Thiruvenkatachari Parthasarathy (born 1 March 1941, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu) is a game theorist and distinguished Indian mathematician and the co-author of a book on

game theory Game theory is the study of mathematical models of strategic interactions among rational agents. Myerson, Roger B. (1991). ''Game Theory: Analysis of Conflict,'' Harvard University Press, p.&nbs1 Chapter-preview links, ppvii–xi It has appli ...

with T. E. S. Raghavan, and of two research monographs, one on

optimization Mathematical optimization (alternatively spelled ''optimisation'') or mathematical programming is the selection of a best element, with regard to some criterion, from some set of available alternatives. It is generally divided into two subfi ...

and one on univalence theory, published by

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. He is a former president of the Indian Mathematical Society. He received his B.Sc and M.Sc degrees from

Madras University The University of Madras (informally known as Madras University) is a public state university in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Established in 1857, it is one of the oldest and among the most prestigious universities in India, incorporated by an a ...

. He worked on "Minimax Theorems and Product solutions for simple games" under the guidance of the eminent

C. R. Rao Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao FRS (born 10 September 1920), commonly known as C. R. Rao, is an Indian-American mathematician and statistician. He is currently professor emeritus at Pennsylvania State University and Research Professor at the Un ...

and received Ph.D during 1967 from the

Indian Statistical Institute Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) is a higher education and research institute which is recognized as an Institute of National Importance by the 1959 act of the Indian parliament. It grew out of the Statistical Laboratory set up by Prasanta C ...

, Kolkata. He actively delivers many lectures and seminars at University of Madras, ISI and CMI. Parthasarathy received

Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award 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 science, applied or Fundamenta ...

for Mathematical Sciences (1986). He was elected as Fellow of the

Indian Academy of Sciences The Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore was founded by Indian Physicist and Nobel Laureate C. V. Raman, and was registered as a society on 24 April 1934. Inaugurated on 31 July 1934, it began with 65 founding fellows. The first general meet ...

(1988) and

Indian National Science Academy The Indian National Science Academy (INSA) is a national academy in New Delhi for Indian scientists in all branches of science and technology. In August 2019, Dr. Chandrima Shaha was appointed as the president of Indian National Science Academ ...

(1995).

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20110716084817/https://www.bschool.nus.edu.sg/Departments/Decision%20Sciences/files/Bio%20of%20speakers/Thiruvenkatachari-B.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Parthasarathy, Thiruvenkatachari Living people 20th-century Indian mathematicians 1941 births Presidents of the Indian Mathematical Society Fellows of the Indian Academy of Sciences Scientists from Chennai Recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Mathematical Science