VASHISHTHA NARAYAN SINGH

Nov. 15, 2019

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has condoled the passing away of renowned Mathematician Dr. Vashishtha Narayan Singh.

About:

  • The 74-year-old is said to have challenged Einstein's theory of relativity. Born in 1942, Vashishtha Narayan Singh had been suffering from schizophrenia for 40 years.

  • Vashishtha Narayan Singh did his schooling from Netarhat school in undivided Bihar. He studied at Patna Science College after which he went to University of California in 1965 and completed his PhD on cycle vector space theory in 1969.

  • Vashishtha Narayan Singh had taught at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. He was also a visiting professor at BN Mandal University, Madhepura.