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	{{~~short~~ description\|Indian American mathematician}}		{{Short description\|Indian American mathematician (1944/1945–2023)}}
	{{Use ~~dmy~~ dates\|date=~~July 2019~~}}		{{Use mdy dates\|cs1-dates=ly\|date=December 2023}}
	{{Indian name\|Lakshmibai\|Venkatraman}}		{{Indian name\|Lakshmibai\|Venkatraman}}
	'''~~Venkatraman~~ Lakshmibai''' is an Indian mathematician who is a [[professor emerita]] of mathematics at [[Northeastern University]] in Boston. Her research ~~concerns~~ [[algebraic geometry]], the theory of [[algebraic group]]s, and [[representation theory]],{{r\|profile}} including in particular the theory of [[Generalized flag variety\|flag varieties]] and [[Schubert variety\|Schubert varieties]].		'''Venkatramani Lakshmibai''' (1944 – 2 December 2023) was an Indian mathematician who was a [[professor emerita]] of mathematics at [[Northeastern University]] in Boston. Her research concerned [[algebraic geometry]], the theory of [[algebraic group]]s, and [[representation theory]],{{r\|profile}} including in particular the theory of [[Generalized flag variety\|flag varieties]] and [[Schubert variety\|Schubert varieties]].

	Lakshmibai earned her PhD in 1976 from the [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]].{{r\|~~profile~~}}		Lakshmibai was born in 1944 in a small town in southern [[India]].{{r\|mom}} She earned her PhD in 1976 from the [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]]{{r\|profile}} under the direction of [[C. S. Seshadri]].{{r\|mathgen}} She left India to teach in Europe and then in the United States, where she was a professor at Northeastern University from 1987 to 2019.{{r\|mom}} With [[Sara Billey]] she was the co-author of the monograph ''Singular Loci of Schubert Varieties'' (Progress in Mathematics 182, Birkhäuser, 2000).{{r\|brion}} She also co-authored two monographs with Justin Brown: ''Flag Varieties: An Interplay of Geometry, Combinatorics, and Representation Theory'' (Texts and Readings in Mathematics 53, Hindustan Book Agency, 2009){{r\|ohn}} and ''The Grassmannian Variety: Geometric and Representation-Theoretic Aspects'' (Developments in Mathematics 42, Springer, 2015).{{r\|lili}}
	With [[Sara Billey]] she is the co-author of the monograph ''Singular Loci of Schubert Varieties'' (Progress in Mathematics 182, Birkhäuser, 2000).{{r\|brion}}
	She ~~has~~ also co-authored two monographs with Justin Brown: ''Flag Varieties: An Interplay of Geometry, Combinatorics, and Representation Theory'' (Texts and Readings in Mathematics 53, Hindustan Book Agency, 2009){{r\|ohn}} and ''The Grassmannian Variety: Geometric and Representation-Theoretic Aspects'' (Developments in Mathematics 42, Springer, 2015).{{r\|lili}}

	In 2012 she was selected as one of the inaugural [[fellow]]s of the [[American Mathematical Society]].{{r\|fams}}		In 2012 she was selected as one of the inaugural [[fellow]]s of the [[American Mathematical Society]].{{r\|fams}}

			Lakshmibai died on 2 December 2023, at the age of 78.{{r\|died}}

	==References==		==References==
	{{~~reflist~~\|~~refs~~=		<references>

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			{{MathGenealogy\|id=135413\|title=Venkatramani Lakshmibai}}</ref>

			<ref name=brion>Review of ''Singular Loci of Schubert Varieties'' by {{ill\|Michel Brion\|fr}} (2001), {{MR\|1782635}}</ref>

	<ref name=~~brion~~>~~Review of ''Singular Loci of Schubert Varieties'' by Michel Brion (2001),~~ {{MR\|~~1782635~~}}</ref>		<ref name=died>{{citation\|url=https://indianewengland.com/mathematician-and-professor-emeritus-venkatramani-lakshmibai-passes-away-at-78/\|title=Mathematician and Professor Emeritus Venkatramani Lakshmibai Passes Away at 78\|work=India New England News\|date=December 6, 2023\|access-date=2023-12-06}}</ref>

	<ref name=fams>{{citation\|url=http://www.ams.org/profession/fellows-list\|title=List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society\|~~accessdate~~=2017-08-18}}</ref>		<ref name=fams>{{citation\|url=http://www.ams.org/profession/fellows-list\|title=List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society\|access-date=2017-08-18\|archive-date=2018-08-25 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180825194636/http://www.ams.org/profession/fellows-list\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	<ref name=lili>Review of ''The Grassmannian Variety: Geometric and Representation-Theoretic Aspects'' by Li Li, {{MR\|3408060}}</ref>		<ref name=lili>Review of ''The Grassmannian Variety: Geometric and Representation-Theoretic Aspects'' by Li Li, {{MR\|3408060}}</ref>
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	<ref name=ohn>Review of ''Flag Varieties: An Interplay of Geometry, Combinatorics, and Representation Theory'' by Christian Ohn (2010), {{MR\|2474907}}</ref>		<ref name=ohn>Review of ''Flag Varieties: An Interplay of Geometry, Combinatorics, and Representation Theory'' by Christian Ohn (2010), {{MR\|2474907}}</ref>

	<ref name=profile>{{citation\|url=http://www.northeastern.edu/cos/faculty/venkatraman-lakshmibai/\|title=Venkatraman Lakshmibai\|work=Faculty profiles\|publisher=Northeastern University\|~~accessdate~~=2017-08-18}}</ref>		<ref name=profile>{{citation\|url=http://www.northeastern.edu/cos/faculty/venkatraman-lakshmibai/\|title=Venkatraman Lakshmibai\|work=Faculty profiles\|publisher=Northeastern University\|access-date=2017-08-18\|archive-date=19 August 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819062111/http://www.northeastern.edu/cos/faculty/venkatraman-lakshmibai/\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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			{{cite web\|url=https://experiencepoweredby.northeastern.edu/honoring-a-professor-remembering-his-mom/\|title=Honoring a professor, honoring his mom\|date=September 9, 2024 \|publisher=Northeastern University}}
			</ref>

	}}		</references>

	==External links==		== External links ==
	*{{~~MathGenealogy~~\|id=~~135413\|title=Venkatramani Lakshmibai}}~~		* {{cite web\|url=https://cos.northeastern.edu/people/venkatraman-lakshmibai/\|title=Venkatraman Lakshmibai – Emeritus\| publisher=College of Science at Northeastern University}}
	*[http://~~mathserver~~.~~neu~~.edu/~lakshmibai/ ~~Home page]~~

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{{short description|Indian American mathematician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Indian name|Lakshmibai|Venkatraman}}
'''Venkatraman Lakshmibai''' is an Indian mathematician who is a [[professor emerita]] of mathematics at [[Northeastern University]] in Boston. Her research concerns [[algebraic geometry]], the theory of [[algebraic group]]s, and [[representation theory]],{{r|profile}} including in particular the theory of [[Generalized flag variety|flag varieties]] and [[Schubert variety|Schubert varieties]].

Lakshmibai earned her PhD in 1976 from the [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]].{{r|profile}}
With [[Sara Billey]] she is the co-author of the monograph ''Singular Loci of Schubert Varieties'' (Progress in Mathematics 182, Birkhäuser, 2000).{{r|brion}}
She has also co-authored two monographs with Justin Brown: ''Flag Varieties: An Interplay of Geometry, Combinatorics, and Representation Theory'' (Texts and Readings in Mathematics 53, Hindustan Book Agency, 2009){{r|ohn}} and ''The Grassmannian Variety: Geometric and Representation-Theoretic Aspects'' (Developments in Mathematics 42, Springer, 2015).{{r|lili}}

In 2012 she was selected as one of the inaugural [[fellow]]s of the [[American Mathematical Society]].{{r|fams}}

==References==
{{reflist|refs=

<ref name=brion>Review of ''Singular Loci of Schubert Varieties'' by Michel Brion (2001), {{MR|1782635}}</ref>

<ref name=fams>{{citation|url=http://www.ams.org/profession/fellows-list|title=List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society|accessdate=2017-08-18}}</ref>

<ref name=lili>Review of ''The Grassmannian Variety: Geometric and Representation-Theoretic Aspects'' by Li Li, {{MR|3408060}}</ref>

<ref name=ohn>Review of ''Flag Varieties: An Interplay of Geometry, Combinatorics, and Representation Theory'' by Christian Ohn (2010), {{MR|2474907}}</ref>

<ref name=profile>{{citation|url=http://www.northeastern.edu/cos/faculty/venkatraman-lakshmibai/|title=Venkatraman Lakshmibai|work=Faculty profiles|publisher=Northeastern University|accessdate=2017-08-18}}</ref>

}}

==External links==
*{{MathGenealogy|id=135413|title=Venkatramani Lakshmibai}}
*[http://mathserver.neu.edu/~lakshmibai/ Home page]

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