Finding Today’s Ramanujans: The Spirit of Ramanujan STEM Talent Initiative

We don’t celebrate Ramanujan enough—his genius deserves more recognition! Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887-1920) was a self-taught Indian mathematical genius whose extraordinary contributions to number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions revolutionized mathematics. Born in Erode, Tamil Nadu, Ramanujan faced significant hardships and lack of formal training but independently developed groundbreaking theorems. His work caught the attention of British mathematician G.H. Hardy, who invited him