Mathematician Ramanujan remembered

Shimla, December 22

A mural of Srinivasa Ramanujan was unveiled to mark National Mathematics Day at Himachal Pradesh University on Wednesday. A mural gallery was also inaugurated on the occasion.

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof Sikander Kumar, released the first newsletter and the first magazine of the departments of mathematics and statistics on the occasion of the 134th birth anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan, the great mathematician.

He said the announcement of starting the Centre for Vedic Mathematics on National Mathematics Day last year had become a reality and the department had started two courses — PG Diploma in Ancient Indian Mathematics and Certificate Course in Vedic Mathematics.

Chairman, Department of Mathematics, Prof PL Sharma said Ramanujan was not only a genius but also a tremendous hardworker. Ramanujan had no formal degree of graduation but the conjectures he gave were the topics for many PhD thesis.

He informed Rs 15 lakh grant given by the VC was spent on engraving 12 murals of eminent mathematicians and infrastructural development of the department. — TNS