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{{Short description|Indian mathematician}}
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{{Infobox scientist
|name = A. S. Gupta
|birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1932|11|01}}
|birth_place = [[Barisal]], [[British Raj|British India]]
|residence =
|nationality = India
|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2012|06|14|1932|11|01}}
|death_place = [[Kolkata]], India
|field = Mathematician
|work_institution = [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur|IIT Kharagpur]]
|alma_mater = [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency College, Kolkata]] [[Rajabazar Science College]] [[University of Calcutta]] [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur|IIT Kharagpur]]
|doctoral_advisor = G Bandyopadhyay
|doctoral_students =
|known_for = 
|prizes = [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology|S. S. Bhatnagar Prize]] (1972)
|footnotes =
}}

'''Anadi Sankar Gupta''' (1 November 1932, [[Barisal]] – 14 June 2012, [[Kolkata]]) was an Indian mathematician.<ref name="statesman">{{cite news
|url = http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&show=archive&id=413402&catid=72&year=2012&month=06&day=15
|title = Prof Anadi Shankar Gupta passes away
|work = [[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]
|date = 14 June 2012
|access-date = 24 June 2012
|location = [[Kolkata]]
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://archive.is/20130222091914/http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&show=archive&id=413402&catid=72&year=2012&month=06&day=15
|archive-date = 22 February 2013
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref> Till his death, he was an [[Indian National Science Academy|INSA]] Senior Scientist and [[emeritus|emeritus faculty]] with the Department of Mathematics, [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur|IIT Kharagpur]].<ref name="kgp_math">{{cite web
|url=http://www.webmath.iitkgp.ernet.in/facultystaff.php
|title=List of Faculty and Staff
|publisher=Dept. of Mathematics, [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur|IIT Kharagpur]]
|year=2004
|access-date=22 March 2012
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607071349/http://www.webmath.iitkgp.ernet.in/facultystaff.php
|archive-date=7 June 2012
}}</ref>

He was awarded the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] for [[mathematical sciences]] in 1972 by the [[Government of India]] for his "significant contributions in the field of [[fluid dynamics]] and [[magnetohydrodynamics]], notably on [[heat transfer]] in [[natural convection|free convection]] flow in the presence of [[magnetic field]]," amongst other things.<ref name="ssb_citation">{{cite web
|url = http://www.csir.res.in/External/Heads/career/award/BPRIZE/MATHEMATICAL_SCIENCES.htm
|title = Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards – Mathematical Sciences (1958–1998)
|publisher = [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research|CSIR]]
|work = (Citation)
|access-date = 22 March 2012
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120218182837/http://www.csir.res.in/external/heads/career/award/BPRIZE/MATHEMATICAL_SCIENCES.htm
|archive-date = 18 February 2012
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref>

==Life==
Anadi Sankar Gupta was born to Pramode Chandra and Usharani Gupta in Goila of [[Barisal district]] in the then [[British Raj|British India]] (present [[Bangladesh]]). He had his initial schooling at [[Domohani Kelejora High School]] in [[Asansol]], West Bengal. Gupta completed his [[Bachelor's degree|bachelors]] from [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency College, Calcutta]] in 1952 and followed it up with a [[Master's degree|masters]] in [[applied mathematics]] from the [[University of Calcutta]] in 1954.<ref name="csir">{{cite book
| title=Bhatnagar Laureates (1958–91)
| publisher=[[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research|CSIR]]
| year=1992
| location=New Delhi
| pages=138–139}}</ref>

Prof. Gupta died in [[Kolkata]] on 14 June 2012 after suddenly taking ill.<ref name="statesman" />

==Academic career==
Gupta's [[Doctor of Philosophy|doctoral]] thesis was done under the supervision of G. Bandyopadhyay at the [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur]] in 1958. He further acquired a [[Doctor of Science|D. Sc.]] from the same institute in 1966.

He joined the faculty of IIT Kharagpur in 1957 as an associate lecturer and rose through the ranks to become a professor and subsequently, an emeritus. He was President of the annual Congress of the [[Indian Mathematical Society]] in 1999.<ref name="statesman" /> He also served on the editorial boards of various scientific journals.<ref name="csir" /> He retired in 1993, but continued to be active in research.<ref name="statesman" />

===Research areas===
* [[Boundary layer|Boundary layer theory]]
* [[Heat transfer|Heat]] and [[mass transfer]] in fluid flows
* [[Hydrodynamic stability]]
* Stability of flows

==Selected publications==
*{{cite journal|author=A. S. Gupta, L. N. Howard|year=1962|title=On the hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic stability of swirling flows|journal=[[Journal of Fluid Mechanics|J. Fluid Mech.]]|volume=14|issue=3|pages=463–476|doi=10.1017/s0022112062001366}}
*{{cite journal|last=Gupta|first=A. S.|year=1964|title=On the capillary instability of a jet carrying an axial current with or without a longitudinal magnetic field|journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society A|volume=278|issue=1373|pages=214–227|doi=10.1098/rspa.1964.0055|s2cid=98134927}}
*{{cite journal|last=Gupta|first=A. S.|year=1967|title=Stability of a viscoelastic liquid film flowing down an inclined plane|journal=J. Fluid Mech.|volume=28|pages=17–28|doi=10.1017/s0022112067001879}}
*{{cite journal|author=A. S. Gupta, N. Annapurna|year=1979|title=Exact analysis of unsteady MHD convective diffusion|journal=[[Proceedings of the Royal Society|Proceedings of the Royal Society A]]|volume=367|issue=1729|pages=281–289|doi=10.1098/rspa.1979.0088|s2cid=95601131}}
*{{cite journal|author=A. S. Gupta, B. S. Dandapat|year=1982|title=Thermal instability in a porous medium with random vibrations|journal=Acta Mechanica|volume=43|issue=1–2|pages=37–47|doi=10.1007/bf01175814|hdl=2027.42/41712|s2cid=53400826|url=https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/41712/1/707_2005_Article_BF01175814.pdf|hdl-access=free}}

===Books===
*{{cite book|author=A. S. Gupta|title=Calculus of Variations with Applications|publisher=[[Prentice Hall]]|year=2004|isbn=978-8-120-31120-6}}

==Awards and honours==
* Fellow of [[The National Academy of Sciences, India]] (1990).<ref name="nasi">{{cite web
|url=http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=G
|title=Fellows – The National Academy of Sciences, India
|publisher=[[The National Academy of Sciences, India|NASI]]
|access-date=21 March 2012
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021102942/http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=G
|archive-date=21 October 2014
}}</ref>
* Fellow, [[Indian National Science Academy]] (1980).<ref name="iitkgp">{{cite web
|url = http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/top-awardees/life1.php?Sl=13
|title = Life Fellow of IIT Kharagpur: Professor Anadi Sankar Gupta
|website=[[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur|IIT Kharagpur]]
|access-date = 21 March 2012
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111204211746/http://iitkgp.ac.in/top-awardees/life1.php?Sl=13
|archive-date = 4 December 2011
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref>
* [[FICCI]] Award, 1978.
* [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], 1972.

==References==
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{{SSBPST recipients in Mathematical Science}}
{{Indian mathematics}}

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