E. Sampathkumar

E. Sampathkumar
Born(1936-06-10)10 June 1936
Mallur
Died11 August 2024(2024-08-11) (aged 88)
Mysore
CitizenshipIndian
Alma mater Central College of Bangalore University,
Karnataka University
OccupationProfessor of Mathematics
Scientific career
FieldsGraph Theory
InstitutionsKarnatak University,
University of Mysore
Doctoral advisorC. N. S. Iyengar
Websitehttp://www.tce.edu/events/ncdma07/Sampathkumar.pdf

E. Sampathkumar (10 June 1936 – 11 August 2024) was a professor of graph theory from University of Mysore. He has contributed to domination number, bipartite double cover, and reconstruction theory, as well as other areas of graph theory. He was chairman of the department of mathematics of the Karnataka university, Dharwar and the University of Mysore (1992–95).

Born and raised in Mallur village, Channapatna Taluk, Ramanagaram (District), outside of Bangalore, he earned a M.Sc. (1955) in mathematics from Central College of Bangalore University, and a Ph.D. (1965) in mathematics (Some studies in Boolean algebra) from the Karnataka University, Dharwar. He was a lecturer at the department of mathematics Karnatak College, Dharwar (1960–65), and then professor at the department of mathematics, Karnatak University, Dharwar (1966–1988). After retiring in 1996 from Mysore University (1989–96), he worked for the Department of Science and Technology (India) as a principal investigator on several projects in graph theory. He was head at DOS in Mathematics, University of Mysore (1992–1995).

He was hospitalised for a lung infection on 10 August 2024, and died the following morning.