Jump to content

Mythily Ramaswamy

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Kj cheetham (talk | contribs) at 12:09, 27 June 2020 (Importing Wikidata short description: "Indian mathematician" (Shortdesc helper)). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Mythily Ramaswamy
Born6 June 1954
NationalityIndia
Alma materPierre and Marie Curie University
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsTIFR Centre for Applicable Mathematics
Doctoral advisorHenri 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 controllability of partial differential equations.[2]

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 for 2016–2017, funding her to visit Michael Renardy at Virginia Tech.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Mythily Ramaswamy at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. ^ a b c "Fellow Profile: Ramaswamy, Prof. Mythily". Indian Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
  3. ^ "People: Mythily Ramaswamy". TIFR Centre for Applicable Mathematics. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
  4. ^ Lakshminarayanan, Gitanjali (2012). "Dr. Mythily Ramaswamy: Making a Difference, One Equation at a Time". Association for Women in Mathematics. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
  5. ^ Ramaswamy, Mythily, "Sur des questions de symetrie dans des problemes elliptiques", theses.fr, retrieved 2018-09-10
  6. ^ "22 scientists, engineers chosen for annual awards". The Hindu. 4 August 2006.
  7. ^ "Mythily Ramaswamy". Fulbright Scholar Program. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mythily_Ramaswamy&oldid=964759672"