B. V. Rajarama Bhat Explained

B. V. Rajarama Bhat
Nationality:	Indian
Field:	Operator theory in mathematics
Work Institutions:	Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore
Alma Mater:	Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
Doctoral Advisor:	Kalyanapuram Rangachari Parthasarathy
Prizes:	Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology

B. V. Rajarama Bhat is an Indian mathematician specialising in operator theory. He is a Professor of Mathematics in Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore.^[1]

Professor Bhat obtained his MSc and PhD degrees from the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.

He was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in 2007, the highest science award in India, in the mathematical sciences category.^[2]

Other awards/honours

• Young Scientist Award of Indian National Science Academy in 1997
• B. M. Birla Science prize for the year 1998

Books authored

• Lectures on Operator Theory, (Editor jointly with G. Elliott and P. Fillmore), Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences Monograph Series, Vol. 13, Amer. Math. Soc. 323pp. (1999).
• Cocycles of CCR flows, Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society, 149, no. 709 (2001)

Notes and References

1. Web site: B. V. Rajarama Bhat. . Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore . 1 July 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130826131208/http://www.isibang.ac.in/~bhat/BVRVITA.html . 26 August 2013 .
2. Web site: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards For Science And Technology 2007 . Department of Science & Technology, Govt of India . 1 July 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130824100300/http://www.dst.gov.in/awards/award07.htm . 24 August 2013 .