Welcome to Department of

Conference On
History Of Mathematical Science(CHMS) 2016
Organise By
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MANIPUR, IMPHAL &
Indian Society for History of Mathematics (ISHM)
Dates: 18-20 November 2016
Venue: DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS, NIT MANIPUR, LANGOL, IMPHAL

About ISHM :Indian Society for History and Mathematics()ISHM,Founded by the Late Proffesor Udita Narayna Singh in 1978 has the main aim of promoting study,teaching and education in hiostory Mathematics at all levels.It avoid forum for exposition for ideas and expiriance by way of organising periodic national and international meetings/seminar/confrerence on the work of ancient,medieval and modern mathematics.ISHM has also been bringing out its bulletin Ganita Bhartieve since 1979. Details on the activities of the society are available at www.indianshm.org

About NIT MANIPUR : National Institute of Manipur ,a centraly funded institution is set up to import quality technical education a centrally funded institution is setup to impart quality technical education at various levels of higher learning.It is one of the ten new NITs established and developed as Institutes of National Importance by an act of Parliament.NIT Manipur started its first session with the three branches of Engineering:Electrical & Electronics,Electronics & Communication and Computer Science.The Institute,which started in a temporary Campus at Takyelpat,Imphal,earlier,is now situated,since 2014,in a 138.2 hectares plot of land in the lush gree nareas o fLangol,Imphal.This Institute now has open courses on B.Tech.,M.Tech.,M.Sc.and Ph.D in Civil,CSE,ECE,Mechanical,Chemistry,Mathematics,Physics and Social Sciences & Humanities

About the Conference:The Conference will feature various a spects of History of Mathematics and Astronomy,especially ancient and medieval Indian mathematics and mathematics from other ancient cultures.Talks,panel discussions,paper and poster presentations will be arranged to bring out the broad scope in the study of History of Mathematical Sciences and its relevance in education,and to the society at large.Paper presentations on historical precursors of topics currently being pursued invarious areas of mathematical sciences will al so be encouraged.For further details please visit the web site www.nitmanipur.ac.in or Register Here.

About the City:Manipur is in the eastern most part of India.It is one of the loveliest spots in the world with mountains,valleys,lakes,different cultures,sports and good climate.Imphal is the capital of Manipur,located between 24°49’N&24°82’Nl atitude and 93°57’E & 93°95’E longitude.It is the centre of all cultural,commercial and political activities of the state.Situated at an average altitude of 786 m above the sea level,Imphal has moderate temperature.

DETAILS OF REGISTRATION
Deadline for Early Registration-25th October 2016 Participant from General Non-stependiary students
SAARC countries Rs. 2000/- Rs. 1000/-
*A rebate of 50% in the registration fee is admissible for life members of the ISHM.

The Registration fee can be paid in cash or through Demand Draft in favour of Director NIT Mani purpay able at Imphal.

The registration fee has to be paid in advance by those who require accommodation before the last date of early registration (25th October 2016).


Accommodation and Local Hospitality: Free modest accommodation and local hospitability would be provided to all registrared participants.Those desiring to stay innear by hotels may do soon their own expenses

      Special Events:
Cultural evening: 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm on 18th November.
Speciallectures:  Prof.U.N.Singh and Prof.B.S.Yadav memorial lectures.

ADVISORY COMMITEE

S.G. Dani, President ISHM, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, Chair
Ajit Iqbal Singh, ISI, Delhi
Dinesh Singh ,Delhi Universitry
H.S.Dhami,Kumaun University,Nainital
K.Ramasubramanian,IIT Bombay,Mumbai
Kh. ManglemSingh, NIT Manipur
M.S. Sriram, Madras University, Chennai
M. C. Joshi, KumaunUniversity ,Nainital
M. RanjitSingh, Manipur University, Imphal
P. N. Pandey, Allahabad University
RenuChugh, M. D. University, Rohtak
S. L. Singh, Rishikesh
S. A. Katre, Pune University
TarunDas, Delhi Universi
V. SreeHari Rao, JNTU Hyderabad


LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITEE

Chief Patron: AshishkumarChauhan, Chairman BOG, NIT Manipur.
Patron: Prof. S. BirendraSingh, Director, NIT Manipur.
Convener:Yumnam Rohen Singh, HOD Mathematics, NIT Manipur
Members: A. Ingocha, NIT Manipur
                  B. B. Upadyay, NIT Manipur
                  ChanamBarchand, NIT Manipur
                  L. Binashakhi, NIT Manipur
                  MO. Ratnabala, Manipur University
                  S. Surendra, NIT Manipur
                  Sunil Pandey, NIT Manipur


SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

The participants are invited to submit the full text of the paper(indoc.file) on/before 25th September 2016 to Prof. K. Ramasubramanian, Academic Secretary, ISHM (chdm.sandhi@gmail.com) or Yumnam Rohen Singh (ymnehor2008@yahoo.com) who will communicate regarding the acceptance of the paper presenrtation by 15th october 2016

General Body Meeting of ISHM The meeting will be held on Sunday, November 19, 2016 at 4:45 pm in the Seminar room in Mathematics Department, NIT Manipur. All members are requested to make it convenient to attend the meeting. Administrative Secretary.


CORRESPONDENCE

All correspondences regarding the conference should be addressed to: Dr. YumnamRohenSingh, Convener CHMS 2016 Department of Mathematics, NIT Manipur, Langol, IMPHAL-795004 email ID:ymnehor2008@yahoo.com Phone No. (0385) 2058566, Mobile No. 9862089449.