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Miranda House, one of the premier women institutions of Delhi University, is
amongst the most prestigious colleges of the country. The Mathematics Department
exists since inception of the college, established by the founder principal Ms. Veda
Thakurdas who was the first woman to obtain a Master’s degree in Mathematics from
Punjab University in 1930. The department has made a name for itself for its
academic excellence. Students are selected in accordance with the university
admission criteria. The department has a sanctioned strength of 70 students and the
Ms. Veda Thakurdas
students admitted, have high academic records. The department has had an illustrious
faculty since its origin and we are proud that the custom still continues.
l UG:
o B.Sc. (H) Mathematics
o Interdisciplinary Courses
§ B.A. Programme
§ B.Sc. Physical Science
l PG:
o M.Sc. Mathematics
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Name Qualification Specialization Yrs. of
Exp.
Dr. Shashi Aggarwal Ph.D. Multi-Objective Programming 32
Dr. Manjari Srivastava Ph.D. Vector Optimization and 29
Variational Inequalities
Dr. Sunila Sharma Ph.D. Mathematical Programming 26
Dr. Ritu Gupta Ph.D. Multi-Objective Programming 17
Dr. Meetu Bhatia Grover Ph.D. Mathematical Programming 15
Ms. Bhawna Bansal Gupta M.Phil. Operator Theory 08
Dr. Daulti Verma Ph.D. Functional Analysis 11
Ms. Apeksha M.Sc. Wavelets 07
Ms. Monika Arora M.Phil. Harmonic Analysis 10
Dr. Jyoti Talwar Ph.D. Numerical Analysis 02
Dr. Durvesh Kumar Verma Ph.D. Approximation Theory 02
Mr. Bikram Singh M.Phil. Complex Analysis 05
Ms. Shweta Gandhi M.Phil. Commutative Algebra 02
Mr. Naveen Gupta M.Phil. Complex Analysis 01
Dr. Rekha Gupta Ph.D. Multi-Objective Programming 01
Mr. Mrityunjaya Kumar M.Sc. Computational Science
Mr. Mohit Kumar Macchal M.Sc. Algebra
Mr. Mohd. Sarik Idrisi M.Phil. Algebra
Mr. Manoj Rawal M.A. Topology
The department has well-qualified and dedicated faculty members (3 associate professors and 15
assistant professors). The faculty members are active in research and are also involved in D.U.
Innovation Projects and Experimental Workshops for undergraduate science students at D.S. Kothari
Centre established at Miranda House.
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The college has instituted the following awards for Mathematics students:
Awards Criteria
1. D. N. Gulati Memorial Prize Highest cumulative marks in I and II semester
2. Kasturi Memorial Prize Highest marks in Mathematics at the end of III year
3. Prem Gulati Memorial Prize I position in B.Sc. (H) Mathematics and M.Sc. (F)
4. Seema Bhasin Medal Highest marks in B.Sc. (H) Mathematics II year
5. Urmila Sharma Memorial Prize Highest marks in combined I year and II year of B.Sc.
(H) Mathematics
6. Usha Thiagarajan Memorial Prize I position in I year and II year exams respectively
7. R.R.P. Sharma Memorial Award Outstanding PwD student
Students of Mathematics from Miranda House are pursuing higher studies and research in prestigious
Indian and International Institutions like Delhi University, IIT, IIM, LSE etc. and are excelling in
other reputed fields. To mention a few: Kritika Jyotsana is in Indian Administrative Services (IAS);
Nivedita Bhattacharjee is an Assistant Commissioner, IRS; Dr. Aparna Mehra is an Associate
Professor at IIT Delhi; Aanchal Aggarwal is a Research Staff Member at IBM, University of Houston,
Texas; Iti Mittal is accounts manager at Google, New York; Madhulika Saxena is at Prudential PLC
and Anamika Pundir has cleared SSCW NT (JAG). Every year few students clear NET/ GATE
examination.
Special Mention: Mahenoor Ali is the first ever visually
challenged student admitted in B.Sc. (H) Mathematics in the
year 2013. She is an exceptionally bright student who
received Buti Foundation Award in 2014-15 and 2015-16.
She also cleared IIT JAM-2016 with All India Rank 504.
She had also been shortlisted for the interview for integrated
Ph.D. at IISc. Bengaluru, IISER Mohali and IISER Bhopal.
She is currently pursuing her M.Sc. in Mathematics from
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi.
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Analysis of odd semester 2016-17
I Semester
III Semester
V Semester
The department has students from different socio-economic backgrounds and about 70% students come
from outside Delhi. It is therefore, difficult for some students to adjust to the new college environment.
Sometimes they need counseling. The Department assigns each student a mentor, who helps them to
deal with the problems they face. Students are at ease in discussing with their respective mentors any
problem they’re struggling with, be it academic or life-centric. The mentors try their best to help their
respective mentee to cope up with their problems by giving them suggestions to handle their difficulties.
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Educational Programmes in Current Academic
Year
l Algebra Workshop on 2-3 March 2017.
l Talk on Cryptography on 23 February 2017.
l Talk on Sperner’s Lemma and Applications on 28 Sept 2016.
l Talk on Mathematics in Technology on 5 Sept 2016.
l Analysis Workshop on 10-12 August 2016.
Distinguished Speakers invited in last 5 years
l Prof. Pramod Kanwar, Ohio State l Prof. Gadadhar Misra, Indian Institute
University, USA of Science, Bengaluru
l Prof. Ram Murthy, Queen’s College, Canada l Prof. Rajendra Bhatia, ISI, Delhi
l Prof. Kiran R. Bhutani, The Catholic l Prof. Ajit Iqbal Singh, The Indian
University of America National Science Academy, New
l Prof. R. K. Sharma, IIT, Delhi Delhi
l Prof. R. B. Bapat, ISI, Delhi l Dr. Gautam Bharali, Indian Institute
l Prof. Geetha Venkataraman, Ambedkar of Science, Bangaluru
University, Delhi l Prof. B. Ramakrishnan, HRI,
Allahabad
l Dr. Amit Kulshrestha, IISER, Mohali
The Department of Mathematics has always been devoted to the students and their drive to fulfill
their dreams in life. For the accomplishment of these goals, the department tries to put its best foot
forward to make the students realise their dreams.
l The faculty is dynamic in adapting the new emerging I.T. teaching methods such as introduction
to various software like MATLAB, Mathematica, etc. in order to give the students better clarity
of abstract concepts of the subject.
l The department regularly organizes activities like talks, seminars and workshops to give the
students exposure to the new research areas being explored throughout the world.
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• The department has a team of well-qualified, experienced and
dedicated teachers who hold excellent academic records and
made outstanding contributions in their respective fields of
specializations and to the student community at large.
• There is unhindered interaction between teachers and students
creating an environment, which is productive for teaching and
learning.
• The department makes best efforts to meet the need of students
with disabilities. Appropriate mode of instructions and services
are provided as per their needs.
• Our students, Ashima Sharma, Neha Budhiraja and Nishika
Bhatia, initiated the department’s first newsletter Mathletics. It
was started as an attempt to show the fun side of Mathematics
covering various applications and facts and puzzles. This
newsletter is published on a quarterly basis.
• The department also organizes its annual festival ORIGIN, in
which students from other colleges participate in various events
like paper presentation, discussions, quiz, relay, treasure hunt
etc. and lectures by eminent mathematicians.
• The department also encourages students for active
participation in sports, NCC, NSS as well as other extra-
curricular activities. Sadhna Devi (Best NCC Cadet), Shameen
Khurana (Best NSS volunteer) and Gargi Bhatt (Best volunteer for
Gandhi Study Circle) are some of our students who have excelled in
their various extra-curricular fields.
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Contact Us:
Department of Mathematics
Miranda House
University of Delhi
Delhi – 110007
Email: maths.mirandahouse@gmail.com
www.mirandahouse.ac.in
