“I feel greatly honored to be the first recipient of the
Infosys Mathematics Prize. I thank Infosys for their initiative on creating this prize and am sure it will help promote mathematics research in the country.”
Prof. Manindra Agrawal, N. Rama Rao Infosys Mathematics Prize. I thank Infosys for their initiative on creating this prize and am sure it will help promote mathematics research in the country.”
Chair Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur. Winner of the Infosys Prize for Mathematics 2008
LAUREATES - Infosys Prize for Mathematics 2008
A boost for math research in India
Prof. Manindra Agrawal is the jury’s choice for his outstanding contribution in the field of complexity theory, a branch of mathematics and computer science concerned with the study of algorithms for solving mathematical and related scientific problems, and especially their efficiency and running times. Prof. Agrawal has made significant contributions to the theory of efficient reactions between computational problems, which are part of the program studying the well-known “P vs NP” question in mathematics/ computer science. His joint paper with two of his former students resolves the centuries-old problem of a fast test of primality. In the language of complexity theory, they have proved that recognizing primes is in the ‘class P’ and this constitutes one of the most striking problems now known in this class.
Prof. Manindra Agrawal
Born on May 20, 1966 in Allahabad, Prof. Manindra Agrawal received his B. Tech and Ph. D in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in 1986 and 1991, respectively. He was a fellow at the School of Mathematics, SPIC Science Foundation, Chennai from 1993 to 1995, and a Humboldt Fellow at the University of Ulm, Germany, from 1995 to 1996. He joined the faculty at IIT Kanpur as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in 1996. He was appointed as the N. Rama Rao Chair Professor in 2003. He is the recipient of several international awards including the Fulkerson Prize 2006 and the Gödel Prize 2006, and has published and presented papers in reputed journals.
“Infosys congratulates Dr. Agrawal on being awarded this prize and applauds his work. We hope that this award will reiterate the importance of mathematics across different sciences and encourage students to cultivate an interest in the subject.”
N. R. Narayana Murthy
President of the Board of Trustees
Infosys Science Foundation, and
Chairman and Chief Mentor
Infosys Technologies Ltd.
President of the Board of Trustees
Infosys Science Foundation, and
Chairman and Chief Mentor
Infosys Technologies Ltd.
“The Infosys Mathematics Prize is an important step in nurturing and encouraging academic research in areas critical to India's development as a scientific and economic power.”
Dr. K. Kasturirangan,
Director National Institute of Advanced Studies
Director National Institute of Advanced Studies
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