Renowned mathematician Narendra Karmarkar returns home, joins TIFR

Dr Narendra Karmarkar, the internationally acclaimed mathematician, has joined the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay.

Professor Sudhanshu Jha, TIFR's newly appointed director, has taken some urgent measures to give new direction to the institute's scientific activities. Dr Karmarkar's appointment is part of this strategy.

For two months, the TIFR board engaged in hectic negotiations with Dr Karmarkar, who works with Bell Laboratories, New Jersey, to persuade him to come back home. Tata Sons chairman Ratan Tata, chairman of the TIFR board, played a leading role in these discussions.

Dr Karmarkar will be responsible for setting up an independent department of computer-oriented mathematics at TIFR.

As procedural formalities are pending, Dr Karmarkar said he would comment on his appointment only after the TIFR board met on September 16. "I don't think it is appropriate to say anything until an official announcement is made," he told a leading Marathi newspaper in Bombay.

Compiled by Prasanna D Zore from the Marathi media

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