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How legendary mathematician Ramanujan published his first-ever papers in a Pune-based journal
January 09, 2026 2:22 pm
Despite its enduring legacy, the Indian Mathematical Society functions out of a room shared with an IGNOU centre at SPPU. It hopes to construct a Ganit Bhavan near Pune airport.
Why 'national' science has been obsessed with ancient history
January 09, 2026 7:52 am
Today, when NCERT textbooks assert that Brahmagupta and Bhaskaracharya developed algebra independently and before Arab scholars, they repeat a logic that has haunted Indian scholarship for nearly two centuries. Such claims are framed as historical corrections. Yet, they obscure a complex reality: the compulsion to locate science in antiquity was itself a response to colonialism.
Campus Talk: With a skit, a race, and games, MSc students in Mumbai turn Math fun for school kids
December 23, 2025 4:18 pm
Every December, Sigmatics, Homi Bhabha State University’s annual mathematics festival, makes maths interesting—and less intimidating—for students from 20 schools.
National Mathematics Day 2025: Why is it celebrated on December 22?
December 22, 2025 5:00 pm
The observance was formally instituted by the Government of India in December 2011, and December 22 was designated as National Mathematics Day in recognition of Ramanujan’s extraordinary contributions to the discipline.
A curriculum without calculation: The risks of UGC’s math overhaul
November 28, 2025 5:05 pm
Rushed 'Indianisation' could weaken both math teaching and the discipline itself
DeepSeek’s new Math-V2 AI model can solve and self-verify complex theorems
November 29, 2025 9:09 am
DeepSeek-Math-V2 is said to match the performances of OpenAI and Google DeepMind’s models on problems from the International Maths Olympiad 2025.
You can’t build a strong India on a weak math curriculum. UGC’s new Mathematics curriculum needs to be scrapped
October 02, 2025 1:24 pm
Factual errors, weak core content, and misplaced priorities hurt students and scholarship. A complete redesign of this so-called model curriculum is a duty to India’s youth
OpenAI says its next big model can bring home Math Olympiad gold: A turning point?
July 22, 2025 10:21 am
OpenAI said its unreleased AI model took this year's International Math Olympiad with no access to the internet or external tools. It supposedly scored high enough to earn a gold medal.
Mission Mathematics expanded to classes 6 to 10 in Delhi Government schools
June 26, 2025 10:09 am
The Directorate of Education (DoE) has directed Delhi Government schools to analyse Class 10 mid-term performance and identify learning gaps accordingl
DoE expands Mission Mathematics to Classes 6, 7 from this academic session
June 27, 2025 9:44 am
Under the expanded programme, students from Classes 6 to 10 will be identified for Special Mathematics Enrichment (SME) classes based on their academic performance in the subject in the previous class
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