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{{Short description|Indian mathematician}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Anupam Saikia
| birth_place = [[Assam]], India
| nationality = [[Indian nationality|Indian]]
| education = {{ublist | [[Cotton College, Guwahati|Cotton College]] | [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi|St. Stephen's College]] | [[Trinity College, Cambridge|Trinity College]] }}
| notable_works = Arithmetic Number Theory
}}

'''Anupam Saikia''' is an Indian [[mathematician]] and at present professor in the Department of Mathematics at [[IIT Guwahati]], India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iitg.ac.in/maths/people/faclist.php?id=a.saikia|title=Faculty: Department of Mathematics, IIT Guwahati|website=www.iitg.ac.in}}</ref> He is known for his work related to arithmetic number theory, in particular applications to [[Iwasawa theory|Iwasawa Theory]] and p-adic measures. He has also published articles in mathematical cryptography.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iitg.ac.in/a.saikia/publications-n.htm|title=Publications|website=www.iitg.ac.in}}</ref>

== Biography ==

Saikia qualified his school leaving examinations from Govt. Higher Secondary School, [[Golaghat]], Assam, in 1989. Then, he did his pre-university studies at [[Cotton College, Guwahati]] until 1991 and joined [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]] for his Bachelors in Mathematics. After his B.Sc. degree in 1994, he joined [[Trinity College, Cambridge]] and became a [[Wrangler (University of Cambridge)|wrangler]] in 1996.<ref name="iitg.ac.in">{{cite web|url=http://www.iitg.ac.in/a.saikia/Education.htm|title=Education|website=www.iitg.ac.in}}</ref> He completed his Certificate for Advanced Study in Mathematics (Mathematical Tripos, Part III) at Trinity College in 1997 with distinction, and then pursued his PhD degree from the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, University of Cambridge, which he received in 2001 for a thesis titled ''Iwasawa Theory of Lubin-Tate Division Towers and p-Adic L-Functions'' under the supervision of [[John H. Coates|John Coates]].<ref>Mathematics Genealogy, [https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=71045 Anupam Saikia]</ref>

Since his PhD, Saikia has held post doctoral positions at several institutes, including [[IHES|IHES, France]] and [[McGill University|McGill University, Canada]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iitg.ac.in/a.saikia/job.htm|title=Post-doctoral Job Experience|website=www.iitg.ac.in}}</ref> Following a brief period of time at [[IIT, Bombay]], Saikia has been a member of the faculty at IIT, Guwahati since 2005, becoming full professor in 2015. At various times, he has held several administrative positions in IIT, Guwahati as well.

Saikia is also a keen sportsperson and was captain of the Trinity College Badminton team in 1999-99, as well as member of its cricket team. He is also an enthusiastic chess and carom player.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iitg.ac.in/a.saikia/act-2.htm|title=Official Activities|website=www.iitg.ac.in}}</ref> He lives in Guwahati with his wife and children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gonitsora.com/anupam-saikia/|title=এয়া ভাল কথাই যে মানৱজাতিয়ে কেৱল ব্যৱহাৰিক প্ৰয়োগৰ কথা ভাবিযেই সময় কটোৱা নাই - Gonit Sora|date=24 January 2012|publisher=}}</ref>

== Awards and Honours ==

Saikia has won several awards and scholarships during his career. He won the Ramanujan Scholarship to pursue his studies at Cambridge, given to one Indian student each year. He was awarded the [[Smith's Prize|Smith and Knight Prize]] in the annual mathematics essay competition for second year Ph.D. students at the University of Cambridge in 1999 and the Senior Rouseball Scholarship, awarded by Trinity College, Cambridge on the basis of postgraduate research work in 2000-2001.<ref name="iitg.ac.in"/>

== Professional Contributions ==

Saikia has written several research papers so far related to [[Iwasawa theory|Iwasawa Theory]], p-adic measures, [[Cyclotomic field]]s and [[Euler system|Euler System]]s.<ref>MathSciNet, [https://mathscinet.ams.org/mathscinet/search/author.html?mrauthid=672701 Anupam Saikia]{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He has so far guided 6 students under him for their Ph.D dissertation. He is also associated with giving several popular lectures for school and college students in different places of [[Assam]] as well as in other parts of the country. He has also edited two volumes of conference proceedings related to Wiles' Proof of the Iwasawa's Main Conjecture and Bloch-Kato Conjectures.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/mathematics/number-theory/blochkato-conjecture-riemann-zeta-function?format=PB&isbn=9781107492967#QdBg7g0fyEQlH0CA.97|title=Book Page at Cambridge|website=www.cambridge.org}}</ref>

He is a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of the [[Ramanujan Mathematical Society]] and the Bulletin of the Mathematics Teachers' Association (India).<ref>http://www.ramanujanmathsociety.org/committees/jrms-editorial-board</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtai.org.in/bulletin/|title=Bulletin of MTA(I)}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.iitg.ac.in/a.saikia/ Personal Homepage]
*[http://gonitsora.com/anupam-saikia/ Interview in Assamese]

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