Kanta Gupta

Chander Kanta Gupta was a Canadian distinguished professor of mathematics at the University of Manitoba, known for her research in abstract algebra and group theory. Much of her research concerns the automorphisms in different varieties of groups.

Education

Gupta earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Jammu and Kashmir, a master's degree from the Aligarh Muslim University, another master's degree from the Australian National University, and a Ph.D. in 1967 from ANU under the supervision of Michael Frederick Newman.

Recognition

She was elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 1991, and awarded the Krieger–Nelson Prize of the Canadian [Mathematical Society] in 2000.

Personal

Her husband, Narain Gupta was also an ANU alumnus, and a distinguished professor of mathematics at the University of Manitoba.