Ram Prakash Bambah (17 September 1925 – 26 May 2025) was an Indian mathematician working in number theory and discrete geometry.
Life and career[edit | edit source]
Bambah was born on 17 September 1925.[1][2] He earned a bachelor's degree from Government College University, Lahore, and a master's degree from the University of the Punjab, Lahore.[2] He then went to England for his doctoral studies, earning his Ph.D. in 1950 from St John's College, Cambridge under the supervision of Louis J. Mordell.[2][3] Returning to India, he became a reader at Panjab University, Chandigarh, in 1952, and was promoted to professor there in 1957.[2] Maintaining his position at Panjab University, he also held a position as professor at Ohio State University in the US from 1964 to 1969.[2] He retired from Panjab University in 1993.[2]
He was married to Saudamini, whose father was the well known Indian botanist Prana Krushna Parija. Their daughter Bindu Bambah is a well-known Theoretical Physicist.
He was president of the Indian Mathematical Society in 1969, and vice chancellor of Panjab University from 1985 to 1991.[2]
Bambah died on 26 May 2025, at the age of 99.[4]
Awards and honours[edit | edit source]
Bambah was elected to the Indian National Science Academy in 1955.[2] In 1979 he was awarded the Srinivasa Ramanujan Medal,[2] and in 1974 was elected to the Indian Academy of Sciences.[1] In 1988 he received the Aryabhata Medal of the Indian National Science Academy[2] and the Padma Bhushan award.[5]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fellow profile, Indian Academy of Sciences, retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 Fellow profile Archived 15 April 2013 at Archive.today, Indian National Science Academy, retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ↑ Ram Prakash Bambah at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ↑ "Eminent mathematician and former Panjab University V-C RP Bambah passes away at 99". The Tribune. 26 May 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.