NATIONAL MATHEMATICS DAY CELEBRATION AT PIEMR MARKED THE

BIRTHDAY OF GREAT MATHEMATICIAN S. RAMANUJAN

To mark the birthday of one of the greatest Mathematician of the era S. Ramanujan

Department of Applied Sciences and Humanities of PIEMR celebrated National Mathematics

Day on 22nd December, 2020 Catalysed and Supported by “National Council for Science

& Technology Communication (NCSTC), DST, New Delhi & MP Council of Science &

Technology (MPCST), Bhopal. Due to Pandemic of Covid-19 whole event was organized

virtually On-line but the students showed lot of enthusiasm & participated overwhelmingly in

various intra-college competitions like poster making, video/ short film, project (best out of

waste), article writing and Online Quiz.

The event started traditionally by Saraswati Vandana followed by opening remarks by

Dr. Manojkumar Deshpande, Director PIEMR where he addressed the students saying we

have legacy of mathematics because zero was given by India therefore all engineers should

focus on mathematics, make friendship with mathematics because applications of

mathematics are at many places like design or simulation etc

The event became more fascinating due to the presence of eminent personalities Dr. V.K.

Gupta, Professor & Head, Mathematics and Director Ramanujan Research Centre of

Mathematics at Government Madhav Science PG College, Ujjain and Dr. Smita Verma, Head

Applied Mathematics & Computational Science at SGSITS, Indore.

In his address to students on the occasion Dr V.K. Gupta said he is reading S. Ramanujan

since last 35 years and stressed that being engineers we should carry forward the work of

mathematics wizard who solved around 4000 theorems and problems that will be the right

tribute to him on his birth anniversary.

Dr. Smita Verma informed that it was during the tenure of Dr. Manmohan Singh that 22nd

December was National Mahematics day to raise awareness among students about

importance of mathematics and to encourage students by organizing various seminars &

workshops, she also briefed students about applications and contribution of students in

various branches of engineering.

Dr. Preeti Gupta HOD, Applied Science and Humanities thanked both the guest speakers

for their valuable presence and congratulated all the winners of various competitions. Results

of all the intra-college competitions were announced by their respective coordinators along

with the judges.

Following students were the winners in various categories & will received prizes in cash for

their marvelous creations:

Poster Making: Application of Mathematics in Engineering

1. Anjali Chharle, 1st Year B.Tech. EC

2. Manas Singh Baghel, 1st Year B.Tech. ME

3. Pratik Gangrade, 1st Year B.Tech. CS

4.Sanjana Sharma, 1st Year B.Tech. CS

Video/Short Film: Life of Famous Indian Mathematician and Contribution of

Mathematics in Technology

1. Devraj Samdhiya, 3rd Year, Diploma CE

2. Kartik Verma, 1st Year, B.Tech. AI & DS

3. Harshita Bade, 1st Year, B.Tech. AI & DS

4. Utkarsh Goswami, 1st Year B.Tech. CS

Article Writing-Digital learning-Opportunities and Challenge

1. Ayush Singh Jadon, 1st Year, B.Tech. AI & DS

2. Kanak Pahua, 1st Year, B.Tech. CS

3. Shivam Singhani, 1st Year, B.Tech. CS

4. Shubhjyoti Singh, 4th Year, B.Tech. EC

Project Making- Best Out of Waste

1. Pari Mangal, 1st Year, B.Tech. AI & DS

2. Harshita Bade, 1st Year, B.Tech. AI & DS

3. Radhika Thakur, 1st Year, B.Tech. CE

4. Nikhil Diwedi, 3rd Year, B.Tech. ME

Quiz Competition

1. Ujjwal Singh, 1st Year, B.Tech. EC

2. Shilpa Narware, 3rd Year, B.Tech. EE

3. Sushil Gupta, 3rd Year, B.Tech. CE

4. Ayush Jaiswal, 1st Year, B.Tech. CS

Recorded Link of Program:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r2_sotbjvdhA-5UTbIdzj8wYruAleCgK/view?usp=sharing

Program Coordinator: Prof. Yash Shah