Fields Medal 2022

Fields Medal 2022

News: Recently, Ukrainian mathematician Maryna Viazovska along with other three mathematicians received the prestigious Fields Medals. Fields medal is often described as the Nobel Prize in mathematics.

About:
• The Fields Medal is awarded every four years to one or more mathematicians under the age of 40.
• Fields Medal is awarded at the International Congress of the International Mathematical Union (IMU).
• IMU is an international non-governmental and non-profit scientific organization.
• The purpose of IMU is to promote international cooperation in mathematics.
• Fields medal is awarded to recognize outstanding mathematical achievement for existing work and for the promise of future achievement.

Indian-Origin Winners:
Among the more than 60 mathematicians who have been awarded the Fields Medal since 1936, there are two of Indian origin:
• Akshay Venkatesh of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton (2018)
• Manjul Bhargava of the Department of Mathematics at Princeton University (2014).