Naveen Garg

Naveen Garg (born 12 March 1971) is a Professor of Computer Science in Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, specializing in algorithms and complexity in theoretical computer science. He was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, India's highest prize for excellence in science, mathematics and technology, in the mathematical sciences category in the year 2016.[1] Naveen Garg’s contributions are primarily in the design and analysis of approximation algorithms for NP-hard combinatorial optimization problems arising in network design, scheduling, routing, facility location etc.[2]

Naveen Garg secured B.Tech. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, in 1991 and Ph.D. degree from the same institute in 1994 under the supervision of Prof. Vijay V. Vazirani with a dissertation on "Multicommodity Flows and Approximation Algorithms". He was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Max-Planck-Institute for Informatik, Saarbrucken during September 1994 to August 1996, and a Research Scientist there during September 1996 to December 1997. He joined Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, as a faculty in January 1998. Currently he is Amar S. Gupta Chair Professor in Decision Sciences. He is also a co-director of the Indo-German Max-Planck Center for Computer Science.

Awards and recognitions

Naveen Garg has secured the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award instituted by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany in 2002. The award is given to scientists and scholars from abroad, internationally renowned in their field, who are expected to produce cutting-edge achievements having a seminal influence on their discipline beyond their immediate field of work.[3] He was awarded the Career Award for Young Teachers instituted by All India Council for Technical Education in 2004. The award recognises young talented teachers who have established competence in their area of specialization. The Indian National Academy of Engineering recognised his talent by presenting him with Young Engineer Award in 2005 and Indian National Science Academy awarded him the Young Scientist Medal in 2006.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Distinguished ACM Speaker: Naveen Garg". Association for Computing Machinery. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award". Alexander von Humbolt Foundation. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Bio-data: Naveen garg" (PDF). Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
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