School of Studies in Mathematics

Year of Establishment: 1991

The School of Studies in Mathematics was established in 1991. Since then, the School has been growing continuously in terms of educational programmes and infrastructure. From the very inception this school is one of the most active research center of mathematical sciences in Chhattisgarh. The school has its own building with adequate facilities for teaching and research. From 1994 the school is supported by NBHM Library Grant. In 2010-11, the school came under the umbrella of DST-FIST programme.

Goals and Objectives:

School of Studies in Mathematics focuses on emerging trends in mathematics leading to fulfill the requirements of our society. Under the active guidance of dedicated faculty members the school is gradually emerging as an excellent centre for Research and Teaching in the areas of Nonlinear Analysis, Cryptography, General Topology, Best Approximation Theory, Fuzzy set theory, Fuzzy Logic and Applications etc. Our goals and endeavors are aimed to elevate our institution to the level of world class University. Moreover, our sole objective is to fulfill the promises made in Vision 2020.

Academic Activities:

Academic Activities:

The School of Studies in Mathematics regularly organizes a number of seminars and guest lectures. Our School of Studies also provides consultancy to various educational institutions and research labs. Faculty members of the School also provide counseling services to the students appearing NET/GATE/MTTS Programs/State PSC/UPSC. 

Pedagogy:

Pedagogy:

The state of art of enquiry in the subject matter is to nurture amongst students for advance learning and to acquaint them with recent developments in Mathematics. The emphasis is on action learning like to handle real world problems, provide innovative concepts and mathematical models to industrial needs, field work and to create a challenging environment. The overall scenario is aiming towards creating a knowledge based society.

Mission of Our School:

i)    To increase the productivity, technical and vocational efficiencies.

ii) To cultivate social, moral and aesthetic values as well as to develop sense of duty and responsibility

iii)To develop overall personality through NSS, sport, cultural activities, debate, group discussions etc.

iv) To promote research activities in mathematics and to foster economic growth of the region.

Curriculum Design, Development & Update:

Curriculum updated periodically, flexibility to design curriculum that caters the goals of the SOS.

?         2003 According to UGC Model Curriculum

?         2006 Semester system in M.Sc.

?         2008 M.Phil. & 5 Yr. Int. Course

?         2010 Major change in M.Phil. Curriculum

?         2013 NBHM Centre for M.Sc./M.A. Scholarship and Ph.D. Scholarship Examinatio

Teaching-Learning & Evaluation Process :

Tutorial, weakly Seminar for M.Sc.& M.Phil. Students, use of INTERACTIVE BOARD/ LCD/ Book Presenter as teaching aid, class Tests, students are encouraged to make maximum use of library and online resources, training and dissertation report prepared and evaluated by external examiner. Practical classes are run in Computer Lab., compulsory participation in seminars, write-up review following presentation of seminars, surprise and announced unit tests are conducted.

Conference / Workshop:

?        National Conference on Recent Trends in Mathematics with Emphasis on History of Mathematics, December 04-06, 2003

?          Workshop Vision 2020 to determine the future plan of study and research in the University, September 05-08, 2006

?               Golden Jubilee National Seminar on Advances in Nonlinear Analysis and Optimization, February 15-17, 2014

?    School of Study in Mathematics organized a one day seminar on Strengthening Scientific Temper on 10th April, 2014. This program was aimed to organize popular lectures for our post-graduate students which includes a series of lectures on Life and work of Srinivasa Ramanujan.

?         School of Study in Mathematics organized a one day seminar on May 2016. This program was aimed to organize popular lectures for our post-graduate students which includes a series of lectures on Life and work of Srinivasa Ramanujan.

?         School of Study in Mathematics organized a one day public outreach lecture on the title ? Fixed Point iterative methods and applications ? delivered by Prof. D.R. Sahu, Department of Mathematics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanashi.

ICT as learning Resources:

?    In 2008, department is connected through RSU-CAN, online access of specific journals , use of LCD projector and Interactive Board

?     In 2013, online access of more journals, MathSciNet database is available from 2010 and Ebooks in Mathematics

Highest utilization of E-Resources among University teaching departments as per Usage Statistics of UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium for 2012 and 2013.

Other facilities in the Development of Learning Resources:

Annual Library Grant from DAE, complimentary copies of High Quality Books and Springer?s magazine Intelligence by NBHM from 2003

Salient Features of School of Studies in Mathematics:

o    Students participation in MTTS Programs: 6 students took part in MTTS program.

o    Students selected in NET/JRF/GATE: 11 students selected in NET (CSIR-JRF, UGC-JRF) and GATE.

o    Students selected in SET : 13 students.

 

o    Gold Medal: M.Sc. students obtained Gold Medal in the year 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019

o    Participation in National and International Conferences/Wokshop: Faculties and research scholars participated in more than 55 National and International Conferences and Workshops.

o    Consultancy Services in Research : Research consultancy was given to research projects in mathematics of some universities (Sultan Qaboos University, Oman and Transkei University, S. Africa) by faculty members

o    Honour/Award received by our faculty: TWAS-UNESCO Associateship (2008-2011).

o    Research Projects: Several research projects were carried in the School supported by DST, CSIR, CGCOST, UGC etc.

o    International Collaboration in Research : Our faculties are working in collaboration with several research institutes namely, Florida Institute of Technology, Tampa, Florida, USA, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA, Dong-A- University, Pusan, S, Korea, Gyeonsang National University, S. Korea, Institute of Technology, Rzeszow, Poland, University of Leichestar, U.K., University of Galway, Ireland, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman, University of Transkei, S. Africa, Changwong National University, S. Korea, Chengdu University, P.R. China, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arebia, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan, Kathamandu University, Kathmandu, Nepal etc.

o    The School produced more than 38 Ph.D. and above 500 research papers in various National and International mathematics research journals.

o    NBHM centre for M.Sc./M.A. Scholarship and Ph.D. Scholarship Examination.

Major Placement Areas:

?         Universities: BHU, GGU, RSU

?         Technical Institutions: MNIT-Allahabad, UIT-Indore

?         Degree Colleges : Leading PG & UG colleges in Chhattisgarh

?         Engineering Colleges : Almost every Engineering College in Chhattisgarh

                                           Students selected in MTTS Program

 

S.No	Name	Year
1.	Lokesh Satpati	1998
2.	Bhumica Yadu	2002
3.	Ashok Kumar Sahu	2003
4.	Kaumila ande	2004
5.	Kaveri Jangde	2005
6.	Pooja Thourani	2007

                                                     Students selected in NET

S.No.	Name	Year
1.	Sahdeo Padhye	2002
2.	Nohar Lal Dhiwar	2003
3.	Hemlal Sahu	2004
4.	Niyati Gurudwan	2006
5.	Praveen Kumar Sahu	2012
6.	Sevak Ram	2018
7.	Shivani Valech	2018
8.	Rashmi Bhagat	2018
9.	Nandani Sahu	2018

                                                Students selected in SET

 

S.No.	Name	Year
1.	Hemlata Nagesh	2013
2.	Manoj Kumar	2017
3.	Sevak Ram	2017
4.	Dushyant Kumar Yadav	2017
5.	Dileshwari Sahu	2017
6.	Manjri Dewangan	2017
7.	Aabha Alha	2018
8.	Shivani Valecha	2018
9.	Amit Thakur	2018
10.	Kavita Thakur	2018
11.	Mukesh Wadhawani	2018
12.	Nandani Sahu	2018
13.	Manoj Kumar	2018

 

List of Gold Medalist (M.Sc. Mathematics)

S.No	Name	Year
1.	Ku. Shubha Sutaone	1994
2.	Rajesh Kumar Sahasi	1995
3.	Ku. Seema Thomas	1996
4.	Ku. Leena Joshi	1997
5.	Lokesh Kumar Satpathi	1999
6.	Ku. Sweta Sahu	2000
7.	Ku. Reena Saluja	2001
8.	Mukesh Kumar Sahu	2003
9.	Ku. Sushma Pradhan	2004
10.	Ku.Vidha Karanjgaonkar	2006
11.	Ku. Shaheena Khatoon	2007
12.	Ku. Nidhi Dewangan	2008
13.	Ku. Hemlata Nagesh	2009
14.	Ku. Jyoti Soni	2010
15.	Ku.Kavita Thkaur	2011
16.	Ku. Rashmeet Kaur	2012
17.	Ku. Bhawana Premchandani	2013
18.	Ku. Dilleshwaree Sahu	2014
19.	Vinita Kaushik	2015
20.	Avantika Gupta	2017
21.	Shivani Valecha	2018
22	Panch Ram	2019

International Collaboration

 

S.No.	Institution	Collaborator	Who Collaborated
1	Dong-A University Pusan , S. Korea	Prof. Jong Soo Jung	Prof. B.K.Sharma, DR. B.S.Thakur
2	Gyeonsang National University , S. Korea	Prof. Y.J.Cho	Prof. B.K.Sharma, Prof. H.K.Pathak, Dr. B.S.Thakur
3	Institute of Technology , Rzeszow , Poland	Prof. J.Gornicki	Dr. B.S.Thakur
4	University of Leichestar , UK	Prof. Brian Fisher	Prof. H.K.Pathak
5	Gyeonsang National Univ. S. Korea	Prof. Shin Min Kang	Prof. H.K.Pathak
6	Florida Institute of Technology , USA	Prof. Ravi. P. Agarwal	Prof. H.K.Pathak
7	University of Galway , Ireland	Prof. Donal O. Reagon	Prof. H.K.Pathak
8	Sultan Qaboos University , Oman	Prof. M. S. Khan	Prof. H.K.Pathak
9	University of Transkei , S. Africa	Prof. S. N. Mishra	Prof. H.K.Pathak
10	Changwong National Universtiy, S. Korea	Prof. J. S. Ume	Prof. H.K.Pathak
11	Chengdu Univeristy , China	Prof. S.S.Chang	Prof. H.K.Pathak

 

List of Ph.D. Students

S.N.	Name of Scholar	Topic	Guide	Year
1	Rajesh Pandey	problems in fixed point theory.	Prof B.K. Sharma	1991
2	N.K.Sahu	some problems on fixed point theorem	Prof B.K. Sharma	1992
3	P.P.Murthy	A study of fixed point theorems	Prof B.K. Sharma	1992
4	C.L.Dewangan	certain generalizations of fixed point theorems	Prof B.K. Sharma	1996
5	D.R.Sahu	on fixed points of deterministic and probabilistic spaces	Prof B.K. Sharma	1996
6	Balwant Singh Thakur	some results on fixed point	Prof B.K. Sharma	1996
7	A.Banerjee	fixed point theorems under certain new mappings and spaces	Prof B.K. Sharma	1996
8	Gupteshwar Gupta	results on fixed point and their applications	Prof B.K. Sharma	1999
9	Vanita Ben Dhagat	fixed point for non-commuting mappings	Prof B.K. Sharma	1999
10	Madhu Shrivastava	A study on existence of fixed points	Prof B.K. Sharma	2000
11	M.R.Yadav	on existence and approximation of fixed point	Prof B.K. Sharma	2001
12	Bhanupratap Tripathi	fixed point of contraction and Nonexpansive type mappings	Prof B.K. Sharma	2001
13	Pradeep Chaube	A study of certain class of nonlinear operators	Prof B.K. Sharma	2001
14	K.K.Dewangan	A study of certain class of nonlinear operators	Prof B.K. Sharma	2003

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