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[[File:Shrawan Kumar.jpg|thumb|220px|Shrawan Kumar at [[Mathematical Research Institute of Oberwolfach|Oberwolfach]] in 2005]] | [[File:Shrawan Kumar.jpg|thumb|220px|Shrawan Kumar at [[Mathematical Research Institute of Oberwolfach|Oberwolfach]] in 2005]] | ||
'''Shrawan Kumar''' is the [[Endowed chair|John R. and Louise S. Parker distinguished professor]] of [[mathematics]] <ref>[http://www.math.unc.edu/Faculty/kumar/ Shrawan Kumar's homepage]</ref> at the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]]. He has written two books: ''Kac-Moody groups, their flag varieties, and representation theory'' and ''Frobenius splitting methods in geometry and representation theory'' (jointly with Michel Brion). | '''Shrawan Kumar''' is the [[Endowed chair|John R. and Louise S. Parker distinguished professor]] of [[mathematics]]<ref>[http://www.math.unc.edu/Faculty/kumar/ Shrawan Kumar's homepage]</ref> at the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]]. He has written two books: ''Kac-Moody groups, their flag varieties, and representation theory'' and ''Frobenius splitting methods in geometry and representation theory'' (jointly with Michel Brion). | ||
Born and raised in [[Ghazipur]], [[India]], Shrawan Kumar earned a Ph.D. in mathematics from the [[University of Mumbai]] and the [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]] (TIFR), Mumbai in 1986. His advisor was [[S. Ramanan]]. Shrawan Kumar is the younger brother of [[Gopal Prasad]], a professor of mathematics at the [[University of Michigan]], and the elder brother of [[Dipendra Prasad]], a professor of mathematics | Born and raised in [[Ghazipur]], [[India]], Shrawan Kumar earned a Ph.D. in mathematics from the [[University of Mumbai]] and the [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]] (TIFR), Mumbai in 1986. His advisor was [[S. Ramanan]]. Shrawan Kumar is the younger brother of [[Gopal Prasad]], a professor of mathematics at the [[University of Michigan]], and the elder brother of [[Dipendra Prasad]], a professor of mathematics at the [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]]. | ||
In 2012 he became a fellow of the [[American Mathematical Society]].<ref>[http://www.ams.org/profession/fellows-list List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society], retrieved 2013-01-27.</ref> | In 2012 he became a fellow of the [[American Mathematical Society]].<ref>[http://www.ams.org/profession/fellows-list List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society], retrieved 2013-01-27.</ref> | ||
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