Manjul Bhargava Age, Wiki and Bio

Manjul Bhargava

Quick Info

ProfessionMathematician
NationalityCanadian-American
Date of Birth08/08/1974
Age51 years
BirthplaceHamilton, Ontario, Canada

Bio/Wiki

Known For
  • Bhargava factorial
  • Bhargava cube
  • 15 and 290 theorems
  • Average rank of elliptic curves

Physical Stats & More

Height6' (183 cm)
Eye ColorBlack
Hair ColorBlack

Educational Qualification(s)

SchoolPlainedge High School, North Massapequa, New York (1992)
College/University
  • Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Princeton University, New Jersey
Degrees
  • AB in Mathematics from Harvard University (1996)
  • PhD from Princeton University (2001)

Personal Life

Hobbies
  • Puzzles
  • Word Games
Zodiac SignLeo

Family

FatherDr. V P Muraleedharan
MotherMeera Bhargava
Siblings
BrotherNone
Sister1

Career

Achievements
  • 1996: Morgan Prize for outstanding research in mathematics
  • 1996: Hertz Fellowship for graduate studies in mathematics
  • 2002: Named one of Popular Science magazine's 'Brilliant 10'
  • 2003: Received the Clay 5-year Research Fellowship
  • 2003: Received the Merten M. Hasse Prize from the MAA
  • 2005: Clay Research Award
  • 2005: SASTRA Ramanujan Prize
  • 2005: Leonard M. and Eleanor B. Blumenthal Award for the Advancement of Research in Pure Mathematics
  • 2008: Awarded the Cole Prize by the American Mathematical Society
  • 2008: India Abroad Face of the Future Award
  • 2009: Face of the Future award at the India Abroad Person of the Year ceremony
  • 2011: Awarded the Fermat Prize
  • 2012: Inaugural recipient of the Simons Investigator Award
  • 2012: Became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society
  • 2012: Awarded the Infosys Prize in mathematics
  • 2013: Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2014: Awarded the Fields Medal at the International Congress of Mathematicians
  • 2014: Received the India Abroad Publisher's Prize for Special Excellence
  • 2015: Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award of India
  • 2017: Elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2018: Named the inaugural occupant of The Distinguished Chair for Public Dissemination of Mathematics
  • 2019: Conferred a Fellowship at the Royal Society
Notable Contributions
  • Contributed significantly to mathematics with the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture.
  • Developed a profound understanding of quartic and quintic number fields through his PhD thesis.

Favourites

MusicClassical Indian
LiteratureSanskrit Poetry

Some Lesser Known Facts

Manjul Bhargava comes from an Indian family; his father migrated to the U.S. in the 1960s.
He spent his early years in Long Island, New York, where he excelled in academics and was valedictorian.
His introduction to mathematics was through his mother, who is also a mathematician.
Bhargava completed advanced courses in mathematics and computer science by the age of 14.
While at Harvard University, he engaged in various interests beyond mathematics, including music and social activities.
He has a deep appreciation for Sanskrit poetry, having learned it from his grandfather.