividing his time between India and USA.<br /><br />His areas of interest include elementary particle physics, quantum optics, quantum information, quantum field theory, gauge field theories, classical mechanics and foundations of physics. Cabibbo is currently chair of ICTP's Scientific Council.</p>
<p>78-year old Ennackal Chandy George Sudarshan shares the Dirac 2010 with Italian physicist Nicola Cabibbo. Sudarshan’s contributions to theoretical physics include the discovery of the V-A theory of weak interactions, which opened the way to the full description of the unified electroweak theory.<br /><br />The Dirac Medal of the ICTP is awarded by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in honour of the renowned physicist P A M Dirac on his birthday, August 8. It was first awarded in 1985. The medallists also receive a prize of USD 5,000.<br /><br />One of the criteria that the recipients must qualify is that they should not have won a Nobel prize, Fields medal or Wolf Foundation prize till the Dirac medal was conferred on them. Both Cabbibo and Sudarshan were passed over by the Nobel committee earlier. Cabbibo in 2008 and Sudarshan in 1979 and 2005.<br /><br />In awarding the Dirac medal to the duo, ICTP director Fernando Quevedo called it "recognition that is long overdue," and praised both physicists for their strong links to science in the developing world.<br /><br />ICTP was set up by Salam in 1964 to foster advanced studies and research in physics and mathematics, especially in developing countries.<br />Sudarshan originally from Pallam, Kotayam district, Kerala, has also taught at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), University of Rochester, Syracuse University and Harvard.<br /><br />He has been a professor at the university since 1969 and a Senior Professor at the Indian Institute of Science. He served as the Director of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai, for five years during the 1980s dividing his time between India and USA.<br /><br />His areas of interest include elementary particle physics, quantum optics, quantum information, quantum field theory, gauge field theories, classical mechanics and foundations of physics. Cabibbo is currently chair of ICTP's Scientific Council.</p>