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Akshay Venkatesh
(Australian Mathematician, Child Prodigy Who Won Both Physics and Mathematical Olympiad at the Age of 12)
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Birthdate: November 21, 1981
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: New Delhi, India
Akshay Venkatesh is an Australian mathematician who became only the second person of Indian origin and the second Australian to win the prestigious Fields Medal, which is also referred to as the Nobel Prize for Math. He won the medal in 2018 for his synthesis of representation theory, analytic number theory, topology, and homogeneous dynamics.