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Stanford's Sarah Peluse Wins 2026 SASTRA-Ramanujan Award for Math Breakthroughs
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News18•25-09-2026, 16:30
Stanford's Sarah Peluse Wins 2026 SASTRA-Ramanujan Award for Math Breakthroughs
- •Sarah Peluse, Associate Professor of Mathematics at Stanford University, has been awarded the 2026 SASTRA-Ramanujan Award for her significant contributions to analytic number theory, additive combinatorics, combinatorial geometry, and group theory.
- •Peluse's selection is historic as she is a PhD student of Prof. Kannan Soundararajan, a joint recipient of the inaugural 2005 award, marking the first time both advisor and scholar have received the honor.
- •The prestigious award, which includes a USD 10,000 cash prize and a citation, will be presented on December 22, 2026, at the SASTRA campus in Kumbakonam, coinciding with Srinivasa Ramanujan's birth anniversary.
- •The SASTRA-Ramanujan Award is globally recognized, with seven of its 21 previous awardees subsequently receiving the Fields Medal, considered the highest distinction in mathematics for young mathematicians.
- •SASTRA University continues to honor Srinivasa Ramanujan's legacy by maintaining his house in Kumbakonam as a monument and establishing a museum dedicated to him at the Srinivasa Ramanujan Centre.
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Sarah Peluse, an Associate Professor of Mathematics at Stanford University, has been selected for the 2026 SASTRA-Ramanujan Award for her contributions to analytic number theory, additive combinatorics, combinatorial geometry, and group theory.
Peluse is a PhD student of Prof. Kannan Soundararajan, who shared the inaugural SASTRA-Ramanujan Award in 2005. This marks the first time in the award's history that both a PhD advisor and their scholar have received the honor, separated by a 20-year gap.
The award, which includes a cash prize of USD 10,000 and a citation, will be presented on December 22, 2026, at the SASTRA campus in Kumbakonam, coinciding with Srinivasa Ramanujan's birth anniversary.
