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'''Ajit Iqbal Singh''' (born 1943<ref>The Year Book 2014 // Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi</ref>) is an Indian [[mathematician]], specialising in [[functional analysis]] and [[harmonic analysis]]. Singh is a [[Fellow]] of the [[Indian National Science Academy]] (INSA), India's apex body of scientists and technologists.<ref name="Ajit Iqbal Singh">{{cite web | url=http://insaindia.org.in/detail.php?id=N99-1262 | title=Ajit Iqbal Singh bio | publisher=Indian National Science Academy (INSA) | website=insaindia.org | accessdate=13 October 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813084441/http://insaindia.org.in/detail.php?id=N99-1262 | archive-date=2016-08-13 | url-status=usurped }}</ref> She is also a fellow of the [[The National Academy of Sciences, India|National Academy of Sciences (India)]], based in [[Allahabad]].<ref name="National Academy of Sciences (India) Fellows">{{cite web|url=http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=S |title=National Academy of Sciences (India) Fellows |publisher=National Academy of Sciences (India) www.nasi.org.in |accessdate=13 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316043224/http://nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=S |archivedate=16 March 2016 }}</ref><br />
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==Education==<br />
Singh completed her under graduation in Mathematics from [[Indraprastha College]]<ref>{{ cite news|title=Alumna of the College|url=http://www.ipcollege.du.ac.in/Alumna.htm|website=ipcollege.du.ac.in }}</ref> and graduated in the same subject from [[Delhi University]] in 1963 and 1965, respectively.<ref name="Ajit Iqbal Singh"/> She earned a PhD in mathematics from the [[University of Cambridge]] in 1969. Her dissertation titled 'Contributions to the Theory of Linear Operators in Locally Convex Spaces', was supervised by [[Frank Smithies]].<ref name="Mathematics Genealogy Project">{{cite web | url=https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=104750 | title=Mathematics Genealogy Project - Ajit Iqbal Singh | publisher=Mathematics Genealogy Project www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu | accessdate=13 October 2014}}</ref> Singh attended Cambridge as a [[Commonwealth Scholar]] at [[Newnham College]] from 1966 to 1969.<ref name="Visiting Mathematicians - Ohio ">{{cite web | url=http://www.ohio.edu/people/lopez/priorvst.html | title=Visiting Mathematicians - Ohio | publisher=Ohio University www.ohio.edu | accessdate=13 October 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022221956/http://www.ohio.edu/people/lopez/priorvst.html | archive-date=22 October 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Singh began teaching immediately after completing her master's degree, as faculty at [[Indraprastha College]], Delhi University. On completing her PhD from Cambridge, she returned to Delhi and joined [[Hindu College, University of Delhi|Hindu College]]. She taught alongside her research in functional analysis and harmonic analysis. In 1974, Singh was appointed reader in mathematics at Delhi University South Campus and continued on as professor from 1984 to 2008. From 2008, she has been a visiting professor at the [[Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi Centre]].<ref name="Ajit Iqbal Singh"/><br />
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==Work==<br />
Singh has worked on [[Locally convex topological vector space|linear operators in locally convex spaces]], [[topological algebra]], spectral synthesis in hypergroups, multipliers and module [[homomorphism]]s, [[semigroup algebra]]s, applications of harmonic analysis to differential equations and orthogonal polynomials, geometry of the range of a vector measure, and [[quotient ring]]s of algebras of functions and operators.<ref name="Ajit Iqbal Singh"/><ref name="Visiting Mathematicians - Ohio "/><br />
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==Awards and recognition==<br />
Singh was awarded the Rai Bahadur Brij Mohan Lal Saheb Memorial Gold Medal and the Ravi Kanta Devi Prize from Delhi University.<ref name="Ajit Iqbal Singh"/><br />
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