Bhoj Raj Seth | |
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| Born | 27 August 1907 |
| Died | 12 December 1979 (aged 72) |
| Nationality | Indian |
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| Employer | IIT Delhi |
| Children | Kiran Seth (son) |
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| Thesis | Finite Strain in Elastic Problems (1935) |
| Doctoral advisor | Louis Napoleon George Filon |
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| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Main interests | Elasticity,Plasticity,Fluid Mechanics |
Bhoj Raj Seth (1907-1979) [1] known with the initials,B R. Seth was an Indian professor of engineering and the father of Kiran Seth. [2] He was the first vice chancellor of Dibrugarh University in 1966 [3] and had worked in Indian Institute of Technology,Kharagpur. [4]
Seth was born in Bhura,Panjab,Delhi. [3] [note 1] In 1927,Seth had his bachelor's degree in mathematics from Hindu College[ which? ]. He continued his MA in the same course at University of Delhi,earning a degree in 1929. [5] Seth was a lecturer of applied mathematics who taught in IIT Kharagpur and is considered to have made a notable impact to that field in the 20th century. [6] [7] He was the editor of Journal of Science and Engineering Research of the Indian Institute of Technology,Kharagpur. [8] He died on 12 December 1979. [9]
In 1936,Seth became a fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences,in the mathematical sciences section. [10] He was also a fellow of the Indian National Science Academy. [11]
He was a recipient of the Leonard Euler Gold Medal of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union (1958) and the Dr. B. C. Roy Award (1977). [15]
...He was born on 27th April, 1949. His father, Bhojraj Seth, was a mathematician and the first professor at the IIT Kharagpur.
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