Kanta Gupta Explained

Alma Mater:Aligarh Muslim University
Australian National University
Awards:Krieger–Nelson Prize

Chander Kanta Gupta (8 October 1938 – 27 March 2016)[1] [2] was a Canadian distinguished professor of mathematics at the University of Manitoba, known for her research in abstract algebra and group theory.[3] Much of her research concerns the automorphisms in different varieties of groups.

Education

Gupta earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Jammu and Kashmir, a master's degree from the Aligarh Muslim University, another master's degree from the Australian National University, and a Ph.D. in 1967 from ANU under the supervision of Michael Frederick Newman.[4]

Recognition

She was elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 1991, and awarded the Krieger–Nelson Prize of the Canadian Mathematical Society in 2000.[4]

Personal

Her husband, Narain Gupta (1936–2008) was also an ANU alumnus, and a distinguished professor of mathematics at the University of Manitoba.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chander Gupta Obituary - Thomson In the Park Funeral Home and Cem - Winnipeg MB. obits.dignitymemorial.com. 18 August 2017.
  2. Web site: Chander Gupta Obituary - Winnipeg, Manitoba. 28 March 2016. Legacy.com. 18 August 2017.
  3. http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/science/about/768.html Distinguished Professors of the Faculty of Science
  4. https://cms.math.ca/Prizes/citations/kn2000.pdf 6th Krieger–Nelson Prize Lecture Citation
  5. http://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-134184/name-Professor_Llb/order-publish_date%7CDESC,last_name%7CASC,first_name%7CASC/page-1654/ Obituary of Narain Gupta