SRM University-AP concluded the second edition of the prestigious four-week intensive Annual Foundation School for Students of Mathematics. The programme, hosted in collaboration with the National Centre for Mathematics, a joint centre of TIRF and IIT, saw 31 students from various Indian universities participate.
The participants were primarily PhD Scholars from universities like IIT Delhi, IISER Tirupathi, IIT Bombay, Jadavpur University, Ashoka University and Kannur University, to name a few. The main objective of the Foundational School was to offer training in fundamental mathematical concepts to Ph.D. scholars, emerging Researchers, and educators.
The four-week intensive training commenced on May 12, 2025, in the presence of Dean-SEAS, Prof. C V Tomy; Head of the Department, Prof. Kalyan Chakraborty; faculty members and students from the Department of Mathematics. The event was also graced by the presence of resource persons and course associates like Prof. Indranath Sengupta, Professor-IIT Gandhinagar; Prof. J. K. Verma, Professor-IIT Gandhinagar; Prof. Nikita Agarwal, Professor-IISER Bhopal; Dr Senthil Rani K S, Assistant Professor-IISER Berhampur; Dr Chaitanya J Kulkarni, Postdoctoral Fellow-IISER Mohali; Prof. Kashyap Rajeevsarathy, Professor-IISER Bhopal; Dr Ramesh Kasilingam, Assistant Professor-IIT Madras; Dr Archana Morye, Assistant Professor, University of Hyderabad, among others. The Foundation School dealt with topics like Algebra II, Analysis II and Topology II.
The Annual Foundation School (AFS) II, offered a stellar opportunity for the participants to engage, learn, and understand mathematical concepts while interacting with students from diverse academic backgrounds. The event concluded on June 07, 2025, and as part of the closing of the four-week foundational school, the university leadership, departmental heads, and faculty felicitated the resource persons with mementos honouring them for their contributions during the foundation course.
