Meena Mahajan

Meena Mahajan
Alma materIIT Madras (Ph.D.) and IIT Bombay (B.Tech, M.Tech)
Awards[J C Bose National Fellow] (2024)
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical computer science, Computational complexity theory
WorkplacesInstitute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai

Meena Bhaskar Mahajan is an Indian theoretical computer scientist and a professor at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai. Her research includes publications in proof complexity, algebraic circuit complexity, small-space complexity classes, parameterized complexity, and algorithms for planar graphs.

Education and career

Mahajan is originally from Mumbai, the daughter of a government accounts officer.[1] [2] She studied computer science at IIT Bombay, receiving a bachelor's degree in 1986 and master's degree in 1988. She completed a Ph.D. at IIT Madras in 1993.[3] Her dissertation, Studies in Language Classes Defined by Time-Varying Cellular Automata, was supervised by Kamala Krithivasan.[4]

After joining the Institute of Mathematical Sciences in Chennai as a postdoctoral researcher in 1993, she took a permanent faculty position at the institute in 1994.[3]

Recognition

Mahajan was elected to the Indian Academy of Sciences in 2022, and to the Indian National Science Academy in 2025.[5] She is an eminent speaker of ACM India.[6] In 2024 she received the J. C. Bose National Fellowship of the Science and Engineering Research Board, now Anusandhan National Research Foundation.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Proving her worth: Meena Mahajan", Her Story – IIT Bombay Gen Zero Women, IIT Bombay, 2022, retrieved 2024-10-29
  2. ↑ Vigyan Vidushi: 75 Women Trailblazers of Science, Vigyan Prasar, 2022, retrieved 2026-07-13
  3. 1 2 Meena Mahajan, The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, retrieved 2024-10-29
  4. ↑ Meena Mahajan at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  5. 1 2 "Meena Mahajan", Infosys Prize 2024 jury, retrieved 2024-10-29
  6. ↑ Featured Eminent Speaker of ACM India: Meena Mahajan, ACM India, retrieved 2024-10-29
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