National Conference on Algebraic Graph Theory, Graph Theory and Analysis

(MSU Math Endowment Conference - I)

(MSUMEC-I)

February 23-24, 2023

About the Conference

The Department of Mathematics, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University is having three endowments namely Prof. T. Tamizh Chelvam Endowment, Prof. S. Arumugam Endowment and Prof. S. S. Pillai Endowment. Every year, the Department has been conducting lectures in these endowments through eminent academicians in the fields of Graph Theory, Algebraic Graph and Analysis. In this academic year, the Department is organizing, by clubbing the three endowments, a National Conference on Algebraic Graph Theory, Graph Theory and Analysis (MSU Math Endowment Conference – I) during February 23-24, 2023. This conference will focus on theoretical advancements and other applications of Graph Theory, Algebraic Graph and Analysis. It is open to researchers involved in these different areas of Mathematics and to enlighten them with recent advancements.

Topic covered in MSUMEC-I:

  • Algebraic Graph Theory

  • Graph Theory

  • Analysis.

About the University

Manonmaniam Sundaranar University (MSU) is an institution of higher learning, set in a rural milieu of southern Tamil Nadu, with a campus spread of 550 acres. The University was established by the Government of Tamil Nadu as a teaching-cum-affiliating University on 7th September, 1990 to cater to the long-felt needs of the people of four southern most districts of Tamil Nadu viz., Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, Thoothukudi, and Kanyakumari. It is named after the renowned Tamil Poet Scholar, Professor P. Sundaram Pillai (1855-1897), the author of the famous verse drama Manonmaniam. It is his poem that has become “Tamil Thaai Vazhthu” the official invocation song sung in all functions in Tamil Nadu. The motto of the University is “Reaching the Unreached”.


About the Department

The Department of Mathematics, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University was established in the year 1992 with a mission to offer Post Graduate and Research Programs in Mathematics. The faculty members of the department are intensive researchers and the department has a good number of externally funded research projects granted by funding agencies including UGC, DST, NBHM, SERB and CSIR. The department has at present 4 faculty members and a CSIR Emeritus Scientist who are all involved in research activities in the areas like, Domination and Reconstruction of graphs, Graphs from Algebraic Structures, Algebraic Graph Theory, Non-linear Analysis and Fixed Point Theory. This department has produced 102 Ph.D’s till date. At present there are 17 full time Research Scholars working for Ph.D and they are supported by CSIR-JRF, Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship, Maulana Azad National Fellowship, DST-INSPIRE Fellowship and Major Research Project Grants. The faculty members and research scholars have published good number of research papers in reputed SCI Expanded and SCOPUS indexed journals.

The National Board of Higher Mathematics has been sanctioning annual Library Grant to the Department from the year 1999. Now that, the annual grant from NBHM is Rs. 5.8 lakhs per annum. The University Grants Commission has recognized the Department for UGC Special Assistance(DRS-I & II) for the period of 2007-2018 with a tune of Rs 94 lakhs. The Department has also been recognized by the Department of Science and Technology for FIST support for a period five years during 2014-2019 and an amount of Rs. 47 lakhs was sanctioned.

Prof. T. Tamizh Chelvam, Formerly Senior Professor in the Department has been selected as CSIR Emeritus Scientist and joined the Department as CSIR Emeritus Scientist from October 2020. The Department has three Endowments, two established earlier during 2004 and the third one in 2019. The details are as below:


Dr. S. S. Pillai Memorial Endowment -- Rs. One Lakh

Prof. S. Arumugam Endowment -- Rs. One Lakh

Prof. T. Tamizh Chelvam Endowment -- Rs. Five Lakhs