M S Narasimhan
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M. S. Narasimhan (born 1932) is an eminent India
n mathematician
. He is well known along with C S Seshadri
for their work entitled "Stable and unitary vector bundles on a compact Riemann surface"; and both were elected as FRS.
, where he was taught by
Fr Racine. Fr Racine had studied with the famous French mathematicians Élie Cartan
and Jacques Hadamard
, and connected his students with the latest developments in modern mathematics. Among Racine's other students who achieved eminence, we may count Minakshisundaram, K. G. Ramanathan, C S Seshadri, Raghavan Narasimhan
, and C. P. Ramanujam
.
Narasimhan went to the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
(TIFR), Bombay, for his graduate studies. He obtained his Ph.D. from University of Mumbai
in 1960; his advisor was K. Chandrasekharan. Among Narasimhan's distinguished students is M. S. Raghunathan who followed in this footsteps to bag the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize as well as become FRS. Two other students who made a mark as top-notch mathematicians are S. Ramanan
and V. K. Patodi.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n mathematician
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
. He is well known along with C S Seshadri
C. S. Seshadri
C.S.Seshadri FRS is an eminent Indian mathematician. He is currently Director-Emeritus of the Chennai Mathematical Institute, and is known for his work in algebraic geometry. The Seshadri constant is named after him. He is also a recipient of the prestigious Padma Bhushan in 2009, the third highest...
for their work entitled "Stable and unitary vector bundles on a compact Riemann surface"; and both were elected as FRS.
Education
Narasimhan did his undergraduate studies at Loyola College, ChennaiLoyola College, Chennai
Loyola College is a Jesuit institution in Chennai, India. The college admits undergraduates and post-graduates and offers degrees in the liberal arts, sciences and commerce. It is an autonomous institution affiliated with the University of Madras.-History:...
, where he was taught by
Fr Racine. Fr Racine had studied with the famous French mathematicians Élie Cartan
Élie Cartan
Élie Joseph Cartan was an influential French mathematician, who did fundamental work in the theory of Lie groups and their geometric applications...
and Jacques Hadamard
Jacques Hadamard
Jacques Salomon Hadamard FRS was a French mathematician who made major contributions in number theory, complex function theory, differential geometry and partial differential equations.-Biography:...
, and connected his students with the latest developments in modern mathematics. Among Racine's other students who achieved eminence, we may count Minakshisundaram, K. G. Ramanathan, C S Seshadri, Raghavan Narasimhan
Raghavan Narasimhan
Raghavan Narasimhan is an Indian mathematician at the University of Chicago who works on real and complex manifolds and who solved the Levi problem for complex spaces.-References:...
, and C. P. Ramanujam
C. P. Ramanujam
Chakravarthi Padmanabhan Ramanujam was an Indian mathematician who worked in the fields of number theory and algebraic geometry. He got elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences in 1973...
.
Narasimhan went to the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research is a research institution in India dedicated to basic research in mathematics and the sciences. It is a Deemed University and works under the umbrella of the Department of Atomic Energy of the Government of India. It is located at Navy Nagar, Colaba, Mumbai...
(TIFR), Bombay, for his graduate studies. He obtained his Ph.D. from University of Mumbai
University of Mumbai
The University of Mumbai , is a state university located in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It was known as the University of Bombay until 1996 when the city of Bombay was renamed as Mumbai. The affiliated colleges of the university are spread throughout the city of Mumbai and four coastal districts in...
in 1960; his advisor was K. Chandrasekharan. Among Narasimhan's distinguished students is M. S. Raghunathan who followed in this footsteps to bag the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize as well as become FRS. Two other students who made a mark as top-notch mathematicians are S. Ramanan
S. Ramanan
Professor S. Ramanan is an Indian mathematician who works in the area of algebraic geometry, moduli spaces and Lie groups. He completed his Ph. D. at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, under the direction of M. S. Narasimhan, with whom he collaborated for decades. He later pursued a...
and V. K. Patodi.
Degrees and posts held
- Fellow of the Royal Society, London
- Head, Mathematics Group of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (1992-99)
- Honorary Fellow, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore Centre.
Awards and felicitations
- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (1975)
- Third World Academy Award for Mathematics (1987)
- Padma BhushanPadma BhushanThe Padma Bhushan is the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan, but comes before the Padma Shri. It is awarded by the Government of India.-History:...
(1990) - King Faisal International Prize for Science, 2006 (jointly with Simon Donaldson, Imperial College)