Ajit Iqbal Singh

Achievements: Ajit Iqbal Singh (nee Ajit Kaur Chilana) earned her BA Hons (Mathematics) in 1963 and MA (Mathematics) (1965), both from Delhi University. After a brief stint as faculty at Indraprastha College, Delhi, she proceeded to University of Cambridge (1966) as a Commonwealth Scholar under the supervision of F Smithies and was awarded the PhD (1969). Soon after, she joined Hindu College, Delhi University and continued teaching in addition to doing research on functional analysis and harmonic analysis. She was appointed Reader in Mathematics, University of Delhi South Campus (1974) and rose to the position of Professor there (1984-2008). She held visiting positions at the University of Oregon at Eugene, Panjab University, Institute of Biomathematics and Biometry at GSF National Research Centre in Munich and University of Ohio at Athens. After superannuation from University of Delhi, she has been a Visiting Professor as INSA Senior Scientist (2008-2013) and as INSA Honorary Scientist (2013-2014) at the Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi Centre. Currently, she is continuing her research work as an INSA Emeritus Scientist. More details...