Neena Gupta receives 'Ramanujan Award 2021'

Neena Gupta receives 'Ramanujan Award 2021'

Daily Current Affairs   /   Neena Gupta receives 'Ramanujan Award 2021'

Change Language English Hindi

Category : Awards Published on: December 16 2021

Share on facebook
  • The Ramanujan Prize 2021 has been awarded to Neena Gupta, a professor, and mathematician at the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata.
  • Neena Gupta received this honour for her outstanding contributions to affine algebraic geometry and commutative algebra, particularly for her solution to the Zariski cancellation problem for affine spaces.
  • Neena is the third woman to win the Ramanujan Prize, and the fourth Indian to do so. The other three women who have won the award are all affiliated with the ISI Kolkata.
  • Ritabrata Munshi and Amalendu Krishna are two additional Indian mathematicians who have earned the Ramanujan Prize from ISI, in addition to Neena Gupta.
  • The 2021 Ramanujan Prize is jointly awarded by the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (Trieste, Italy), International Mathematical Union (IMU), and the department of science and technology under the Government of India.
  • Neena Gupta has also been awarded Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in 2019.
  • The Ramanujan Prize is awarded internationally to young mathematicians under the age of 45 for outstanding contributions to their field.
  • In 2004, the Ramanujan Prize was instituted. In 2005, Brazilian mathematician Marcello Viana received the award for the first time.
Recent Post's

  • Hermann Kulke, a German-born Indologist and historian known for his research on Odisha’s history and culture, passed away at the age of 87.

    Read More....

  • Indian Council of Agricultural Research is hosting the Global Conference on Women in Agri-Food Systems (GCWAS-2026) from 12–14 March 2026 at NASC Complex, New Delhi.

    Read More....

  • Gujarat launched the “Lake and Air Watch” initiative under the Gujarat Urban Development Mission to monitor lake health and air quality in cities in real time.

    Read More....

  • Gujarat Titans appointed former Indian wicketkeeper Vijay Dahiya as assistant coach for the 2026 season of the Indian Premier League.

    Read More....

  • Veteran Tamil filmmaker, producer and actor Thakkali Srinivasan passed away in Bengaluru at the age of 72.

    Read More....

  • The Ministry of Panchayati Raj organised a national conference of Women Elected Representatives under the Sashakt Panchayat-Netri Abhiyan in New Delhi.

    Read More....

  • NATO launched its biennial Arctic military exercise “Cold Response” involving about 25,000 troops from 14 countries.

    Read More....

  • Union Minister Piyush Goyal inaugurated the 40th AAHAR International Food and Hospitality Fair in New Delhi.

    Read More....

  • Tata Advanced Systems and Ramco Systems partnered to build the digital backbone for the Indian Air Force’s C-130J Super Hercules MRO facility.

    Read More....

  • Deloitte launched “ConnectSafe”, India’s first cybersecurity facility focused on operational technology ecosystems, in Bengaluru.

    Read More....