C.K. Raju

Professor C. K. Raju holds a B.Sc (Hons) in physics, an MSc in mathematics from Mumbai, followed by a PhD from the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. He initially taught and researched in formal mathematics (analysis, functional analysis, Schwartz distributions) and its application to general relativity and quantum field theory for several years. Later he joined C-DAC to play a key role in building the first Indian supercomputer Param. He was responsible for porting applications of national importance (space, oil, etc.), and that experience led him to abandon formal mathematics. He wrote several books including- 'Time: Towards a Consistent Theory (Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht, 1994)'; the Eleven Pictures of Time (Sage, 2003);Cultural Foundations of Mathematics (Pearson Longman, 2007); Is Science Western in Origin? (Multiversity 2010); Ending Academic Imperialism (Citizens International, 2011) and Euclid and Jesus (Multiversity, 2012).