Autor: Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan

With a Ph D in theoretical physics from The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Dr K Srinivasa Rao retired, from the same institute, as a senior professor. He has been a Humboldt Fellow and a visiting professor at various universities and research institutes worldwide and has contributed widely to both mathematics and theoretical physics. He has published a large number of books, journal articles and lecture notes, and he has also been very active in mathematics outreach activities highlighting the life and work of the Indian mathematician Ramanujan. Dr Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan has a Ph D from the University of California, Berkley, and is currently a professor at the University of Waterloo. Having worked in a vast number of areas including optical sciences, applied mathematics, electrical and biomedical engineering, ophthalmology and numerous other topics, Dr Lakshminarayanan has published more than 300 papers, journal articles and co-authored books.