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'''Ram Prakash Bambah''' (17 September 1925 – 26 May 2025) was an Indian mathematician working in [[number theory]] and [[discrete geometry]].<br />
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==Life and career==<br />
Bambah was born on 17 September 1925.<ref name="ias">[http://www.ias.ac.in/php/fell_detail.php3?name=Bambah&intials=Ram&year=30-09-1925 Fellow profile], [[Indian Academy of Sciences]], retrieved 14 March 2013.</ref><ref name="insa"/> He earned a bachelor's degree from [[Government College University, Lahore]], and a master's degree from the [[University of the Punjab, Lahore]].<ref name="insa"/><br />
He then went to England for his doctoral studies, earning his Ph.D. in 1950 from [[St John's College, Cambridge]] under the supervision of [[Louis J. Mordell]].<ref name="insa"/><ref>{{MathGenealogy|id=10254}}</ref> Returning to India, he became a reader at [[Panjab University, Chandigarh]], in 1952, and was promoted to professor there in 1957.<ref name="insa"/> Maintaining his position at Panjab University, he also held a position as professor at [[Ohio State University]] in the US from 1964 to 1969.<ref name="insa"/> He retired from Panjab University in 1993.<ref name="insa"/><br />
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He was married to Saudamini, whose father was the well known Indian botanist [[Prana_Krushna_Parija|Prana Krushna Parija]]. Their daughter Bindu Bambah is a well-known Theoretical Physicist. <br />
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He was president of the [[Indian Mathematical Society]] in 1969, and [[vice chancellor]] of Panjab University from 1985 to 1991.<ref name="insa"/><br />
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Bambah died on 26 May 2025, at the age of 99.<ref>{{cite news |title=Eminent mathematician and former Panjab University V-C RP Bambah passes away at 99 |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/eminent-mathematician-and-former-panjab-university-v-c-rp-bambah-passes-away-at-99/ |access-date=26 May 2025 |publisher=The Tribune |date=26 May 2025}}</ref><br />
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==Awards and honours==<br />
Bambah was elected to the [[Indian National Science Academy]] in 1955.<ref name="insa">[http://insaindia.org/detail.php?id=N55-0045 Fellow profile] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130415084943/http://insaindia.org/detail.php?id=N55-0045 |date=15 April 2013 }}, [[Indian National Science Academy]], retrieved 14 March 2013.</ref><br />
In 1979 he was awarded the [[Srinivasa Ramanujan Medal]],<ref name="insa"/> and in 1974 was elected to the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]].<ref name="ias"/> In 1988 he received the Aryabhata Medal of the Indian National Science Academy<ref name="insa"/> and the [[Padma Bhushan]] award.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015 | archive-date=15 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Indian number theorists]]<br />
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[[Category:Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge]]<br />
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