Ennackal Chandy George Sudarshan

Ennackal Chandy George Sudarshan (also known as E C G Sudarshan; born 16 September 1931) is an Indian theoretical physicist and a professor at the University of Texas Sudarshan has been credited with numerous contributions to the field of theoretical Physics including Optical coherence, SudarshanGlauber representation, VA theory, Tachyons, Quantum Zeno effect, Open quantum system, Spinstatistics theorem, noninvariance groups, positive maps of density matrices, quantum computation among others His contributions include also relations between east and west, philosophy and religion
George Sudarshan was born in a Syrian Christian family in Pallam, Kottayam district, Kerala, India Despite being raised in a Christian family, he later left the religion and called himself a VedantinHe mentions disagreements with the Churchs view on God and lack of spiritual experience as reasons why he left the ChurchHe studied at CMS College Kottayam, and graduated with honors from the Madras Christian College in 1951 He obtained his masters degree at the University of Madras in 1952 He moved to Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) and worked there for a brief period with Homi Bhabha as well as others Subsequently, he moved to University of Rochester in New York to work under Robert Marshak as a graduate student In 1958, he received his PhD degree from the University of Rochester At this point he moved to Harvard University to join Julian Schwinger as a postdoctoral fellow