High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The SASTRA Ramanujan Prize, founded by Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology Research Academy (SASTRA) University in Kumbakonam, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan`s hometown, is awarded every year to a young mathematician judged to have done outstanding work in Ramanujan`s fields of interest. The age limit for the prize has been set at 32 (the age at which Ramanujan died), and the current award is $10,000.