Mythily Ramaswamy

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Mythily Ramaswamy
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Ramaswamy speaks at CNRS in 2020
Born (1954-06-06) 6 June 1954 (age 71)
NationalityIndian
Alma mater Pierre and Marie Curie University
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Institutions TIFR Centre for Applicable Mathematics
Doctoral advisor Henri Berestycki [1]

Mythily Ramaswamy (born 6 June 1954) [2] is an Indian mathematician and professor in the Department of Mathematics at the TIFR Centre for Applicable Mathematics of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Bangalore. [3] Her research involves functional analysis and the controllability of partial differential equations. [2]

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Education

Ramaswamy was born near Mumbai to a banking family but moved often to other parts of India as a child. [4] She obtained her doctorate in 1990 from Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris. Her dissertation, Sur des questions de symetrie dans des problemes elliptiques [On questions of symmetry in elliptic problems], was supervised by Henri Berestycki. [1] [5]

Recognition

Ramaswamy was the 2004 winner of the Kalpana Chawla Award of the Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology, "given to a young woman scientist for achievements in the field of science and technology". [6] She was elected to the Indian Academy of Sciences in 2007. [2] She became a Fulbright Scholar in 2016–2017, which funded her to visit Michael Renardy at Virginia Tech. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 Mythily Ramaswamy at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. 1 2 3 "Fellow Profile: Ramaswamy, Prof. Mythily". Indian Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "People: Mythily Ramaswamy". TIFR Centre for Applicable Mathematics . Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  4. ↑ Lakshminarayanan, Gitanjali (2012). "Dr. Mythily Ramaswamy: Making a Difference, One Equation at a Time". Association for Women in Mathematics. Archived from the original on 5 January 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  5. ↑ Ramaswamy, Mythily (January 1990), "Sur des questions de symetrie dans des problemes elliptiques", theses.fr (These de doctorat), retrieved 10 September 2018
  6. ↑ "22 scientists, engineers chosen for annual awards". The Hindu . 4 August 2006.
  7. ↑ "Mythily Ramaswamy". Fulbright Scholar Program. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
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