Editing Manindra Agrawal (section)

{{Short description|Indian computer scientist (born 1966)}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Manindra Agrawal
| image = Manindra Agarwal.jpg
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1966|5|20}}
| birth_place = 
| nationality = Indian
| field = [[computer science|Computer Science]]
| work_institution = [[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur]]
| alma_mater = [[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur]]
| doctoral_advisor = Somenath Biswas
| doctoral_students = [[Neeraj Kayal]] <br> [[Nitin Saxena]]
| known_for  = [[AKS primality test]]
| prizes = [[Clay Research Award]] (2002) <br> [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology|S S Bhatnagar Prize]] (2003) <br> [[ICTP Prize]] (2003) <br> [[Fulkerson Prize]] (2006) <br>[[Gödel Prize]] (2006)<br> [[Infosys Prize]] (2008)<br> [[G.D. Birla Award for Scientific Research]] (2009)<br>[[Padma Shri]] (2013)
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'''Manindra Agrawal''' (born 20 May 1966) is an Indian [[computer scientist]] and director of [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur]]. He is also a professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur]].<ref name="INSA Fellow">{{cite web | url=http://www.insaindia.org.in/detail.php?id=P08-1453 | title=INSA Fellow | publisher=INSA | date=2016 | access-date=May 13, 2016 | url-status=usurped | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812233713/http://www.insaindia.org.in/detail.php?id=P08-1453 | archive-date=12 August 2016 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> He was the recipient of the first [[Infosys Prize]] for Mathematics,<ref>[http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/laureates_08.html Infosys Prize 2008] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713032152/http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/laureates_08.html |date=13 July 2011 }}</ref> the [[Godel Prize]] in 2006; and the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award]] in Mathematical Sciences in 2003. He has been honoured with [[Padma Shri]], India's 4th highest civilian award, in 2013.<ref name="ndtv">{{cite press release
| url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/list-of-padma-awardees-322445
| title=List of Padma awardees
| publisher=[[NDTV]]
| date=25 January 2013
| access-date=28 January 2013
| location=[[New Delhi]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.india.com/news/india/possibility-of-third-wave-of-covid-19-in-india-now-negligible-says-iit-professor-4906778/|title=Possibility of Third Wave of COVID-19 in India Now Negligible, Says IIT Professor}}</ref>