Foreword to this special issue

This foreword is to introduce the reason for this special issue of the journal. Professor Vasudev Mangesh (Nitant) Kenkre has had a distinguished career as a statistical physicist, teacher, educator and a magnet for a great many statistical physicists from around the world across nearly five decades. This volume is to celebrate Nitant's work. The contributors are mostly his former students, friends and collaborators. This foreword captures a fraction of what Nitant means to us.

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This foreword introduces the reason for publishing this special issue, which is to celebrate Professor Vasudev Mangesh (Nitant) Kenkre's distinguished career as a statistical physicist and his influence on a global scale. The contributors are mainly his former students, friends, and collaborators.