This programme was targeted mainly at advanced undergraduate (BSc third year) and postgraduate (MSc) students of mathematics. However, anybody with an interest and background in college level mathematics (from student to senior professor) was welcome to apply to participate. In particular, summer interns, research scholars, and postdocs in any scientific or engineering discipline (with some liking and aptitude for mathematics) were encouraged to apply.

The programme featured six talks, a video screening, and a panel discussion.     Videos (of the lectures and the panel discussion)       Pictures (day1)   Pictures (day2)

• Talks by (click on title for abstract):
  • V Arvind (IMSc)   Some Algorithmic questions in Finite Group Theory    slides
  • Rajeeva Karandikar (CMI)   Power and Limitations of Opinion Polls    slides
  • Vijay Kodiyalam (IMSc)   Knotted or not?
  • Gautam Menon (IMSc)   Contagion: Modelling Infectious Diseases     slides
  • M Ram Murty (Queen's University)   Mathematics, Measurement and Information Technology     slides
  • Harish Seshadri (IISc)   Shapes and Connectivity
• Video from IMSc archives of a talk given by Joseph Oesterle (Paris VI) at the golden jubilee celebrations of IMSc.
  Title: Some simple open problems in Mathematics (click for video)
• Panel discussion on Prospects in Mathematics.
  Panelists: Ronojoy Adhikari (IMSc), Rajeeva Karandikar (CMI), and S Kesavan (IMSc).
  Slides of the presentation by Ronojoy Adhikari on "Applications of Mathematics"
  Slides of the presentation by Rajeeva Karandikar on "Opportunities for Mathematicians in the Real World"
  

The programme was free. No fee of any kind was charged. Free lunch and snacks were provided.

Participation was by online registration. There were also some "spot" registrations (which were allowed because there was room). The number of participants was 182 on the first day, 135 on the second. Participants had to make their own arrangements for travel to Chennai and for their stay. No reimbursement or even help towards stay was offered by the organizers.