Manindra Agrawal

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1966|5|20}}

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| nationality = Indian

| field = Computer Science

| work_institution = Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

| alma_mater = Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

| doctoral_advisor = Somenath Biswas

| doctoral_students = Neeraj Kayal
Nitin Saxena

| known_for = AKS primality test

| prizes = Clay Research Award (2002)
S S Bhatnagar Prize (2003)
ICTP Prize (2003)
Fulkerson Prize (2006)
Gödel Prize (2006)
Infosys Prize (2008)
G.D. Birla Award for Scientific Research (2009)
Padma Shri (2013)

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Manindra Agrawal (born 20 May 1966) is an Indian computer scientist and director of Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He is also a professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.{{cite web | url=http://www.insaindia.org.in/detail.php?id=P08-1453 | title=INSA Fellow | publisher=INSA | date=2016 | access-date=May 13, 2016 | url-status=usurped | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812233713/http://www.insaindia.org.in/detail.php?id=P08-1453 | archive-date=12 August 2016 | df=dmy-all }} He was the recipient of the first Infosys Prize for Mathematics,[http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/laureates_08.html Infosys Prize 2008] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713032152/http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/laureates_08.html |date=13 July 2011 }} the Godel Prize in 2006; and the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Mathematical Sciences in 2003. He has been honoured with Padma Shri, India's 4th highest civilian award, in 2013.{{cite press release

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Career

He created the AKS primality test with Neeraj Kayal and Nitin Saxena, for which he and his co-authors won the 2006 Fulkerson Prize, and the 2006 Gödel Prize. He was also awarded 2002 Clay Research Award for this work. The test is the first unconditional deterministic algorithm to test an n-digit number for primality in a time that has been proven to be polynomial in n.{{Cite web

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In September 2008, Agrawal was chosen for the first Infosys Mathematics Prize for outstanding contributions in the broad field of mathematics.{{Cite news

|title=Bangalore: IIT-Kanpur professor bags first Infosys Mathematics Prize

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|date=16 September 2008

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}} He also served on the Mathematical Sciences jury for the Infosys Prize in 2014 and 2015. He was a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in 2003-04.[http://www.ias.edu/people/cos/ Institute for Advanced Study: A Community of Scholars]

Agarwal served as the Deputy Director of IIT Kanpur from 2017 to 2021.

On, 19 April 2024 he was appointed as the Director of IIT Kanpur.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-19 |title=IIT-Kanpur, BHU, Guwahati, Dhanbad, Jodhpur, Goa get new directors |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/education/new-directors-appointed-to-iit-kanpur-bhu-guwahati-dhanbad-jodhpur-goa-9278673/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}

Awards and honors

Clay Research Award (2002)
S S Bhatnagar Prize in Mathematical Sciences (2003)
ICTP Prize (2003)
Fulkerson Prize (2006)
Gödel Prize (2006)
Infosys Prize (2008)
G.D. Birla Award for Scientific Research (2009)
TWAS Prize in Mathematics (2010){{Cite web |url=http://twas.org/article/twas-announces-2010-prize-winners |title=Prizes and Awards |date=2016 |publisher=The World Academy of Sciences}}
Padma Shri (2013)
Asian Scientist 100, Asian Scientist (2016){{cite web |url=https://www.asianscientist.com/as100/ |title=The Asian Scientist 100 |author= |date= |website= |publisher= Asian Scientist |access-date= 13 March 2025 |quote= |language= }}
Goyal Prize (2017)