Gury Ivanovich Marchuk (
Russian: Гурий Иванович Марчук; 8 June 1925 – 24 March 2013) was a
Soviet and
Russian scientist in the fields of computational mathematics, and physics of atmosphere.[1] Academician (since 1968); the President of the
USSR Academy of Sciences in 1986–1991. Among his notable prizes are the
USSR State Prize (1979),
Demidov Prize (2004),
Lomonosov Gold Medal (2004).
Marchuk was a proponent of the Integrated Long-Term Programme (ILTP) of Cooperation in Science & Technology that was established in 1987 as a scientific cooperative venture between
India and the Soviet Union. The programme allowed the scientists of the countries to collaboratively undertake research in areas as diverse as healthcare and
lasers. Marchuk co-chaired the programme's Joint Council with Prof.
C.N.R. Rao for 25 years and was made an honorary member of
India's National Academy of Sciences.[4] In 2002, the
Government of India conferred the
Padma Bhushan on him.[5]
Keldysh Gold Medal — for his work "The development and creation of new methods of mathematical modeling" (1981)
Karpinski International Prize (1988)
Chebyshev Gold Medal — for outstanding performance in mathematics (1996)
Lomonosov Gold Medal (
Moscow State University, 2004) - for his outstanding contribution to the creation of new models and methods for solving problems in the physics of nuclear reactors, the physics of the atmosphere and ocean, and immunology
^"Padma Awards"(PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from
the original(PDF) on October 15, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.