Bharath Sriraman graduated with a Bachelor of Surgery in mathematics from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1995 and obtained his Doctor of Philosophy in mathematical sciences in 2002 from Northern Illinois University under the functional analyst Robert Wheeler.
Sriraman is a professor of mathematics at the University of Montana – Missoula with an adjunct appointment in the department of Central and Southwest-Asian Studies. He is series editor for a number of book series on mathematics education and sociological issues published by Information Age Publishing, and has founded two book series on alternative education published by Sense Publishers. In addition to editing he is a prolific scholar with over 300 publications to date in numerous areas of research, and held numerous visiting professorships at institutions in Nordic countries, South America and Eurasia.
In 2009, Northern Illinois University named him as one of 50 "Golden alumni" in the last 50 years for his significant contributions to research in mathematics education, gifted education and interdisciplinary research at the intersection of mathematics-science-arts He previously received the School Science and Mathematics Association Early Scholar Award in 2007.
