Ramanujan museum opened

Tirupati: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) here has observed 98th Remembrance Day of Ramanujan at its campus on Thursday. On the occasion, ‘Ramanujan Mathematics Museum’ was inaugurated in the Institute which consists of 32 standee posters.

The posters give a glimpse into the life and work of the mathematical genius. Ramanujan was a precocious student and recognised in India with the first research scholarship of the University of Madras in 1913.

He left India, in 1914 at the invitation of Professor GH Hardy as a failed student and returned five years later as a celebrity with the BA degree by research of the Cambridge University and as the first Indian mathematician to become a Fellow of the Royal Society, London in 1918. A portrait painted by the Professor in Physics and Dean, graduate studies at IISER, Pune, Dr Gouri Ambika was placed in the museum and she was present on the occasion.

Distinguished applied mathematician and former President of the Indian Mathematical Society Dr PV Arunachalam has delivered ‘Srinivasa Ramanujan Remembrance Day’ lecture while another special lecture was delivered by former Professor at Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Madras Dr K Srinivasa Rao. IISER, Tirupati Director Prof KN Ganesh presided over the proceedings.

TTD, SV Museums Director Prof PV Ranganayakulu, All India Radio, Tirupati Deputy Director Dr Nagasuri Venugopal also addressed the gathering.