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
1907-12 B. Hanumantha Rao 1912-15 R. N. Apte 1915-15 E. W. Middlemast 1915-17 R. Ramachandra Rao 1917-21 A. C. L. Wilkinson 1921-26 Hoon Balakram 1926-30 V. Ramaswamy Aiyer 1930-32 M. T. Naraniengar 1932-34 P. V. Seshu Aiyar 1934-36 H. G. Gharpure 1936-40 R. P. Paranjpye 1940-42 Ramaswamy S. Vaidyanathaswamy 1942-47 Friedrich Wilhelm Levi 1947-49 M. R. Siddiqui
1949 – 1975 1949-51 A. Narasinga Rao 1951-53 T. Vijayraghavan 1953-57 Ram Behar 1957-59 V. Ganapathy Iyer 1959-60 B. S. Madhav Rao 1960-61 B. N. Prasad 1961-62 B. S. Madhav Rao 1962-63 C. N. Srinivasienger 1963-64 Hansraj Gupta 1964-66 Prabhu Lal Bhatnagar 1966-68 R. S. Verma 1968-69 Prabhu Lal Bhatnagar 1969-70 Ram Prakash Bambah 1970-71 M. Venkatraman 1971-73 J. N. Kapoor 1973-74 K. G. Ramanathan 1974-75 V. Krishnamurthy
1975 – 2000 1975-77 P. C. Vaidya 1977-79 U. N. Singh 1979-81 K. Venkatchelienger 1981-82 Vishnu Vasudev Narlikar 1982-84 R. S. Mishra 1984-85 R. P. Agarwal 1985-86 S. D. Chopra 1986-87 H. C. Khare 1987-88 V. Singh 1988-89 M. K. Singal 1989-90 M. P. Singh 1990-91 V. M. Shah 1991-92 D. K. Sinha 1992-93 V. Kannan 1993-94 U. P. Singh 1994-95 H. P. Dixit 1995-96 N. K. Thakare 1996-97 S. Bhargava 1997-98 A. R. Singal 1998-99 B. K. Lahiri 1999-00 Anadi Sankar Gupta
2000 – 2015 2000-01 Satya Deo 2001-02 P. V. Arunachalam 2002-03 M. A. Pathan 2003-04 Thiruvenkatachari Parthasarathy 2004-05 T. Thrivikraman 2005-06 Sarvajit Singh 2006-07 Inder Bir Singh Passi 2007-08 Ravindra Bapat 2008-09 A. K. Agarwal 2009-10 Peeyush Chandra 2010-11 R. Sridharan 2011-12 P. K. Banerji 2012-13 Huzoor H. Khan 2013-14 Geetha S. Rao 2014-15 S. G. Dani
2015 – present 2015-16 A. M. Mathai 2016-17 D. V. Pai 2017-18 Manjul Gupta 2018-19 Sudhir Ghorpade 2019-20 S. Arumugam 2020-21 B. Sury 2021-22 Dipendra Prasad 2022-23 Sukumar Das Adhikari 2023-24 R. Balasubramanian2025-26S. S. Khare
List of other mathematical societies in India
Jadavpur University Mathematical Society (JMS) Allahabad Mathematical Society Bharata Ganita Parishd (formerly, Banars Mathematical Society) Bihar Mathematical Society Calcutta Mathematical Society Gujarat Mathematical Society Kerala Mathematical Association Marathwada Mathematical Society (founded in 1999)[www.marathwadamathsociety.org/] Orissa Mathematical Society Punjab Mathematical Society Rajasthan Ganita Parishd Ramanujan Mathematical Society Tripura Mathematical Society Vijnana Parishad of India
See also List of mathematical societies
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