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Indian Mathematical Society

Field	Value
name	Indian Mathematical Society
image	Imslogo.gif
formation	1907
headquarters	Pune, Maharashtra, India
leader_title	President
leader_name	S. D. Adhikari
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The Indian Mathematical Society (IMS) is the oldest organization in India devoted to the promotion of study and research in mathematics. The Society was founded in April 1907 by V. Ramaswamy Aiyer with its headquarters at Pune. The Society started its activities under the tentatively proposed name Analytic Club and the name was soon changed to Indian Mathematical Club. After the adoption of a new constitution in 1910, the society acquired its present name, the Indian Mathematical Society. The first president of the Society was B. Hanumantha Rao.

Publications

The Society publishes two periodicals both of which are quarterly:

The Journal of the Indian Mathematical Society (JIMS: ISSN 0019-5839)
The Mathematics Student (Math Student: )

The 1911 volume of the Journal contains one of the earliest contributions of the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. It was in the form of a set of questions. A fifteen page paper entitled Some properties of Bernoulli Numbers contributed by Ramanujan also appeared in the same 1911 volume of the Journal.

The Mathematics Student usually contains the texts of addresses, talks and lectures delivered at the Annual Conferences of the Society, the abstracts of research papers presented at the Annual Conferences, and the Proceedings of the Society's Annual Conferences, as well as research papers, expository and popular articles, and book reviews.

Annual Conferences

The first Annual Conference of the Society was held at Madras in 1916. The second conference was held at Bombay in 1919. From that time on, a conference was held every two years until 1951 when it was decided to hold the conferences annually. The twenty-fifth Conference was held at Allahabad in 1959 which was inaugurated by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India.

Memorial Award Lectures

During every Annual Conference, the following Memorial Award Lectures are arranged as a part of the Academic Programme:

P.L. Bhatnagar Memorial Award Lecture (instituted in 1987).
Srinivasa Ramanujan Memorial Award Lecture (instituted in 1990).
V. Ramaswamy Aiyer Memorial Award Lecture (instituted in 1990).
Hansraj Gupta Memorial Award Lecture (instituted in 1990).
Ganesh Prasad Memorial Award Lecture (instituted in 1993 and delivered every alternate year).

IMS Prizes

Professor A. K. Agarwal Award

Award of INR 10,000 for the best publication in any journal in the world. The first Professor A. K. Agarwal Award for best publication was awarded to Dr. Neena Gupta.

P.L. Bhatnagar Memorial Prize

This Prize is awarded annually to the top scorer of the Indian team at the International Mathematical Olympiad. It consists of a cash of Rs. 1000/- and a Certificate. The award is presented during the Inaugural Session of the Annual Conference of the Indian Mathematical Society.

Prizes for research paper presentations

The Society holds, during its Annual Conferences, a Special Session of Paper Presentation Competition and Prizes are awarded to the best research paper in various areas. This Special Session is held as a part of the Academic Programme.

Six IMS Prizes for papers in the areas of algebra, geometry, topology, functional analysis, differential geometry, discrete mathematics, number theory, operations research, fluid dynamics, biomathematics and computer science.
AMU Prize for papers in the areas of algebra, functional analysis and differential geometry.
V.M. Shah Prize for papers in analysis.

Council of the Society

The Indian Mathematical Society is governed by a Council of nine officers, and nice additional council members.

Sl. No.	Office	Name	Affiliation
1	President	Madhu Raka	Panjab University, Chandigarh
2	Immediate Past President	R. Balasubramanian	Former director of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai
3	General Secretary	M. M. Shikare	Formerly at Savitribai Phule Pune University
4	Administrative Secretary	B. N. Waphare	Savitribai Phule Pune University
5	Academic Secretary	G. P. Raja Sekhar	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
6	Treasurer	M. M. Pawar	Formerly at North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon
7	Editor-in-Chief (The Journal of IMS)	Peeyush Chandra	Formerly at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
8	Editor-in Chief (The Mathematics Student)	G. P. Youvaraj	Formerly at Ramanujan Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics, Chennai
9	Librarian	M. Pitchaimani	Ramanujan Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics, Chennai

Presidents of IMS

1907 – 1949

1947-49	M. R. Siddiqui

1949 – 1975

1974-75	V. Krishnamurthy

1975 – 2000

1999-00	Anadi Sankar Gupta

2000 – 2015

2015 – present

2025-26	S. S. Khare

List of other mathematical societies in India

Jadavpur University Mathematical Society (JMS)https://jumathsoc.online
Allahabad Mathematical Society http://www.amsallahabad.org/http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Societies/Allahabad.html
Bharata Ganita Parishd (formerly, Banars Mathematical Society)https://web.archive.org/web/20101008174439/http://lkouniv.ac.in/dept_math.htm
Bihar Mathematical Society http://www.brabu.net/bms/leaflet.pdf
Calcutta Mathematical Society
Gujarat Mathematical Society http://deshgujarat.com/2010/03/12/veteran-gandhian-mathematician-p-c-vaidya-passes-away/https://web.archive.org/web/20110610170524/http://www.imsc.res.in/~iagrg/IagrgSite/News/Obituary.pdf
Kerala Mathematical Association
Marathwada Mathematical Society (founded in 1999)[www.marathwadamathsociety.org/]
Orissa Mathematical Society http://www.omsonnet.com/
Punjab Mathematical Society http://www.pmaths.org/
Rajasthan Ganita Parishd http://www.curaj.ac.in/21%20National%20Conference.pdf
Ramanujan Mathematical Society
Tripura Mathematical Society
Vijnana Parishad of India http://www.vijnanaparishadofindia.org/

References

Srinivasa Ramanujan. (1911). "Some properties of Bernoulli's numbers". Journal of the Indian Mathematical Society.
"Professor P. L. Bhatnagar". Indian Mathematical Society.
"Srinivasa Ramanujan". Indian Mathematical Society.
M. T. Naranienger. "V. Ramaswami Aiyer : The Founder of IMS". Indian Mathematical Society.
"Professor Hansa Raj Gupta".
"Ganesh Prasad : (1876 - 1935)". Indian Mathematical Society.
"Terms and conditions for Prof. A. K. Agarwal award".
"Awards and Honours".
Indian Mathematical Society. "Current Council (1 April 2024–31 March 2025)".
"Chronology of Office-Bearers".

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