Background
He was born on 2 April 1942 in Basantpur village of Bhojpur district in Bihar, India to Lal Bahadur Singh and Lahaso Devi.
He was born on 2 April 1942 in Basantpur village of Bhojpur district in Bihar, India to Lal Bahadur Singh and Lahaso Devi.
Patna University.
He received his primary and secondary education from Netarhat Residential School and college education from Patna Science College. Vashishtha Narayan Singh became a legend as a student when he was allowed by Patna University to appear in the two-year course of Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Mathematics in its very first year.
His doctoral advisor was John L. Kelley.
Andrews, a renowned mathematician, in his research paper dated 1974 refers to Shri VN Singh"s works of 1957-1959 listed below. After his Doctor of Philosophy, he worked at National Aeronautics and Space Administration and then returned to India in 1973 to teach at Inter-Services Intelligence Kolkata, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Bombay.
In 2014 he was appointed as guest faculty in Bhupendra Narayan Mandal University (BNMU) in Madhepura as a visiting professor