Loyola College, Chennai run by the Society of Jesus was established in the year 1925 with 75 undergraduate students of Mathematics, History and Economics. Loyola College was given autonomy in 1978 and was honoured with “College with Potential for Excellence” in 2010 and “College of Excellence” from 2014 onwards. Loyola was ranked 6th among Arts and Science Colleges in India by National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in the years 2018, 2019 and 2020, and ranked 3rd in 2021. Loyola College has been accredited with CGPA of 3.55 on four point scale at A++ grade by NAAC in 2021. Around 9500 students are studying in 19 post graduate and 24 under graduate departments, and Research is carried out in 12 departments. Loyola provides quality education, incredible compendium of academic programmes, innovative methodologies and intensive research to the students.
Department of mathematics was established in the year 1925 with B.A. program in mathematics. The Honors course in mathematics was integrated in 1927 and the first batch of students appeared for the B.A. Honors degree in 1930. The department was recognized as a research department in 1984. The Racine Research Centre was established in the department in 1991 on the occasion of the birth centenary of Rev. Fr. Charles Racine D.Sc., who was one of the big influences in the development of modern mathematics in India. The mathematicians M. S. Narasimman FRS and C. S. Seshadri FRS, founder and director emeritus of the Chennai Mathematical Institute are the alumni of the department who are known for the famous Narasimman-Seshadri theorem. Department of mathematics was extended in the evening college in the year 1978 and Department of Mathematics Shift-II was established in the year 2006.
STEPMA 2023
To introduce new approaches and innovative techniques in teaching mathematics, the department of mathematics (Shift-II) of Loyola College, Chennai is organizing a School Teachers’ Enrichment Programme in Mathematics (STEPMA 2023) for the teachers teaching mathematics in schools especially in higher secondary and senior secondary schools. This enrichment programme will empower teachers to become more effective and motivated educators and in turn will benefit the young minds in schools to receive higher standards of mathematics education. This programme will be a platform for the teachers to connect with the experienced subject experts and to have interactions for intellectual excellence.
STEPMA 2023 is designed to strengthen the understanding of some topics in higher secondary school mathematics books. So, this programme will benefit the PG assistants especially.
Interested BT assistants and mathematics students of B.Ed. Colleges can also register and benefit.