Chandrashekhar Khare facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Chandrashekhar Khare
Chandrashekhar Khare in 2011
Born	1968
Nationality	India
Alma mater	Caltech Cambridge University
Known for	Proof of Serre conjecture
Awards	INSA Young Scientist Award (1999) Fermat Prize (2007) Infosys Prize (2010) Cole Prize (2011)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	UCLA
Doctoral advisor	Haruzo Hida Dinakar Ramakrishnan

Chandrashekhar B. Khare (born in 1968) is a brilliant professor of mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He is known for solving a very difficult math problem called the Serre conjecture. He first proved a part of it in 2005. Later, he proved the full conjecture with another mathematician, Jean-Pierre Wintenberger.

Professor Khare has also been a judge for the Mathematical Sciences section of the Infosys Prize since 2015. He became the head judge for this award in 2020.

Chandrashekhar Khare's Career Journey

Early Life and Education

Chandrashekhar Khare grew up in Mumbai, India. He went to Trinity College, Cambridge for his first university degree. He then moved to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). There, he completed his Ph.D. in 1995. His main supervisor was Haruzo Hida. His Ph.D. work was published in a well-known math journal called Duke Mathematical Journal.

Solving the Serre Conjecture

One of his biggest achievements was proving the Serre conjecture. This was a major challenge in number theory, which is a branch of mathematics that studies numbers. He published the proof of this complex problem with Jean-Pierre Wintenberger in a famous journal called Inventiones Mathematicae.

Workplaces and Leadership

Professor Khare started his career as a Fellow at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in India. Later, he became an Associate Professor of Mathematics at the University of Utah. In 2007, he moved to UCLA. As of 2025, he is a Professor and also the Chair of the Mathematics Department at UCLA. This means he leads the entire math department there.

Awards and Special Recognition

Professor Khare has received many important awards for his work in mathematics.

• In 1999, he won the INSA Young Scientist Award.
• He received the Fermat Prize in 2007.
• In 2010, he was awarded the Infosys Prize.
• He also won the Cole Prize in 2011.

In 2010, he was invited to give a special talk at the International Congress of Mathematicians. This is a very big event for mathematicians from all over the world. His talk was about "Number Theory."

In 2012, he became a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society. This is a group that recognizes top mathematicians. He was also chosen as a Fellow of the Royal Society, which is a very old and respected scientific organization in the United Kingdom.