S.M. SRIVASTAVA graduated from the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, in 1980, under the supervision of Prof. A. Maitra. He was a member of the Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton, during the academic year 1979-80. He joined the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, in 1980, as the permanent faculty and is currently a higher academic grade professor. His primary research interest lies in descriptive set theory. He is the recipient of the Indian National Science Academy medal for young scientists. He is the author of the books A Course on Borel Sets and A Course on Mathematical Logic (both published by Springer). He is an enthusiastic teacher and has written several expository articles aimed at popularising mathematical logic and set theory in India.
