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Raman Parimala
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| Born | November 21, 1948 |
| Alma mater | University of Mumbai, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research |
| Awards | Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award (1987) |
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| Fields | Algebra |
| Institutions | Emory University |
| Doctoral advisor | R. Sridharan |
| Doctoral students | Sujatha Ramdorai Suresh Venapally |
Raman Parimala is a very important Indian mathematician. She was born on November 21, 1948. She is famous for her work in algebra, which is a branch of mathematics dealing with symbols and the rules for using them.
Today, she is a special professor of mathematics at Emory University. Before that, she taught for many years at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) in Mumbai, India. She also helped choose winners for big awards like the Infosys Prize and the Abel prize.
Her Early Life and Education
Raman Parimala grew up in Tamil Nadu, a state in India. She went to school at Saradha Vidyalaya Girls' High School. Later, she studied at Stella Maris College in Chennai.
She earned her first master's degree (M.Sc.) from Madras University in 1970. Then, she completed her Ph.D. from the University of Mumbai in 1976. Her teacher and guide for her Ph.D. was R. Sridharan from TIFR.
In 1987, she received a very important award in India. It was the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology. This is one of the highest honors for scientists in India.
Amazing Awards and Honors
Raman Parimala has received many awards and honors for her work. These awards show how important her contributions are to mathematics.
- She was made a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences.
- She is also a Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy.
- In 1987, she won the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award. This is India's top science award.
- In 1999, she received an honorary doctorate from the University of Lausanne. This means the university recognized her achievements with a special degree.
- She won the Srinivasa Ramanujan Birth Centenary Award in 2003.
- In 2005, she received the TWAS Prize for Mathematics.
- She became a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society in 2012.
- In 2024, she was given an Honorary Membership of the London Mathematical Society.
In 2020, the Indian government honored her. They announced that special teaching positions would be created in her name. These positions would be at different institutes across India. This was done to celebrate her and other important Indian women scientists.
Raman Parimala has also been invited to speak at major math conferences. She was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Zurich in 1994. She gave another important speech at the same Congress in Hyderabad in 2010.
See also
In Spanish: Raman Parimala para niños
