Indian-origin Akshay Venkatesh wins 'Nobel for mathematics'
New Delhi-born Australian mathematician Akshay Venkatesh has won the prestigious Fields Medal, often dubbed the "Nobel prize for mathematics". The 36-year-old completed his PhD aged 20, did post-doctoral research at MIT, and is currently a professor at Stanford University. Venkatesh, one of the four winners, has worked on number theory, geometry, topology, automorphic forms, and ergodic theory.