Neena Gupta (mathematician)

Dr.

Neena Gupta
Dr.; Neena Gupta
	Gupta receiving the Nari Shakti Puraskar from President Ram Nath Kovind, March 8, 2022.
Born	1984 (age 38–39); Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Education	Ph.D., M.Math., B.Sc. (Hons)
Alma mater	ISI, Bethune College
Known for	Providing a counter-example over a field of positive characteristic to the special Zariski Cancellation Problem
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics, commutative algebra, affine algebraic geometry
Institutions	ISI, TIFR
Thesis	Some Results on Laurent Polynomial Fibrations and Quasi A* Algebras (2011)
Doctoral advisor	Prof. Amartya Dutta

Neena Gupta (born in 1984) is a professor at the Statistics and Mathematics Unit of the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata.^[1] Her primary fields of interest are commutative algebra and affine algebraic geometry.^[2]

Life[edit]

Neena Gupta was previously a visiting scientist at the ISI and a visiting fellow at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR). She has won the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (2019) in the category of mathematical sciences, the highest honour in India in the field of science and technology.^[3] In 2022 she was awarded the Ramanujan award. She is the second woman from India who got this award.

Neena Gupta received the Indian National Science Academy Young Scientist award in 2014^[4] for the solution she proposed to the Zariski Cancellation Problem.^[5]^[6] in positive characteristic. Her work on the conjecture had also earned her the inaugural Saraswathi Cowsik Medal in 2013, awarded by the TIFR Alumni Association.^[7] She is also the recipient of the DST-ICTP-IMU Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries in 2021.^[8]

Education[edit]

Gupta graduated with honours in mathematics from Bethune College in 2006. She earned her post graduation in mathematics from the Indian Statistical Institute in 2008^[9] and subsequently, her Ph.D. degree in 2011 with commutative algebra as her specialization under the guidance of Amartya Kumar Dutta. The title of her dissertation was "Some results on Laurent polynomial fibrations and Quasi A*-algebras".^[10]

Career[edit]

Professor^[11] at Statistical and Mathematics Unit (SMU), ISI Kolkata (Jun 2014 -)
INSPIRE Faculty at ISI Kolkata (Dec 2012 - Jun 2014)^[12]
Visiting Fellow at TIFR Mumbai (May 2012 - Dec 2012)
Visiting Scientist at ISI Kolkata (Feb 2012 - Apr 2012)
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Research Fellow at ISI Kolkata (Sep 2008 - Feb 2012)

Awards and honours[edit]

Invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) 2022^[13]
DST-ICTP-IMU Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries (2021)^[8]
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (2019)^[14]
The World Academy of Sciences Young Affiliates (2020)^[15]
Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences (2021)^[16]
The Swarna Jayanti Fellowship Award, Department of Science and Technology (India) (2015)^[17]
The inaugural Professor A. K. Agarwal Award for best research publication by the Indian Mathematical Society (2014)^[18]
The Indian National Science Academy Young Scientist Award (2014)^[4]
The Ramanujan Prize from the University of Madras (2014)^[19]
Associateship of the Indian Academy of Sciences (2013)^[20]
The Saraswathi Cowsik Medal by the TIFR Alumni Association for her work on the Zariski Cancellation Problem in positive characteristic (2013)^[21]
Nari Shakti Puraskar on 8 March 2022

References[edit]

^ "Scientific Workers". Indian Statistical Institute. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
^ D'Souza, Dilip (23 December 2021). "Neena Gupta: in love with mathematics". Mint.
^ Pandey, Jhimli Mukherjee (28 September 2019). "Kolkata mathematician wins Bhatnagar award, youngest recipient till date". The Times of India.
^ ^a ^b "Young Scientists Awards". INSA. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
^ Gupta, Neena (1 January 2014). "On the cancellation problem for the affine space $\mathbb {A} ^{3}$ in characteristic $p$ ". Inventiones mathematicae. 195 (1): 279–288. doi:10.1007/s00222-013-0455-2. ISSN 1432-1297.
^ "On the Zariski Cancellation Problem". Bar-Ilan University. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
^ "TIFR Endowment Fund Awards". TIFR. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
^ ^a ^b Misra, Shubhangi (15 December 2021). "No one thought I could make it: Ramanujan Prize winner Neena Gupta who solved Zariski problem". ThePrint.
^ "Alumnus Page". Bethune College. Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
^ Neena Gupta at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
^ "Archived copy". Retrieved 21 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "INSA 2012 INSPIRE Fellowships". INSA. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
^ "ICM".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Mathematician Dr Neena Gupta shines as the youngest Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar awardee". Research Matters. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
^ "ISI TWAS".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Indian Academy of Sciences".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "DST SJF Awards 2014-15" (PDF). DST. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
^ "IMS Newsletter" (PDF). IMS. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
^ "ISI Awards and Honours". ISI. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
^ "IASc Associates". IASc. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
^ "TIFR School of Math News". TIFR. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

External links[edit]

Neena Gupta publications indexed by Google Scholar

[1] "Scientific Workers". Indian Statistical Institute. Retrieved 15 November 2018.

[2] D'Souza, Dilip (23 December 2021). "Neena Gupta: in love with mathematics". Mint.

[3] Pandey, Jhimli Mukherjee (28 September 2019). "Kolkata mathematician wins Bhatnagar award, youngest recipient till date". The Times of India.

[insa-4] "Young Scientists Awards". INSA. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[5] Gupta, Neena (1 January 2014). "On the cancellation problem for the affine space $\mathbb {A} ^{3}$ in characteristic $p$ ". Inventiones mathematicae. 195 (1): 279–288. doi:10.1007/s00222-013-0455-2. ISSN 1432-1297.

[barilan-6] "On the Zariski Cancellation Problem". Bar-Ilan University. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[tifr-7] "TIFR Endowment Fund Awards". TIFR. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[make-it-8] Misra, Shubhangi (15 December 2021). "No one thought I could make it: Ramanujan Prize winner Neena Gupta who solved Zariski problem". ThePrint.

[bethune-9] "Alumnus Page". Bethune College. Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.

[mathgen-10] Neena Gupta at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

[11] "Archived copy". Retrieved 21 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[insainspr-12] "INSA 2012 INSPIRE Fellowships". INSA. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[13] "ICM".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[14] "Mathematician Dr Neena Gupta shines as the youngest Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar awardee". Research Matters. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2021.

[15] "ISI TWAS".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[16] "Indian Academy of Sciences".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[dstsjf-17] "DST SJF Awards 2014-15" (PDF). DST. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[ims-18] "IMS Newsletter" (PDF). IMS. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[isiawrd-19] "ISI Awards and Honours". ISI. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[iasc-20] "IASc Associates". IASc. Retrieved 5 September 2016.

[tifrnews-21] "TIFR School of Math News". TIFR. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

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