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Detailed explanation-1: -The Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians was awarded to Professor Neena Gupta, a mathematician of the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata, in a virtual ceremony on 22nd February 2022. She received the award for the year 2021 for her outstanding work in affine algebraic geometry and commutative algebra.

Detailed explanation-2: -Prof., Will Sawin of Columbia University, USA, will receive the 2021 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize for outstanding contributions by individuals not exceeding the age of 32 in areas of mathematics influenced by Ramanujan in a broad sense.

Detailed explanation-3: -The SASTRA Ramanujan Prize for 2022 will be awarded to Yunqing Tang, Assistant Professor with the University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.

Detailed explanation-4: -KOLKATA: Neena Gupta, faculty of mathematics at Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), has become the fourth Indian to win Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians.