M. S. Narasimhan

Mudumbai Seshacharlu Narasimhan

Narasimhan in Bengaluru (2010).
Born 1932
Thandarai, Tamil Nadu, India
Residence Bangalore
Nationality Indian
Fields Mathematics
Institutions TIFR
Alma mater TIFR
Doctoral advisor K. Chandrasekharan
Doctoral students M. S. Raghunathan
S. Ramanan
V. K. Patodi

Mudumbai Seshachalu Narasimhan FRS (born 1932) is an eminent Indian mathematician. He is well known along with C S Seshadri for their proof of the Narasimhan–Seshadri theorem, and both were elected as Fellows of the Royal Society.

Education

Narasimhan did his undergraduate studies at Loyola College, Chennai, 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 Subbaramiah 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.

Career

Degrees and posts held

Awards and felicitations

References

  1. "Community of Scholars Profile: Narasimhan, Mudumbai S.". Institute for Advanced Study. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  2. "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.

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