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|field            = [[Probability theory]]
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|work_institutions = [[Indian Statistical Institute]], [[Bangalore]], [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]], Mumbai.
|work_institutions = [[Indian Statistical Institute]], [[Bangalore]], [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]], Mumbai.
|alma_mater        = [[University of Washington]]
|alma_mater        =[[St Stephen's College, Delhi]]<br>[[Delhi University]]<br>[[University of Washington]]
|doctoral_advisor  = Krzysztof  Burdzy
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'''Siva Ramachandran Athreya''' (born 1971) is an Indian probability theorist specialising in statistical physics and population biology.<ref>{{cite web|title=Siva Athreya|url=http://www.icts.res.in/people/8/details/57/|publisher=Tata Institute of Fundamental Research|access-date=1 July 2013}}</ref>
'''Siva Ramachandran Athreya''' (born 1971) is an Indian [[Probability theory|probability theorist]] specialising in [[Statistical mechanics|statistical physics]] and [[population biology]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Siva Athreya|url=http://www.icts.res.in/people/8/details/57/|publisher=Tata Institute of Fundamental Research|access-date=1 July 2013}}</ref>
He obtained his PhD degree from [[University of Washington]] in 1998 under the supervision of
 
Krzysztof  Burdzy. He was awarded the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]] in 2012, the highest science award in India, in the mathematical sciences category.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bhatnagar Prize Awardees 2012|url=http://csirhrdg.res.in/ssb2012_awardees.pdf|publisher=CSIR, New Delhi|access-date=1 July 2013}}</ref>
He graduated in mathematics from [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi|St Stephen's College, Delhi]], went to the [[Indian Statistical Institute]] in Kolkata and Bangalore where he completed his master's, and obtained his PhD degree from the [[University of Washington]] in 1998 under the supervision of Krzysztof  Burdzy.<ref>{{cite web|title=Science Elite 11|url= http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/how-they-made-science-s-elite-xi/1010484/0}}</ref> He was awarded the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]] in 2012, the highest science award in India, in the mathematical sciences category.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bhatnagar Prize Awardees 2012|url=http://csirhrdg.res.in/ssb2012_awardees.pdf|publisher=CSIR, New Delhi|access-date=1 July 2013}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:21st-century Indian mathematicians]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian mathematicians]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Mathematical Science]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Mathematical Science]]
[[Category:21st-century statisticians]]




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Siva Ramachandran Athreya
Born1971 (age 54–55)
India
Alma materSt Stephen's College, Delhi
Delhi University
University of Washington
AwardsShanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology
Scientific career
FieldsProbability theory
InstitutionsIndian Statistical Institute, Bangalore, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai.
Doctoral advisorKrzysztof Burdzy

Siva Ramachandran Athreya (born 1971) is an Indian probability theorist specialising in statistical physics and population biology.[1]

He graduated in mathematics from St Stephen's College, Delhi, went to the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata and Bangalore where he completed his master's, and obtained his PhD degree from the University of Washington in 1998 under the supervision of Krzysztof Burdzy.[2] He was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in 2012, the highest science award in India, in the mathematical sciences category.[3]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Siva Athreya". Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  2. "Science Elite 11".
  3. "Bhatnagar Prize Awardees 2012" (PDF). CSIR, New Delhi. Retrieved 1 July 2013.