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{{Short description|Indian mathematician (born 1984)}}
{{about|the Indian mathematician|the Indian actress|Neena Gupta}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox scientist
| honorific_prefix =
| name = Neena Gupta
| image = Nari Shakti Puraskar to Neena Gupta for her excellence in Mathematics (cropped).jpg
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| alt =
| caption = Gupta in 2022
| birth_date = {{bda|year=1984|month=11|day=24|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Kolkata, West Bengal]], India
| fields = Mathematics, commutative algebra, affine algebraic geometry
| workplaces = [[Indian Statistical Institute|ISI]], [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research|TIFR]]
| alma_mater =[[Indian Statistical Institute]] ([[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]]), ([[Master of Mathematics|M.Math]])<br>
[[Bethune College]] ([[Bachelor of Science|B.Sc.]])
| thesis_title = Some Results on Laurent Polynomial Fibrations and Quasi A* Algebras 
| thesis_url = 
| thesis_year = 2011 
| doctoral_advisor = Prof. Amartya Dutta 
| known_for = Providing a counter-example over a field of positive characteristic to the special Zariski Cancellation Problem
| website = 
}}
'''Neena Gupta''' (born 24 November 1984<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Dutta |first=Amartya Kumar |date=January 2025 |title=Neena Gupta: Blazing a Trail |url=https://bhavana.org.in/neena-gupta-blazing-a-trail/ |journal=Bhāvanā |volume=9 |issue=1}}</ref>) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[mathematician]] and professor at the Statistics and Mathematics Unit of the [[Indian Statistical Institute]] (ISI), [[Kolkata]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.isical.ac.in/faculty.php?pagemode=search&fname=neena%20gupta&fdesig=0&faddr=0&fdept=0&femail= | title=Scientific Workers | publisher=Indian Statistical Institute | access-date=15 November 2018 | archive-date=3 July 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703131704/https://www.isical.ac.in/faculty.php?pagemode=search | url-status=live }}</ref> She is known for solving [[Zariski Cancellation Problem]], originally posed by [[Oscar Zariski]] in 1949. Her primary fields of interest are [[commutative algebra]] and [[Affine variety|affine algebraic geometry]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Neena Gupta: in love with mathematics|newspaper=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]]|url=https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/neena-gupta-in-love-with-mathematics-11640273686261.html|date=23 December 2021|first=Dilip|last=D'Souza|author-link=Dilip D'Souza}}</ref>

== Education ==
Gupta graduated with honours in mathematics from [[Bethune College]] in 2006. She earned her post graduation in mathematics from the [[Indian Statistical Institute]] in 2008<ref name="bethune">{{cite web|title=Alumnus Page|url=http://www.bethunecollege.ac.in/BethuneProud/BethuneCollege-MakeUsProud.htm|publisher=Bethune College|access-date=5 Sep 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915221329/http://www.bethunecollege.ac.in/BethuneProud/BethuneCollege-MakeUsProud.htm|archive-date=15 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> and subsequently, her [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] degree in 2011 with [[commutative algebra]] as her specialization under the guidance of Amartya Kumar Dutta. The title of her dissertation was "Some results on [[Laurent polynomial]] [[fibration]]s and Quasi A*-algebras".<ref name="mathgen">{{mathgenealogy|id=162576}}</ref>

== Career ==
Gupta was a [[Shyamaprasad Mukherjee|Shyama Prasad Mukherjee]] Research Fellow at ISI Kolkata from 2008 to 2012, and, after a visiting position at [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]] (TIFR) Mumbai, became INSPIRE Faculty at ISI Kolkata in 2012.<ref name="insainspr">{{cite web|title=INSA 2012 INSPIRE Fellowships|url=http://insaindia.res.in/session2012.php|publisher=INSA|access-date=28 Aug 2016|archive-date=28 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828234557/http://insaindia.res.in/session2012.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> She has been a professor in the Statistical and Mathematics Unit of ISI Kolkata since 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archived copy |url=https://www.isical.ac.in/~statmath/faculty.php |access-date=21 June 2022}}</ref>

She has won the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]] (2019) in the category of mathematical sciences, the highest honor in India in the field of science and technology.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Pandey |first1=Jhimli Mukherjee |date=28 September 2019 |title=Kolkata mathematician wins Bhatnagar award, youngest recipient till date |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/kol-mathematician-wins-bhatnagar-award-youngest-recipient-till-date/articleshow/71342310.cms |newspaper=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> In 2022 she was awarded the [[ICTP Ramanujan Prize|ICTP Ramanujan award]]. She is the third woman from India who got this award (after the duo [[Raman Parimala]] (1987 – [[Sujatha Ramdorai]] (2004)).

Neena Gupta received the [[Indian National Science Academy]] Young Scientist award in 2014.<ref name="insa">{{cite web |date=19 September 2015 |title=Young Scientists Awards |url=http://www.insaindia.org/youngmedal.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131011230428/http://www.insaindia.org/youngmedal.php |archive-date=11 October 2013 |access-date=28 Aug 2016 |publisher=INSA}}</ref> She solved the Zariski Cancellation Problem.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gupta |first=Neena |date=2014-01-01 |title=On the cancellation problem for the affine space <math>\mathbb{A}^{3}</math> in characteristic <math>p</math> |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s00222-013-0455-2 |journal=Inventiones Mathematicae |language=en |volume=195 |issue=1 |pages=279–288 |doi=10.1007/s00222-013-0455-2 |issn=1432-1297 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref name="barilan">{{cite web |title=On the Zariski Cancellation Problem |url=http://math.biu.ac.il/en/node/1569 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828225754/http://math.biu.ac.il/en/node/1569 |archive-date=28 August 2016 |access-date=28 Aug 2016 |publisher=Bar-Ilan University}}</ref> Her work has also earned her the inaugural Saraswathi Cowsik Medal in 2013, awarded by the TIFR Alumni Association.<ref name="tifr">{{cite web |title=TIFR Endowment Fund Awards |url=http://www.tifr.res.in/~endowment/endowment-awards.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229180141/http://www.tifr.res.in/~endowment/endowment-awards.htm |archive-date=29 December 2016 |access-date=28 Aug 2016 |publisher=TIFR}}</ref>

== Awards and honors ==
*[[Asian Scientist 100]] 2025 by ''[[Asian Scientist]]''
*[[Infosys Prize]] 2024 in Mathematical Sciences<ref>{{Cite web |title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2024 - Neena Gupta |url=https://www.infosysprize.org/laureates/2024/neena-gupta.html#read-more |access-date=2024-11-15 |website=www.infosysprize.org |language=en |archive-date=6 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241206133419/https://www.infosysprize.org/laureates/2024/neena-gupta.html#read-more |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Selected by the [[American Mathematical Society]] (AMS) and the [[Association for Women in Mathematics]] (AWM) as the [https://awm-math.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/PR-Noether-2025.pdf Emmy Noether Lecturer for the year 2025] (2024)
*TWAS-CAS young scientist award in Mathematics/ AI by [[The World Academy of Sciences]] and the [[Chinese Academy of Sciences]] (2023)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sciences (TWAS) |first=The World Academy of |date=2023-11-27 |title=TWAS names winner 2023 TWAS-CAS Young Scientist Award |url=https://twas.org/article/twas-names-winner-2023-twas-cas-young-scientist-award?via=TwasNEWS |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=TWAS |language=en |archive-date=7 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207180839/https://twas.org/article/twas-names-winner-2023-twas-cas-young-scientist-award?via=TwasNEWS |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Fellow of the [[Indian National Science Academy]] (2023)[https://www.isical.ac.in/node/3585]
*2nd Ganit Ratna Award (2023)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Indian Statistical Institute |url=https://www.isical.ac.in/node/3425 |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=www.isical.ac.in}}</ref>
*Invited speaker at the [[International Congress of Mathematicians]] (ICM) 2022<ref>{{Cite web|title=ICM|url=https://www.isical.ac.in/content/dr-neena-gupta-has-been-invited-speak-international-congress-mathematicians-2022-which-will|access-date=16 December 2021|archive-date=10 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010154401/https://www.isical.ac.in/content/dr-neena-gupta-has-been-invited-speak-international-congress-mathematicians-2022-which-will|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] (2021) by the [[President of India]] on 8 March 2022
*[[ICTP Ramanujan Prize|DST-ICTP-IMU Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries]] (2021)<ref name="make-it">{{cite news|url=https://theprint.in/science/no-one-thought-i-could-make-it-ramanujan-prize-winner-neena-gupta-who-solved-zariski-problem/782213/|newspaper=[[ThePrint]]|title=No one thought I could make it: Ramanujan Prize winner Neena Gupta who solved Zariski problem|first=Shubhangi|last=Misra|date=15 December 2021|archive-date=20 February 2022|access-date=20 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220085353/https://theprint.in/science/no-one-thought-i-could-make-it-ramanujan-prize-winner-neena-gupta-who-solved-zariski-problem/782213/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Asian Scientist 100]], ''[[Asian Scientist]]'', 2020 and 2022<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.asianscientist.com/as100/ |title= The Asian Scientist 100 |author=  |date= |website= |publisher= [[Asian Scientist]] |access-date= 13 March 2025 |quote= |language= |archive-date= 19 March 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240319064300/https://www.asianscientist.com/as100/ |url-status= live }}</ref>
*Fellow of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] (2021)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Indian Academy of Sciences|url=https://fellows.ias.ac.in/profile/v/FL2021015|access-date=5 September 2021|archive-date=5 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905102543/https://fellows.ias.ac.in/profile/v/FL2021015|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[The World Academy of Sciences]] Young Affiliates (2020)<ref>{{Cite web|title=ISI TWAS|url=https://www.isical.ac.in/content/dr-neena-gupta-theoretical-statistics-mathematics-unit-kolkata-has-been-selected-twas-0|access-date=16 December 2021|archive-date=16 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211216044343/https://www.isical.ac.in/content/dr-neena-gupta-theoretical-statistics-mathematics-unit-kolkata-has-been-selected-twas-0|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]] (2019)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-12-09|title=Mathematician Dr Neena Gupta shines as the youngest Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar awardee|url=https://researchmatters.in/news/mathematician-dr-neena-gupta-shines-youngest-shanti-swarup-bhatnagar-awardee|access-date=2021-09-06|website=Research Matters|language=en|archive-date=6 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906034728/https://researchmatters.in/news/mathematician-dr-neena-gupta-shines-youngest-shanti-swarup-bhatnagar-awardee|url-status=live}}</ref>
*BM Birla Science Prize in Mathematics (2017)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Indian Statistical Institute |url=https://www.isical.ac.in/content/dr-neena-gupta-has-been-selected-bm-birla-science-prize-mathematics-2017 |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=www.isical.ac.in}}</ref>
*The Swarna Jayanti Fellowship Award, [[Department of Science and Technology (India)]] (2015)<ref name="dstsjf">{{cite web|title=DST SJF Awards 2014-15|url=http://dst.gov.in/sites/default/files/List-SJF-Award-2014-15.pdf|publisher=DST|access-date=28 Aug 2016|archive-date=13 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213065918/http://dst.gov.in/sites/default/files/List-SJF-Award-2014-15.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
* The inaugural Professor A. K. Agarwal Award for best research publication by the [[Indian Mathematical Society]] (2014)<ref name="ims">{{cite web|title=IMS Newsletter|url=http://www.indianmathsociety.org.in/newsletter35.pdf|publisher=IMS|access-date=28 Aug 2016|archive-date=10 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910085422/http://www.indianmathsociety.org.in/newsletter35.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
* The [[Indian National Science Academy]] Young Scientist Award (2014)<ref name="insa" />
* The Ramanujan Prize from the [[University of Madras]] (2014)<ref name="isiawrd">{{cite web|title=ISI Awards and Honours|url=http://www.isical.ac.in/~statmath/seeaward.php|publisher=ISI|access-date=28 Aug 2016|archive-date=22 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122131009/http://www.isical.ac.in/~statmath/seeaward.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Associateship of the Indian Academy of Sciences (2013)<ref name="iasc">{{cite web|title=IASc Associates|url=http://www.ias.ac.in/listing/associates/women|publisher=IASc|access-date=5 Sep 2016|archive-date=21 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921143200/http://www.ias.ac.in/listing/associates/women|url-status=live}}</ref>
* The Saraswathi Cowsik Medal by the TIFR Alumni Association for her work on the Zariski Cancellation Problem in positive characteristic (2013)<ref name="tifrnews">{{cite web|title=TIFR School of Math News|url=http://www.math.tifr.res.in/news.php|publisher=TIFR|access-date=28 Aug 2016|archive-date=28 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828230814/http://www.math.tifr.res.in/news.php|url-status=live}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{google scholar id|7yNXEaYAAAAJ}}

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