Department of Mathematics

Newsletter (2015-2016)

The department of Mathematics takes

efforts to make the students competent,

resourceful, employable and empow-

ered under the guidance of a team of

dedicated faculty. The department is

improving significantly every year.

The department appreciates

and thanks everyone who contributed

much to its development. The intro-

duction of Life Frontier Engagement in

the curriculum of final year under-

graduate students has enabled the

students to collect and analyze the data

at Sambakulam village. This is a maid-

en effort taken by the students to give

interesting and informative results at

the end of the project. Three of the

faculty have availed 24 months leave to

pursue their doctoral research. To

meet the demand for the B. Sc. Mathe-

matics course, one more section in B. Sc.

Mathematics with computer applica-

tions has been introduced in the aca-

demic year 2015-16. Subsequently two

faculty have been appointed in the self

financed stream.

Like every year, this year also

the students of the department of

Mathematics have consistently partici-

pated in various inter-collegiate

competitions and brought laurels to

the department.

The newsletter gives a

glimpse of the activities and achieve-

ments of the students and the faculty

of the department.

From the HOD’s Desk

The Mathematics Faculty

Lady Doak College, Madurai.

Issue 3 2015-16

Laurels won by students 2

Faculty activities 2

Departmental Activities 4

Mathematics Carnival 4

Student’s Achievements 5

Visit from an Illustrious Alumna 6

Educational tour 2015 6

Student’s corner 7

From the Editor ’s desk 12

Inside this issue:

History of the Mathematics

Department

• Started in 1951

• M. Sc Mathematics started in

1986.

• B. Sc. Mathematics with Comput-

er application (SF) in 2003.

• An additional S. F section of B. Sc.

Mathematics started in 2015.

(Standing: left to right top row): Dr. Mary Sunithi Vijayan Mrs. S. Narmada, Dr. Carmel Richard, Mrs. Felicia Shirley Mrs.

Evangeline Christine Lily (Standing left to right middle row) Mrs. S. Kavitha, Mrs. Priscilla Paul,Dr. Nirmala Rebecca Paul, Mrs. J.

Sakila (Standing left to right bottom row)Dr. M. Evangeline Prathibha, Dr. R. Narmada Devi, Dr. D. Vidhya, Mrs. A. Parveen

Banu, Mrs. J. Evangeline Jeba, Dr. S. Saranya

Dr. Nirmala Rebecca Paul

Our students participated in various

competitions and won the following

shields and prizes.

• Runner-up shield at N. M. S

Sermathai Vasan College on August

10th, 2015.

• Over-all shield at Mangayarkarasi

College of Arts and Science for Wom-

en on September 26th, 2015.

• Over-all shield at Mary Madha col-

lege of Arts and Science on Septem-

ber 30th, 2015.

• Over-all shield at Mannar Thiruma-

lai Naicker College, Pasumalai on

February 19th, 2016.

• Over– all shield at Virudhunagar

Hindu Nadar SenthilKumara Nadar

College, Virudhunagar on February

23rd, 2016.

Laurels won by the students of Mathematics

ty on 12th August 2015.

• Dr. Nirmala Rebecca Paul

and Dr. Carmel Richard

attended the seminar on

Recent Trends in Applied

Mathematics at National

level organized by Depart-

ment of Mathematics,

Mannar College, Madurai

on 14th August 2015.

• Mrs. Evangeline Jeba

attended the workshop on

Re-envisioning Environ-

mental Education and

Craft of Teaching , Learn-

ing and research at state

Faculty Achievements and Activities

Our faculty, of both streams (Aided

and SF) constantly update themselves

by participating and presenting pa-

pers in various workshops and confer-

ences.

• Mrs. .J. Chithra participated

in an ADMA pre-conference

workshop on Fuzzy Graphs

organized by B.S. Abdur

Rahman University, Chennai

from 7th to 9th June,2015.

• Mrs. Esther Daniel , Mrs.

J.Chithra , Mrs.S.P. Jeya Koila

attended the conference on

Recent Developments in

Coloring , Domination and

God used beautiful mathematics

in creating the world.

Paul Dirac

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Issue 3, 2015-16

Distinguishing codes in

Graphs(NCRDCDDCG -

2015) at National level

organized by Government

Arts College , Madurai - 16

Sponsored by NBHM &UGC

from 6th to 8th August 2015.

• Mrs.J. Sakila Devi attended

the International youth Day

Program organized by Ma-

durai Kamaraj University on

12th August 2015.

• Mrs. J.Sakila Devi attended

the International Youth Day

program organized by

Madurai Kamaraj Universi-

Page 3

Faculty achievements and activities (continued)

level organized by Centre for

Environmental Studies

sponsored by United Board

from 19th to 22nd August

2015.

• Dr. Carmel Richard attend-

ed a seminar Quality Initia-

tives and Bench Marking in

Higher Education Insititu-

tion at National Level orga-

nized by Surana col-

lege ,Bangalore sponsored

by NAAC on 3rd and 4th

September 2015.

• Dr.Carmel Richard attended

seminar on New Education

Policy on “Themes and

Questions for Policy consul-

tation on Higher education”

at National level organized

by St.Joseph’s college, Tiru-

chy organized by Consorti-

um of Christian Minority

Higher Education Institu-

tions (CCMHEI) on 17th

october2015.

• Mrs.Esther Daniel and

Mrs.J.Chitra attended the

ICMCE-2015 International

Conference on Mathemati-

Management and Engineering

organized in Coimbatore spon-

sored by International Organi-

zation of Scientific Research

and Development, India on

18th and 19th February 2016.

• Mrs.Felicia Shirly attended the

UGC Sponsored one day

National level seminar on

Teaching ,Learning and Evalu-

ation at National level orga-

nized by Aditanar College of

Arts and Science , Tiruchen-

dur sponsored by UGC on 21st

February 2016

• Mrs.S.Narmada attended the

National IQAC conference on

’Higher Education of Women

in India- Opportunities and

Challenges’ organized by

Bishop Cotton Women’s

Christian College Benga-

luru , Karnataka on 26th

February 2016.

• Mrs. A. Priscilla Paul attended

the National Conference on

Academic Audit and Quality

Enhancement in HEIs at

National level organized by

Department Of Mathematics

Arul Anandar Col-

lege , Madurai on 22nd

and 23rd March 2016.

cal Computer Engineering at

International level Organized by

VIT, Chennai on 14th and 15th

December2015.

• Mrs. Esther Daniel attended the

National Conference on Con-

temporary Graph Theory and

its Application at National level

organized by Nadar Maha-

jana sangam Sermathai

Vaasan College for Women,

Madurai on 11th January 2016.

• Mrs. Esther Daniel attended

the National Seminar on Recent

Advancement on Distance,

Domination and Labeling in

Graphs at National level orga-

nized by The Madura College,

Madurai sponsored by NBHM

and UGC on 21st and 22nd

January 2016.

• Dr. Carmel Richard attended

the CUAC Principal’s meet at

National level by Lady Doak

College on 12th and 13th

February 2016.

• Mrs. J.Chithra attended the

Second International Confer-

ence on Researches in Science,

Issue 3, 2015-16

Faculty achievements

Mathematics Carnival 2015-2016

Departmental News/Activities

• Dr. Evangline Prathibha,

Dr.Vidhya, Dr.Narmatha Devi,

Dr.P Saranya attended the Jun-

ior Faculty orientation Program

organized by CHRD, Lady Doak

College on 15th and 16th June

2015.

• Mrs.J.Sakila Devi , Dr.Evangline

Prathiba, Dr.Vidhya,

Dr.Narmatha Devi , Dr.Saranya,

Mrs.Nithya Lakshmi attended

the training for Junior Faculty on

“concept Based learning , Learning

outcome and Questions Based on

Bloom’s Taxonomy” organized by

the Department of Mathematics Lady

Doak College on 1st, 3rd and 7th

September 2015.

• All Faculty Members attended the

Workshop on Stochastic Process

organized by Department of

Mathematics Lady Doak college on

participated. The competitions

conducted for this year were

paper presentation, quiz, model

presentation, dumb charades

and rangoli. The overall shield

The Mathematics Carnival was

conducted with much fanfare and

grandeur on 18th December 2015.

A total of 143 students from 11

colleges in and around Madurai

“ I am interested in Mathematics

only as a creative art”

- George Cantor

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18th and 19th November 2015.

• Mrs.S.Kavitha attended the

Design ,Access, Transact and

Decipher MOOC’S with Moo-

dle Platform organized by

CHRD, Lady Doak College

sponsored by United Board

on 22nd and 23rd January

2016.

• Mrs .S.Kavitha attended the

• The department of Mathemat-

ics has conducted a seminar on

“ Stochastic Processes” on 18th

and 19th November 2015 for

the faculty and post graduate

students . Dr. Senthil Kumar

from Department of Statistics,

E.V. R Periyar College was the

resource person . The seminar

was organized as an introduc-

tory study of stochastic pro-

cesses so as to include it in the

PG curriculum.

• A new Self financed division of

B.Sc. Mathematics with Com-

puter applications was started

in June 2015, in addition to the

already existent self financed

section.

• Dr. D. Vidhya, Miss. P. Saranya

and Dr. R. Narmada Devi were

appointed as Assistant Profes-

sors in the place of Mrs. Es-

ther Daniel, Mrs. J. Chitra and

Mrs. Jeya Kokila under the

faculty development pro-

gramme.

• Dr. Evangeline Prathibha

joined the aided stream of

the Mathematics faculty in

June 2015 in the place of

Mrs. Sylvia Isaac who

Pedagogy of Women’s studies

organized by Centre for

Women’s Studies sponsored

by UGC on 5th March 2016.

retired in April 2015.

• Mrs. S. Nithyalakshmi

joined the self-financing

stream of the Mathematics

faculty in July 2015.

was won by Ayya Nadar Janaki

Ammal College, Sivakasi.

Student’s Achievements Inside the College

Student’s Achievements Outside the College

• The I and II PG students

attended NET EXAM

coaching conducted by the

department of Mathemat-

ics on 26th ,and 30th

September 2015 .

• The II PG Students attend-

ed the STOCHASTIC

PROCESS training pro-

gram conducted by the

department of Mathematics

on 17th and 18th November

2015.

• The I and II PG students

attended NET EXAM coach-

ing conducted by the de-

partment of mathematics on

5th December 2015.

• V.Santhosh Priya of II B.Sc.,

Mathematics attended the

mathematics workshop for

undergraduate students at

Thiruvarur organized by

department of Mathematics

Central University of

Tamil Nadu on 23rd and

25th January 2016.

• S. Dhanalakshmi II

M.Sc., Mathematics

attended the training

program in Mathematical

Analysis at Trichy orga-

nized by Bharathidasan

University on 5th Sep-

tember 2015.

• S.Saranya ,S.Dhanalashmi

, M.Vimala Suganthi of II

M.Sc., Mathematics

attended the Advanced

training program in

Mathematics at Madurai

organized by Madurai

Kamaraj University on

4th and 9th January 2016.

“Pure Mathematics is in its way, a poetry of logical

ideas” - Albert Einstein.

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Dr. Senthil Kumar , the resource person of the Stochastic Processes training program

addressing the gathering

S. Dhanalakshmi

S. Saranya M. Vimala Suganthi

V. Santhosh Priya

On June 18th 2015, Dr.

Akila, a distinguished alumna of

the Department of Mathematics,

Lady Doak College visited the

department. She belongs to the

1971-74 B. Sc. Mathematics

Special branch. She retired as a

scientist from ISRO Satellite Cen-

ter in Bangalore. She has worked

Visit from an Illustrious Alumna

Educational Tour September 2015

The department arranged an

Educational tour to Coorg district of

Karnataka, for the III year UG (Aided and

SF) and the II PG students on 12th and

13th September, 2015. Dr. Carmel Richard,

Mrs. R. M. Kannathaal, Mrs. Evangeline

Jeba and Miss. Vidhya escorted the stu-

dents. The students enjoyed the trip and it

was an opportunity to mingle amongst

themselves.

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for many years in the Orbit Analysis

Wing of ISRO and currently lives at

the ISRO Layout, Bangalore.

She shared her experiences

and memories involving the many

stalwarts of Lady Doak College and

especially the principal Ms. Shanthi

Manuel. She fondly remembered the

faculty members who nurtured her

and played an important role in

her life.

She was in the IISC– TIFR re-

search program and did her PhD

in orbit determination. She is

currently a faculty of PES college

for information technology, Banga-

lore. She dreams of establishing a

training center to develop the soft

The Norwegian academy of Science and Letters has decided to award the prestigious Abel

prize for 2016 to Sir Andrew J. Wiles of the University of Oxford for his

stunning proof of Fermat’s last theorem by way of the modularity

conjecture, opening a new era in Number theory. The Abel Prize

named after the legendary Norwegian Mathematician Niels Henrik

Abel, recognizes contributions of extra-ordinary depth and influence

to the mathematical sciences.

Winner of Abel Prize 2016

The final year students at the temple in Coorg.

and analytical skills of

underprivileged students

free of cost.

STUDENTS CORNER

V. Harini (III B. Sc. Mathematics(SF))

V. Harini (III B. Sc. Mathematics(SF))

various faculty members of the department

who always lent me a helping hand. The

student’s corner of this issue was crafted by

the students themselves and I was pleasantly

surprised by their talents. I thank the Lord

Almighty for being a guiding force and with-

out his grace, this newsletter will not be a

reality.

Dr. M. Evangeline Prathibha

Assistant Professor,

Department of Mathematics,

Lady Doak College.

It is with joy and pride that I present

the newsletter of the year 2015-2016 .

Another eventful year has come and

gone and I have tried to faithfully

chronicle the most important events

that happened in the department of

Mathematics through this newsletter.

I was ably assisted by the

students Miss. Arshiba Febi , Miss

Gomathi Meena and Miss S. Shruthy of

III B.Sc Mathematics (SF) and also by

From the Editor’s desk

Department of Mathematics

Email: maths@ldc.edu.in

Glimpses of Mathematics Carnival 2015-16

A rangoli drawn with mathematical precision The chief guest Dr. Beulah Rajkumar addressing the gathering

Students participating in the Beautiful mind contest

(From left to right) Miss. Arshiba Febi, Miss. S. Shruthy, Miss. Gomathy

Meena with the Editor

The Head of the department presenting a memento to the chief guest