ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

The Department of Mathematics of Pandu College had a humble beginning. It was established in the year 1963 with the Pre-University classes. Prof. ARUN CHATTERJEE was the first Head of the Department. After him Prof. JITEN DAS and S. BHATTACHERJYA worked in the Department for few months. Prof. BIJIT DEY joined the Department in the year 1964. Prof. DEY was the first faculty of the department who joined in a sanctioned post in the year 1966, when the B.Sc. (General) in Mathematics was also started. After one year Prof HARIDAS SARKAR joined the Department in 1967. It is due to the desire and joint effort of them that in 1968 the B.Sc. (Honours) course was started in the Department. At present, the department has 5 regular faculty members. The department has own departmental library and a well equipped computer lab. 

Since 2023, the department has introduced the following annual awards:

• Narendra Nath Barman Memorial Award for the student/students getting highest marks in the Under Graduate Mathematics (Hons). The award is donated by Mr. Dipjyoti Barman, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Pandu College.

• Dhirendra Chandra Kalita Memorial Award to the student/students with the best academic improvement. The award is donated by Dr. Mrinal Chandra Kalita, Associate Professor & HoD, Department of Mathematics, Pandu College.

• Bidya Sagar Sharma Memorial Award to the most regular and punctual student/students. The award is donated by Dr. Karishma Shravan Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Pandu College.