Srinivasa Ramanujan: 1887-1920 (Madras)
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AA NN NNRR UUEE AAPP LLOO RR TT 2016–20172016–2017 INDIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES BENGALURU Published by: Executive Secretary, Indian Academy of Sciences, C.V. Raman Avenue, Post Box No. 8005, Sadashivanagar P.O., Bengaluru 560 080 Phone (EPABX): 91-80-2266-1200 Fax: 91-80-2361-6094 Email: [email protected] Website: www.ias.ac.in Graphics & Design: Subhankar Biswas Cover portrait of MGK Menon: Gujjar 2 CONTENTS i. Foreword 4 1. Introduction 5 2. Overview 6 3. Council 8 4. Fellowship 10 5. Associates 22 6. Publications 26 7. Repository of Scientific Publications 38 of Academy Fellows 8. Discussion Meeting 39 9. Mid-Year Meeting 2016 40 10. Annual Meeting 2016 54 11. Public Lecture 68 12. Science Education Programmes 70 13. ‘Women in Science’ Panel Programmes 86 14. Hindi Workshop 90 15. Vigilance Awareness Week 91 16. National Science Day 2016 92 17. Academy Finances 94 18. Acknowledgements 96 19. Tables 97 20. Personnel 101 21. Statement of Finances 105 3 FOREWORD It gives me great pleasure The Academy introduced to present the 83rd Annual the online platform to Report of the Academy, solicit nominations for highlighting the activities Fellowship and e-balloting of the Academy during the for election. On the past year. publishing front, to strengthen the pace of publishing by While the details are given in the Report, immediate assignment of articles to issues I would particularly like to draw your upon online publication of an article, three attention to a few initiatives undertaken of our journals (Pramana, JoAA and JESS) this year. -
Profiles and Prospects*
Indian Journal of History of Science, 47.3 (2012) 473-512 MATHEMATICS AND MATHEMATICAL RESEARCHES IN INDIA DURING FIFTH TO TWENTIETH CENTURIES — PROFILES AND PROSPECTS* A K BAG** (Received 1 September 2012) The Birth Centenary Celebration of Professor M. C. Chaki (1912- 2007), former First Asutosh Birth Centenary Professor of Higher Mathematics and a noted figure in the community of modern geometers, took place recently on 21 July 2012 in Kolkata. The year 2012 is also the 125th Birth Anniversary Year of great mathematical prodigy, Srinivas Ramanujan (1887-1920), and the Government of India has declared 2012 as the Year of Mathematics. To mark the occasion, Dr. A. K. Bag, FASc., one of the students of Professor Chaki was invited to deliver the Key Note Address. The present document made the basis of his address. Key words: Algebra, Analysis, Binomial expansion, Calculus, Differential equation, Fluid and solid mechanics, Function, ISI, Kerala Mathematics, Kut..taka, Mathemtical Modeling, Mathematical Societies - Calcutta, Madras and Allahabad, Numbers, Probability and Statistics, TIFR, Universities of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay, Vargaprakr.ti. India has been having a long tradition of mathematics. The contributions of Vedic and Jain mathematics are equally interesting. However, our discussion starts from 5th century onwards, so the important features of Indian mathematics are presented here in phases to make it simple. 500-1200 The period: 500-1200 is extremely interesting in the sense that this is known as the Golden (Siddha–ntic) period of Indian mathematics. It begins * The Key Note Address was delivered at the Indian Association for Cultivation of Science (Central Hall of IACS, Kolkata) organized on behalf of the M.C. -
1. Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi Has Been Selected for European Union's
All Latest Current Affairs Month All Type Awards 361 Current Affairs were found in Month All for Type Awards Awards 1. Saudi blogger Raif Badawi has been selected for European Union’s prestigious Sakharov Prize for human rights for 2015. Raif Badawi is author of Free Saudi Liberals website who was sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes in Saudi Arabia for insulting Muslim clerics. 2. Laureus Sports Awards 2016 Sportsman of the Year Novak Djokovic (Nation Serbia, Sport Tennis, Won 2nd Time) Sportswoman of the Year Serena Williams (Nation USA, Sport Tennis, Won 4th time) Team of the Year: New Zealand Rugby team Comeback of the Year Dan Carter (Rugby), New Zealand. Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability: Daniel Dias (Paralympic swimmer), Brazil. Action Sportsperson Jan Frodeno (Triathelete), Germany. World Sports Lifetime Achievement Award: Niki Lauda (former Formula One racer), Austria. Spirit of Sport Award Johan Cruyff (Football), Netherlands 3. Urdu litterateur Shamim Hanfi has been conferred with inaugural Jnangarima Manad Alankaran award of Bharatiya Jnanpith. 4. Violinist and composer Prabhakar won 2015 Lata Mangeshkar Award for Lifetime Achievement by Maharashtra Government. 5. 10th Asian film Awards (Macau, China) The Assassin won 8 awards in different categories. It is a 2015 martial arts film based on story of highly trained female assassin and is directed by Taiwanese director Hou HsiaoHsien. Best Film: The Assassin. Best Director: Hou HsiaoHsien (The Assassin) Best Actor: Lee Byunghun (The Inside Men). Best Actress: Shu Qi (The Assassin). Best Supporting Actor: Tadanobu Asano (Journey to the Shore). -
Editor-In-Chief Associate Editors Managing Editor
Editor-in-Chief Ritabrata Munshi School of Mathematics Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai & Statistics and Mathematics Unit Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata E-mail: [email protected] Associate Editors U. K. Anandavardhanan Florian Herzig Department of Mathematics, Dept. of Mathematics, University of Toronto, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 40 St George St Rm 6290, Toronto, On M5S 2E4, Canada Mumbai 400 076, India E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Chandrasekhar Khare Anupam Saikia Dept. of Mathematics, UCLA Department of Mathematics, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1555, USA Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, E-mail: [email protected] Guwahati 781 039, Assam, India [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Amalendu Krishna Atul Dixit Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay Department of Mathematics, E-mail: [email protected] IIT Gandhinagar, Palaj, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382 355, India Ravi S. Kulkarni E-mail: [email protected] Bhaskaracharya Pratishthana, 56/14, Erandavane, Damle Path, Nalini Anantharaman Off Law College Road, Pune 411 004, India IRMA, Université de Strasbourg, E-mail: [email protected] 7 rue René Descartes, 67084 Strasbourg Cedex France Shrawan Kumar E-mail: [email protected] Dept. of Mathematics, UNC-CH CB 3250 Phillips Hall Siva Athreya Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3250 Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Bangere P. Purnaprajna V. B a l a j i Department of Mathematics Chennai Mathematical Institute University of Kansas, 405 Snow Hall PlotH1,SIPCOTITPark Lawrence, KS 66047, USA Padur PO, Siruseri 603 103, India E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Mythily Ramaswamy Prakash Belkale TIFR Center for Applicable Mathematics, Dept. -
B3-I School of Mathematics (Math)
B3-I School of Mathematics (Math) Evaluative Report of Departments (B3) I-Math-1 School of Mathematics 1. Name of the Department : School of Mathematics (Math) 2. Year of establishment : 1945 3. Is the Department part of a School/Faculty of the university? It is an entire School. 4. Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., D. Sc, D. Litt, etc.) 1. Ph.D. 2. Integrated M.Sc.-Ph.D. The minimum eligibility criterion for admission to the Ph.D. programme is a Master's degree in any of Mathematics/Statistics/Science/Technology (M.A. / M.Sc. / M. Math / M. Stat / M.E. / M. Tech.). The minimum eligibility criterion for admission to the Integrated Ph.D. programme is a Bachelor's degree in any of Mathematics/Statistics/Science/Technology (B.A. / B.Sc. / B. Math. / B. Stat. / B.E. / B. Tech.). Students without a Master's degree will generally be admitted to the Integrated Ph.D. program and will obtain an M.Sc. degree along the way subject to the completion of all requirements. Students with a four-year Bachelor's degree may be considered for admission to the Ph.D. Programme. 5. Interdisciplinary programmes and departments involved None 6. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc. None TIFR NAAC Self-Study Report 2016 I-Math-2 Evaluative Report of Departments (B3) 7. Details of programmes discontinued, if any, with reasons There are no such programmes. 8. Examination System: Annual/Semester/Trimester/Choice Based Credit System There is an evaluation at the end of each semester course, based on assignments and written examinations, and an annual evaluation of courses based on an interview. -
1. Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi Has Been Selected for European Union's
All Latest Current Affairs Month All Type Awards Showing 339 Important Ones. 361 Current Affairs were found in Month All for Type Awards Awards 1. Saudi blogger Raif Badawi has been selected for European Union’s prestigious Sakharov Prize for human rights for 2015. Raif Badawi is author of Free Saudi Liberals website who was sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes in Saudi Arabia for insulting Muslim clerics. 2. Laureus Sports Awards 2016 Sportsman of the Year Novak Djokovic (Nation Serbia, Sport Tennis, Won 2nd Time) Sportswoman of the Year Serena Williams (Nation USA, Sport Tennis, Won 4th time) Team of the Year: New Zealand Rugby team Comeback of the Year Dan Carter (Rugby), New Zealand. Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability: Daniel Dias (Paralympic swimmer), Brazil. Action Sportsperson Jan Frodeno (Triathelete), Germany. World Sports Lifetime Achievement Award: Niki Lauda (former Formula One racer), Austria. Spirit of Sport Award Johan Cruyff (Football), Netherlands 3. Urdu litterateur Shamim Hanfi has been conferred with inaugural Jnangarima Manad Alankaran award of Bharatiya Jnanpith. 4. Violinist and composer Prabhakar won 2015 Lata Mangeshkar Award for Lifetime Achievement by Maharashtra Government. 5. 10th Asian film Awards (Macau, China) The Assassin won 8 awards in different categories. It is a 2015 martial arts film based on story of highly trained female assassin and is directed by Taiwanese director Hou HsiaoHsien. Best Film: The Assassin. Best Director: Hou HsiaoHsien (The Assassin) Best Actor: Lee Byunghun (The Inside Men). Best Actress: Shu Qi (The Assassin). Best Supporting Actor: Tadanobu Asano (Journey to the Shore). -
Volume 1. No.1 (2015)
TIFR Alumni Association December 2015 December TAA Newsletter IN THIS ISSUE Editor’s Message From the Patron’s Desk TAA President’s Message Public Lectures Prof. Amit Roy Interviews Awards and Honors TIFR News Contributory Articles Prof. J.N. Goswami Prof. P.C. Agrawal Prof. Jayant Narlikar 1 Editor’s Message Enjoy Reading! We are happy to bring to our TAA mem- bers this year's TAA Newsletter "SAMPARK". The online edition has gained excellent popularity among read- ers since 2008. As in the earlier editions, this year's Newsletter too has public lec- tures by distinguished alumni and their Dr. R. S. Chaughule interviews on their work at TIFR and [email protected] personal life. Ex. Tata Institute of Fund. Research Adjunct Professor Ramnarain Ruia College We are happy to note that the TAA mem- Mumbai bership is increasing due to students' en- rollment. For updates please read our portal TAA- Red.com Happy reading Dr. Sangita Bose [email protected] UM-DAE Center for Excellence in Basic Sciences, (CEBS) Mumbai ---------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement We thank Mr. Mohan Kakade, TAA Admn. Secretary for his efforts in designing this newsletter. 2 From the Patron’s Desk The TAA has been active in the organi- zation of Public Lectures, interviewing some of the distinguished speakers, recognizing the work of distinguished alumni through TAA Excellence awards and recognizing the students for their exemplary performance in their doc- toral work. The special Cowsik awards have had exceptional works of young scientists being recognized. This year, I am happy to note, that the TAA has introduced the award for Excellence in Teaching, and that four eminent scientists have been chosen in the field of Biology and Physics for this award. -
Minutes GB 2019
Minutes of the General Body meeting held on 02.08.2019 1. The General Body (GB) meeting of the Ramanujan Mathematical Society (RMS) was held on 2nd August, 2019 at 6.30 PM in the Seminal Hall at the Guest House building of University of Pondicherry. 2. The Secretary of RMS extended a hearty welcome to the members present at the meeting. 3. The President of RMS, Professor S. Ponnusamy, welcomed the members present at meeting, and made general remarks on the need to make RMS function in a more efficient and professional manner and contribute to the mathematical community at large. He then proposed that everyone present shall stand up and observe two minute silence as a mark of respect to the departed souls who served the mathematical community with dignity and purpose. After this, he called upon the Secretary to take the GB through the agenda. 4. The EC thanked the members present for accepting the invitation to attend the meeting, and expressed its gratitude to the outgoing EC members. The EC also thanked Professor J.K. Verma of IIT Bombay for his kind help in acting as the Returning Officer for the elections to the RMS EC held during March 2019. 5. The minutes of the last GB meeting held on 2nd June 2018 at the Depart- ment of Mathematics, University of Delhi, Delhi was tabled for confirmation by the Secretary. After satisfactory clarification of the members' queries, Profes- sor Tamilselvam proposed acceptance and Professor S. Jayaram seconded the previous GB meeting minutes, which was then passed by the present GB. -
Amalendu Krishna and Naveen Garg Awarded the 2016
Amalendu Krishna and Naveen Garg awarded the 2016 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Mathematical Sciences - 09-30-2016 by Manjil Saikia - Gonit Sora - http://gonitsora.com Amalendu Krishna and Naveen Garg awarded the 2016 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Mathematical Sciences by Manjil Saikia - Friday, September 30, 2016 http://gonitsora.com/amalendu-krishna-naveen-garg-awarded-2016-shanti-swarup-bhatnagar-prize- mathematical-sciences/ The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology is India's highest prize for excellence in science, mathematics and technology. The prize is given every year in seven categories to outstanding people in the fields of mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry, engineering, earth, atmospheric, ocean science, and medical sciences. The 2016 award for mathematical sciences was awarded to Amalendu Krishna of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai for his work in algebraic geometry and to Naveen Garg of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi for his work in algorithms and complexity theory. The prize carries a citation and a prize money of 5 lac Indian rupees. Amalendu Krishna Amalendu Krishna did his masters from the Indian Statistical Institute in 1996 and received his PhD from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) in 2001. From 2001-2004 he was Hedrick Assistant Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles and in 2004/05 he was at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Since then he has been at TIFR and is at present a professor in the school of mathematics. In 2015 he received the ICTP Ramanujan Prize for work in algebraic K-theory on algebraic cycles and the theory of motives.