Subhash Khot FRS (born June 10, 1978 in Ichalkaranji) is an Indian-American mathematician and theoretical computer scientist who is the Julius Silver Professor of Computer Science in the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at New York University.
Khot's unexpected and original contributions are providing critical insight into unresolved problems in the field of computational complexity.
He is best known for his unique games conjecture.Khot was awarded the 2014 Rolf Nevanlinna Prize by the International Mathematical Union.
He received the MacArthur Fellowship in 2016 and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2017.