ICTP Prize Winner 1983

The ICTP Prize in honour of Alfred Kastler (Alsace), Nobel Laureate 1966 and Chairperson of the ICTP Scientific Council (1970-1983), in the fields of Solid State Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, was awarded to Ganapathy Baskaran, University of Madras, India, for important contributions to the theory of antiferromagnetic insulators, phase transitions in condensed matter and lattice gauge theories.