Activities
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For several years, IWM has organized a major annual conference featuring invited talks by notable women mathematicians from India and abroad as well as contributed talks by early-career researchers from across India. These events are, in part, meant to provide networking opportunities for the many women delegates, who are in the early stages of postgraduate studies or research, who have attended these events.
The IWM is also aware that its objectives are more effectively served if several smaller workshops are held each year in different parts of the country. These workshops are typically aimed at women of the region engaged in teaching or research, or working towards a post-graduate degree, in mathematics. They are intended to expose the audience to fresh trends in research and as well as opportunities for careers in research.
Links to upcoming conferences/workshops, as well as other types of activities conceived by IWM from time to time, will be featured on this page.
Upcoming & Recent Activities
2021-22 Workshops and Conferences
IWM Annual Conference 2021-22: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Banasthali Vidyapith, January 28 - 30, 2022 in online mode.
Indian Women and Mathematics: Regional Workshop on Research & Opportunities: Indian Institute of Technology Patna, December 4 and 5, 2021 in online mode. For timetable click here.
Registration: click here.
IWM Follow-up Mathematics Workshop for Young Women 2020: School of Mathematics (online mode), Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, December 20-29 2020. For timetable click here.
Indian Women and Mathematics: Regional Workshop on Research & Opportunities: Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai, February 21, 2021. For timetable click here.
Poster: click here
IWM Annual Conference 2020-21: Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad, March 27 - 28, 2021
Winter School in Mathematics for Women Students: Manipal University Jaipur (hybrid mode), March 20-26, 2021. For more details click here.
IWM Visitor Programme Lecture Series
Ishii Shihoko, University of Tokyo & Tokyo Institute of Technology. Title of talk: Introduction to singularities on an algebraic variety (August 27, 2021 at 04:00 p.m. IST). For more details click here.
YouTube Live Link: https://youtu.be/W-5jhnmXh3M
Malabika Pramanik, University of British Columbia. Title of talk: On sets and patterns (December 18, 2020 at 08:00 p.m. IST). For more details click here.
YouTube Live Link: https://youtu.be/2TT7pfsrbqg
Rekha Thomas, University of Washington. Title of talk: When Two Cameras Meet a Cubic Surface (November 21, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. IST). For more details click here.
YouTube Live Link: https://youtu.be/QTuSGgcl2yY
Susanna Terracini, University of Turin. Title of talk: Segregation, interaction of species and related free boundary problems (October 30, 2020 at 4:00 p.m IST). For more details click here.
YouTube Live Link: https://youtu.be/LiEkhWfBOZo
Cheryl E. Praeger, University of Western Australia. Title of talk: Measuring symmetry with finite groups (September 25, 2020 at 3:30 p.m. IST). For more details click here.
YouTube Live Link: https://youtu.be/35pwJpnQFSk
Neena Gupta, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. Title of talk: Double Danielewski Surfaces: a counterexample to the generalised Cancellation problem (August 28, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. IST). For more details click here.
YouTube Live Link: https://youtu.be/01BfqwaqCSU
Past Activities
Regional Mini-workshops
Indian Women & Mathematics: Regional Workshop on Research & Opportunities: Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, February 19 & 20, 2016
Indian Women & Mathematics: Regional Workshop on Research & Opportunities: Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, December 20 & 21, 2016
Indian Women and Mathematics: Regional Workshop 2017 in Patiala: Department of Mathematics, Punjabi University, Patiala, February 6 & 7, 2017
Indian Women and Mathematics: Regional Workshop on Research & Opportunities: Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Science Education & Research Bhopal, October 7 & 8, 2017
Indian Women and Mathematics: Regional Workshop on Research & Opportunities: Department of Mathematics, Cochin University of Science & Technology, January 2 & 3, 2018
Indian Women and Mathematics: Regional Workshop on Research & Opportunities: School of Mathematical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education & Research, Bhubaneswar, October 27 & 28, 2018
Indian Women and Mathematics: Regional Workshop on Research & Opportunities: Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE), Mumbai, February 16 & 17, 2019
Indian Women and Mathematics: Regional Workshop on Research & Opportunities: National Institute of Technology (NIT) Meghalaya, October 19 & 20, 2019
Indian Women and Mathematics: Regional Workshop on Research & Opportunities: Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai (IIT Bhilai), February 21, 2021
Annual Conference
IWM Annual Conference 2016: School of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Hyderabad, June 29 & 30 and July 1, 2016
IWM Annual Conference 2017: Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Science, July 13,14 & 15, 2017
IWM Annual Conference 2018: Department of Mathematics, Shiv Nadar University, June 21, 22 & 23, 2018
IWM Annual Conference 2019: Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, June 10, 11 & 12, 2019
IWM Annual Conference 2020-21: Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad, March 27 - 28, 2021
IWM Annual Conference 2021-22: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Banasthali Vidyapith, January 28 - 30, 2022
Mathematical Workshop for Young Women
IWM Mathematical Workshop for Young Women 2019 : School of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, December 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 & 21, 2019
IWM Visitor Programme
2016
Isabelle Chalendar, Institut Camille Jordan, University of Lyon 1, France: March 2016
March 15, 2016: University of Delhi South Campus. Title of talk: Modern approaches to the Invariant Subspaces Problem
March 18, 2016: Banasthali University. Title of talk: The Phragmen-Lindelof principle and its applications
March 19, 2016: University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. Title of talk: Carleman type theorems for complex measures
Photos of Prof. Chalendar's visit:
Lecturing at Banasthali University, and
Nalini Joshi, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sydney, Australia: June-July 2016
June 28, 2016: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Tirupati. Title of talk: Symmetry through geometry (Seminar Hall at 10:30 a.m.)
June 29, 2016: University of Hyderabad. Title of talk: When applied mathematics collided with algebra (part of the IWM Annual Conference 2016 programme, 10:00 a.m.)
July 2, 2016: Maris Stella College, Vijaywada. Title of talk: Symmetry through geometry (Auditorium, Maris Stella College, at 11:00 a.m.)
2017
Shobha Madan, Indian Institute of Science Education & Research Mohali, India: December 2016-February 2017
Dec 13, 2016: Panjab University, Chandigarh. Title of talk: Tiles, spectra and Fuglede's conjecture (Seminar Hall, Department of Mathematics, at 11:00 a.m.)
Jan 17, 2017: DAV College, Amritsar. Title of talk: Kakeya needle problem (PG Department of Mathematics, 12:30 to 2:00 p.m.)
Feb 15, 2017: Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology University. Title of talk: Counting and measuring: Cantor and Kakeya (T-105, School of Mathematics, at 3:30 p.m.)
B. Sri Padmavathi, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Hyderabad, India: February-March, 2017
Feb 6, 2017: Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed College for Women, Chennai. Title of talk: Application of differential equations to ecology (Golden Jubilee Seminar Hall, 9:00 to 10:00 a.m.)
Mar 18, 2017: Adikavi Nannaya University, Rajamahendravaram. Title of talk: Application of differential equations to ecology (Seminar Hall, Adikavi Nannaya University Campus, at 11:00 a.m.)
Geetha Venkataraman, Ambedkar University Delhi, India: February-March, 2017
Feb 13, 2017: Central University of Rajasthan. Title of talk: Groups: From origins to open questions (Department of Mathematics)
March 6, 2017: Islamic University of Science and Technology, Awantipora. Title of talk: Groups: An exploration through symmetry (Department of Mathematics)
Apala Majumdar, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath, United Kingdom: July 2017
July 14, 2017: Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. Title of talk: The mathematics of liquid crystals: theory, simulations and applications (part of the IWM Annual Conference 2017 programme, Room G-21, Old Physics Building, 9:35 a.m.)
July 18, 2017: Rani Channamma University, Belgavi. Title of talk: Nematic liquid crystals: at the triple point of mathematics, physics and applications (PG Department of the R.L. Science Institute, at 11:30 a.m.)
July 20, 2017: University of Mysore, Mysuru. Title of talk: Nematic liquid crystals: at the triple point of mathematics, physics and applications (Seminar Hall, Department of Studies in Mathematics, at 11:00 a.m.)
2018
Indira Narayanaswamy, M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bengaluru, India: December 2017 & January-February 2018
December 1, 2017: Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Anantapur Campus, Anantapur (Andhra Pradesh). Title of talk: Fascinating facts in number systems (11:00 a.m.)
December 2, 2017: Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Prasanthi Nilayam, Puttaparthi (Andhra Pradesh). Title of talk: Optimization applied to (i) aircraft wing design and (ii) data fusion in medical imaging (10:00 a.m.)
January 2 or 3, 2018: Cochin University of Science & Technology (CUSAT), Kochi. Title of talk: Shape optimization of fuel tank design towars weaponization of fighter aircraft TEJAS
January 5, 2018: Mar Thoma College for Women, Perambavoor (Kerala). Title of talk: Fascinating facts in number systems
February 2, 2018: Mother Teresa Womens' University, Attuvampatty Campus, Kodaikanal (Tamil Nadu). Title of talk: Mathematics in India's indigenous fighter aircraft program: TEJAS
Anisa M. H. Chorwadwala, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, India: January-February 2018
January 9, 2018: Shivaji University, Kolhapur. Title of talk: Why are soap bubbles approximately spherical? (Bhasha Bhavan, Shivaji University, at 12:00 noon)
January 15, 2018: Moolji Jaitha College, Jalagaon. Title of talk: Why are soap bubbles approximately spherical? (Old Conference Hall, Jalagaon, at 11:00 a.m.)
February 20, 2018: Navrachana University, Vadodara, Title of talk: Why are soap bubbles approximately spherical? (Auditorium of Navrachana University, at 11:00 a.m.)
February 20, 2018: The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara. Title of talk: Why are soap bubbles approximately spherical? (Applied Mathematics Department, at 9:00 a.m.)
Shreemayee Bora, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India: January-February 2018
January 29, 2018: Gurucharan College, Silchar (Assam). Title of talk: Eigenvalue problems: an evergreen topic with new dimensions (Seminar Hall, Department of Mathematics, at 12:00 noon)
February 9, 2018: Manohari Devi Kanoi College, Dibrugarh. Title of talk: Structure in matrices and special symmetry (Rabindranath Tagore Seminar Hall, at 2:00 p.m.)
February 10, 2018: Tinsukia College, Tinsukia (Assam). Title of talk: Eigenvalue problems: an evergreen topic with new dimensions (Conference Hall, at 12:00 noon)
Sara Faridi, Dalhousie University, Canada: February 2018
February 16, 2018: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai. Title of talk: Monomial ideals with linear resolution (Ramanujan Hall, IIT Bombay, at 12:00 noon)
February 19, 2018: Goa University. Title of talk: The algebra of graphs (Department of Mathematics, at 12:00 noon)
February 23, 2018: VNIT University, Nagpur. Title of talk: The algebra of graphs (Department of Mathematics, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.)
Radha Kessar, City, University of London, United Kingdom (formerly City University, London): August 2018
August 17, 2018: University of Delhi, South Campus. Title of talk: Local structure and representations of finite groups (Seminar Room 117, Arts Faculty, at 12:00 noon)
August 20, 2018:
Mata Gujri College, Fatehgarh Sahib (Punjab)Punjabi University, Patiala. Title of talk: Local structure and representations of finite groups (Senate Hall, at 11:00 a.m.)August 21, 2018: Panjab University, Chandigarh. Title of talk: Finiteness conjectures in block theory (Seminar Hall, Department of Mathematics, at 3:00 p.m.)
Rukmini Dey, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), Bengaluru, India December 2018-February 2019
December
1415, 2018: Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram. Title of talk: What are minimal surfaces? (Seminar Hall, at 10:00 a.m.)January 21, 2019: Bethune College, Kolkata. Titles of talks: (a) The great legacy of Emmy Noether and Sofia Kovalevskaya (15 min), (b) On minimal surfaces (Centenary Hall, Kadambini Bhavan, at 11:00 a.m.)
February 12, 2019: Mount Carmel College, Bengaluru. Titles of talks: (a) The great legacy of Emmy Noether and Sofia Kovalevskaya (15 min), (b) The geometry of soap films: minimal surfaces (Golden Jubilee Auditorium I, at 2:00 p.m.)
Photo of Prof. Dey's visit: Lecturing at Bethune College, Kolkata
2019
Swatee Naik, University of Nevada, Reno, USA, January 2019
January 2, 2019: Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar (Gujarat). Title of talk: Topology, a study of shapes (Assembly Hall, Department of Mathematics, at 11:30 a.m.)
January 7, 2019: Smt. Chandibai Himathmal Mansukhani College, Ulhasnagar (Maharashtra). Title of talk: Topology, a study of shapes (THM Hall, Department of Mathematics, at 2:00 p.m.)
January 9, 2019: M.C.E. Society's Abeda Inamdar Senior College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Pune. Title of talk: Topology, a study of shapes (HiTech Hall, Azam Campus, at 11:00 a.m.)
Photo of Prof. Naik's visit: Lecturing at Abeda Inamdar Senior College of Arts & Commerce, Pune.
Indira Chatterji, Laboratoire J.A. Dieudonné, University of Nice, France: February 2019
February 18, 2019: Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Title of talk: The geometry of groups (Seminar Hall, 1st Floor, School of Physical Sciences (SPS), at 3:00 p.m.)
February 20, 2019: Jiwaji University, Gwalior. Title of talk: The geometry of groups (Conference Hall, 1st Floor, Central Instrumentation Facility (next to School of Mathematics and Allied Sciences), at 11:30 a.m.)
February 26, 2019: Lucknow University. Title of talk: The geometry of groups (Auditorium, Department of Mathematics and Astronomy, at 3:00 p.m.)
Photo of Prof. Chatterjee's visit: Lecturing at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Nikita Agarwal, IISER Bhopal, India, February 2019
February 26, 2019: Institute of Excellence in Higher Education, Bhopal. Title of talk: Chaos in order & order in chaos (Room M6, Mathematics Department, at 12:30 p.m.)
February 28, 2019: Chandra Shekhar Azad Govt Lead College, Sehore (Madhya Pradesh). Title of talk: Chaos in order & order in chaos (12:00 noon)
2020
Sasmita Barik, IIT Bhubaneshwar, India, January-February 2020
January 29, 2020: Ravenshaw University, Cuttack (Odisha). Title of talk: Graphs with Reciprocal Eigenvalue Property and Career opportunities in Mathematics. (Department of Mathematics, at 12.15 p.m.)
February 5, 2020: College of Basic Sciences & Humanities, Bhubaneswar. Title of talk: Graphs with Reciprocal Eigenvalue Property and Career opportunities in Mathematics. ( Department of Mathematics, at 10.30 a.m.)
February 5, 2020: Utkal University, Vanivihar, Bhubaneswar. Title of talk: Graphs with Reciprocal Eigenvalue Property and Career opportunities in Mathematics. ( Department of Mathematics, at 11.00 a.m.)
Lecture slides of Prof Barik's visit: Click here
Marie Francoise Roy, University of Rennes, France, February 2020
February 8, 2020: NES Ratnam College of Arts, Science & Commerce, Bhandup, Mumbai (joint organisers: Department of Mathematics of NES Ratnam College and K.J. Somaiya College). Title of talk: Bernstein polynomials, computer-aided geometric design and real algebraic applications. (NES Ratnam College of Arts Science and commerce, Bhandup, Mumbai, at 11.00 a.m.)
February 10, 2020: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai. Title of talk: Bernstein polynomials, computer-aided geometric design and real algebraic applications. (Room 216, Mathematics Department, at 4:00 p.m.)
February 12, 2020: Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Title of talk: Bernstein polynomials, computer-aided geometric design and real algebraic applications. (Seminar Hall, CSE Department, at 4:00 p.m.)
February 14, 2020: The LNM Institute of Information Technology, Jaipur. Title of talk: Bernstein polynomials, computer-aided geometric design and real algebraic applications. (LT 9, at 3:00 p.m.)
Photos of Prof. Roy's visit:
Lecture slides of Prof. Roy's visit: Click here
Paramita Pramanik, Pooja Singla, and Sruthi Sekar, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India, February-March 2020
February 24, 2020: AES National College, Gauribidanur (Karnataka). Titles of talks: Linear algebra in Google by Pooja Singla and The permanent of a matrix by Paramita Pramanik
Mach 4, 2020: Christ University, Bengaluru. Titles of talks: Group determinants and representation theory by Pooja Singla and Introduction to cryptography by Sruthi Sekar
Photo of Prof. Pooja Singla: Lecturing at Christ University, Bengaluru
Photo of Paramita Pramanik: Lecturing at AES National College, Gauribidanur
Photo of Sruthi Sekar: Lecturing at Christ University, Bengaluru
Photo of Pramanik and Prof. Singla's visit: Interacting with the audience