Celebration in the Department
Srinivasa Ramanujan is undoubtedly one of the greatest mathematicians India has ever produced. Born on December 22nd, 1887, Ramanujan was almost a self taught mathematician in the earlier days of his life until he developed connections with the Birtish mathematician G. H. Hardy. Ramanujan's theory of modular equations, mock theta functions, Eisenstein series identities reveal how original his thoughts were. In his honour, to mark the 125th birth anniversary of Ramanujan, National Mathematics day was introduced in 2012 by the then Prime Minitser of India Dr. Manmohan Singh. Since then, December 22nd is celebrated as the National Mathematics Day in India.