Contact Address:
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, Knowledge City, Sector 81, SAS Nagar (Mohali), Punjab 140306, India.
Email: mahender[AT]iisermohali[DOT]ac[DOT]in.
Positions Held:
Professor: IISER Mohali, India, February 2025 -- Till Date.
Associate Professor: IISER Mohali, India, December 2018 -- February 2025.
Assistant Professor: IISER Mohali, India, June 2013 -- December 2018.
INSPIRE Faculty: IISER Mohali, India, March 2012 -- May 2013.
Post Doctoral Fellow: IMSc Chennai, India, November 2009 -- February 2012.
Educational Qualifications:
PhD Mathematics: Harish-Chandra Research Institute, India, 2009 (Thesis defended in 2010).
MSc Mathematics: St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi, India, 2004.
BSc Honours Mathematics: Sri Venkateshwara College, University of Delhi, India, 2002.
Early Schooling: Kendriya Vidyalaya, Lansdowne, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India.
Professional Recognitions/Awards/Fellowships:
Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowship, US-India Educational Foundation, 2021.
SwarnaJayanti Fellowship Award, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, 2020.
INSPIRE Faculty Award, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, 2012.
NBHM Post Doctoral Fellowship, 2010 (not availed).
CSIR and GATE Research Fellowships, 2004 (not availed).
Three University Gold Medals (All Subjects), University of Delhi, 2004.
NBHM Masters Scholarship, 2002--2004.
Selected Research & Travel Grants:
Principal investigator, ARG MATRICS grant, 2026--2030 (ongoing).
Simons Foundation travel grant for participating in ICM at Philadelphia, USA, 2026.
Chebyshev travel grant for participating in ICM at St. Petersburg, Russia, 2022.
Principal investigator, SERB SJF research grant, 2020--2025.
Co-investigator, DST-RFBR Indo-Russian bilateral grant, 2019--2022.
Principal investigator, SERB MATRICS grant, 2018--2021.
Principal investigator, International Mathematical Union grant, 2017.
Principal investigator, DST-RSF Indo-Russian bilateral grant, 2016--2019.
Co-investigator, DST-RFBR Indo-Russian bilateral grant, 2014--2016.
NBHM travel grant for participating in ICM at Seoul, South Korea, 2014.
NBHM travel grant for participating in ICM at Hyderabad, India, 2010.
Principal investigator, DST Fast Track Scheme for Young Scientists grant, 2013--2016.
Selected Research Visits:
University of Leeds, United Kingdom, June 2026.
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium, March 2025.
University of South Florida, USA, Spring 2022, May--July 2023.
Tomsk State University, Russia, June 2018, June 2019.
Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland, June 2017.
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (Mumbai), India, December 2016.
Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, Canada, June 2016.
National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, South Korea, December 2015.
Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Russia, July 2014, July 2015, July 2017, September 2018, June 2019.
International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy, March--May 2013.
Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Japan, August 2009.
Institute for Mathematical Sciences (NUS), Singapore, December 2008.
Journal Editorial Services:
Editorial Board Member, Proceedings - Mathematical Sciences (Indian Academy of Sciences), January 2022--December 2027.
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Non-Associative Structures, January 2026--December 2027.
Journal Refereeing Services:
Algebra Universalis; Bulletin of Australian Mathematical Society; Bulletin of Belgian Mathematical Society; Communications in Algebra; Forum Mathematicum; Fundamenta Mathematicae; Glasgow Mathematical Journal; Houston Journal of Mathematics; Izvestiya Mathematics; Journal of Algebra; Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics; Journal of Group Theory; Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications; Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra; Journal of Ramanujan Mathematical Society; Kyoto Journal of Mathematics; Mathematische Zeitschrift; Proceedings of Edinburgh Mathematical Society; Russian Journal of Nonlinear Dynamics; Tohoku Mathematical Journal; Topology and its Applications; Topological Methods in Nonlinear Analysis.
Conferences/Workshops/Outreach Programs Organisation:
Knots, Algebra and Geometry (online), 17--19 March 2023.
ICTS Program Knots Through Web (online), 24--28 August 2020.
Symposium on Geometry and Topology, IIT Ropar, 02 December 2018.
Groups and Related Structures, IISER Mohali, 07--08 December 2017.
7th East Asian Conference on Algebraic Topology (EACAT), IISER Mohali, 01--06 December 2017.
Teacher Enrichment Workshop on Group Theory, Analysis and Topology, Doon University, 09--14 October 2017.
Knots, Braid Groups and 3-Manifolds, Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, 20 July 2017.
Discussion Meeting on Topology and Groups, IISER Mohali, 15--17 October 2016.
Topology and Groups, Goa University, 17--20 October 2015.
30th Annual Conference of the Ramanujan Mathematical Society, IISER Mohali, 15--17 May 2015.
ATM Workshop on Lattices : Geometry and Dynamics, IISER Mohali, 17--23 December 2014.
Knots, Braids and Topology, IISER Mohali, 24--26 October 2014.
Discussion Meeting on Group Theory, IISER Mohali, 08--11 May 2014.
Other Professional Services:
Member of Academic Senate, IISER Mohali, March 2025--Till date.
Member of Academic Appeals Committee, IISER Mohali, October 2022--October 2024.
Member of Academic Senate, IISER Mohali, May 2022--May 2024.
Member of Board of Studies, Punjab Technical University, 2019--2021.
Reviewer for AMS's MathSciNet and EMS's zbMATH.
Mathematics seminar coordinator, November 2015--December 2016.
Member of the Ramanujan Mathematical Society since 2026.
Member of the American Mathematical Society since 2014.
Member of the Indian Mathematical Society since 2006.