Indian Mathematician receives 2021 DST-ICTP-IMU Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries

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Professor Neena Gupta, a mathematician at the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata, has been awarded the 2021 DST-ICTP-IMU Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from developing countries for her outstanding work in affine algebraic geometry and commutative algebra.

  • Professor Gupta is the third woman to receive Ramanujan Award.

ICTP Ramanujan Prize

The ICTP Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries is a mathematics prize awarded annually by the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Italy. 

  • The prize is named after the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan.
  • It was founded in 2004 and was first awarded in 2005.
  • The prize is awarded to a researcher from a developing country less than 45 years of age who has conducted outstanding research in a developing country.
  • The prize is supported by
    • Ministry of Science and Technology (India) and 
    • Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

 through the Abel Fund, with the cooperation of the International Mathematical Union.

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