Ram Prakash Bambah (born 17 September 1925)Fellow profile
Indian Academy of Sciences, retrieved 2013-03-14. is an Indian mathematician working in

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and discrete geometry.

Education and career

Bambah earned a bachelor's degree from

Government College University, Lahore The Government College University, Lahore (colloquially known as GCU), is a public research university located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Opened as Government College, Lahore, in 1864, it became a university in 2002. Overview In 1864, Gov ...

, and a master's degree from the

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. He then went to England for his doctoral studies, earning his Ph.D. in 1950 from

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under the supervision of

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. Returning to India, he became a reader at

Panjab University, Chandigarh Panjab University (PU) is a collegiate public state university located in Chandigarh, Punjab. Funded through both State and Union governments, it is considered a state university. It traces its origins to the University of the Punjab in Laho ...

, in 1952, and was promoted to professor there in 1957. Maintaining his position at Panjab University, he also held a position as professor at

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in the US from 1964 to 1969. He retired from Panjab University in 1993. Bambah was president of the

Indian Mathematical Society Indian Mathematical Society (IMS) is the oldest organization in India devoted to the promotion of study and research in mathematics. The Society was founded in April 1907 by V. Ramaswami Aiyar with its headquarters at Pune. The Society started i ...

in 1969, and

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of Panjab University from 1985 to 1991.

Awards and honours

He was elected to the Indian National Science Academy in 1955.Fellow profile
, Indian National Science Academy, retrieved 2013-03-14. In 1979 he was awarded the Srinivasa Ramanujan Medal, and in 1974 was elected to the Indian Academy of Sciences. In 1988 he received the Aryabhata Medal of the Indian National Science Academy and the Padma Bhushan award.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bambah, Ram Prakash 1925 births Living people 20th-century Indian mathematicians Indian number theorists Geometers Government College University, Lahore alumni University of the Punjab alumni Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Ohio State University faculty Presidents of the Indian Mathematical Society Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in science & engineering