Akshay Venkatesh Age, Wiki and Bio

Akshay Venkatesh

Quick Info

ProfessionMathematician, Professor
NationalityAustralian
Date of Birth21/11/1981
Age42 years
BirthplaceNew Delhi, India

Bio/Wiki

Real NameAkshay Venkatesh
Famous ForWinning Mathematics’ prestigious Fields Medal, known as the Nobel prize for math

Physical Stats & More

Height183 cm
Weight70 kg
Eye ColorBlack
Hair ColorSalt & Pepper

Educational Qualification(s)

SchoolScotch College, Perth, Australia
College/University
  • University of Western Australia
  • Princeton University
  • Clay Mathematics Institute, Oxford, United Kingdom
Qualifications
  • First Class Honours in Pure mathematics from the University of Western Australia in 1997
  • PhD in Mathematics from Princeton University in 2002
  • Post Doctoral Fellowship from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Personal Life

Zodiac sign/Sun signScorpio
HometownPerth, Australia (lives in the United States)
ReligionHinduism
Hobbies
  • Reading
  • Travelling

Relationships & More

Marital StatusMarried
Wife/SpouseSarah Paden (Music Teacher)
Children
SonNone
Daughters
  • Tara
  • Tuli

Family

FatherVenky Venkatesh
MotherSvetha (Professor of Computer Science)

Career

Research FieldMathematics
ThesisLimiting Forms of the Trace Formula
Doctoral AdvisorPeter Sarnak
Area of InterestNumber Theory
Awards, Honours, Achievements
  • 2007: Salem Prize
  • 2008: SASTRA Ramanujan Prize
  • 2016: Infosys Prize
  • 2017: Ostrowski Prize
  • 2018: Fields Medal
ContributionsVenkatesh has made contributions to various areas in Mathematics including Number Theory, Representation Theory, Automorphic Forms, Ergodic Theory, and Locally Symmetric Spaces.

Favourites

SportCricket
BookWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
BeverageCoffee

Some Lesser Known Facts

Akshay Venkatesh was born in Delhi and grew up in Perth.
He entered the University of Western Australia at 13, becoming the youngest student there.
Akshay has achieved success in multiple math competitions, winning Bronze, Silver, and Gold medals.
At 17, he started his Ph.D. studies at Princeton University and finished at just 21 years old.
In 2018, Akshay Venkatesh was honored with the prestigious Fields Medal, the equivalent of a Nobel Prize in Mathematics.