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	'''Narahari Umanath Prabhu''' (born April 25, 1924 in [[Kozhikode]]) is an [[India]]n-American mathematician, known for his contributions to [[operation research]], in particular [[queueing theory]].<ref>[http://legacy.orie.cornell.edu/~questa/NUPvita.pdf biography] from [[Cornell University]]</ref>		'''Narahari Umanath Prabhu''' (born April 25, 1924 in [[Kozhikode]]) is an [[India]]n-American mathematician, known for his contributions to [[operation research]], in particular [[queueing theory]].<ref>[http://legacy.orie.cornell.edu/~questa/NUPvita.pdf biography] from [[Cornell University]]</ref> He did not seek a Ph.D., however he guided a number of Ph.Ds.

	==Career==		==Career==
	Prabhu a [[Goud Saraswat Brahmin]] from [[Mangalore]] and [[Kozhikode]] got ~~his~~ B.A. in [[mathematics]] from [[University of Madras]] (1946), an M.A. in statistics from [[University of Bombay]] (1950). Prabhu ~~did~~ the ~~pioneering work~~ of ~~establishing~~ the department of statistics, [[Karnatak University]], Dharwar in 1951.<ref>[http://www.kud.ernet.in/PG_Deparments/Science_Departments/Statistics/Statistics_Department_Profile.htm Founder head of the statistics department, Karnataka University, Dharwar] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613160644/http://www.kud.ernet.in/PG_Deparments/Science_Departments/Statistics/Statistics_Department_Profile.htm \|date=2008-06-13 }}</ref> He obtained an M.Sc. in mathematics from [[University of Manchester]] on a thesis entitled ''Solution to Some Dam Problems'' (1957).		Prabhu a [[Goud Saraswat Brahmin]] from [[Mangalore]] and [[Kozhikode]] got a B.A. in [[mathematics]] from [[University of Madras]] (1946), a M.A. in statistics from [[University of Bombay]] (1950). Prabhu was the founding head of the department of statistics, [[Karnatak University]], Dharwar in 1951.<ref>[http://www.kud.ernet.in/PG_Deparments/Science_Departments/Statistics/Statistics_Department_Profile.htm Founder head of the statistics department, Karnataka University, Dharwar] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613160644/http://www.kud.ernet.in/PG_Deparments/Science_Departments/Statistics/Statistics_Department_Profile.htm \|date=2008-06-13 }}</ref> He obtained a M.Sc. in mathematics from [[University of Manchester]] on a thesis entitled ''Solution to Some Dam Problems'' (1957).

	Prabhu lectured at [[Gauhati University]] (1950–52), [[Karnatak University]] (1952–61), [[University of Western Australia]] (1961–64), before becoming [[associate professor]] at [[University of Michigan]] (1964–65) and [[Cornell University]] (1965–94) where he became [[professor]] (1967) and [[emeritus]] (1994). Prabhu also had longer research stays at [[Indian Statistical Institute]] in [[Calcutta]] (1961), [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] (1970, 73), [[Technion]] in [[Haifa]] (1973), [[University of Melbourne]] (1978), [[University of Maryland, College Park]] (1979), and [[Uppsala University]] (1984).		Prabhu lectured at [[Gauhati University]] (1950–52), [[Karnatak University]] (1952–61), [[University of Western Australia]] (1961–64), before becoming [[associate professor]] at [[University of Michigan]] (1964–65) and [[Cornell University]] (1965–94) where he became [[professor]] (1967) and [[emeritus]] (1994). Prabhu also had longer research stays at [[Indian Statistical Institute]] in [[Calcutta]] (1961), [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] (1970, 73), [[Technion]] in [[Haifa]] (1973), [[University of Melbourne]] (1978), [[University of Maryland, College Park]] (1979), and [[Uppsala University]] (1984) {{fact\|date=May 2022}}.

	He was the founding [[Editing\|editor]] of the [[Queuing systems\|Queueing Systems (journal)]] (1986–94) and has edited several other journals, as well as published ~~the~~ books ''Foundations of Queueing Theory'' ([[Springer Verlag]], 1997) and ''Stochastic storage processes'' (Springer, 1998).		He was the founding [[Editing\|editor]] of the [[Queuing systems\|Queueing Systems (journal)]] (1986–94) and has edited several other journals, as well as published books on ''Foundations of Queueing Theory'' ([[Springer Verlag]], 1997) and ''Stochastic storage processes'' (Springer, 1998).

	The South Asia Program at Cornell created the [[Rabindranath Tagore]] Endowment in Modern Indian Literature, made possible through a gift by Professor Emeritus Narahari Umanath Prabhu and his wife.		The South Asia Program at Cornell created the [[Rabindranath Tagore]] Endowment in Modern Indian Literature, made possible through a gift by Professor Emeritus Narahari Umanath Prabhu and his wife {{fact\|date=May 2022}}.

	==Awards==		==Awards==

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{{short description|Indian-American mathematician (born 1924)}}
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'''Narahari Umanath Prabhu''' (born April 25, 1924 in [[Kozhikode]]) is an [[India]]n-American mathematician, known for his contributions to [[operation research]], in particular [[queueing theory]].<ref>[http://legacy.orie.cornell.edu/~questa/NUPvita.pdf biography] from [[Cornell University]]</ref>

==Career==
Prabhu a [[Goud Saraswat Brahmin]] from [[Mangalore]] and [[Kozhikode]] got his B.A. in [[mathematics]] from [[University of Madras]] (1946), an M.A. in statistics from [[University of Bombay]] (1950). Prabhu did the pioneering work of establishing the department of statistics, [[Karnatak University]], Dharwar in 1951.<ref>[http://www.kud.ernet.in/PG_Deparments/Science_Departments/Statistics/Statistics_Department_Profile.htm Founder head of the statistics department, Karnataka University, Dharwar] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613160644/http://www.kud.ernet.in/PG_Deparments/Science_Departments/Statistics/Statistics_Department_Profile.htm |date=2008-06-13 }}</ref> He obtained an M.Sc. in mathematics from [[University of Manchester]] on a thesis entitled ''Solution to Some Dam Problems'' (1957).

Prabhu lectured at [[Gauhati University]] (1950–52), [[Karnatak University]] (1952–61), [[University of Western Australia]] (1961–64), before becoming [[associate professor]] at [[University of Michigan]] (1964–65) and [[Cornell University]] (1965–94) where he became [[professor]] (1967) and [[emeritus]] (1994). Prabhu also had longer research stays at [[Indian Statistical Institute]] in [[Calcutta]] (1961), [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] (1970, 73), [[Technion]] in [[Haifa]] (1973), [[University of Melbourne]] (1978), [[University of Maryland, College Park]] (1979), and [[Uppsala University]] (1984).

He was the founding [[Editing|editor]] of the [[Queuing systems|Queueing Systems (journal)]] (1986–94) and has edited several other journals, as well as published the books ''Foundations of Queueing Theory'' ([[Springer Verlag]], 1997) and ''Stochastic storage processes'' (Springer, 1998).

The South Asia Program at Cornell created the [[Rabindranath Tagore]] Endowment in Modern Indian Literature, made possible through a gift by Professor Emeritus Narahari Umanath Prabhu and his wife.

==Awards==
*[[INFORMS]] (Applied Probability) Award of Honor (1997)
* Honorary fellow of the Indian statistical association (1998)

==References==
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* [https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22NU+Prabhu%22&hl=en&lr= On Google scholar]

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