Stradlater Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Akshay Venkatesh, a renowned Indian-Australian mathematician, is one of four winners of mathematics' prestigious Fields medal, known as the Nobel prize for math. The Fields medals are awarded every four years to the most promising mathematicians under the age of 40. New Delhi-born Akshay Venkatesh, 36, who is currently teaching at Stanford University, has won the Fields Medal for his "profound contributions to an exceptionally broad range of subjects in mathematics." From being a child prodigy to becoming one of the most renowned researchers in the field of mathematics, Mr Venkatesh's journey has been full of achievements and accolades. He moved to Perth, Australia, with his parents when he was 2. He participated in physics and math Olympiads - the premier international competitions for high school students and won medals in the two subjects at ages 11 and 12, respectively. He finished high school when he was 13 and went to the University of Western Australia, graduating with first class honours in mathematics in 1997, at the age of 16. In 2002, he earned his PhD at the age of 20. Since then, he has gone from holding a post-doctoral position at MIT to becoming a Clay Research Fellow and, now a professor at Stanford University. ________________________ Wow real life Sheldon Cooper velu, zen and Gollum 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zen Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 A PhD at 20! Stradlater and velu 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Last time Manjul Bhargava and now Akshay Venkatesh . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 (edited) Overseas Tamils win Abel/Nobel/Fields Prizes frequently, but Dravidian politicians back home are destroying the education system in their state (eg NEET saga). So much talent yet the state is all set to meet the same fate as Bengal only because of the various Kazhagams who will stop at nothing in their quest for power. Edited August 2, 2018 by Gollum Stradlater, The Dark Horse and velu 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Peter Scholze is the real deal, should have won it in 2014 to become youngest mathematician to win this prestigious award. But better late than never. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarke Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Every single time this sort of "Indian origin success story" news comes up, it should serve as a reminder that the local environment does not nurture the best and brightest rather than the fake blip of jingoism. velu, Stradlater, Turning_track and 2 others 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollum Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 (edited) 38 minutes ago, Clarke said: Every single time this sort of "Indian origin success story" news comes up, it should serve as a reminder that the local environment does not nurture the best and brightest rather than the fake blip of jingoism. Spot on, good to see them doing well but at the end of the day it is just a damning indictment of the state of affairs in India. Special thanks to the feckless politicians for whom public education/research has never been a priority. Edited August 2, 2018 by Gollum Stradlater and FischerTal 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velu Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 again .. genetics The Dark Horse and Singh bling 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stradlater Posted August 2, 2018 Author Share Posted August 2, 2018 1 hour ago, velu said: again .. genetics Stop showing off velu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velu Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 27 minutes ago, Stradlater said: Stop showing off The Dark Horse and Stradlater 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydra Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Grew up in Australia says is all, our education system is one of the best in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stradlater Posted August 2, 2018 Author Share Posted August 2, 2018 1 hour ago, Hydra said: Grew up in Australia says is all, our education system is one of the best in the world. Credit where it's due. Hydra 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turning_track Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Whenever an Indian origin person wins an accolade, our desi media be like zen and velu 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dial_100 Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Here we are struggling with Patidar's and Maratha's looking for more reservation. Until we give reservations to them, we wont see any nobel level scholars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarke Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 On 8/2/2018 at 8:06 PM, dial_100 said: Here we are struggling with Patidar's and Maratha's looking for more reservation. Until we give reservations to them, we wont see any nobel level scholars They'll demand reservation in Nobel prize as well coz that's their view of life. The Dark Horse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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