Subhashis Nag (14 August 1955 – 22 December 1998) was an Indian

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who specialised in complex analytic geometry, particularly Teichmüller theory, and its relations to string theory. He won the

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) is a science award in India given annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental, in biology, ...

in 1998, the highest science award in

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, in the mathematical sciences category. However, he died on 22 December 1998, before the actual award ceremony was held.

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1955 births 1998 deaths Recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Mathematical Science {{India-scientist-stub