Shambhu Dayal Sinvhal

Shambhu Dayal Sinhval
Born 20 November 1923
Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Children One son and two daughters
Parent(s) B. D. Sinvhal
Laxmi Devi
Awards Padma Shri

Shambhu Dayal Sinhval was an Indian mathematician, astronomist and a former vice chancellor of Kumaon University.[1] Born on 20 November 1923 at Indore in the largest Indian state of Madhya Pradesh to B. D. Sinvhal and Laxmi Devi, he started his career as a member of the faculty of the department of mathematics and astronomy at Lucknow University in 1946 where he worked till 1954.[1] During this period, he secured a doctoral degree (PhD) in mathematics from Lucknow in 1951.[1] In 1954, he resigned from the university to take up the post of an assistant astronomer at Uttar Pradesh State Observatory and became its director[2] in 1960, a post he held till his superannuation 1978.[1] He also worked as a professor at the University of Rourkee at the department of Earth Sciences.[3] In 1978, he was appointed as the vice chancellor of Kumaon University.[1]

Sinvhal was the president of Bharat Ganita Parishad[1] and a member of International Astronomical Union, London.[4] He served Astronomical Society of India as a member of its executive council (1973-74), as its vice president (1975-76), as its president (1977-79) and was its life member.[1][5] He was a life member of the National Academy of Sciences, India[3] and a member of the American Mathematical Society.[6] He chaired the Uttar Pradesh Higher Education Service Commission set up by the state government[2] and held memberships in the Instruments Society of India and the Optical Society of India.[1] He was a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, London.[1] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri in 1975.[7]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "SINVHAL, Dr Shambhu Dayal". Indian Who's Who (1980-81). 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 "NASI Brochure" (PDF). UCost. 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Life Members". National Academy of Sciences, India. 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  4. ↑ Immo Appenzeller (2012). Transactions of the International Astronomical Union. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 929. ISBN 9789400901636.
  5. ↑ "ASI Life Members". Astronomical Society of India. 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "American Mathematical Society". Project Euclid. 1953. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "Padma Shri" (PDF). Padma Shri. 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
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