A Tribute to Ramanujan!Top Stories

April 28, 2016 12:59
A Tribute to Ramanujan!

Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Facebook and other top professionals are set to build a foundation  in the name of legendary Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan.

The  biopic on Ramanujan, named “The Man Who Knew Infinity” was screened at the Silicon Valley, by Russian billionaire and founder Yuri Milner.  Matthew Brown directed movie screening was attended by Who’s Who of US super-elite.

According to sounces, “Sundar Pichai (CEO, Google), Sergey Brin (founder, Google), Mark Zuckerberg (founder, Facebook), Brendan Iribe (CEO of Oculus VR), and some other fifty other ‘1 percenters’ of Silicon Valley were at Yuri Milner’s house in Los Altos. Yuri hosted a very private screening and dinner for the film and they came out with tears.”

Ramanujan passed away at the age of 32 in 1920.“The Man Who Knew Infinity”, also stars Jeremy Irons,  Stephen Fry, Devika Bhise, Arundhati Nag, and Toby Jones. The biopic is expected to release in India soon.

Also read: Bengaluru will host 2017 Bharatiya Pravasi Divas

- Nandini

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