Basudeb Dasgupta (physicist)

Basudeb Dasgupta is an Indian physicist who works on neutrinos and dark matter. He was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, the highest science award in India, for the year 2022 in Physical Sciences. He is also a recipient of the ICTP Prize for 2019, awarded by the International Centre for Theoretical Physics.

Dasgupta obtained a Ph.D. (2009) from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. He then held postdoctoral positions at Max Planck Institute for Physics, Ohio State University, and at International Centre for Theoretical Physics before joining the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai, where he is currently an Associate Professor.

He was listed as one of Asia's top 100 scientists by Asian Scientist. As a part of the celebration of 75 years of Indian independence, the Government of India published a book featuring Dasgupta as one of the 75 scientists aged under 50 who are "shaping today's India".