Published 22:51 IST, January 25th 2020

Padma Awards announced; posthumous honour for mathematician Vashishtha Narayan Singh

The renowned mathematician, Vashishta Narain Singh, on Saturday, was honoured with the prestigious Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award of India

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late mamatician, Vashishtha Narayan Singh, on Saturday, was houred with prestigious Padma Shri, fourth-highest civilian award of India. Ahead of 71st Republic Day, names of 118 awardees who will be conferred with Padma Shri Awards on Sunday have been anunced. se are people who have done extremely well in different walks of life. awards have been given for several categories such as social work, art, and medicine.  

Vashishtha Narayan Singh

Late mamatician Vashishtha Narayan Singh was born in Basantpur vill of Bhojpur district. He completed his schooling in Netarhat in undivided Bihar. Singh graduated from Patna Science College and completed his PhD on cycle vector ory from University of California in 1969. He used to teach at Indian Institute of Techlogy, Kanpur, and Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. Singh was also a visiting professor at BN Mandal University, Madhepura.

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Vashishtha Narayan Singh's fight with mental illness

Vashishtha Narayan Singh passed away last year on vember 14, at of 72. mamatician's  journey is often compared to Ramanujan's, but he misses out in race because of early occurrence of his illness. Tamil mamatician Ramanujan passed away succumbing to his ailment - hepatic amoebiasis, while Vashishtha lost his life to schizophrenia. Vashishtha was widely cited and recognised for his 1969 PhD dissertation, ‘Reproducing Kernels and Operators with Cyclic Vector I'.

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Vashishta Narayan Singh started to show signs of mental instability during peak of his career around 1973-74. As per media reports, by 1980 illness had completely gripped him. He was admitted to  Kanke Mental Asylum -- today Central Institute of Psychiatry in Jharkhand. Reports say that he understood mamatics, but he spoke gibberish. He left institution in 1985 and vanished after two years.

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He was later discovered in 1989 covered in rags. It was this time when n Chief Minister of Bihar, Lalu Prasad sent him to Nimhans (National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences), Bangalore. Actor Shatrughan Sinha also arranged for his treatment at Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IHBAS), Delhi. 

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22:51 IST, January 25th 2020