Rajeeva Laxman Karandikar
| Rajeeva Laxman Karandikar | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Chennai Mathematical Institute |
| Alma mater | Indian Statistical Institute, University of Indore |
| Doctoral advisor | B. V. Rao |
| Notable awards | Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award |
Rajeeva Laxman Karandikar (born 1956) [1] is an eminent Indian mathematician, statistician and psephologist. He is the director of Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai since 2010.
Degrees and posts held
He received his B.Sc. degree in Mathematics from Holkar Science College, University of Indore, Indore in June, 1976 and his M.Stat. from Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta in July, 1978. He worked under the guidance of B. V. Rao in the field of stochastic processes to obtain his PhD degree from ISI, Calcutta in December, 1981. He went for his Postdoctoral research to University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill to work under Gopinath Kallianpur. He spent three years as a Visiting Professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and returned to Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi in 1984 as an Associate Professor. He became a full professor in 1989. In 2006, he moved to Cranes Software International Limited as Executive Vice President - Analytics.
Research
The research interests of R L Karandikar include several areas of probability theory, option pricing theory, psephology in the context of Indian elections and cryptography among many others.[2]
Other activities
Karandikar has conducted opinion polls for Indian Parliamentary elections and state assembly polls for Doordarshan, TV Today, Network 18, Hindustan Times, Indian Express, etc. He has also conducted training programmes on Stochastic Calculus for ICICI Bank and other financial organisations. He served as the Executive Vice President for Cranes Software International Limited from 2006 to 2010.[3]
Books
- with Gopinath Kallianpur, Rajeeva Laxman Karandikar (1988). White Noise Theory of Prediction, Filtering and Smoothing. London: Gordon and Breach.
- with Gopinath Kallianpur, Rajeeva Laxman Karandikar (2000). Introduction to Option Pricing Theory. Birkhauser, Boston.
References
- ↑ "Indian Fellow". Indian National Science Academy.
- ↑ Karandikar, Rajeeva Laxman. "Curriculum Vitae". Chennai Mathematical Institute.
- ↑ "A family tradition". The Indian Express.