Thiruvenkatachari Parthasarathy
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Thiruvenkatachari Parthasarathy (born on 1 March 1941, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu) is an India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n mathematician and the co-author of a book on game theory
Game theory
Game theory is a mathematical method for analyzing calculated circumstances, such as in games, where a person’s success is based upon the choices of others...

 with T. E. S. Raghavan, and of two research monographs, one on optimization
Optimization (mathematics)
In mathematics, computational science, or management science, mathematical optimization refers to the selection of a best element from some set of available alternatives....

 and one on univalence theory, published by Springer-Verlag.

He received his B.Sc and M.Sc degrees from Madras University. He worked on “Minimax Theorems and Product solutions for simple games” under the guidance of the eminent C.R.Rao and received Ph.D during 1967 from the Indian Statistical Institute
Indian Statistical Institute
Indian Statistical Institute is a public research institute and university in Kolkata's northern outskirt of Baranagar, India founded by Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis in 1931...

, Kolkata.

Parthasarathy received Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award for Mathematical Sciences (1986). He was elected as Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences
Indian Academy of Sciences
The Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore was founded by Sir C. V. Raman, and was registered as a Society on 24 April 1934. Inaugurated on 31 July 1934, it began with 65 founding fellows. The first general meeting of Fellows, held on the same day, elected Professor Raman as President, and adopted...

 (1988) and Indian National Science Academy
Indian National Science Academy
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 (1995).

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  • https://www.bschool.nus.edu.sg/Departments/Decision%20Sciences/files/Bio%20of%20speakers/Thiruvenkatachari-B.htm
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