Bhoj Raj Seth

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Bhoj Raj Seth
Born(1907-08-27)27 August 1907
Bhura, Panjab, Delhi
Died12 December 1979(1979-12-12) (aged 72)
NationalityIndian
Education
Alma mater
Occupations
  • professor emeritus
  • lecturer
  • writer
  • vice chancellor
Employer IIT Delhi
Children Kiran Seth (son)
Academic career
Era Contemporary philosophy
Main interestsElasticity, Plasticity, Fluid Mechanics
Thesis Finite Strain in Elastic Problems  (1935)
Doctoral advisor Louis Napoleon George Filon

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]

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Life and career

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]

Fellowships

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]

Selected publications

Awards and honors

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]

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References

Notes

  1. ↑ Bhutan has been cited by sources as the birth place of Seth but the correct name is Bhure, a city in India.

Citations

  1. ↑ Bertram 2021, p. 104.
  2. ↑ "Speaker: Dr. Kiran Seth". Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2024. ...He was born on 27th April, 1949. His father, Bhojraj Seth, was a mathematician and the first professor at the IIT Kharagpur.
  3. 1 2 Mukherji 2022, p. 104.
  4. ↑ Mukherji 2022, p. 105.
  5. ↑ Mukherji 2022, p. 103.
  6. ↑ Nambudiripad 2017, p. 1-10.
  7. ↑ "BHOJ RAJ SETH" (PDF). IIT Kharagpur.
  8. ↑ Journal of Science and Engineering Research. (1964). India: Indian Institute of Technology.
  9. ↑ Mukherji 2022, p. 109.
  10. ↑ "Bhoj Raj Seth | Fellow". Indian Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 22 September 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  11. ↑ INSA 1990, p. 143.
  12. ↑ Poritsky, H. (July 1942). "Review: B. R. Seth, Two-Dimensional Potential Problems Connected with Rectilinear Boundaries". Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. 48 (7): 510. doi:10.1090/S0002-9904-1942-07700-7. ISSN   0002-9904.
  13. ↑ Seth, Bhoj Raj (1939). Two Dimensional Potential Problems Connected with Rectilinear Boundaries. Allahabad law journal Press.
  14. ↑ Seth, Bhoi Raj (1972). "Creep Transition in Cylinders". SpringerLink. doi:10.1007/978-3-7091-2955-5. ISBN   978-3-211-81170-2.
  15. ↑ Gaṇita Bhāratī. India: Indian Society for History of Mathematics. 1979. Archived from the original on 26 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024.

Sources

  • Mukherji, P. (2022). Notable Modern Indian Mathematicians and Statisticians: During the 19th and 20th Centuries of Bengal. South Korea: Springer Nature Singapore. ISBN   9789811961328.
  • Nambudiripad, K. (2017). Advanced Mechanics of Solids. India: Alpha Science International Limited. ISBN   9781783324231.
  • Bertram, A. (2021). Elasticity and Plasticity of Large Deformations: Including Gradient Materials. Germany: Springer International Publishing. ISBN   9783030723286.
  • INSA (1990). Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Indian National Science Academy. India.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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