Nikhil Srivastava Awarded the "Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians 2025".

Awards | Dated: 11 Dec 2025

Indian mathematician Nikhil Srivastava has been awarded the prestigious "Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians 2025". The award, funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) in collaboration with the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), recognizes his groundbreaking work in spectral graph theory and the Kadison-Singer problem.

🎯 Key Highlights:

  • He is currently a Professor of Mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley.
  • The prize is awarded annually to a researcher from a developing country who is less than 45 years of age.
  • He previously won the Michael and Sheila Held Prize in 2021 for similar contributions.

💡 Other Important Facts:

  • Award: Ramanujan Prize 2025.
  • Winner: Nikhil Srivastava.
  • Field: Mathematics (Graph Theory).

📚 Test Your Knowledge:

The Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians is awarded to researchers from developing countries below what age limit?

Correct Answer: 45 Years

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