Vashishtha Narayan Singh: From Bihar village to Berkeley and global fame

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Vashishtha Narayan Singh rose from a poor family in Bihar’s Bhojpur district to become a celebrated mathematician who earned a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley.

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  • Reported by Times of India and published Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:24:00 UTC.

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