About Me:

Prof. M.A. Pathan studied at University of Rajasthan, Jaipur and received the Ph.D. degree in 1968. He joined the Department of Mathematics, Aligarh Muslim University, in 1968 as a Lecturer and became Professor of Mathematics in 1993.He has served as the Chairman, Department of Mathematics, Aligarh Muslim University, and Coordinator, Department of Special Assistance (U.G.C.) from 1999 to 2002. He has held faculty positions at University of Daressalam, Tanzania, Alfateh University, Tripoli, Libya and University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana. Since last 7 years, he is associated with Center for Mathematical sciences, Peechi, Kerala, India and is a Principal Investigator of a research project of Department of Science and Technology.

He has been President of Indian Mathematical Society, President (Section of Mathematical Sciences), Indian Science Congress Association, President of Bharat Ganit Parisad and Vice-President of Gwalior Academy of Mathematical Sciences. He is General Secretary of the Society for Special Functions and their Applications. He has been Visiting Professor at many Indian Universities including University of Calcutta, Kolkata, A.P.S.University, Rewa.(M.P), University of Burdwan, Burdwan, (W.B.) and Central University of Kerala, Kaisergod (Kerala).

He has supervised 13 Ph.D’s in Integral operators, Lie theory and Special Functions. In addition to over 190 research papers, Professor Pathan has written 4 books and edited a number of Proceedings of International Conferences. He has delivered the ‘Thirteenth Ramanujan Award Lecture ‘ organized by Indian Mathematical Society in 2003. He has visited over 40 countries. He has been member of Academic Board of Al-Ghurair University, Dubai, U.A.E. and International Association of Engineers (IAENG). His many contributions to Mathematics include collaborated work and lectures on Lie algebra and Special Functions at University of Western Ontario, London, Canada and I.C.T.P., Trieste, Italy. He delivered an invited talk at the 4 th Congress of the International Society of Analysis, Application and Computation (ISAAC) held at York University, Toronto, Canada, (2003). He was Chief guest at the First International Conference on Mathematical Sciences, Zarqa Private University, Zarqa, Jordan in 2006. He delivered invited talks at University of Haifa, Israel, Ohio State University, Lima, USA(2015), Kuwait foundation for the advancement of science, State of Kuwait (2004) , Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan (2004) and Ohio University, Columbus, USA (2017).

He has received Life time Achievement Awards for his work from the University of Kanpur and Purvanchal University. Jaunpur and Distinguished Academician Award from FETER Academy, India. His biography appeared in “World Directory of Mathematicians”, 1982., International Mathematical Union , Asian/American Who's Who,2002 and ”Who’sWho in Science and Engineering, Marquis Who’sWho in Science and Engineering,USA,2008-2009. Prof. Pathan is actively associated, in Editorial capacity, with a number of national and international scientific journals. He has published several articles on popular science and History of Mathematics.He was widely acclaimed for his articles ‘al-Khwarizmi-the Father of Algebra’ and ‘Lilawati’ which are most cited and referred in the field of history of mathematics. These articles are translated into number of foreign languages.