Pravin Pratap Varaiya (29 October 1940 – 10 June 2022) was Nortel Networks Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.
Varaiya has worked in the areas of control, communication networks and transportation systems.
He is the author of High-Performance Communication Networks (with Jean Walrand and Andrea Goldsmith) (2nd edn., Morgan-Kaufmann, 2000).
[7] Varaiya was ranked within the top 100 scientists in the world in the field of Engineering and Technology.
[8] Varaiya died on 10 June 2022, due to injuries sustained when he was hit by a truck while out walking in April of that year.