# Govindan Rangarajan

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## TL;DR

Mathematician who directs the Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru, India's leading research university and home to cancer biology and bioengineering groups.

## Summary

Professor Govindan Rangarajan is Director of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), the research university established in Bengaluru in 1909 through a partnership between Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, the Mysore royal family and the Government of India. He holds an integrated MSc from BITS Pilani and a PhD from the University of Maryland, worked at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, and joined the IISc Department of Mathematics in 1992; his research covers nonlinear dynamics, chaos and time series analysis. Before becoming Director he chaired several departments and divisions, directed the Indo-French Centre for Applied Mathematics and led the institute's international relations and development work. He is a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences, India, and a Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Academiques.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-09-10
- Tags: leadership; research-institute
- Role: Director, Indian Institute of Science
- Specialisms: Applied mathematics; Nonlinear dynamics; Time series analysis; Research administration

## Sources

- Source: IISc administration, Director page: https://www.iisc.ac.in/about/administration/director/

## Connected records

- institutions: [Indian Institute of Science](https://onco.cc/institutions/iisc/)

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