ICTP Ramanujan Prize

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Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians
DST-ICTP-IMU Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries
Sponsored byInternational Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India (DST), International Mathematical Union (IMU)
Eligibility"less than 45 years of age on 31 December of the year of the award and has conducted outstanding research in developing countries" [1]
Reward(s)Lecture and US$15,000 to support the research of the recipient [2]
First awarded2005
Last awarded2022

The DST-ICTP-IMU Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries is a mathematics prize awarded annually by the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Italy. [2] The prize is named after the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. It was founded in 2004, [3] and was first awarded in 2005.

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The prize is awarded to a researcher from a developing country less than 45 years of age who has conducted outstanding research in a developing country. [4] The prize is supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology (India) and Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters through the Abel Fund, with the cooperation of the International Mathematical Union.

List of winners

YearWinnerCountryRef
2005 Marcelo Viana Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil [5]
2006 Ramdorai Sujatha Flag of India.svg  India [6]
2007 Jorge Lauret Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina [7]
2008 Enrique Pujals Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil [8]
2009 Ernesto Lupercio Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico [9]
2010 Shi Yuguang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China [10]
2011 Philibert Nang Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon [11]
2012 Fernando Codá Marques Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil [12]
2013 Tian Ye Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China [13]
2014 Miguel Walsh Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina [14]
2015 Amalendu Krishna Flag of India.svg  India [15]
2016 Chenyang Xu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
2017 Eduardo V. Teixeira Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil [16] [17]
2018 Ritabrata Munshi Flag of India.svg  India [18]
2019 Hoàng Hiệp Phạm (vi)Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam [19] [20]
2020 Carolina Araujo Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil [21]
2021 Neena Gupta Flag of India.svg  India [22]
2022 Mouhamed Moustapha Fall Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal [23]
2023Not awarded [24]
2024 Ruochuan Liu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China [25]

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