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This is a list of
Marathi people in science, engineering and technology.
Notables in mathematics
Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi
Shreeram Abhyankar (right) with
Alexander Grothendieck (left),
Michael Artin in the background, at
Montreal, Quebec , Canada in 1970.
R. P. Paranjpye – First Indian to become a
Senior Wrangler at Cambridge University and was the principal of
Fergusson College for over 20 years
[1]
Rahul Pandharipande – Is a mathematician at the
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich , he frequently collaborates with
Fields medalist
Andrei Okounkov
Bhaskara II
Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi – Was an Indian mathematician, historian and polymath.
[2]
Chandrashekhar Khare – Professor of mathematics at the
University of California Los Angeles
[3]
Ravindra Shripad Kulkarni -is an Indian mathematician, specializing in
differential geometry . He is known for the
Kulkarni–Nomizu product .
S. S. Shrikhande – Is an Indian mathematician with distinguished and well-recognized achievements in
combinatorial mathematics , known for
Shrikhande graph
[4]
[5]
M. N. Vartak – Professor of Mathematics & Statistics at
Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai , specialised in
balanced incomplete block designs ,
graph theory .
[6]
[7]
Vinay V. Deodhar – Is a professor of mathematics at
Indiana University
[8]
Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar – Mathematician, has contributed to
singularity theory and
Abhyankar's conjecture
[9]
[10]
[11]
Dinesh Thakur - Professor of mathematics at
University of Rochester who works in
Number Theory
[12]
[13]
D. R. Kaprekar – Mathematician who worked on
Number Theory . He is known for
Kaprekar constant
[14]
Narendra Karmarkar – Mathematician who developed
Karmarkar's algorithm
Eknath Ghate - A
mathematician specialising in
number theory , deals in problems connected to
automorphic forms ,
Galois representations & special values of
L-functions .
[15]
[16]
Kapil Hari Paranjape - Involved in the promotion of
Linux &
GNU . Held various visiting positions at
University of Chicago ,
University of Paris-Sud &
University of Warwick .
[17]
[18]
Rajeeva Karandikar - Director of
Chennai Mathematical Institute . Visiting professor at
University of North Carolina .
[19]
Notables in physics
G. H. Gaonkar – Is a professor of engineering at
Florida Atlantic University , research interest is in Helicopter dynamics,
Floquet theory & Large-Scale and
parallel computing
[20]
Raghunath Anant Mashelkar
Pramod Khargonekar – Dean, College of Engineering at the University of Florida, and researcher in the field of control systems
[21]
Raghunath A. Mashelkar – He is the former Director General of the
Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)
[22]
Dr. Anupam Saraph – Professor of Systems & Decision Sciences at
Lally School of Management and Technology at
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ,
Troy &
Hartford
[23]
Arun Nigavekar – Worked on the concepts of
Physics , is a permanent member and was Vice-chairman of Asian Physics Education Network, a
UNESCO organisation
[24]
Vijay Raghunath Pandharipande – Worked at
Niels Bohr Institute , was awarded the prestigious
Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics of the
American Physical Society
Shivram Baburao Bhoje – Is an Indian scientist who worked in the field of
fast-breeder nuclear reactor , became the director of IGCAR , received
Padma Shri in 2003.
[25]
Shivkar Bapuji Talpade - Is credited with having constructed India's first unmanned plane.
[26]
Anil Kakodkar – Chairman of the
Atomic Energy Commission of India , served as Director of
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre . Received
Padma Vibhushan in 2009.
[27]
[28]
Shrinivas Kulkarni – Professor of Astrpophysics at the
California Institute of Technology
[29]
Waman Dattatreya Patwardhan – Indian
defence scientist , developed detonation system of India's first nuclear device which was tested & codenamed
Smiling Buddha .
[30]
Anil Kakodkar
Abhay Ashtekar – Known for 'Ashtekar Variables'. He is also regarded as a founder of the theory of
Loop quantum gravity
[31]
Jayant Narlikar – Worked with
Sir Fred Hoyle the
conformal gravity theory, known as
Hoyle–Narlikar theory , revived
Albert Einstein 's
Theory of Relativity &
Mach's Principle
[32]
Vasudev Kalkunte Aatre – Head of the
Defence Research and Development Organisation & Professor at
Technical University of Nova Scotia ,
Halifax & IISc;Bangalore.
[33]
Vasant Gowarikar - Indian space scientist & was awarded Padma Bhushan in the year 2008.
Amol Dighe - Physics professor at TIFR, awarded the
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for science and technology.
Rohini Godbole - Part of the International Detector Advisory Group (IDAG), for the
International Linear Collider in the European research lab,
CERN .
[34]
[35]
Sulabha K Kulkarni - Worked on areas like
Nanotechnology ,
Materials Science , &
Surface Science . Faculty at
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research .
Suhas Pandurang Sukhatme - Studied at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology . Also served as chairman of the
Atomic Energy Regulatory Board .
Dilip Devidas Bhawalkar - Fellow of
Optical Society of America & member of
C-13 Committee of
International Union of Pure and Applied Physics .
Notables in chemistry
Notables in the field of computers/engineering/technology
Dr. Vijay P. Bhatkar – Founder and former executive director of the Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC). Bhatkar is best known as the architect of India's national initiative in supercomputing where he led the development of Param supercomputers.
[44]
Vijay Pandurang Bhatkar (second from left) as a chair during FUEL GILT Conference 2014 -
Pune ,
Maharashtra
Yashavant Kanetkar
Suhas Patankar – Inventor of the SIMPLE algorithm for solution of Navier-Stokes equation that revolutionised the world of Computational Fluid Dynamics
[45]
Yashavant Kanetkar – Author of many computer language books
Aravind Joshi – Professor of Computer and Cognitive Science at the
University of Pennsylvania
Shamkant Navathe - Researcher in the field of databases. Professor at the
College of Computing at
Georgia Institute of Technology .
Abhi Talwalkar - CEO of
LSI Corporation , Engineering from
Oregon State University , served upper management positions at
Intel .
Prashant Ranade - Did his MS in
Control Engineering from the
University of Cincinnati , also adjunct professor at
Grand Valley State University .
Subhash Khot - Is a
theoretical computer scientist & Professor at
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at
New York University received
Alan T. Waterman Award .
Vikas Joshi - Received master's degree from
Syracuse University & CEO of Pune-based Harbinger Group with offices in
Redmond, Washington &
Pleasanton, California .
Aniruddha M. Gole - Professor of Computer Engineering at
University of Manitoba , Canada also fellow at
NSERC &
IEEE .
Ramesh Raskar - Head of the
MIT Media Lab's & associate Professor at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology . Co-founded Kumbathon.
Sunil Khandbahale - He is
Sloan Fellow at
MIT Sloan School of Management .
Text-To-Speech for visually challenged. Received
VASVIK Industrial Research Award .
Samir Mitragotri - Professor of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering at
University of California, Santa Barbara , Member of US National Academies of Engineering, Medicine, and Inventors
Notables in earth sciences
Madhav Gadgil – ecologist, involved in establishment India's first biosphere reserve, recipient of the
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for Sciences. He is also a recipient of the
Volvo Environment Prize and the
Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement . The government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of the
Padma Shri in 1981 and followed it up with the third highest award of the
Padma Bhushan in 2006.
[46]
Ashok Gadgil – inventor of UV-disinfection method. Recipient of the
National Inventors Hall of Fame ,
[47]
Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water —Creativity category,
National Academy of Engineering (2013),
Lemelson-MIT Prize ,
European Inventor Award and
Heinz Award (2009)
[48]
Madhav Gadgil
Pandurang Vasudeo Sukhatme – influential in the establishment of the
Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute , received
Padma Bhushan in 1971.
Raghavendra Gadagkar
Nandini Nimbkar – alumna of
University of Florida and president of the
Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute
S. B. Mujumdar –
botanist , received
Padma Shri in 2005
[49]
Raghavendra Gadagkar - professor for ecological sciences,
Indian Institute of Science and a foreign associate of the
National Academy of Sciences, USA .
[50] He has won numerous awards for his contributions to science research including the German
Cross of the Order of Merit
[51]
Aditi Pant -
oceanographer , first Indian woman, along with
Sudipta Sengupta , to go to
Antarctica .
[52]
Priyadarshini Karve - joined the
Appropriate Rural Technology Institute , received the
Ashden Award for Renewable Energy in 2002. Recipient of the Prof. Yashwantrao Kelkar Youth Award - 2002
[53]
Medha Khole - deputy director at the
Indian Meteorological Department . Holds a master's degree in physics from the
University of Pune .
Nalini Nadkarni -
Indian-American
ecologist worked on
Costa Rican
rain forest , received
John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship & faculty at
The Evergreen State College .
[54]
Shripad Dabholkar - recipient of
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology . He shares some common traits with
Masanobu Fukuoka .
Notables in medicine and surgery
Anandibai Joshi – one of the two first Indian women to obtain a medical degree through training in
Western medicine
[55]
Dwarkanath Kotnis – doctor who helped the
Chinese communists army during World War II.
Dr.V. R. Khanolkar – first pathologist in India, "father of pathology and medical research in India"
[56]
A statue of
Dwarkanath Kotnis in
Shijiazhuang , Hebei,
China
Dr. Bhau Daji Laud Parsekar – prize winner for an essay on
infanticide , and was appointed a teacher in the
Elphinstone Institution
Atul Gawande – general and endocrine surgeon, professor, medical author and
National Book Award finalist
[57]
Mansukh C. Wani - worked on the anticancer therapeutics. He discovered
Taxol and
camptothecin with
Monroe Eliot Wall .
[58]
Chetan E. Chitnis – worked on molecular
parasitology and development of a vaccine for malaria, was fellow at Fogarty
National Institutes of Health , Bethesda. In 1995, he was awarded the ICAAC Young Investigator Award by the American Society of Microbiology.
[59]
Dr. Dinakar M. Salunke – first executive director of the
Regional Centre for Biotechnology
Shekhar C. Mande - director of
National Centre for Cell Science , Pune
Suresh Jayakar – biologist who pioneered in the use of quantitative approaches in genetics and biology, the director of the Genetics and Biometry Laboratory.
Prakash Amte - awarded the
Magsaysay Award , also known as "Indians first rural doctor"
[60]
Vithal Nagesh Shirodkar – obstetrician and
gynecologist , he performed the
cervical cerclage operation in Paris, received
Padma Vibhushan in 1971
[61]
S. B. Mujumdar – botanist and founder of the
Symbiosis International University .
Himmatrao Bawaskar - physician who has publications several articles in
The Lancet . Well known for his research on treatment for
scorpion poisoning.
Kamal Ranadive -
biomedical researcher , established India's first
tissue culture research laboratory at the Indian Cancer Research Centre in
Mumbai .
Iravati Karve - studied at the
Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Anthropology, Human Heredity, and Eugenics , worked as administrator at
SNDT Women's University in Mumbai.
Shubha Tole - a
neuroscientist and principal investigator at the
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai.
[62]
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