2018-19

In the academic session 2018-19, the first event organized by the society was the Fresher’s Party "Aagaz" which was conducted on 11th August 2018 to welcome the new batch of students. 

To make the students of the college aware of the great mathematician Srinivasa Aiyangar Ramanujan, a Film Screening of the movie “The man who knew Infinity" was organized on 27th August 2018. Around 80 students from various disciplines like Commerce, English, Mathematics, Computer Science and Economics participated in the event. The programme involved quiz competition as well in which the questions based on the film were asked and the winners were awarded prizes.

The ANSATZ – The Mathematics Quiz was organized on 7th September, 2018 (Friday). With 122 online registrations and 56 participating teams from over 22 different colleges and 3 different universities, Ansatz was a great success. After a fierce competition, the teams from Delhi Technological University, IGNOU, Maitreyi College and Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College turned out to be the winners.

With the objective to inculcate research component in undergraduate students, ABHIVYAKTI - A Paper Presentation Competition was organized on 27th September 2018. The event saw the tremendous and overwhelming response with 24 teams from 12 different colleges of University of Delhi. Dr Deepa Sinha, Senior Associate Professor in South Asian University was the Chief Guest and Judge for the Competition. There were diverse topics undertaken by students in the Paper Presentations, like Mathematical Modeling, Fractals, Zeta Function, Hilbert Paradox, Fibonacci sequences and Golden Ratio to name a few. The teams from Kirori Mal College, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College and Ambedkar University emerged as winners.

An Outreach Programme was organized on 2nd October, 2018 in the Slums of Munirka.  The event aimed at kindling the spark of awareness, knowledge and cleanliness among the little children aged between 4-15 years of age. Various events like painting competition, talent hunt including Dancing and Singing and Quiz competition were organised to boost the spirit of learning and kindle the curiosity to learn in them.

A 6 days and 5 nights expedition to the mountains of Himachal Pradesh based in the laps of Himalayas was organized with 33 students and 5 teachers from 11th October, 2018 to 16th October 2018. The sightseeing included Dharamshala, McLeodganj, Triund Ridge and Snowline, Dalhousie and Khajjiar- Mini Switzerland of India.

A Special Lecture on “Vedic Mathematics” was organized on 31st October 2018 by Dr. Himmat Bhardwaj holding 27 World records and 6 national records. The topics of squares of numbers, multiplication of two numbers with different digits, concept of Complement, concept of Base, solving multiplication by making use of dot sandwich method and squares of 2-digit number within seconds were discussed in his session. He has also invented smallest unlimited years calendar which was launched and gifted to the teachers on this occasion. After the session, one of the trained students of Dr. Himmat Bharadwaj, named Vicky, an eight-year old boy studying in 4th class displayed his extra-ordinary skills by evaluating squares and cubes of numbers within fraction of seconds.

Manthan was an online competition organized from 31st October-5th November 2018 in which a question was asked each day at 7 PM in the evening on the RamanuGen’s social handles (Facebook and Instagram). Participants were asked to answer the questions by direct messaging us on our social handles within 24 hours. A huge response came for the competition from all over India. Sai Jyothi from Miranda House turned out to be the winner of the competition. Second place was bagged by Samanvitha Pathi, Miranda House and Third by Vivek from Ramanujan College.

Ansatz: A weekly competition was organized by the Society for 8 weeks in the Odd Semester (July-November 2018). In this, one question related to mathematics was posted each week on notice board of the college and social handles. The competition was won by Vaibhav Aggarwal, a student of Aryabhatta College.

The Even Semester 2018-19 initiated the Film Screening of one of the best biographical film "A Beautiful Mind" on 24th January 2019. The oscar-winning movie was based on the life of an award-winning Mathematician John Forbes Nash and his struggle with the deadly disease Schizophrenia. He is the only person to receive both the Nobel Prize and the Abel Prize. The film screening was attended by around 80 students of the college. The screening was followed by a quiz round in which questions were asked from the audience based on the film and gifts were provided to the winners.

"Frontiers in Mathematics Lecture Series" is an initiative started by the Department of Mathematics this year with a determination to enhance the skills and comprehend intellect of the students.

The first speaker under the "Frontiers in Mathematics Lecture Series" was Dr. Vivek Kumar Aggarwal who delivered a talk on the topic "Some Insight into the Computational Methods" on 30th January 2019. He is an Assistant Professor in Department of Applied Mathematics, Delhi Technological University. With the postgraduation from IIT Roorkee and Ph.D from IIT Kanpur, Dr. Aggarwal's research interest lies in Computational Methods for Differential Equations. In his talk, the speaker highlighted various computational techniques like Gauss Elimination Method, LU Decomposition Method, Gauss Jacobi Method to name a few. The pros and cons of such methods along with their real-life applications were also discussed.  The session turned out to be quite engaging and engrossing. This was evident from the question-hour session in which many students cleared their doubts with the speaker.

The second lecture under "Frontiers in Mathematics Lecture Series" was delivered by renowned mathematician Dr.  Subramanian Arumugam on the topic "Network Science and its Applications" on 4th February 2019. He is one of the major pillars of graph theory in India. He has just completed 50 years of his academic life. His research interests lie in Graph Theory and its Applications. He has organized more than 25 conferences, published around 250 research papers and 20 books, guided more than 50 PhD students, visited around 20 countries and delivered guest lectures and invited talks. He has established the National Center for Advanced research in Discrete Mathematics (n-CARDMATH) at Kalasalingam University with support from DST. Moreover, he is an Adjunct Professor in Department of Computer Science, Ball State University, USA and a Visiting Professor in Department of Computer Science, Liverpool Hope University, UK.  Along with Dr. S. Arumugam, Dr. Purnima Gupta also graced the occasion. She retired as an Associate Professor from Department of Mathematics, Sri Venkateshwara College. Currently, she is the Director of Central Board, State Bank of India and a Visiting Professor in Kalasalingam University. Dr. Arumugam’s talk began with the method of formation the magic square with the specified date of birth. Then his lecture focussed on the Mathematical Analysis of networks and its application to the physical world. He gave interesting real-life applications of eigenvalues and eigenvectors. He also discussed the notion of Erdos number. Srinivasa Ramanujan Erdos number is 3. He ended his lecture with the application of Analysis of Tuberculosis PPI Network. His talk was highly informative and thought-provoking for the students as well as the faculty.

The Annual Departmental Fest "Projection - 2019" was organized on 22nd February 2019 on the second floor of the New Building with great exuberance, excitement and enthusiasm. The event was inaugurated by paying homage to the Ramanujan statue situated at the entrance of the building by Principal Dr. S.P. Aggarwal accompanied by the faculty members of Department of Mathematics.  There were 6 main events in the fest: Eklavya-The Mathematics Quiz, Vimarsh-The Debate Competition, Matrix-The Mathematical Tambola, Pictionary Competition, Stencils-The Painting Competition and Wazir-The Chess Competition. These events saw a huge participation from different Universities and colleges altogether. One could feel the vibrancy in the corridor of second floor of the new building as it was fully occupied by various food and game stalls put up. The interesting game stalls included Bheja Fry, Separate the gems, Identify the colour, Remove the paper, Suck the marble and Balloon vs Glasses. These stalls attracted much crowd and were a star attention for the fest. Brushstrokes – The art and craft society of the college put up their amazing art pieces on display. Apart from that, the "Kind Beings" NGO had also put up a stall to sensitize the gathering with the projects like "Edushala" (to educate) and "Strong She" (to empower women) undertaken by them. 

Two online competitions: Article Writing and Math-e-Music were organized on social handles of the society as a part of Ramanujan Week (18-21 February 2019). In Article Writing, the candidates had to submit 500-800 words article on the theme “Unsung Indian Mathematical Heroes.” In Math-e-Music, participants had to sing a Bollywood song with changed mathematical lyrics and upload the video/audio on Facebook page of the society.

Pi plays an important role in Mathematics to represent a constant which is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Since Pi is approximately equal to 3.14, Pi day is observed in 3rd Month and 14th day every year. The Department celebrated Pi Day on 14th March 2019 by conducting the Crossword Competition. In the competition, 52 students across various disciplines of the college like Statistics, Mathematics, Commerce, Computer Science and Economics participated and showcased their talent in the field of mathematics.