Abstract Professor C. S. Seshadri was an internationally renowned mathematician whose research covered many topics. The continuing theme of much of this work was the study of moduli spaces: algebraic varieties that classify various types of algebro-geometric objects such as curves and vector bundles. As with physical maps, these give an explicit representation of the totality of objects of a particular kind all at once. His first major breakthrough was his construction with M. S. Narasimhan of such a moduli space for vector bundles on a curve over the complex numbers. He studied all aspects of these spaces using invariant theory, unitary representations, ampleness criteria and compactifications. Later, he took up a second question: the explicit description in all characteristics of Schubert varieties, which are moduli for multiple configurations of linear subspaces of projective space. After retirement, he built from scratch a new institute that is a model for a fresh approach to Indian education, named the Chennai Mathematical Institute. In this he showed organizational brilliance quite unique among mathematicians.
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