Notable Modern Indian Mathematicians and Statisticians

PURABI MUKHERJI has been Counsellor in Mathematics at the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), Regional Centre, Kolkata, India, since 1994. Earlier, she served in the Department of Mathematics at the Gokhale Memorial Girls’ College, Kolkata, from 1994 to 2014. Dr Mukherji earned her PhD in applied mathematics from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, in 1987. She received two national “Best Paper Awards” for her work on “Mathematical Modelling” in geophysics, awarded by the Indian Society for Earthquake Technology of the University of Roorkee. Since 2010, she has been pursuing research in the field of history of science and has successfully completed two projects funded by the Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi. She has published more than 40 research papers in reputed national and international journals and more than 20 scientific articles in Bengali popular scientific magazines. She authored a book titled History of the Calcutta School of Physical Sciences (Springer Nature, 2018), Research Schools on Number Theory in India: During the 20th Century (Springer Nature, 2020-2021), and Pioneer Mathematicians of Calcutta University (University of Calcutta, 2014). Dr Mukherji is a life member of the Indian Science Congress Association, Calcutta Mathematical Society, Indian Society of History of Mathematics, Indian Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Indian Society of Nonlinear Analysts, and many others. She is also on the editorial board of the journal Indian Science Cruiser being published by the Institute of Science, Education and Culture, Kolkata.

Chapter 1. Historical Prelude and Introduction.- Chapter 2. Sir Asutosh Mookerjee (1864–1924).- Chapter 3. Syamadas Mukhopadhyay (1866–1937).- Chapter 4. Ganesh Prasad (1876–1935).- Chapter 5. Bibhuti Bhusan Datta (1888–1958).- Chapter 6. Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (1893–1972).- Chapter 7. Nikhil Ranjan Sen (1894–1963).- Chapter 8. Suddhodan Ghosh (1896–1976).- Chapter 9. Rabindranath Sen (1896–1974).- Chapter 10. Bibhutibhusan Sen (1898–1976).- Chapter 11. Raj Chandra Bose (1901–1987).- Chapter 12. Bhoj Raj Seth (1907–1979).- Chapter 13. . Subodh Kumar Chakrabarty (1909–1987).- Chapter 14. Manindra Chandra Chaki (1913–2007).- Chapter 15. Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao (b. 10th September 1920).- Chapter 16. Anadi Sankar Gupta (1932–2012).- Chapter 17. Jyoti Das (1937–2015).- Chapter 18. Some Outstanding Minds from the Indian Statistical Institute.

“The book portrays the lives and works of 16 pioneer mathematical scientists including one woman, closely connected to the University of Calcutta, the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta. They worked under difficult circumstances, not having access to modern gadgets. … This book talks of their indomitable courage, hard work, dedication and relentless perseverance. … The author is to be congratulated for her painstaking research work. It is very informative and unique.” (Sita Sundar Ram, zbMATH 1510.01002, 2023)