The 2018 Fields Medal was awarded a few days ago.
Akshay Venkatesh, who was born in India and moved to Australia at the age of 2, was one of the recipients. In 2014, Manjul Bhargava, a Canadian of Indian descent, was awarded the Fields Medal. I hereby retract anything I may have said about the intellectual inferiority of Indians. However, I will note that neither of these mathematicians were educated in India; that seems to be key.
Another country that has had 2 recipients in consecutive years is Iran. They look like another force to be reckoned with.
Akshay Venkatesh, who was born in India and moved to Australia at the age of 2, was one of the recipients. In 2014, Manjul Bhargava, a Canadian of Indian descent, was awarded the Fields Medal. I hereby retract anything I may have said about the intellectual inferiority of Indians. However, I will note that neither of these mathematicians were educated in India; that seems to be key.
Another country that has had 2 recipients in consecutive years is Iran. They look like another force to be reckoned with.
