Recently, Indian physicist Deepak Dhar was selected for which prestigious international award?

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The correct answer is Option A: Dirac Medal. Indian theoretical physicist Deepak Dhar was selected for the 2026 Dirac Medal for his contributions to statistical mechanics and complex systems. The 2026 Dirac Medal was announced by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics on 8 August 2026. Deepak Dhar shared the 2026 Dirac Medal with Bernard Derrida, Marc Mézard and Haim Sompolinsky for contributions to statistical mechanics, optimisation, theoretical neuroscience and artificial intelligence. Deepak Dhar is renowned for his work on sandpile models, which provided an important mathematical foundation for the study of self-organised criticality. The Dirac Medal was instituted by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in 1985 and is awarded annually on 8 August, the birth anniversary of Paul Dirac. Deepak Dhar became the first Indian recipient of the Boltzmann Medal in 2022 for his contributions to statistical mechanics. Deepak Dhar was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2023 for his contributions to science. Deepak Dhar completed his PhD from the California Institute of Technology in 1978 after earning degrees from the University of Allahabad and IIT Kanpur.

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Boltzmann Medal

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Wolf Prize

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Feynman Prize

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Einstein Medal

Recently, Indian physicist Deepak Dhar was selected for which prestigious international award?

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