Published: 1st Sep, 2023
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Alladi Ramakrishnan
The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc) will pay homage to its visionary founder-director Alladi Ramakrishnan in his birth centenary year falling on 2023, by hosting a conference in his honour at its campus in Taramani, Chennai.
About:
- He was born on August 9, 1923.
- His father was the lawyer Sir Alladi Krishnaswami Iyer, who, as a member of the Constituent Assembly, was instrumental in drafting the Constitution of India with other prominent members.
- He had his early education in P. S. High School, Madras. He graduated from Presidency College, Madras, with B.Sc. (Hons) degree in physics.
- As a student of the college he had wanted to work under Sir C. V. Raman.
- Major contributions: He made contributions to stochastic process, particle physics, algebra of matrices, special theory of relativity and quantum mechanics.
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