Nationality Indian Name Rajeeva Karandikar | Role Mathematician | |
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Notable awards Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology Alma mater Indian Statistical Institute, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya | ||
Eureka with rajeeva laxman karandikar
Rajeeva Laxman Karandikar (born 1956) is an Indian mathematician, statistician and psephologist. He is the director of Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai since 2010. He is a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences and Indian National Science Academy.
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- Eureka with rajeeva laxman karandikar
- Talk by rajeeva laxman karandikar on research scholars day 2016
- Academic life
- Research
- Other activities
- Books
- References
Talk by rajeeva laxman karandikar on research scholars day 2016
Academic life
He received his B.Sc. degree in Mathematics from Holkar Science College, University of Indore, Indore in June 1976 and his M.Stat. from Indian Statistical Institute in July 1978. He later obtained his PhD degree from ISI, Calcutta in December 1981. He went for his postdoctoral research to University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill to work under Gopinath Kallianpur. He spent three years as a visiting professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and returned to Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi in 1984 as an associate professor. He became a full professor in 1989. In 2006, he moved to Cranes Software International Limited as executive vice president for analytics. He moved to Chennai Mathematical Institute in 2010.
Research
His research interests include several areas of probability theory, Filtering theory, option pricing theory, psephology in the context of Indian elections and cryptography, among others.
Other activities
He has conducted opinion polls for Indian Parliamentary elections and state assembly polls for Doordarshan, Aaj Tak/T V Today, Network 18, Hindustan Times, Indian Express, etc. Currently he is associated with ABP News. He has also conducted training programmes on Stochastic Calculus for ICICI Bank and other financial organizations. He served as the Executive Vice President for Cranes Software International Limited from 2006 to 2010.