Sastra University-Sastra Ramanujan Award 2005

Sastra University

Sastra University-Sastra Ramanujan Award

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Sastra University-Sastra Ramanujan Award 2005

SASTRA Deemed University has instituted the SASTRA Ramanujan Award of USD 10,000 to be awarded annually to a mathematician not exceeding the age of 32 for outstanding contributions in an area of mathematics influenced by the late Indian mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan. Young mathematicians all over the world are eligible for this award. The age limit has been set at 32 because Ramanujan achieved so much in his brief life of 32 years, and also to encourage doctoral and post doctoral research.

The SASTRA Ramanujan Award will be awarded during December 2005 at the annual international conference on Number Theory that is being conducted by the Srinivasa Ramanujan Centre of SASTRA at Kumbakonam ( SASTRA conducts the conference annually from December 2003 ). The winner will be invited to give a talk at the conference and receive the award.

Nominations for the first SASTRA Ramanujan Award must be made by August 19, 2005. A panel of experts will select the winner from the nominations. The person making the nomination must assemble the vita of the nominee, some selected papers, and three letters supporting the nomination, and send these to :

SASTRA Ramanujan Prize, Department Of Mathematics, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 , USA

Nominations can also be emailed to : sastraprize@math.ufl.edu Or sastraprize@sastra.edu

Reference Website:www.src.sastra.edu

Sastra University-Sastra Ramanujan Award 2005