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| name = Shrikrishna Gopalrao Dani<br />
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| caption = Dani at [[Berkeley, California]] (1982)<br />
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| birth_place = [[Belgaum]], [[India]]<br />
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| citizenship = Indian<br />
| fields = [[Lie group]], [[Ergodic theory]]<br />
| workplaces = [[Mumbai]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[University of Mumbai]] <br> [[TIFR]]<br />
| doctoral_advisor = [[M. S. Raghunathan]]<br />
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'''Shrikrishna Gopalrao Dani''' is a [[professor]] of [[mathematics]] at the Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences, [[Mumbai]] who works in the broad area of [[ergodic theory]].<ref name="Indian Fellow">{{cite web | url=http://www.insaindia.org.in/detail.php?id=N90-1047 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813001310/http://www.insaindia.org.in/detail.php?id=N90-1047 | url-status=usurped | archive-date=13 August 2016 | title=Indian Fellow | publisher=INSA | date=2016 | accessdate=13 May 2016}}</ref><br />
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==Education==<br />
He did a master's degree from the [[University of Mumbai]] in 1969. He then joined the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai for a PhD which he was awarded in 1975. After that, he joined TIFR as a faculty member. After TIFR, he was the Chair Professor at the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay]]. He was a visiting scholar at the [[Institute for Advanced Study]] during 1976–77 and 1983–84.<ref name="ias">{{cite web<br />
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| title=Community of Scholars Profile: Dani, Shrikrishna G.<br />
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| accessdate=27 September 2012}}</ref><br />
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==Administration==<br />
He has been a member of the [[NBHM]] since 1996 and was the Chairman of the NBHM. He is also the chairman, Commission for Development and Exchange (CDE) of [[International Mathematical Union]], for the period 2007–2010. He has served as Editor of Proceedings (Math. Sci.) of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]], Bangalore for many years since 1987.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://aimconf.webs.com/profiles/S%20G%20Dani.pdf |title=Short Biography |access-date=10 March 2011 |archive-date=11 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811062426/http://aimconf.webs.com/profiles/S%20G%20Dani.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==Awards and recognition==<br />
Dani was awarded the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar]] Prize in 1990. He gave an invited talk at the [[International Congress of Mathematicians]] held in Zurich, Switzerland in 1994. He received the World Academy of Sciences prize in 2007.<ref name="Prizes and Awards">{{Cite web |url=http://twas.org/opportunities/prizes-and-awards |title=Prizes and Awards |date=2016 |publisher=The World Academy of Sciences}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of Indian mathematicians]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{MathGenealogy|id=103739}}<br />
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{{SSBPST recipients in Mathematical Science}}<br />
{{Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Laureates of Karnataka}}<br />
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