Manindra Agrawal | |
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| Born | (1966-05-20)20 May 1966 (age 59) |
| Alma mater | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur |
| Known for | AKS primality test |
| Awards | Clay Research Award (2002) S S Bhatnagar Prize (2003) ICTP Prize (2003) Fulkerson Prize (2006) Gödel Prize (2006) Infosys Prize (2008) G.D. Birla Award for Scientific Research (2009) Padma Shri (2013) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer Science |
| Institutions | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur |
| Doctoral advisor | Somenath Biswas |
| Doctoral students | Neeraj Kayal Nitin Saxena |
Manindra Agrawal (born 20 May 1966) is an Indiancomputer scientist and director ofIndian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He is also a professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at theIndian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.[1] He was the recipient of the firstInfosys Prize for Mathematics,[2] theGodel Prize in 2006; and theShanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Mathematical Sciences in 2003. He has been honoured withPadma Shri, India's 4th highest civilian award, in 2013.[3][4]
He created theAKS primality test withNeeraj Kayal andNitin Saxena, for which he and his co-authors won the 2006Fulkerson Prize, and the 2006Gödel Prize. He was also awarded 2002Clay Research Award for this work. The test is the firstunconditional deterministic algorithm to test ann-digit number forprimality in a time that has been proven to bepolynomial inn.[5]
In September 2008, Agrawal was chosen for the first Infosys Mathematics Prize for outstanding contributions in the broad field of mathematics.[6] He also served on the Mathematical Sciences jury for theInfosys Prize in 2014 and 2015. He was a visiting scholar at theInstitute for Advanced Study in 2003-04.[7]
Agarwal served as the Deputy Director of IIT Kanpur from 2017 to 2021.
On, 19 April 2024 he was appointed as theDirector ofIIT Kanpur.[8]
