The 9th National Mathematics Meet will be held for the first time in Chhattisgarh at Central Institute of Technology (CIT), Dhamtari Road in Raipur on October 11 and 12 this year.
The All India Ramanujan Maths Club (AIRMC) will host the Meet which will participated by around 1500 students above Standard 6th who will be mostly from government schools from 18 different states of the country, said Aryabhata award winner B N Rao and President awardee R.K. Shrivastava in a news conference at Raipur Press Club on Monday. The event will commence at 9.30 am and conclude at 5.30 pm.
The Meet will be graced by the presence of eight eminent scientists and mathematicians of India who will not only guide the students but also make Mathematics fun for them during the two-day event, the stated.
Renowned scientists and mathematicians attending the Meet are–Retired Atomic Scientist, ISRO, Dr Pittambar Patel, Indian Planetary Society (Mumbai) President Dr J Rawal, GUJCOST Advisor Dr Narottam Sahoo, Dr TKV Iyengar from NIT Warangal, VIPNET, New Delhi, Director Dr Ranade, HoD (Maths), VIPNET, Dr Tripathi, AIRMC Chairman Dr Chandramouli Joshi and Director Dr Rajesh Thakur, they said.
The States participating in the event would be–Bihar, Gujarat, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Goa, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Assam, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.