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'''Ram Prakash Bambah''' is an Indian mathematician working in number theory and discrete geometry. |
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'''Ram Prakash Bambah''' (born 17 September 1925)<ref name="ias">[http://www.ias.ac.in/php/fell_detail.php3?name=Bambah&intials=Ram&year=30-09-1925 Fellow profile], [[Indian Academy of Sciences]], retrieved 2013-03-14.</ref><ref name="insa"/> is an Indian mathematician working in [[number theory]] and [[discrete geometry]]. |
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==Education and career== |
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In 1979 he was awarded the [[Srinivasa Ramanujan Medal]], and in 1974 was elected to the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]]. |
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Bambah earned a bachelor's degree from [[Government College University, Lahore]], and a master's degree from the [[University of the Punjab, Lahore]].<ref name="insa"/> |
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He then went to England for his doctoral studies, earning his Ph.D. in 1950 from [[St John's College, Cambridge]] under the supervision of [[Louis J. Mordell]].<ref name="insa"/><ref>{{MathGenealogy|id=10254}}</ref> Returning to India, he became a reader at [[Panjab University, Chandigarh]], in 1952, and was promoted to professor there in 1957.<ref name="insa"/> Maintaining his position at Panjab University, he also held a position as professor at [[Ohio State University]] in the US from 1964 to 1969.<ref name="insa"/> He retired from Punjab University in 1993.<ref name="insa"/> |
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Bambah was president of the [[Indian Mathematical Society]] in 1969, and [[vice chancellor]] of Panjab University from 1985 to 1991.<ref name="insa"/> |
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==Awards and honours== |
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He was elected to the [[Indian National Science Academy]] in 1955.<ref name="insa">[http://insaindia.org/detail.php?id=N55-0045 Fellow profile] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130415084943/http://insaindia.org/detail.php?id=N55-0045 |date=15 April 2013 }}, [[Indian National Science Academy]], retrieved 2013-03-14.</ref> |
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In 1979 he was awarded the [[Srinivasa Ramanujan Medal]],<ref name="insa"/> and in 1974 was elected to the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]].<ref name="ias"/> In 1988 he received the Aryabhata Medal of the Indian National Science Academy<ref name="insa"/> and the [[Padma Bhushan]] award.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref> |
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*[http://www.ias.ac.in/php/fell_detail.php3?name=Bambah&intials=Ram&year=30-09-1925 Ram Prakash Bambah] at the [[Indian academy of sciences]] |
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Latest revision as of 06:26, 30 May 2024
Ram Prakash Bambah (born 17 September 1925)[1][2] is an Indian mathematician working in number theory and discrete geometry.
Education and career
[edit]Bambah earned a bachelor's degree from Government College University, Lahore, and a master's degree from the University of the Punjab, Lahore.[2] He then went to England for his doctoral studies, earning his Ph.D. in 1950 from St John's College, Cambridge under the supervision of Louis J. Mordell.[2][3] Returning to India, he became a reader at Panjab University, Chandigarh, in 1952, and was promoted to professor there in 1957.[2] Maintaining his position at Panjab University, he also held a position as professor at Ohio State University in the US from 1964 to 1969.[2] He retired from Punjab University in 1993.[2]
Bambah was president of the Indian Mathematical Society in 1969, and vice chancellor of Panjab University from 1985 to 1991.[2]
Awards and honours
[edit]He was elected to the Indian National Science Academy in 1955.[2] In 1979 he was awarded the Srinivasa Ramanujan Medal,[2] and in 1974 was elected to the Indian Academy of Sciences.[1] In 1988 he received the Aryabhata Medal of the Indian National Science Academy[2] and the Padma Bhushan award.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Fellow profile, Indian Academy of Sciences, retrieved 2013-03-14.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Fellow profile Archived 15 April 2013 at archive.today, Indian National Science Academy, retrieved 2013-03-14.
- ^ Ram Prakash Bambah at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- 1925 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Indian mathematicians
- Indian number theorists
- Geometers
- Government College University, Lahore alumni
- University of the Punjab alumni
- Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
- Ohio State University faculty
- Presidents of the Indian Mathematical Society
- Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in science & engineering