Phoolan Prasad
Phoolan Prasad (born 1 January 1944) is an Indian mathematician who specialised in Partial differential equations, fluid mechanics. He was awarded in 1983 the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, the highest science award in India,  in the mathematical sciences category. He is Fellow of all Indian Science Academies: The National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI), Indian Academy of Sciences (IAS) and Indian National Science Academy (INSA). Early life and education
Prasad studied in Nalhati HP High School, Krishnath College Berhampore, received his  B.Sc. from the Presidency College, Calcutta University and M.Sc. from Rajabazar Science College campus of Calcutta University followed by a Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore in  1968. Career
Prasad started his career as a lecturer in the Department of Applied Mathematics in 1967 at Indian Institute of Science, thereafter he became a Professor in 1977. Meanwhile, he also remained a Postdoctoral Fellow at Leeds University (1970–72) and Alexander von Humboldt Fellow (1980-81). He was at the St John's College, Cambridge with privileges of a Fellow of the College. Prasad has done some significant work in the area on non-linear hyperbolic equations. He succeeded in assessing the basic properties of the equations of various physical phenomena, generalized these mathematical properties and then used his theory to explain new results in the field of non-linear waves. He gave a proof of the existence of a new type of wave on the interface of a clear liquid and a mixture in a sedimentation process. Special Positions at IISc in Mathematics Department:

1. Distinguished chair of MSIL Professorship during 1993-96,link: https://iisc.ac.in/about/endowed-chairs/endowed-chairs-for-the-faculty/#ffs-tabbed-19

2. Chairman of the Department during 1996-2000. 3. Professor in super-time-scale before his retirement on 31 July 2006. 4. Honarary Professor during 2006-2011. 5. DAE Raja Ramanna Fellow also during 2006-2011, link: https://rrf.dae.gov.in/RRF/docs/DAE_RRF_Sceme_Details.pdf

6. INSA Senior Scientist in 2011, link: https://insaindia.res.in/old_website/sps.php

7. NASI- Senior Scientist Platinum Jubilee Fellow during 2012-2016, link: Hindi and English: https://main.icmr.nic.in/sites/default/files/Circulars_front/59_0.pdf

8. Most of the results of the research work his co-workers and his own are described in a popular article, link: http://www.math.iisc.ernet.in/~prasad/Prasad/MomentsOfSupremeHappinessAndSatisfactionResearch.pdf

Books
  Wiley Eastern Ltd., 1984, International Edition by John Wiley Sons, New York, 1984 available at http://www.math.iisc.ernet.in/~prasad/prasad/book/PP-RR_PDE_book_1984.pdf
 
 
 
 
 Phoolan Prasad (2018) Propagation of Multi-Dimensional Nonlinear Waves and Kinematical Conservation Laws, Springer, Springer Nature Singapore, DOI 10.1007/s12044-016-0275-6. Biography, education and research
Biographical sketch
Struggle and Success in Education of a Student
Joy and Satisfaction in My Research

