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FATHER AND SON: Prof. Krishnaswami Alladi (left), presents his lecture in Chennai on Monday, as Dr. Alladi Ramakrishnan (right), looks on. — PHOTO: SHAJU JOHN
CHENNAI : Youngsters today have far greater opportunities than their predecessors in going to the United States to pursue higher studies, thanks to efforts of fora such as the Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF). Students should utilise these opportunities for taking up research work in fundamental sciences such as mathematics, Dr. Krishnaswami Alladi, Chairman, Department of Mathematics, University of Florida, Gainesville, said here on Monday. He was speaking at a function organised to mark the 60th anniversary of his father, Prof. Alladi Ramakrishnan, starting research work in mathematics in the 40s. Prof. Krishnaswami Alladi said the `brain drain,' as it was perceived then, started in the form of students going to the U.S to pursue post doctoral work; later they went in for their Ph.D, and now students were going to the U.S straight out of school. Now, students going abroad is seen as a `brain bank,' that could benefit both countries. This had happened not only due to the growing bilateral economic and political ties, but also due to the academic opportunities, which the United States had always provided for people from other nations. The IUSSTF provided financial support for professors and research scholars to visit India for short term programmes and vice versa. Today, in the U.S there was growing recognition of the mathematics genius, the late Srinivasa Ramanujan, whose work and life were chronicled recently by two major significant American scientific journals, `Focus' and `Notices'. The IUSSTF had provided support for programmes such as the Srinivasa Ramanujan Prize instituted by SASTRA University in Tamil Nadu for original work in mathematics. It had gone this year to two scientists of Indian origin, Dr Manjul Bhargava (Princeton University) and Dr. Kannan Soundararajan (University of Michigan). "If they can do it, I think the students here too can try to emulate the," Dr. Krishnaswami Alladi said.
Vivid oral biography
Earlier, he provided a vivid oral biography capturing the life and works in the last 60 years of Dr. Alladi Ramakrishnan, the founder of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences in Chennai. In particular, he mentioned Dr. Ramakrishnan's meeting with Nobel Prize winners such as Sir C.V. Raman, Subramanian Chandrasekar, Prof. Richard Feynman, Dr. Robert Oppenheimer, Niels Bohr, Abdus Salam and Maurice Shapiro among others, and his work in theoretical physics and specifically his passion for fostering research in "Einstein's special relativity." Despite his age, Prof. Ramakrishnan's passion for scientific enquiry continues and his relations with young researchers ensures that he retains his passion for the subject, Dr. Krishnaswami Alladi said.
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