Indian mathematician and IISc Bengaluru professor Mahesh Kakde has won the 2026 Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries. He was recognised for foundational work in non-commutative Iwasawa theory and research on the Gross-Stark and Brumer-Stark conjectures. The award also carries a cash prize of $10,000, recognising his significant contributions to algebraic number theory.