She completed her B.Sc in 1982 at Saint Joseph"s college, Bangalore and then got her Master of Science through correspondence from Annamalai University in 1985. After that she went for Doctor of Philosophy at and was awarded her Doctor of Philosophy under supervision of Raman Parimala in 1992. Her dissertation was "Witt Groups of Real Surfaces and Real Geometry".
Currently associated with the University of British Columbia, Canada, Ramdorai is an algebraic number theorist known for her work on Iwasawa theory. She is also on the advisory board of Gonit Sora. Together with Coates, Fukaya, Kato, and Venjakob she formulated a non-commutative version of the main conjecture of Iwasawa theory, on which much foundation of this important subject is based.
Iwasawa theory has its origins in the work of a great Japanese mathematician, Kenkichi Iwasawa.
Managing Editor, International Journal of Number Theory (IJNT) Editor, Journal of Ramanujan Mathematical Society (JRMS) Associate Editor, Expositiones Mathematicae.
She was a member of the National Knowledge Commission from 2007 to 2009. She is at present a member of the Prime Minister’s Scientific Advisory Council from 2009 onwards and also a member of the National Innovation Council.
