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Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay
Indian computer scientist (Born: )
For the actress, see Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay (actress).
Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay | |
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| Born | (age&#;56&#;57) Bally, Howrah, West Bengal |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma&#;mater | Presidency College, Kolkata ( Physics) University of Calcutta, Rajabazar campus () Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur () |
| Awards | Padmashri () Infosys prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer Science |
| Institutions | Indian Statistical Institute |
Worked in many Universities and research laboratories including Los Alamos National Laboratory, University of Maryland, College Park, Heidelberg University, University of Roma Tre, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Ljubljana | |
Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay (born ) is an Indian scientist specializing in computational biology.
A professor at the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, she is a Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize winner in Engineering Science for , IInfosys Prize laureate in the Engineering and Computer Science category and TWAS Prize winner for Engineering Sciences in [1][2][3] Her research is mainly in the areas of evolutionary computation, pattern recognition, machine learning and bioinformatics.[4] Since 1 August , she has been the Director of the Indian Statistical Institute, and she would oversee the functioning of all five centres of Indian Statistical Institute located at Kolkata, Bangalore, Delhi, Chennai, and Tezpur besides several other Statistical Quality Control & Operation Research Units spread across India.[5] She is the first woman Director of the Indian Statistical Institute.
Sanghamitra bandyopadhyay biography of mahatma Physics University of Calcutta , Rajabazar campus B. Austin Website. Infosys Science Foundation. Leadership at ISI : As the Director of ISI, she has been instrumental in expanding research initiatives and promoting interdisciplinary studies that integrate computer science with fields like environmental science and healthcare.Currently she is on the Prime Ministers' Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council. In she was given the Padma Shri award for Science and Engineering by the Government of India.
Education and career
Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay obtained a bachelor of science in physics from Presidency College, Kolkata before obtaining another bachelor's degree (of technology) in Computer Science in from Rajabazar Science College Campus of University of Calcutta.
She then obtained a master's degree in computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur before pursuing a Ph. D. at the Indian Statistical Institute, obtaining it in [6]
Awards and honours
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- TWAS Prize for Engineering Sciences, by TWAS, The World Academy of Sciences [9]
- Infosys Prize in Engineering and Computer Science [10]
- Distinguished Alumnus Award, IIT Kharagpur,
- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in Engineering Science,
- J.
C. Bose Fellowship[11]
- Senior Associate, International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy,
- Humboldt Fellowship from AvH Foundation, Germany,
- Swarnajayanti Fellowship,
- Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS),
- Fellow, Indian National Science Academy (INSA),
- IEEE Fellow, [12]
- Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE),
- Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI), Allahabad,
- Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences, India (IASc), Bangalore,