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- ↑ "Eknath Ghate, C'91, Awarded the 2013 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize" . Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ↑ Jyotishmaan Gogoi (28 September 2013). "Eknath Ghate wins the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award 2013". Gonit Sora. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- ↑ Eknath Prabhakar Ghate at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
