# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/r-p-paranjpe
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:32:07.790Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/r-p-paranjpe"
name: "R. P. Paranjpe"
slug: "r-p-paranjpe"
description: "Sir Raghunath Purushottam Paranjpye also known as Wrangler Paranjpye was an Indian mathematician and diplomat who served as the 1st High Commissioner of India to Australia from 1945 to 1947. He became the first Indian to achieve the coveted title of Senior Wrangler at the University of Cambridge. Later in life he also served as the Vice Chancellor of many Indian universities."
tagline: "Indian academic and diplomat (1876-1966)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Purushottam_Paranjpye.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1876-02-16"
deathDate: "1966-05-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.08
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.42646
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1532630/"
    handle:    "nm1532630"
sources:
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    title: "ஆர். பி. பராஞ்சபே"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump