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Dishant Mayurbhai Pancholi

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Dishant Mayurbhai Pancholi is a professor in the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai with research interests in contact and symplectic topology.[1] Before taking up the position in The Institute Of Mathematical Sciences in 2016, Pancholi was an assistant professor at Chennai Mathematical Institute.[2] He is also a von Newmann Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.[3] The Singapore based magazine Asian Scientist selected Pancholi as the top ranking Asian Scientist of the year 2020 in a list of 100 Asia’s most outstanding researchers.[4][5] Pancholi was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in Mathematical Sciences in the year 2019.[6]

Pancholi obtained his PhD degree from School of Mathematics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai in 2006 for a thesis titled "Knots, mapping class groups and Kirby calculus", and MSc degree from Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara in 1998.[citation needed]

Honours and recognitions

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References

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  1. ^ "Dishant Mayurbhai Pancholi". The Institute of Mathematical Sciences. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Dishant M. Pancholi". Website of Chennai Mathematical Institute. Chennai Mathematical Institute. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Dishant Mayurbhai Pancholi". Institute for Advanced Study. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  4. ^ "The Asian Scientist 100". Asian Scientist Magazine. Wildtype Media Group Pte Ltd. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Three Vietnamese female scientists make list of Top 100 Asian researchers". Vietnam Investment Review. Ministry of Planning and Investment Editor-in-Chief: Le Trong Minh, Govt of Vietnam. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology. CSIR Human Resource Development Group, New Delhi. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
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