Professor C S Yogananda got his BSc and MSc degrees in Mathematics from Bangalore University. He obtained his PhD in Mathematics in 1990 from the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai (University of Madras), working under the guidance of the renowned number theorist, Prof R Balasubramanian. After his PhD, he spent two years at Panjab University, Chandigarh. His research interests are in the areas of number theory, especially algebraic number theory, modular forms and elliptic curves.

Professor Yogananda is interested in Mathematics teaching at all levels, from school to advanced level. He was active in the Mathematical Olympiad programme in India from 1989 – 2003, and was involved in the training and selection of the Indian team for the International Math Olympiads. In 2005, he moved to the Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysore to pursue his passion for teaching in the undergraduate programme.

He is very interested in the interface of mathematics and technology, and has contributed to many IT tools for Indian languages. He is involved in the creation and maintenance of the portals Advaitasharada.sringeri.net and kymyogavaisharadi.in. He was a Founder Editor of Samasya, a triannual journal for school students, and was a Member of the Editorial Board of Resonance, a journal for Science education published from the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore. He is the author of several research and survey articles in various journals. Besides mathematics, he is interested in classical music and mountaineering.