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-'''Conjeevaram Srirangachari Seshadri''' <ref>{{cite web |last1=Sharma |first1=Rahul |title=एक महान गणितज्ञ और संगीत प्रेमी : सी एस शेषाद्रि |url=https://www.ajabgajabfacts.com/cs-seshadri-biography-in-hindi/}}</ref>{{small|[[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]]}} (29 February 1932 – 17 July 2020) was an Indian mathematician.<ref>{{Cite journal|year=2012|title=C S Seshadri – A Glimpse of His Mathematical Personality|url=http://www.asiapacific-mathnews.com/02/0204/0017_0021.pdf|journal=Asia Pacific Mathematics Newsletter|volume=2|pages=17–21|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161210104338/http://www.asiapacific-mathnews.com/02/0204/0017_0021.pdf|archive-date=10 December 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He was the founder and director-emeritus of the [[Chennai Mathematical Institute]], and is known for his work in [[algebraic geometry]].<ref>{{cite web
+'''Conjeevaram Srirangachari Seshadri''' <ref>{{cite web |last1=Sharma |first1=Rahul |title=एक महान गणितज्ञ और संगीत प्रेमी : सी एस शेषाद्रि |date=14 September 2021 |url=https://www.ajabgajabfacts.com/cs-seshadri-biography-in-hindi/}}</ref>{{small|[[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]]}} (29 February 1932 – 17 July 2020) was an Indian mathematician.<ref>{{Cite journal|year=2012|title=C S Seshadri – A Glimpse of His Mathematical Personality|url=http://www.asiapacific-mathnews.com/02/0204/0017_0021.pdf|journal=Asia Pacific Mathematics Newsletter|volume=2|pages=17–21|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161210104338/http://www.asiapacific-mathnews.com/02/0204/0017_0021.pdf|archive-date=10 December 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He was the founder and director-emeritus of the [[Chennai Mathematical Institute]], and is known for his work in [[algebraic geometry]].<ref>{{cite web
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 He was a recipient of the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2009, the third highest civilian honor in the country.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/prof.-c-s-seshadri-to-be-conferred-prestigious-rathindra-puraskar-from-visva-bharrati/389880/| title=Prof. C S Seshadri to be conferred prestigious Rathindra Puraskar from Visva Bharrati| work=BUSINESSWIRE INDIA| date= 24 November 2008 }}</ref>
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-Seshadri was born into a [[Hindu]] [[Brahmin]] family in [[Kanchipuram]], [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>https://bhavana.org.in/proofs-transcendence-cs-seshadri/</ref> He received his B.A. (Hons) degree in Mathematics from [[Madras University]] in 1953 and was mentored by the [[Jesuit]] priest Fr. Charles Racine and S. Naryanan there.<ref>http://gaddeswarup.blogspot.com/2008/09/remembering-fr-racine.html</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/constant-mathematician/article5764243.ece|title='Constant' Mathematician|last=RAMANI|first=HEMA IYER|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=2016-12-10}}</ref> He completed his PhD from [[Bombay University]] in 1958 under the supervision of [[K. S. Chandrasekharan]].<ref>{{MathGenealogy|id=75172|name=C. S. Seshadri}}</ref> He was elected Fellow of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] in 1971.<ref>Information of the Indian Academy of Sciences {{cite web|url=http://www.ias.ac.in/php/fell_detail.php3?name=Seshadri&intials=Conjeevaram&year=29-02-1932|title=Fellow Profile of Prof. C.S. Seshadri}}</ref>
+Seshadri was born into a [[Hindu]] [[Brahmin]] family in [[Kanchipuram]], [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bhavana.org.in/proofs-transcendence-cs-seshadri/|title = From Proofs to Transcendence, via Theorems and Rāgas – Bhāvanā}}</ref> He received his B.A. (Hons) degree in Mathematics from [[Madras University]] in 1953 and was mentored by the [[Jesuit]] priest Fr. Charles Racine and S. Naryanan there.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://gaddeswarup.blogspot.com/2008/09/remembering-fr-racine.html|title=Gaddeswarup's blog: Remembering Fr. Racine|date=4 September 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/constant-mathematician/article5764243.ece|title='Constant' Mathematician|last=RAMANI|first=HEMA IYER|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=2016-12-10}}</ref> He completed his PhD from [[Bombay University]] in 1958 under the supervision of [[K. S. Chandrasekharan]].<ref>{{MathGenealogy|id=75172|name=C. S. Seshadri}}</ref> He was elected Fellow of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] in 1971.<ref>Information of the Indian Academy of Sciences {{cite web|url=http://www.ias.ac.in/php/fell_detail.php3?name=Seshadri&intials=Conjeevaram&year=29-02-1932|title=Fellow Profile of Prof. C.S. Seshadri}}</ref>
 Seshadri worked in the School of Mathematics at the [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]] in Bombay from 1953 to 1984 starting as a Research Scholar and rising to a senior professor. From 1984 to 1989, he worked at the [[Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai]]. From 1989 to 2010, he worked as the founding director of the [[Chennai Mathematical Institute]]. After stepping down he continued to be the institute's Director-Emeritus till his death in 2020. He also served on the Mathematical Sciences jury for the [[Infosys Prize]] in 2010 and 2011.