Ramachandran Balasubramanian

Ramachandran Balasubramanian (born 15 March 1951) is an Indian mathematician and was Director of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences in Chennai, India.

[1] He is known for his work in number theory, which includes settling the final g(4) case of Waring's problem in 1986.

[5] His works on moments of Riemann zeta function is highly appreciated and he was a plenary speaker from India at ICM in 2010.

[6] He was a student of K. Ramachandra, a lifelong collaborator of Jean-Marc Deshouillers, and co-authored stellar mathematicians like Ram Murty, Kumar Murty, Heath-Brown, N. Koblitz and F. Luca.

He was the founder and remains a member of the advisory board of the Hardy-Ramanujan Journal.

The President, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam presenting Padma Shri to Prof. Ramachandran Balasubramanian, Director of Institute of Mathematical Science, at investiture ceremony in New Delhi on March 29, 2006