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	\| alma_mater = [[University of Calcutta]], [[Rajabazar Science College\|Rajabazar campus]] (B.Tech.)<br>		\| alma_mater = [[Presidency College, Kolkata]] (B.Sc. Physics)<br>[[University of Calcutta]], [[Rajabazar Science College\|Rajabazar campus]] (B.Tech.)<br>
	[[IIT Kharagpur\|Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur]] (M.Tech.)<br>		[[IIT Kharagpur\|Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur]] (M.Tech.)<br>
	[[Indian Statistical Institute]] (Ph.D.) <br>		[[Indian Statistical Institute]] (Ph.D.) <br>
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	\| footnotes = Worked in many Universities and research laboratories including [[Los Alamos National Lab., USA]], [[University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA]], [[Heidelberg University, Germany]], [[University of Roma, Italy]], [[International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy]], [[University of Ljubljana, Slovenia]],		\| footnotes = Worked in many Universities and research laboratories including [[Los Alamos National Lab., USA]], [[University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA]], [[Heidelberg University, Germany]], [[University of Roma, Italy]], [[International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy]], [[University of Ljubljana, Slovenia]],
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	'''Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay''' (born 1968) is an Indian [[computer scientist]] specializing in [[computational biology]]. A professor at the [[Indian Statistical Institute]], Kolkata, she is a [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] winner in Engineering Science for 2010 ~~and an~~ Infosys Prize 2017 laureate in the Engineering and Computer Science category.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Prime Minister PM Confers Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards - 2009 & 2010\|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=66478\|publisher=Press Information Bureau, Govt. of India\|access-date=19 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2017/sanghamitra-bandyopadhyay.asp\|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2017 - Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay\|website=www.infosys-science-foundation.com\|language=en\|access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref> Her research is mainly in the areas of [[evolutionary computation]], [[pattern recognition]], [[machine learning]] and [[bioinformatics]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay\|url=https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?hl=en&user=mHrEBuUAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&email_for_op=malaybhattacharyya@gmail.com&gmla=AJsN-F5KF3nXVcyfN8C7Spz9wLMecgDiLA-og18b_8oOLwEf4dRbBcnuqDM5tFGOCUEHN24IuXsQHBzR8Wrtd1791mdHi6d5ZN6-7SDfw3PSVaIUxle_XxLtTAEJNK\|publisher=Google Scholar\|access-date=19 October 2014}}</ref> Since 1 August 2015, she has been the Director of the [[Indian Statistical Institute]], and she would oversee the functioning of all five centres of [[Indian Statistical Institute]] located at Kolkata, Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai, and Tezpur besides several other Statistical Quality Control & Operation Research Units spread across India.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Director, Indian Statistical Institute \|url=http://www.isical.ac.in/director.php\|access-date=15 August 2015}}</ref> She is the first woman Director of the [[Indian Statistical Institute]]. Currently she is on the Prime Ministers' Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council.		'''Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay''' (born 1968) is an Indian [[computer scientist]] specializing in [[computational biology]]. A professor at the [[Indian Statistical Institute]], Kolkata, she is a [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] winner in Engineering Science for 2010, Infosys Prize 2017 laureate in the Engineering and Computer Science category and TWAS Prize winner for Engineering Sciences in 2018<ref>{{cite web\|title=Prime Minister PM Confers Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards - 2009 & 2010\|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=66478\|publisher=Press Information Bureau, Govt. of India\|access-date=19 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2017/sanghamitra-bandyopadhyay.asp\|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2017 - Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay\|website=www.infosys-science-foundation.com\|language=en\|access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web\|title=Winners of 2018 TWAS Prizes announced\|url=https://twas.org/node/12485\|website=The World Academy of Sciences\|access-date=28 March 2018}}</ref> Her research is mainly in the areas of [[evolutionary computation]], [[pattern recognition]], [[machine learning]] and [[bioinformatics]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay\|url=https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?hl=en&user=mHrEBuUAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&email_for_op=malaybhattacharyya@gmail.com&gmla=AJsN-F5KF3nXVcyfN8C7Spz9wLMecgDiLA-og18b_8oOLwEf4dRbBcnuqDM5tFGOCUEHN24IuXsQHBzR8Wrtd1791mdHi6d5ZN6-7SDfw3PSVaIUxle_XxLtTAEJNK\|publisher=Google Scholar\|access-date=19 October 2014}}</ref> Since 1 August 2015, she has been the Director of the [[Indian Statistical Institute]], and she would oversee the functioning of all five centres of [[Indian Statistical Institute]] located at Kolkata, Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai, and Tezpur besides several other Statistical Quality Control & Operation Research Units spread across India.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Director, Indian Statistical Institute \|url=http://www.isical.ac.in/director.php\|access-date=15 August 2015}}</ref> She is the first woman Director of the [[Indian Statistical Institute]]. Currently she is on the Prime Ministers' Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council. In 2022 she is conferred with Padma Shri for Science and Engineering, by Government of India

	==Education and career==		==Education and career==
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	==Awards and honours==		==Awards and honours==
			*[[Padma Shri]] for Science and Engineering, by Government of India, 2022<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.padmaawards.gov.in/padmaawardees2022.pdf\|title=2022 Winners\|website=Govt. of West Bengal}}</ref>
	*[[TWAS Prize]] for Engineering Sciences, by TWAS, 2018 [[The World Academy of Sciences]] 2018.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Winners of 2018 TWAS Prizes announced\|url=https://twas.org/node/12485\|website=The World Academy of Sciences\|access-date=28 March 2018}}</ref>		*[[TWAS Prize]] for Engineering Sciences, by TWAS, 2018 [[The World Academy of Sciences]] 2018.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Winners of 2018 TWAS Prizes announced\|url=https://twas.org/node/12485\|website=The World Academy of Sciences\|access-date=28 March 2018}}</ref>
	* Infosys Prize 2017 in Engineering and Computer Science <ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2017/sanghamitra-bandyopadhyay.asp\|title=Infosys Prize 2017 laureates}}</ref>		* Infosys Prize 2017 in Engineering and Computer Science <ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2017/sanghamitra-bandyopadhyay.asp\|title=Infosys Prize 2017 laureates}}</ref>
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[[IIT Kharagpur|Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur]] (M.Tech.) 
[[Indian Statistical Institute]] (Ph.D.) 
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[[University of Texas, Arlington]] 
[[International Centre for Theoretical Physics|ICTP, Italy]] 
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'''Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay''' (born 1968) is an Indian [[computer scientist]] specializing in [[computational biology]]. A professor at the [[Indian Statistical Institute]], Kolkata, she is a [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] winner in Engineering Science for 2010 and an Infosys Prize 2017 laureate in the Engineering and Computer Science category.<ref>{{cite web|title=Prime Minister PM Confers Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards - 2009 & 2010|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=66478|publisher=Press Information Bureau, Govt. of India|access-date=19 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2017/sanghamitra-bandyopadhyay.asp|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2017 - Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay|website=www.infosys-science-foundation.com|language=en|access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref> Her research is mainly in the areas of [[evolutionary computation]], [[pattern recognition]], [[machine learning]] and [[bioinformatics]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay|url=https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?hl=en&user=mHrEBuUAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&email_for_op=malaybhattacharyya@gmail.com&gmla=AJsN-F5KF3nXVcyfN8C7Spz9wLMecgDiLA-og18b_8oOLwEf4dRbBcnuqDM5tFGOCUEHN24IuXsQHBzR8Wrtd1791mdHi6d5ZN6-7SDfw3PSVaIUxle_XxLtTAEJNK|publisher=Google Scholar|access-date=19 October 2014}}</ref> Since 1 August 2015, she has been the Director of the [[Indian Statistical Institute]], and she would oversee the functioning of all five centres of [[Indian Statistical Institute]] located at Kolkata, Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai, and Tezpur besides several other Statistical Quality Control & Operation Research Units spread across India.<ref>{{cite web|title=Director, Indian Statistical Institute |url=http://www.isical.ac.in/director.php|access-date=15 August 2015}}</ref> She is the first woman Director of the [[Indian Statistical Institute]]. Currently she is on the Prime Ministers' Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council.

==Education and career==
Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay obtained a bachelor of science in physics from [[Presidency College, Kolkata|Presidency College]], Kolkata before obtaining another bachelor's degree (of technology) in Computer Science in 1992 from [[Rajabazar Science College]] Campus of [[University of Calcutta]]. She then obtained a master's degree in computer science from the [[IIT Kharagpur|Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur]] before pursuing a Ph. D. at the [[Indian Statistical Institute]], obtaining it in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sanghamitra Bandhyopadhyay|url=http://www.isical.ac.in/~sanghami/|publisher=Indian Statistical Institute|access-date=19 October 2014}}</ref>

==Awards and honours==
*[[TWAS Prize]] for Engineering Sciences, by TWAS, 2018 [[The World Academy of Sciences]] 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=Winners of 2018 TWAS Prizes announced|url=https://twas.org/node/12485|website=The World Academy of Sciences|access-date=28 March 2018}}</ref>
* Infosys Prize 2017 in Engineering and Computer Science <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2017/sanghamitra-bandyopadhyay.asp|title=Infosys Prize 2017 laureates}}</ref>
*[[Distinguished Alumnus Award, IIT Kharagpur, 2017]]
* Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in Engineering Science, 2010
* J. C. Bose Fellowship<ref>{{cite web|title=Recommendation of the Search-cum-Selection Committee on the nominations received for J C Bose National Fellowship|url=http://www.serb.gov.in/pdfs/Results/JCB%20fellows%20recommended-web%20site%20Dispaly-%20NOV%202016.pdf|publisher=SERB|access-date=21 November 2016}}</ref>
* Senior Associate, International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy, 2013-2019.
* Humboldt Fellowship from AvH Foundation, Germany, 2009-2010.
* Swarnajayanti Fellowship, 2006-2007.
*Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), 2019.
*Fellow, Indian National Science Academy (INSA), 2016.
* [[IEEE Fellow]], 2016<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/fellows/2016_elevated_fellows.pdf|title=2016 Elevated Fellows|website=Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)}}</ref>
*Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), 2012.
*Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI), Allahabad, 2010.

==References==
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==External links ==
* [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Im-happiest-because-my-son-is-proud-of-my-achievement/articleshow/6647659.cms times of India]
* [http://www.isical.ac.in/~sanghami/ ISI faculty personal page]

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