Profile of Department of Mathematics 

The Department of Mathematics was established in the year 1972. It has seven dedicated and strongly motivated faculty members, including four full-time and three government approved CHB faculty. Additionally, the department benefits from the guidance of a professor emeritus, who provides valuable support to students. The department offers undergraduate programs for the Faculty of Science and Commerce (F.Y and T.Y.) and a post-graduate program in Applied Mathematics.

Our students consistently qualify for the IIT-JAM entrance exam, securing admissions for post-graduation in Mathematics at prestigious institutions such as IITs, IISERs, NITs, and other renowned institutions in our country.

The department benefits from having a Prime Minister Research Fellow (PMRF) from IIT Bombay as a visiting faculty. This affiliation has greatly assisted students by providing guidance and insight into various opportunities within the field of mathematics.

We also offer certificate courses on Python, Excel, LaTeX, Scilab Programming, and Mathematics for Competitive Examinations, catering to Arts, Science, and Commerce students. Additionally, numerous students from departments have completed courses on SWAYAM-NPTEL and Spoken Tutorial provided by IIT-Bombay.

During the academic years 2018-19 and 2019-20, we organized the 'Theorem A Month' lecture series featuring eminent professors from IITs, TIFR, and other reputed institutions in our country. Recently, we have published the lecture proceedings of 'Theorem A Month' at the University of Mumbai Press.

The department has a 'Brainstorm Corner' where we post puzzles every week for students of Arts, Science, and Commerce. This activity is highly popular among the students as it helps them to conquer problems scientifically and motivates them to tackle challenging tasks.

Every year, our students are selected for various training programs like MTTS (Mathematical Training and Talent Search), TPM (Training Programme in Mathematics) and mini-MTTS programs organized by NBHM and the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India.  In the years 2008-09, 2012-13, and 2013-14, our students secured the first position in the Mathematics Merit List of the University of Mumbai. Some of our students are currently pursuing or have completed their post-graduation, Ph.D., PDF from reputed institutes in and outside India.

The department were honored with the 'STAR COLLEGE SCHEME' from the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India for the period of 2017-2020. In the year 2010-11, we received the Basic Scientific Research (BSR) Grant from UGC, Government of India, New Delhi.

To foster interest in mathematics among students, we organize the Intercollegiate Maths Exhibition 'Fun-In-Math' every year. In 2019-20, we hosted a mini-MTTS program on our campus from November 4th to 9th, 2019, funded by the MTTS fund, DBT STAR College Scheme, and our college management. We also organized 'MATH BATTLE 2020' under the DBT STAR College Scheme for our B.Sc. students to promote learning through games.

Recently, the department had organized a two-day workshop on ‘Optimization of Industrial Operations over Time’ held on March 15th and 16th, 2024. This workshop provided students with insights into how mathematics is utilized in industry and motivated them to undertake projects from the industry.

Overall, the Department of Mathematics has consistently demonstrated excellence in academics, research, and student development, making significant contributions to the field of mathematics education and fostering a culture of intellectual inquiry and academic rigor.

1. 'Diagonalisation of symmetric matrices' by Dr. Rohit Holkar, IISER, Bhopal on 13th August, 2022.

2. 'Discovering Mathematics', by Dr. Inder K. Rana, IITB on 12th January, 2023.

3. 'Perron- Frobinius Theorem', by Prof. Rafikul Alam, IITG on 16th April, 2022.

4. 'Peano Mamikon's Theorem', by Dr. Raja Sridharan, TIFR Mumbai on 20th November, 2019.

5. 'An Introduction to the Theory of Partitions', by Dr. Akshaa Vatwani, IIT Gandhinagar on 22nd August, 2019.

6. 'Riemann Rearrangement Theorem', by Dr. Prachi Mahajan, IIT Bombay on 8th August, 2019.

7. 'Suslin's Normality Theorem', by Dr. Anuradha Garge, University of Mumbai on 21st June, 2019.

8. 'Approximating Continuous Functions', by Dr. G. V. V. Hemasundar, SIWS College, Mumbai on 15th April, 2019.

9. 'Brouwer's fixed point theorem in dimension two', by Prof. Tony Joseph, IITB on 16th February, 2019.

10. 'Killing-Hopf Theorem' by Prof. Vinayak Sholapurkar, S. P. College, Pune on 19th January, 2019.

11. 'Locating Eigen Values' by Prof. Shripad Garge, IITB on 15th December, 2018.

12. ‘Counting Spanning Trees in Graph using Matrices’ by Prof. S. Krishnan, IITB on 6th October, 2018.

13. ‘Symmetries of 2-Dimensional Real Plane’ by Prof. Manoj Kumar Kesari, IITB on 8th September, 2018.

14. ‘Equidistribution of Sequences’ by Dr.Anish Ghosh, TIFR, Mumbai on 11th August, 2018.

15. ‘Transcendental Numbers’ by Prof. Mangala Gurjar, CEBS, Mumbai on 14th July, 2018.

16. ‘Opportunities and Interdisciplinary studies in Mathematics’ by Dr. Swamy Mruthinti (Faculty, University of West Georgia) on 13th December, 2017..

17. ‘Admission Process, Exam System and Evaluation System in University of West Georgia’ by Dr. Veena Paliwal (Faculty, University of West Georgia) on 1st August, 2017.

18. ‘Algebra and some of its spectacular applications’ by Dr. Sudhir Ghorpade (Eminent Professor, IIT Bombay), 3rd December, 2016.

19. ‘How well we understand Mathematics? ’ by V. G. Tikekar (Former faculty, IISc. Bangalore), 25th January, 2016.

20. 'Evolution of Cryptography' by Mr. Atul Kahate on 25th February, 2015.