The programme featured

• expositions by the following experts on varied aspects of mathematics:
  • Professor Ronojoy Adhikari (IMSc): Nuclear safety and the mathematical quantification of risk       abstract
  • Professor T. E. Venkata Balaji (IITM): Imagine a sky filled with stars most of whom you cannot see       abstract
  • Professor S. Kesavan (IMSc): On the spectrum of the Laplacian       abstract       slides
  • Professor Manoj Kummini (CMI): From linear algebra to robotic arm design via Groebner bases       abstract
  • Professor Mahan Mj. (RKM Vivekananda University): Shapes and geometry of surfaces       abstract       slides
  • Professor Partha Mukhopadhyay (CMI): Determinant and Permanent       abstract
  • Professor Purusottam Rath (CMI): Analysis, transcendence, and arithmetic       abstract
• a panel discussion on prospects of careers involving mathematics with Professors Rajeeva Karandikar (CMI), R. Ramanujam (IMSc), and Jugal Verma (IITB) as panelists
• a session on using web resources organized by Professor Amritanshu Prasad (IMSc): Using online resources to learn Mathematics       abstract
• a lecture on the history of mathematics in India by Professor M. D. Srinivas (Centre for Policy Studies): The cakravala method for solving quadratic indeterminate equations       abstract       slides
• screening of the documentary the genius of Srinivasa Ramanujan co-produced by Vigyan Prasar and IISER-Pune, anchored by Professor A. Raghuram (IISER, Pune), directed by Mr. Nandan Kudhyadi