dia dilahirkan dan dibesarkan di erode, tamil nadu.
ramanujan pertama kali mengenal matematika di usia 10 tahun.
semenjak kecil dia telah menunjukkan bakat alaminya yaitu dengan menguasai trigonometri tingkat mahir yang dikarang oleh s.l. loney pada usia 12 tahun.
pada usia 17 tahun ramanujan melakukan penelitian dalam bilangan bernoulli dan konstanta euler-macheroni.
ramanujan mendapat beasiswa pertama kali di government college di kumbakonam.
kemudian dia pindah ke universitas lain karena ketertarikannya yang lebih pada matematika.
antara tahun 1912-1913 dia mengirim contoh-contoh dari teorema-teorema yang dikembangkannya ke universitas cambridge.
hanya g.h. hardy yang mampu mengenal hasil karya ramanujan yang brilian.
kemudian dialah yang mengundang ramanujan untuk bekerja di cambridge.
pada tahun 1916, ramanujan diberikan gelar ba karena penelitiannya (gelar ini di kemudian hari diganti menjadi phd) oleh hasil tulisannya dalam bilangan-bilangan komposit dan dipublikasikan di jurnal london mathematical society.
pada tahun 1917 dia diangkat menjadi anggota london mathematical society dan kemudian menjadi fellow dari royal society pada tahun 1918 oleh karena tulisannya dalam fungsi eliptis dan teori bilangan.
oleh karena masalah kesehatan yang dideritanya, dia kembali ke kumbakonam india pada tahun 1919 dan akhirnya meninggal di usia 32 tahun di kampung halamannnya.
publikasi pilihan karya-karya ramanujan
this book was originally published in 1927 after ramanujan's death.
it contains the 37 papers published in professional journals by ramanujan during his lifetime.
the third re-print contains additional commentary by bruce c. berndt.
these books contain photo copies of the original notebooks as written by ramanujan.
this book contains photo copies of the pages of the "lost notebook".
problems posed by ramanujan, journal of the indian mathematical society.
publikasi terpilih tentang ramanujan dan karyanya
berndt, bruce c. " an overview of ramanujan's notebooks."
charlemagne and his heritage: 1200 years of civilization and science in europe.
ed. p. l. butzer, w. oberschelp, and h. th. jongen.
turnhout, belgium: brepols, 1998.
berndt, bruce c., and george e. andrews.
ramanujan's lost notebook, part i. new york: springer, 2005.
berndt, bruce c., and george e. andrews.
ramanujan's lost notebook, part ii. new york: springer, 2008.
berndt, bruce c., and robert a. rankin.
ramanujan: letters and commentary.
providence, rhode island: american mathematical society, 1995.
berndt, bruce c., and robert a. rankin.
ramanujan: essays and surveys.
providence, rhode island: american mathematical society, 2001.
berndt, bruce c. number theory in the spirit of ramanujan.
providence, rhode island: american mathematical society, 2006.
berndt, bruce c. ramanujan's notebooks, part i. new york: springer, 1985.
berndt, bruce c. ramanujan's notebooks, part ii. new york: springer, 1999.
berndt, bruce c. ramanujan's notebooks, part iii. new york: springer, 2004.
berndt, bruce c. ramanujan's notebooks, part iv. new york: springer, 1993.
berndt, bruce c. ramanujan's notebooks, part v. new york: springer, 2005.
hardy, g. h. ramanujan.
new york, chelsea pub. co., 1978.
hardy, g. h. ramanujan: twelve lectures on subjects suggested by his life and work.
providence, rhode island: american mathematical society, 1999.
new york: facts on file inc., 1995.
the man who knew infinity: a life of the genius ramanujan.
new york: charles scribner's sons, 1991.
kolata, gina. "remembering a 'magical genius'", science, new series, vol. 236, no. 4808 (jun. 19, 1987), pp. 15191521, american association for the advancement of science.
the indian clerk.
london: bloomsbury, 2007.
isbn 978-0-7475-9370-6 (paperback).
narlikar, jayant v. scientific edge: the indian scientist from vedic to modern times.
new delhi, india: penguin books, 2003.
"srinivasa ramanujan- ganitha lokathile mahaprathibha", (in malayalam), 2005, kerala sastra sahithya parishath, kochi.
url= august 2006 feature film on mathematics genius ramanujan by dev benegal and stephen fry
bbc radio programme about ramanujan  episode 5
a biographical song about ramanujan's life
biography of this mathematical genius at world of biography
srinivasan ramanujan in one hundred tamils of 20th century
srinivasa aiyangar ramanujan
a short biography of ramanujan
"a passion for numbers"
a study group for mathematics: srinivasa ramanujan iyengar
the ramanujan journal  an international journal devoted to ramanujan
international math union prizes, including a ramanujan prize.
complicite production of "a disappearing number"  a play about ramanujan's work
hindu.com: norwegian and indian mathematical geniuses, ramanujan  essays and surveys, ramanujan's growing influence, ramanujan's mentor
hindu.com: the sponsor of ramanujan