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	~~Professor~~ '''Vaikalathur Shankar Sunder''' (born 6 April 1952) is an Indian [[mathematician]] who specialises in [[subfactor]]s, [[operator algebra]]s and [[functional analysis]] in general.		'''Vaikalathur Shankar Sunder''' (born 6 April 1952) is an Indian mathematician who specialises in [[subfactor]]s, [[operator algebra]]s and [[functional analysis]] in general.

	In 1996, he was awarded the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], the highest science award in [[India]], in the mathematical sciences category.		In 1996, he was awarded the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], the highest science award in India, in the mathematical sciences category.

	Sunder is one of the first Indian operator algebraists. In addition to publishing about sixty papers, he has written six books including at least three monographs at the graduate level or higher on [[von Neumann algebra]]s. One of the books was co-authored with [[Vaughan Jones]], an operator algebraist, who has received the [[Fields Medal]].<ref name=List>{{cite book\|author1=Sukumar Mallick \|author2=Saguna Dewan \|author3=S C Dhawan \|title=Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners (1958–1998)\|year=1999\|publisher=Human Rsource Development Group, [[Council of Scientific & Industrial Research]]\|location=New Delhi\|pages=118\|url=http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf}}</ref><ref>[https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=2800 Professor Sunder] at the [[Mathematics Genealogy Project]].</ref>		Sunder is one of the first Indian operator algebraists. In addition to publishing about sixty papers, he has written six books including at least three monographs at the graduate level or higher on [[von Neumann algebra]]s. One of the books was co-authored with [[Vaughan Jones]], an operator algebraist, who has received the [[Fields Medal]].<ref name=List>{{cite book\|author1=Sukumar Mallick \|author2=Saguna Dewan \|author3=S C Dhawan \|title=Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners (1958–1998)\|year=1999\|publisher=Human Rsource Development Group, [[Council of Scientific & Industrial Research]]\|location=New Delhi\|pages=118\|url=http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf}}</ref><ref>[https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=2800 Professor Sunder] at the [[Mathematics Genealogy Project]].</ref>

			He received a Doctor of Philosophy from [[Indiana University Bloomington]] in 1977.

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Professor '''Vaikalathur Shankar Sunder''' (born 6 April 1952) is an Indian [[mathematician]] who specialises in [[subfactor]]s, [[operator algebra]]s and [[functional analysis]] in general.

In 1996, he was awarded the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], the highest science award in [[India]], in the mathematical sciences category.

Sunder is one of the first Indian operator algebraists. In addition to publishing about sixty papers, he has written six books including at least three monographs at the graduate level or higher on [[von Neumann algebra]]s. One of the books was co-authored with [[Vaughan Jones]], an operator algebraist, who has received the [[Fields Medal]].<ref name=List>{{cite book|author1=Sukumar Mallick |author2=Saguna Dewan |author3=S C Dhawan |title=Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners (1958–1998)|year=1999|publisher=Human Rsource Development Group, [[Council of Scientific & Industrial Research]]|location=New Delhi|pages=118|url=http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf}}</ref><ref>[https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=2800 Professor Sunder] at the [[Mathematics Genealogy Project]].</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://insaindia.org/detail.php?id=P04-1378 Indian National Science Academy database]
*[http://www.imsc.res.in/~sunder/ V.S. Sunder]

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