Please answer the following question: Facts: - residence: colaba - prizes: shanti swarup bhatnagar prize for science and technology - known for: combinatorics and graph theory - field: combinatorics , graph theory , and computer science - doctoral advisor: s. s. shrikhande - work institution: tifr , ohio state university , university of mumbai , indian statistical institute - birth date: 1949 - name: n. m. singhi - citizenship: indian - alma mater: university of mumbai - occupation: mathematician Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of navin m. singhi .
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navin madhavprasad singhi -lrb- born 1949 -rrb- is an indian mathematician and a professor at tata institute of fundamental research mumbai , specializing in combinatorics and graph theory .he is the recipient of the prestigious shanti swarup bhatnagar prize for science and technology .singhi wrote two papers with paul erdos , giving him an erdos number of 1 .singhi is known for his research in block designs , projective planes , line graphs , and coding theory .