Dipendra Prasad | |
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Born | |
Citizenship | Indian |
Alma mater | Harvard University IIT Kanpur St. Xavier's College, Mumbai |
Known for | Gan–Gross–Prasad conjecture |
Awards | S. S. Bhatnagar Prize (2002) TWAS Prize (2019) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Harish-Chandra Research Institute |
Doctoral advisor | Benedict Gross |
Website | https://sites.google.com/view/dipendra-prasad/home |
Dipendra Prasad (born 1960)[1] is an Indian mathematician. He is an Emeritus Fellow of mathematics at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. He is a number theorist known for his work in the areas of automorphic representations and the Gan–Gross–Prasad conjecture.[2][3][4] He was the president of Commission for Developing Countries (CDC) of International Mathematical Union (2018–2022)[5] and of Indian Math Society (2021–2022).[6]
Two of his siblings, Gopal Prasad and Shrawan Kumar, are also mathematicians.