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Indian mathematician Dr. Rajula Srivastava has received the Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize for her groundbreaking work in harmonic analysis and number theory.
About the Indian Laureate: Dr. Rajula Srivastava
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About the Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize:
- Purpose: Recognises early-career women mathematicians (within two years of PhD completion) for outstanding research contributions.
- Named After: Maryam Mirzakhani — first woman and first Iranian to win the Fields Medal; known for her work on geometry and Riemann surfaces.
- Objective: To honour Mirzakhani’s legacy, encourage more women in mathematics, and elevate early-career contributions.
- Established: November 2019 by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation.
- Prize Amount: $50,000, may be shared by multiple recipients in a year.
- Eligibility: Women mathematicians who have:
- Recently completed their PhD (within 2 years)
- Shown exceptional promise and innovation in mathematical research.
Other Important Prizes in Mathematics:
- Fields Medal: Awarded every four years to mathematicians under 40, the Fields Medal is the most prestigious global mathematics award, established in 1936, and presented by the International Mathematical Union to recognize outstanding contributions to the field.
- Abel Prize: Instituted by the King of Norway in 2001, the Abel Prize is an annual international award recognizing lifetime achievement in mathematics, often considered the closest equivalent to the Nobel Prize in the discipline.
- Wolf Prize in Mathematics: Awarded annually since 1978 by the Wolf Foundation in Israel, the Wolf Prize honours exceptional achievements across all branches of mathematics and is ranked just below the Fields and Abel Prizes in prestige.
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