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'''Jagjit Singh''' (1912–2002) was an Indian writer and [[popular science|science popularizer]]. In college he excelled in mathematics courses, receiving his MA in Mathematics from the Government College, Lahore. Yet he made his career as an important director of [[Indian Railways|India's railways]], applying his mathematical skills there. Upon retirement, he set out in writing several books, starting with ''Great Ideas of Modern Mathematics'', popularizing science and targeting laymen. Singh subsequently won the [[Kalinga Prize]] from UNESCO in 1963, being the first Asian to do so. | '''Jagjit Singh''' (1912–2002) was an Indian writer and [[popular science|science popularizer]]. In college he excelled in mathematics courses, receiving his MA in Mathematics from the Government College, Lahore. Yet he made his career as an important director of [[Indian Railways|India's railways]], applying his mathematical skills there. Upon retirement, he set out in writing several books, starting with ''Great Ideas of Modern Mathematics'', popularizing science and targeting laymen. Singh subsequently won the [[Kalinga Prize]] from UNESCO in 1963, being the first Asian to do so. | ||
In 1960, he was appointed director of the [[Indian | In 1960, he was appointed director of the [[Indian Railways]] Board, and nine years later he was appointed general manager of the [[Northeast Frontier Railway]]. After his retirement he went to work as managing director of the [[Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals]], adviser of [[Asian Development Bank]] and adviser of [[Tata Chemicals]]. | ||
Singh was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Statistical Society]] of London, and was President of the Operational Society of India and a member of the Indian Statistical Institute. He was awarded an honorary [[Doctorate in Science]] in 1968 by [[Roorkee University]]. He was also chosen by Pakistan scientist and Nobel Prize winner in Physics in 1979, [[Abdus Salam]] to write his biography, which came out in 1992 published by Penguin books. | Singh was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Statistical Society]] of London, and was President of the Operational Society of India and a member of the Indian Statistical Institute. He was awarded an honorary [[Doctorate in Science]] in 1968 by [[Roorkee University]]. He was also chosen by Pakistan scientist and Nobel Prize winner in Physics in 1979, [[Abdus Salam]] to write his biography, which came out in 1992 published by Penguin books. | ||
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