Mint Exclusive: Profile Shoot Of Professor Mahan Mj

KOLKATA, INDIA - NOVEMBER 27: (Editor's Note: This is an exclusive shoot of Mint) Professor Mahan Mj, also known as Mahan Maharaj or Swami Vidyanathananda, during an exclusive interview on November 27, 2015 in Kolkata, India. Mahan says when he joined IIT Kanpur; he had opted for electrical engineering, but soon realized it was not his cup of tea. Born Mahan Mitra in 1968, he has a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, in mathematics. He renounced worldly life to become a monk by joining the Ramakrishna Mission in 1998, but continues to teach and research in mathematics. (Photo by Indranil Bhoumik/Mint via Getty Images)