News and Announcements
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Fellows of the National Academy of Sciences, India
Prof. Arvind Ayyer and Prof. Thirupathi Gudi have been elected as Fellows of the National Academy of Sciences, India.
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INSA Fellow
Professor Mahesh Kakde has been elected as a Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy.
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IISc Award for Excellence in Teaching
Professor Gautam Bharali has been awarded an Excellence in Teaching Award by IISc.
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Vigyan Yuva Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award
Professor Mahesh Kakde has been awarded the Vigyan Yuva Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award 2024 in the category of Mathematical Sciences.
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Promotion
Prof. Arvind Ayyer has been promoted to Professor.
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FPSAC Executive Committee
Arvind Ayyer was invited to be a permanent member of the Executive Committee of FPSAC, the premier annual conference in algebraic combinatorics.
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Selected candidates for Integrated PhD Program 2024
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Selected candidates for Ph.D. Program 2024
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INSA Young Associate
Dr. Ved Datar has been selected as a Young Associate of the Indian National Science Academy for the year 2024.
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Infosys Young Investigator
Dr. Bharathwaj Palvannan has been selected as an Infosys Young Investigator.
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NBHM ICME 2024
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Homi Bhabha Chair
Professor Mahesh Kakde has been appointed to a Homi Bhabha Chair, instituted by the Tata Education and Development Trust.
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A.K. Agarwal Award
Professor Apoorva Khare has been awarded the A.K. Agarwal Award by the Indian Mathematical Society at their 89th annual conference.
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New Faculty Member
The department welcomes Dr. Muna Naik as an Assistant Professor. His research interests lie in harmonic analysis.
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Microsoft AI Research Program
Professor Siddhartha Gadgil has been selected for the Microsoft Accelerate Foundation Models Research Program (Fall 2023).
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Promotion
Dr. R. Venkatesh has been promoted to Associate Professor.
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Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award
Professor Apoorva Khare has been awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology 2022 in the category of Mathematical Sciences.
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Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences
Dr. Shaunak Deo has been inducted as an Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences for the period 2023-2026.
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Frontiers of Science Award
Professor Mahesh Kakde received a Frontiers of Science award at the inaugural International Congress for Basic Science, in Beijing in July 2023. The mathematics department held a High Tea to congratulate Professor Kakde on this and other recent achievements.
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NBHM ICIAM 2023
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LMS Whitehead Prize
Professor Mahesh Kakde has been awarded a Whitehead Prize by the London Mathematical Society.
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Selected candidates for Integrated Ph.D. Program 2023.
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Selected candidates for Ph.D. Program 2023.
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SERB-POWER Fellowship
Dr. Radhika Ganapathy has been awarded the SERB-POWER Fellowship.
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Infosys Young Investigator
Dr. Shaunak Deo has been selected as an Infosys Young Investigator.
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INSA Medals for Young Scientists
Prof. Subhojoy Gupta and Dr. R. Venkatesh have been awarded the INSA Medal for Young Scientists for the year 2022.
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Fellows of the Indian Academy of Sciences
Prof. Gautam Bharali and Prof. Mahesh Kakde have been elected as Fellows of the Indian Academy of Sciences.
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JMM Invited Speaker
Professor Apoorva Khare delivered the ILAS Invited Address on Analysis applications of Schur polynomials at the 2023 Joint Mathematics Meetings in Boston, USA. He also received the ILAS Invited Address Award.
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Selected candidates for Ph.D. Mid Year Program 2022.
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Infosys Prize
Professor Mahesh Kakde has been awarded the 2022 Infosys Prize in Mathematical Sciences.
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INSA Fellow
Professor Kaushal Verma has been elected as a Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy.
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Junior Associate of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Dr. Purvi Gupta has been inducted as a Junior Associate of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) for the period Jan 2023 - Dec 2028.
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FPSAC 2022
The $34^{th}$ International Conference on Formal Power Series & Algebraic Combinatorics was held at the Department of Mathematics, IISc during July 18–22, 2022. For details please visit the conference website.
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ICM Invited Speaker
Professor Mahesh Kakde, jointly with Professor Samit Dasgupta from Duke University, presented their work at the 2022 International Congress of Mathematicians — a virtual event this year. Their presentation titled “On the Brumer–Stark Conjecture and Refinements”, discussed their proof of the original Brumer–Stark conjecture and many of its refinements over the past decades. The talk is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YRudS9s71g.
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Selected candidates for Integrated Ph.D. Program 2022.
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Ganit Ratna Award
Professor Mahesh Kakde has been awarded the Ganit Ratna Award for 2021-22.
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Selected candidates for Ph.D. Program 2022.
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Promotion
Prof. Thirupathi Gudi has been promoted to Professor.
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Excellence in Research Award 2022
Professor Tirthankar Bhattacharya has been awarded the Alumni Award for Excellence in Research in Science/Engineering for 2022.
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Infosys Young Investigator
Dr. Purvi Gupta has been selected as an Infosys Young Investigator.
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J. C. Bose Fellowship
Professor Tirthankar Bhattacharya has been awarded the J. C. Bose Fellowship.
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Excellence in Research Award 2021
Professor Sundaram Thangavelu has been awarded the Alumni Award for Excellence in Research in Science/Engineering for 2021.
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Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences
Professor Apoorva Khare has been elected as a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences.
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New Faculty Member
The department welcomes Dr. Arka Mallick as an Assistant Professor. His research interests lie in partial differential equations.
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NASI Fellow
Professor Tirthankar Bhattacharya has been elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India.
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Selected candidates for Ph.D. Mid Year Program 2021.
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New Faculty Member
The department welcomes Dr. Bharathwaj Palvannan as an Assistant Professor. His research interests lie in number theory and arithmetic geometry.
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INSA Medal for Young Scientists
Professor Vamsi Pritham Pingali has been awarded the INSA Medal for Young Scientists for the year 2021.
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Promotion
Dr. Subhojoy Gupta has been promoted to Associate Professor.
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Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences
Professor Vamsi Pritham Pingali has been inducted as an Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences for the period 2021-2024.
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Selected candidates for Ph.D. Program 2021.
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Student awards 2020-21
Anwoy Maitra has been awarded the Martin Forster Gold Medal for the best Ph.D. thesis in the Department of Mathematics.
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Selected candidates for Integrated Ph.D. Program 2021.
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Professor M. S. Narasimhan
The department deeply regrets to announce the passing of Professor M. S. Narasimhan, who was long associated to the department as an NMI Distinguished Associate. We extend our condolences to his family and friends. Two memorial meetings are planned. These will be online events, and will be live-streamed on YouTube:
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Promotion
Dr. Vamsi Pritham Pingali has been promoted to Associate Professor.
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New Faculty Member
The department welcomes Prof. Amalendu Krishna as a Professor. His research interests lie in algebraic geometry, K-theory, and algebraic cycles.
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Simon Marais Competition Results
The 2020 Simon Marais Competition results are available here. Students from IISc have done extremely well. Overall, IISc has placed in the top quartile listing of universities.
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New Faculty Member
The department welcomes Dr. Swarnendu Sil as an Assistant Professor. His research interests lie in calculus of variations, partial differential equations and geometric analysis.
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New Faculty Member
The department welcomes Dr. Shaunak Deo as an Assistant Professor. His research interests lie in number theory.
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Swarnajayanti Fellowship
Professor Mahesh Kakde has been awarded the Swarnajayanti Fellowship by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, for the period 2021-2026.
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Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy
Professor Tirthankar Bhattacharya has been elected as a Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy.
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Associates of the Indian Academy of Sciences
Dr. Purvi Gupta and Dr. Subhojoy Gupta have been inducted as Associates of the Indian Academy of Sciences for the period 2020-2023.
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Director of IISc
Professor Govindan Rangarajan has been appointed as the Director of the Indian Institute of Science.
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Selected candidates for Integrated Ph.D. Program 2020.
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Selected candidates for Ph.D. Program 2020.
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Promotion
Drs. Abhishek Banerjee and Apoorva Khare have been promoted to Associate Professor.
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New Faculty Member
The department welcomes Dr. Purvi Gupta as an Assistant Professor. Her research interests lie in several complex variables.
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Promotion
Dr. Pooja Singla has been promoted to Associate Professor.
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Swarnajayanti Fellowship
Dr. Apoorva Khare has been awarded the Swarnajayanti Fellowship by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, for the period 2020-2025.
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Simon Marais Competition Results
The 2019 Simon Marais Competition results are available here. The performance of our UG team has been exceptional.
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Infosys Young Investigators
Drs. Radhika Ganapathy, R. Venkatesh, and Sanchayan Sen have been announced as being Infosys Young Investigators for the period 2019-2021.
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New Faculty Member
The department welcomes Prof. Mahesh Kakde as a Professor. His research interests lie in number theory and arithmetic geometry.
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Infosys Young Investigator
Dr. Ved Datar has been announced as being an Infosys Young Investigator for the period 2019-2021.
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New Faculty Member
The department welcomes Dr. Radhika Ganapathy as an Assistant Professor. Her research interests lie in representation theory.
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Selected candidates for Integrated Ph.D. Program 2019.
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Selected candidates for Ph.D. Program 2019.
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Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences
Dr. R. Venkatesh has been inducted as an Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences for the period 2018-2021.
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Simon Marais Competition results
The results for the 2018 Simon Marais Competition are announced here. The performance of students from IISc is extremely good.
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New floor in X Wing
The department inaugurated a new floor in the X-wing, containing offices for faculty, students, and visitors. A $\nu$-X symposium was held to mark the occasion.
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New Faculty Member
The department welcomes Dr. Ved Datar as an Assistant Professor. His research interests lie in Geometric analysis and Complex geometry.
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Simons Visiting Professorship
Dr. Subhojoy Gupta has been awarded a Simons Visiting Professorship grant to support a visit to Heidelberg University in September 2018.
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New Faculty Member
The department welcomes Dr. Sanchayan Sen as an Assistant Professor. His research interests lie in probability theory.
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Selected candidates for Integrated Ph.D. Program 2018.
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Selected candidates for Ph.D. Program 2018.
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Ramanujan Fellowship
Dr. Apoorva Khare has been awarded the Ramanujan Fellowship by the Science and Engineering Research Board, Government of India, for the period 2018-2023.
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Promotion
Dr. Arvind Ayyer has been promoted to Associate Professor.
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Promotion
Prof. Gautam Bharali has been promoted to Professor.
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Junior Associate of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Dr. Vamsi Pritham Pingali has been inducted as a Junior Associate of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) for the period Jan 2018 - Dec 2023.
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Infosys Young Investigators
Drs. Subhojoy Gupta, Apoorva Khare, and Vamsi Pritham Pingali have been announced as being Infosys Young Investigators for the period 2017-2019.
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New Website
The Department is migrating to a new website, built in-house, on September 11, 2017. This is based on the Jekyll static site generator, with styles and responsiveness using Bootstrap. Comments, suggestions and corrections are most welcome.