Ramanujan's Birth Day

RamanujanSrinivasa Ramanujan (1887-1920) hailed as an all-time great mathematician, like Euler, Gauss or Jacobi, for his natural genius, has left behind 4000 original theorems, despite his lack of formal education and a short life-span. In his formative years, after having failed in his F.A. (First examination in Arts) class at College, he ran from pillar to post in search of a benefactor. It is during this period, 1903-1914, he kept a record of the final results of his original research work in the form of entries in two large-sized Note Books. These were the ones which he showed to Dewan Bahadur Ramachandra Rao (Collector of Nellore), V. Ramaswamy Iyer (Founder of Indian Mathematical Society), R. Narayana Iyer (Treasurer of IMS and Manager, Madras Port Trust), and to several others to convince them of his abilities as a Mathematician. The orchestrated efforts of his admirers, culminated in the encouragement he received from Prof. G.H. Hardy of Trinity College, Cambridge, whose warm response to the historic letter of Ramanujan which contained about 100 theorems, resulted in inducing the Madras University, to its lasting credit, to rise to the occasion thrice - in offering him the first research scholarship of the University in May 1913 ; then in offering him a scholarship of 250 pounds a year for five years with 100 pounds for passage by ship and for initial outfit to go to England in 1914 ; and finally, by granting Ramanujan 250 pounds a year as an allowance for 5 years commencing from April 1919 soon after his triumphant return from Cambridge ``with a scientific standing and reputation such as no Indian has enjoyed before''.

Ramanujan was awarded in 1916 the B.A. Degree by research of the Cambridge University. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London in Feb. 1918 being a ``Research student in Mathematics Distinguished as a pure mathematician particularly for his investigations in elliptic functions and the theory of numbers'' and he was elected to a Trinity College Fellowship, in Oct. 1918 (- a prize fellowship worth 250 pounds a year for six years with no duties or condition, which he was not destined to avail of). The ``Collected Papers of Ramanujan'' was edited by Profs. G.H.Hardy, P.V. Seshu Aiyar and B.M. Wilson and first published by Cambridge University Press in 1927 (later by Chelsea, 1962 ; and by Narosa, 1987), seven years after his death. His `Lost' Notebook found in the estate of Prof. G.N. Watson in the spring of 1976 by Prof. George Andrews of Pennsylvania State University, and its facsimile edition was brought out by Narosa Publishing House in 1987, on the occasion of Ramanujan's birth centenary. His bust was commissioned by Professors R. Askey, S. Chandrasekhar, G.E. Andrews, Bruce C. Berndt (`the gang of four'!) and `more than one hundred mathematicians and scientists who contributed money for the bust' sculpted by Paul Granlund in 1984 and another was commissioned for the Ramanujan Institute of the University of Madras, by Mr. Masilamani in 1994. His original Note Books have been edited in a series of five volumes by Bruce C. Berndt (``Ramanujan Note Books'', Springer, Parts I to V, 1985 onwards), who devoted his attention to each and every one of the three to four thousand theorems. Robert Kanigel recently wrote a delightfully readable biography entitled : ``The Man who knew Infinity : a life of the Genius Ramanujan'' (Scribners 1991; Rupa & Co. 1993). Truly, the life of Ramanujan in the words of C.P. Snow: ``is an admirable story and one which showers credit on nearly everyone''

Ramanujan;s Birth Day Celebrations at Aurora's Degree College
With an objective of inspiring and motivating towards emulating the great Indian Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, the Department of Mathematics starting celebrating Ramanujan’s Birth Day in the year 2002.

Ramanujan’s Birthday Celebrations - 2002


Date: 22.12.2002
Venue: Sundarayya Vigana Kendram, Bagh Lingampally, HYDERABAD
Faculty Coordinator: Meera Joshi

The program started with lightening of lamp by Dr. B.G.Sidharth director Birla science center Hyderabad. He is a renowned scientist in Space science & has organized various conferences & workshops. Dr. B.G.Sidharth spoke about application of mathematics in real life. He mainly spoke about non-linear differential equation & mathematical modeling. The students appreciated the lecture very much. More than 100 students attended the lecture.

Ramanujan’s Birthday Celebrations - 2003


Date: 22.12.2003
Venue: Sundarayya Vigana Kendram, Bagh Lingampally, HYDERABAD
Faculty Coordinator: Meera Joshi

The programme started with lighting of the lamp by Prof Musli from HCU & Dr Najmul Hassan from Department of Astrophysics, Osmania University.He spoke about applications of mathematics in astronomy & astrophysics. A lot of applications of differential equations were illustrated during the talk.

Dr.Musli spoke about Galois Theory in detail & Dr Najmul Hassan motivated the students to take up research. The talk covered almost all-important concepts of Galois theory.

Ramanujan’s Birthday Celebrations - 2004

Date: 22.12.2003
Venue: Sundarayya Vigana Kendram, Bagh Lingampally, HYDERABAD
Faculty Coordinator: Meera Joshi

The programme started with lighting of the lamp by Dr Shiva Ram Prasad from Department of Mathematics, Osmania University and Dr Ravi Paturi, Principal of the college. Dr Shiva Ram Prasad spoke about Ramanujan & his works. He explained about various theorems & results, which Ramanujan wrote, & their importance in today’s context in net work security. He also enlightened the students about “The Note Books” written by Ramanujan. Also he expressed that there are many open problems, which need to be attempted, by today’s students. The Prizes for mathematics Olympiad were given away. Following competitions were conducted on this occasion.

Quiz

The quiz was conducted on aptitude for mathematics & history of mathematics. More than 35 teams registered.

Extempore
The students were given various topics related to mathematics and its applications. Each student had to speak instantaneously on the topic given for 2 minutes.

Paper Presentation

The paper presentation was not limited to mathematics but it consisted of all allied subjects like physics, electronics, statistics & computer science.12 papers were presented.

Ramanujan’s Birthday Celebrations – 2005

The department of mathematics has a tradition of celebrity the great Indian mathematician “SRINIVAS RAMANUJAN BIRTHDAY” on 22nd December. Every year since 2002.The event is celebrated to inspire the students to take Ramanujan as their role model.50 top colleges in the twin cities were invited for the event.

VENUE: AURORA AUDITORIUM

DATE: 22nd DEC.

CO-ORDINATOR: Department of mathematics Ms.MEERA JOSHI.

List of Committees

Organizing & Guest relation: Latha Salome & G.Prathibha

Reception: Meera joshi

Prizes: Ragasudha.B.

Transport: Tvap Sastry.

BRIEF:

The programme started with lighting of the lam by the Dr.K.Satyanarayana,Prof OU & Dr.Ravi paturi Principal of the college. The principal inspired the students to take Ramanujan as their role model.Dr. K.Satyanarana spoke about MEN OF MATHEMATICS like Fibonacci, Lagrange & Ramanujan.He told about a lot of stories which led these Mathematical works. The historical background was presented in a very inspiring way  The students enjoyed the lectures very much because they were exposed to how these mathematicians developed out of their thought.

COMPETITION DETAILS:

1.QUIZ:

The quiz was conducted in apptitude, mathemetics & history of mathematics .More than 35 teams registered. A prelim was conducted & 5 teams entered the finals.

2.PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS:

The students are expected to solve a problem in maximum possible ways using different concepts .A student who is good at this gets the prize.

3.EXTEMPORE:

The students were given various topics related to mathematics and its applications.Each student has to speak instantaneously on the topic given for 2 minutes.

RAMANUJAM BIRTHDAY, 2006

The department of mathematics has a tradition of celebrity the great Indian mathematician “Srinivas Ramanujan Birthday” on 22nd December every year since 2002.  The event  is celebrated to inspire the students to take Ramanujan as their role model and to give a message that a real talent is never hidden.  The necessity of mathematical invention is imagination and this has been proved by this genius.

Venue:  Aurora Auditorium

Date:  22nd, December.

Coordinator:  Mr. K. Sayanarayana.

Head:  Meera Joshi

Brief:

The event started with a prayer by Ms. Vishali from MPCs & Ms. Vidya from MPCs.  The lamp was lighted by HOD Ms. Meera Joshi.  Ms. Jyothi. P. faculty Dept. of mathematics welcomed the guests Dr. Umakanth Sastry retd. Professor from IIT, Kharagpur. The technical advisor for Srinidhi Institute of Technology was the chief guest.  He addressed the students and advised them to do anything perfectly with full commitment.  Dr. C. Govardhan was the guest of honor and he spoke about “Ramanujan & his works”.  The students listened to his lecture carefully and very curiously.  It was a very interesting lecture where Ramanujan”s conjectures and series representation was discussed.

The Dept. organized “psi-quest” and the competitions was conducted in problem solving skills, paper presentation, quiz and extempore.  The prizes for these competitions were distributed by Dr. Umakanth Sastry for P.G. students and Dr. c. Govardhan for U.G. students.  The vote of thanks by Mr. K. Satyanarayana was followed by the national anthem.

Ramanujan’s Birthday celebration-2007

The department of Mathematics has a tradition of celebrating the great Indian Mathematician “Srinivasa Ramanujan Birthday” on 22nd Dec every year since 2002.

The event is celebrated to inspire the students to take Ramanjan as their role model.

Venue: Aurora Auditorium

Date: 22nd Dec 2007

Co-ordinator: Mr.B.T.Maruthi, Dept of Mathematics

The programme started with lightening of the lamp by the Prof.Srinadh from SVU and Prof.NRK Nambiar and B.Viswanath and prayer was sung by M.S.Vishali of MPCs-2.A welcome note was delivered by Ms.Prathibha.Prof.Srinadh inspired the students to take Ramanujan as their role model.He explained the technique of Mathematical modeling used in various research works.He spoke abour his reseaerch work using linear and non linear differential equations to peristaltic flows while gulping food,blood flow and excertion by human body. He applied the same technique in modeling nueron behaviour of human brain.The students enjoyed the lecture very much because they were exposed to how Mathematics plays a very vital role in understanding the phenamenon related to biological sciences..

After this enlighting speach prizes were distributed to prize winners of various competitions conducted on the event of Ramanujan’s birth day like quiz, problem solving skills, and paper presentation.

The event came to end with vote of thanks deliverd by event coordinator Mr.B.T.Maruthi followed by national anthem.

Ramanujan’s Birthday celebration-2008

The department of Mathematics has a tradition of celebrating the great Indian Mathematician “Srinivasa Ramanujan Birthday” on 22nd Dec every year since 2002.

The event is celebrated to inspire the students to take Ramanjan as their role model.

Venue: Aurora Auditorium

Date: 22nd Dec 2008

Co-ordinator: Mr.G.Ramesh, Dept of Mathematics

The programme started with lightening of the lamp by the Prof.Srinath Kannan and Prof.NRK Nambiar and B.Viswanath and prayer was sung by M.S.Vishali of MPCs-3.A welcome note was delivered by Ms.Latha Salome.Prof.Srinath Kannan  inspired the students to take Ramanujan as their role model.He explained applications of Mathematics in various fileds, like cryptology etc . He expalined about RSA algorithm and role Mathematics in construction and security algorithm.The students enjoyed the lecture very much because they were exposed to how Mathematics plays a very vital role in understanding the application of number theory.

After this enlighting speach prizes were distributed to prize winners of various competitions conducted on the event of Ramanujan’s birth day like quiz, problem solving skills, and paper presentation.

The event came to end with vote of thanks deliverd by event coordinator Mr.G.Ramesh followed by national anthem.

RAMANUJANS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION-2009

The department of mathematics has a tradition of celebrity the great Indian mathematician “SRINIVAS RAMANUJAN BIRTHDAY” on 22nd December. Every year since 2002.The event is celebrated to inspire the students to take Ramanujan as their role model.

Brief of the celebration:

The celebration was not taken up in a large scale this year as there was no clarity whether the students will be available for organizing & participating in the program due to Telengana Agitation. The previous planning of conducting competitions had to be given up due to reason mentioned already. Apart from this all the attention & energy of the faculty & students was directed towards academic activity. The posters of Ramanujans life & work were pasted through out the college in all the blocks so that the students are reminded of the great Mathematical legend. A write –up about Ramanujan was sent on mails to all students.

Coordinator: G.Ramesh.