Ram Prakash Bambah

Ram Prakash Bambah (17 September 1925 – 26 May 2025) was an Indian mathematician working in number theory and discrete geometry.

Life and career

Bambah was born on 17 September 1925.[1][2] He earned a bachelor's degree from Government College University, Lahore, and a master's degree from the University of the Punjab, Lahore.[2] He then went to England for his doctoral studies, earning his Ph.D. in 1950 from St John's College, Cambridge under the supervision of Louis J. Mordell.[2][3] Returning to India, he became a reader at Panjab University, Chandigarh, in 1952, and was promoted to professor there in 1957.[2] Maintaining his position at Panjab University, he also held a position as professor at Ohio State University in the US from 1964 to 1969.[2] He retired from Panjab University in 1993.[2]

He was married to Saudamini, whose father was the well known Indian botanist Prana Krushna Parija. Their daughter Bindu Bambah is a well-known Theoretical Physicist.

He was president of the Indian Mathematical Society in 1969, and vice chancellor of Panjab University from 1985 to 1991.[2]

Bambah died on 26 May 2025, at the age of 99.[4][5]

Awards and honours

Bambah was elected to the Indian National Science Academy in 1955.[2] In 1979 he was awarded the Srinivasa Ramanujan Medal,[2] and in 1974 was elected to the Indian Academy of Sciences.[1] In 1988 he received the Aryabhata Medal of the Indian National Science Academy[2] and the Padma Bhushan award.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Fellow profile, Indian Academy of Sciences, retrieved 14 March 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Fellow profile Deprecated link archived 15 April 2013 at archive.today, Indian National Science Academy, retrieved 14 March 2013.
  3. ↑ Ram Prakash Bambah at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  4. ↑ "Eminent mathematician and former Panjab University V-C RP Bambah passes away at 99". The Tribune. 26 May 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  5. ↑ "Prof R. P. Bambah: Mathematics fraternity mourns loss of its great scholar". The Tribune. 27 May 2025. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  6. ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
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