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Manindra Agrawal

Manindra Agrawal

मणीन्द्र अग्रवाल

Manindra Agrawal is an Indian computer scientist and director of Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He is also a professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.

BORN

20 May 1966

HONOUR

Humboldt Prize

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Key facts

Born
20 May 1966, Prayagraj
State of birth
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh
Sector
Science & space
Profession
Indian computer scientist
Gender
Male

Biography

Manindra Agrawal is an Indian computer scientist and director of Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He is also a professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He was the recipient of the first Infosys Prize for Mathematics, the Godel Prize in 2006; and the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Mathematical Sciences in 2003. He has been honoured with Padma Shri, India's 4th highest civilian award, in 2013.

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Timeline

  1. 1966Born in Prayagraj
  2. 2003Awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology
  3. 2006Awarded the Gödel Prize
  4. 2006Awarded the Fulkerson Prize
  5. 2008Awarded the Infosys Prize
  6. 2009Awarded the G.D. Birla Award for Scientific Research
  7. 2010Awarded the TWAS Prize for Mathematics
  8. 2011Awarded the H K Firodia awards
  9. 2026Awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society
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