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| birth_place = India<br />
| fields = [[Theoretical computer science]], [[Computational complexity theory]]<br />
| workplaces = [[Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[IIT Madras]] (Ph.D.)<br />
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'''Meena Bhaskar Mahajan''' is an Indian [[theoretical computer science|theoretical computer scientist]] and a professor at the [[Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai]]. Her research includes publications in [[proof complexity]], algebraic [[circuit complexity]], small-space [[complexity classes]], [[parameterized complexity]], and [[algorithm]]s for [[planar graph]]s.<br />
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==Education and career==<br />
Mahajan is originally from [[Mumbai]], the daughter of a government accountant.{{r|hs}} She studied computer science at [[IIT Bombay]], receiving a bachelor's degree in 1986 and master's degree in 1988. She completed a Ph.D. at [[IIT Madras]] in 1993.{{r|imsc}} Her dissertation, ''Studies in Language Classes Defined by Time-Varying Cellular Automata'', was supervised by [[Kamala Krithivasan]].{{r|mg}}<br />
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After joining the Institute of Mathematical Sciences in Chennai as a postdoctoral researcher in 1993, she took a permanent faculty position at the institute in 1994.{{r|imsc}}<br />
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==Recognition==<br />
Mahajan was elected to the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] in 2022, and to the [https://insaindia.res.in/ Indian National Science Academy] in 2025.{{r|infosys}} She is an eminent speaker of ACM India.{{r|acmi}} In 2024 she received the J. C. Bose National Fellowship of the [[Science and Engineering Research Board]], now [https://dst.gov.in/anusandhan-national-research-foundation-anrf Anusandhan National Research Foundation].{{r|infosys}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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<ref name=acmi>{{citation|url=https://www.acm.org/articles/acm-india-bulletins/2024/featured-eminent-speaker-meena-mahajan|title=Featured Eminent Speaker of ACM India: Meena Mahajan|publisher=ACM India|access-date=2024-10-29}}</ref><br />
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<ref name=hs>{{citation|url=https://alumni.acr.iitb.ac.in/womengenzero/meena.html|title=Proving her worth: Meena Mahajan|work=Her Story – IIT Bombay Gen Zero Women|publisher=IIT Bombay|year=2022|access-date=2024-10-29}}</ref><br />
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<ref name=imsc>{{citation|url=https://www.imsc.res.in/meena_mahajan|title=Meena Mahajan|publisher=The Institute of Mathematical Sciences|access-date=2024-10-29}}</ref><br />
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<ref name=infosys>{{citation|url=https://www.infosysprize.org/jury/2024/meena-mahajan.html|title=Meena Mahajan|work=Infosys Prize 2024 jury|access-date=2024-10-29}}</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://www.imsc.res.in/~meena/ Home page]<br />
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