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Ganesh Prasad, born in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, studied at Allahabad, Cambridge and Göttingen. He taught at Allahabad, Banaras and Calcutta, and as a professor at Banaras Hindu University and Calcutta University he trained the first generation of Indian research mathematicians.
Key contributions
- Research on potential theory, Fourier series and functions of a real variable
- Founded the Banaras Mathematical Society and was a founder member of today's Indian National Science Academy
- Wrote 11 books and more than fifty research papers
- Worked for primary education in rural Uttar Pradesh and for girls' education in Ballia