death_date nationality field work_institutions birth_date prizes article_title name alma_mater
7 july 2001 india applied mathematics , nonlinear phenomena panjab university , chandigarh 8 september 1942 shanti swarup bhatnagar prize for science and technology surender kumar malik
 surender kumar malik delhi university
surender kumar malik

surender kumar malik -lrb- s.k. malik -rrb- is an indian mathematician who specialised in applied mathematics especially in nonlinear phenomena .
he was awarded in 1983 the shanti swarup bhatnagar prize for science and technology , the highest science award in india , in the mathematical sciences category .
prof. malik has done pioneering work on nonlinear dispersive waves in self-gravitating media , electrohydrodynamics and magnetohydrodynamics .
in particular his theory on nonlinear breakup of a self-gravitating column has thrown some light on the phenomenon of condensation in astronomical bodies .
his work on nonlinear self-focussing in magnetic fluids is expected to have industrial applications .
