S. G. Dani

Shrikrishna Gopalrao Dani is a professor of mathematics at the Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences, Mumbai who works in the broad area of ergodic theory.[1]

Shrikrishna Gopalrao Dani
Shrikrishna Gopalrao Dani
Dani at Berkeley, California (1982)
Born
Belgaum, India
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndian
Alma materUniversity of Mumbai
TIFR
AwardsShanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award
TWAS Prize
Scientific career
FieldsLie group, Ergodic theory
InstitutionsMumbai
Doctoral advisorM. S. Raghunathan

Education

He did a master's degree from the University of Mumbai in 1969. He then joined the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai for a PhD which he was awarded in 1975. After that, he joined TIFR as a faculty member. After TIFR, he was the Chair Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He was a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study during 1976–77 and 1983–84.[2]

Administration

He has been a member of the NBHM since 1996 and was the Chairman of the NBHM. He is also the chairman, Commission for Development and Exchange (CDE) of International Mathematical Union, for the period 2007–2010. He has served as Editor of Proceedings (Math. Sci.) of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore for many years since 1987.[3]

Awards and recognition

Dani was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in 1990. He gave an invited talk at the International Congress of Mathematicians held in Zurich, Switzerland in 1994. He received the World Academy of Sciences prize in 2007.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Indian Fellow". INSA. 2016. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  2. "Community of Scholars Profile: Dani, Shrikrishna G." Institute for Advanced Study. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  3. Short Biography
  4. "Prizes and Awards". The World Academy of Sciences. 2016.
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