Indian Mathematical Society


Indian Mathematical Society is the oldest organization in India devoted to the promotion of study and research in mathematics. The Society was founded in April 1907 by V. Ramaswamy Aiyer with its headquarters at Pune. The Society started its activities under the name Analytic Club and the name was soon changed to Indian Mathematical Club. After the adoption of a new constitution in 1910, the society acquired its present name, namely, the Indian Mathematical Society. The first president of the Society was B. Hanumantha Rao.

Publications

The Society publishes two periodicals both of which are quarterly:
The 1911 volume of the Journal contains one of the earliest contributions of the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. It was in the form of a set of questions. A fifteen page paper entitled Some properties of Bernoulli Numbers contributed by Srinivasa Ramanujan also appeared in the same 1911 volume of the Journal.
The Mathematics Student usually contains the texts of addresses, talks and lectures delivered at the Annual Conferences of the Society, the abstracts of research papers presented at the Annual Conferences, and the Proceedings of the Society's Annual Conferences, as well as research papers, expository and popular articles, and book reviews.

Annual Conferences

The first Annual Conference of the Society was held at Madras in 1916. The second conference was held at Bombay in 1919. From that time on, a conference was held every two years until 1951 when it was decided to hold the conferences annually. The twenty-fifth Conference was held at Allahabad in 1959 which was inaugurated by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India.

Memorial Award Lectures

During every Annual Conference, the following Memorial Award Lectures are arranged as a part of the Academic Programme:
  1. P.L. Bhatnagar Memorial Award Lecture.
  2. Srinivasa Ramanujan Memorial Award Lecture.
  3. V. Ramaswamy Aiyer Memorial Award Lecture.
  4. Hansraj Gupta Memorial Award Lecture.
  5. Ganesh Prasad Memorial Award Lecture.

    IMS Prizes

Professor A. K. Agarwal Award

Award of INR 10,000 for the best publication in any journal in the world. The first Professor A. K. Agarwal Award for best publication awarded to Dr. Neena Gupta.

P.L. Bhatnagar Memorial Prize

This Prize is awarded annually to the top scorer of the Indian team at the International Mathematical Olympiad. It consists of a cash of Rs. 1000/- and a Certificate. The award is presented during the Inaugural Session of the Annual Conference of the Indian Mathematical Society.

Prizes for research paper presentations

The Society holds, during its Annual Conferences, a Special Session of Paper Presentation Competition and Prizes are awarded to the best research paper in various areas. This Special Session is held as a part of the Academic Programme.
The Indian Mathematical Society is governed by a Council. The Council includes nine office bearers of the Society.

The Council of the Indian Mathematical Society, 2014 - 2015
Sl. No.OfficeNameAffiliation
1PresidentS. G. DaniIndian Institute of Technology Bombay
2Immediate Past PresidentGeetha S. RaoRamanujan Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics, Chennai
3General SecretaryN. K. ThakareSavitribai Phule Pune University
4Academic SecretaryM. M. ShikareSavitribai Phule Pune University
5Administrative SecretaryM. M. ShikareSavitribai Phule Pune University
6TreasurerS.K. NimbhorkarDr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathawada University, Aurangabad
7Editor Satya DeoHarish-Chandra Research Institute
8Editor J.R. PatadiaMaharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
9LibrarianPremalatha KumaresanRamanujan Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics, Chennai

Presidents of IMS

1907 – 1949

1907-12B. Hanumantha Rao
1912-15R. N. Apte
1915-15E. W. Middlemast
1915-17R. Ramachandra Rao
1917-21A. C. L. Wilkinson
1921-26Hoon Balakram
1926-30V. Ramaswamy Aiyer
1930-32M. T. Naraniengar
1932-34P. V. Seshu Iyer
1934-36H. G. Gharpure
1936-40R. P. Paranjpe
1940-42Ramaswamy S. Vaidyanathaswamy
1942-47Friedrich Wilhelm Levi
1947-49M. R. Siddiqui

1949 – 1975

1975 – 2000

2000 – 2015

2015 – 2030

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