This success not only highlights the dedication of the students but also reflects the supportive ecosystem of educators and mentors committed to fostering mathematical excellence. The Indian ...
How many times have you heard that the U.S. needs students who are good at math in order to produce more engineers and compete with those in India? Yet, as Duriya Aziz, Senior Vice President, ...
The University Grants Commission’s draft mathematics curriculum, 2025, unveiled in August, has sparked a debate around its skewed emphasis on ancient knowledge systems over core subjects. Designed for ...
Any account of the classical sciences of India must begin with mathematics, for, as the ancient Sanskrit text Vedanga Jyotisa (ca. fourth century B.C.E.) says, Like the crest on the peacock’s head, ...
It should come as no surprise that the first recorded use of the number zero, recently discovered to be made as early as the 3rd or 4th century, happened in India. Mathematics on the Indian ...
The focus on Indian knowledge systems in the UGC’s proposed mathematics curriculum is better suited to other disciplines such as astronomy and religious studies. The University Grants Commission’s ...