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Mathematician Amalendu Krishna won 2015 Ramanujan Prize

August 5, 2024Awards & HonoursOmkar Sawant

Mathematician Doctor Amalendu Krishna won the Ramanujan Prize for year 2015.

He was bestowed with this award for his outstanding contributions in the area of algebraic cycles, algebraic K-theory and the theory of motives.

About Amalendu Krishna

  • Krishna is a mathematician professor at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai.
  • He hails from Bihar and had completed his early college and schooling from there itself.
  • From 2001 til 2004, he taught mathematics as the Hedrick Assistant Professor at the University of California at Los Angeles.
  • Krishna is the second Indian to win this award, first was Sujatha Ramadorai who had won the award in 2006.

About Ramanujan Prize

  • The award was constituted in 2005
  • It is named after the noted Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan.
  • The award recognizes a researcher from a developing country who has conducted outstanding research in a developing country and is less than 45 years of age.
  • It is awarded jointly by:
    1. International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italy
    2. Department of Science and Technology (DoST) of India
    3. International Mathematical Union (IMU)
  • The award carries a citation and a monetary prize of 15000 US dollars.
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