Neithalath Mohan Kumar

Neithalath Mohan Kumar (N. Mohan Kumar) (born 12 May 1951) is an Indian mathematician who specializes in commutative algebra and algebraic geometry. Kumar is a professor emeritus in the Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.^[2]

Neithalath Mohan Kumar
Born	12 May 1951 (1951-05-12) (age 74)
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	University of Bombay
Known for	Forster-Eisenbud-Evans conjectures[1]
Awards	Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology
Scientific career
Fields	Algebra, Algebraic Geometry
Institutions	Washington University in St. Louis
Doctoral advisor	S. Ramanan

In 1994, he was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, the highest science award in India in the mathematical sciences category. Kumar has made profound and original contributions to commutative algebra and algebraic geometry. He is well known for his contribution settling the Eisenbud-Evans conjecture proposed by David Eisenbud.^[3] His work on rational double points on rational surfaces has also been acclaimed.^[4][5]