Mathematics is the cradle of all creations

Hyderabad: G Jagadish Reddy, Minister of Education, Government of Telangana inaugurated the three-day International Conference on 'Mathematical Sciences and Applications' (ICMSA-2019) at GITAM Deemed-to-be University, Hyderabad on Friday. Department of Mathematics, School of Technology has been organising this conference in association with Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Society for Mathematical Sciences (APTSMS). Hon'ble Minister offered floral tributes to the statue of father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi and the painting of GITAM Founder Dr. MVVS Murthy. He released the conference souvenir.

In his chief guest speech Jagadish Reddy said that Mathematics is the cradle of all creations, without which the world cannot move an inch, be it a farmer or a space scientist, beggar to Birla everyone needs mathematics in their day-to-day life. Experience says learning mathematics can be made easier and enjoyable if our curriculum includes mathematical activities and games, he told. Only because of the difficulty to do home work in mathematics, his fellow students number came down to 60 to 27 during their journey from 1st to 7th class. In the present age of skill-development and innovations, the more mathematical we are in our approach, the more successful we will be, the minister concluded.

In his presidential address M. Sri Bharat, President, GITAM said that the day-to-day problems can be solved through the application of mathematics. 'Now-a-days, plastic became a challenge. Micro particles of the plastic spoiling creating health hazards, math is core of this problem. Mathematics is dealing the challenges of our country' he elaborated. He appealed to the faculty paternity to exhort the mathematics as an application oriented method but not to crack the competitive exams.

Earlier, Prof. N. Siva Prasad, Pro Vice-Chancellor, GITAM Hyderabad Campus welcomed the guests and explained the gradual development of GITAM during its 10 years of journey. Prof. K.Maruthi Prasad, HoD, Department of Mathematics and conference convener presented the conference note.

Prof. S.Arumugam, President, Indian Mathematical Society, Prof. E.Kesava Reddy, Chairnam, APTSMS and Jermiah K.Billa, Scientist from USA also took part in the inaugural session.

Dr. Siva Reddy Sheri, Dr. P.Narsimha Swamy, Organising Secretaries and Dr. D.Mallikarjuna Reddy, Treasurer of ICMSA coordinated the things to make a success of this event. The conference would be continued up to Sunday. About 300 participants across the globe are going to present their research papers in this 3-day conference.