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:
- International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italy
- Department of Science and Technology (DoST) of India
- International Mathematical Union (IMU)
- The award carries a citation and a monetary prize of 15000 US dollars.