Manindra Agrawal

Manindra Agrawal
मणीन्द्र अग्रवाल
Manindra Agrawal; मणीन्द्र अग्रवाल
Born	May 20, 1966 (age 45); Allahabad, India
Residence	Kanpur
Nationality	Indian
Fields	Computer Science
Institutions	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Alma mater	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Doctoral advisor	Somenath Biswas
Doctoral students	Neeraj Kayal; Nitin Saxena
Known for	AKS primality test
Notable awards	The Young Engineer Award (1998); Clay Research Award (2002); Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award (2003); Dr Meghnad Saha Award (2003); ICTP Prize (2003); Fulkerson Prize (2006); Gödel Prize (2006); Infosys Prize for Mathematics (2008); G D Birla Award (2009); P.C.Mahalanobis Birth Centenary Award (2009)

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Manindra Agrawal (Hindi: मणीन्द्र अग्रवाल) (born 20 May 1966 in Allahabad) is a professor at the department of computer science and engineering and the Dean of Resource, Planning and Generation (DRPG) at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He is also the recipient of the first Infosys Prize for Mathematics.^[1]

[edit] Early life

Manindra Agrawal obtained a B.Tech. and a Ph.D. at IIT Kanpur. He attained his undergraduate degree between 1982 and 1986.

He co-created the AKS primality test with Neeraj Kayal and Nitin Saxena, for which he and his co-authors won the 2002 Clay Research Award, the 2006 Fulkerson Prize, and the 2006 Gödel Prize. The test is the first deterministic algorithm to test an n-digit number for primality in a time that has been proven to be polynomial in n.^[2]

In September 2008, Agrawal was chosen for the first Infosys Mathematics Prize for outstanding contributions in the broad field of mathematics.^[3]

Manindra Agrawal मणीन्द्र अग्रवाल
Born	May 20, 1966 (1966-05-20) (age 45) Allahabad, India
Residence	Kanpur
Nationality	Indian
Fields	Computer Science
Institutions	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Alma mater	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Doctoral advisor	Somenath Biswas
Doctoral students	Neeraj Kayal Nitin Saxena
Known for	AKS primality test
Notable awards	The Young Engineer Award (1998) Clay Research Award (2002) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award (2003) Dr Meghnad Saha Award (2003) ICTP Prize (2003) Fulkerson Prize (2006) Gödel Prize (2006) Infosys Prize for Mathematics (2008) G D Birla Award (2009) P.C.Mahalanobis Birth Centenary Award (2009)