Ram Prakash Bambah
Ram Prakash Bambah (17 September 1925 – 26 May 2025) was an Indian mathematician working in number theory and discrete geometry.
Life and career
[edit]Bambah was born on 17 September 1925.[1][2] He 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 Panjab University in 1993.[2]
He was president of the Indian Mathematical Society in 1969, and vice chancellor of Panjab University from 1985 to 1991.[2]
Bambah died on 26 May 2025, at the age of 99.[4]
Awards and honours
[edit]Bambah 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.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Fellow profile, Indian Academy of Sciences, retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Fellow profile Archived 15 April 2013 at archive.today, Indian National Science Academy, retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ^ Ram Prakash Bambah at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ "Eminent mathematician and former Panjab University V-C RP Bambah passes away at 99". The Tribune. 26 May 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
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- Presidents of the Indian Mathematical Society
- Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in science & engineering