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'''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 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, namely, 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'': {{ISSN|0025-5742}})

The 1911 volume of the ''Journal'' contains one of the earliest contributions of the [[India]]n [[mathematician]] [[Srinivasa Ramanujan]]. It was in the form of a set of questions. A fifteen page paper entitled ''Some properties of Bernoulli Numbers''<ref>{{cite web|first=S. |last=Ramanujan|title=Some properties of Bernoulli's numbers|url=http://www.imsc.res.in/~rao/ramanujan/collectedpapers/Bernoulli/bernoulli1.html|accessdate=18 June 2010}}</ref><ref>S. Ramanujan, Some properties of Bernoulli's numbers, J. Indian Math. Soc., (1911), vol. 3, p. 219-234</ref> contributed by [[Srinivasa 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:

#[[Prabhu Lal Bhatnagar|P.L. Bhatnagar]] Memorial Award Lecture (instituted in 1987).<ref>{{cite web|title=Professor P. L. Bhatnagar|url=http://www.indianmathsociety.org.in/bhatnagar.htm|publisher=Indian Mathematical Society|accessdate=19 June 2010}}</ref>
#[[Srinivasa Ramanujan]] Memorial Award Lecture (instituted in 1990).<ref>{{cite web|title=Srinivasa Ramanujan|url=http://www.indianmathsociety.org.in/sramanujan.htm|publisher=Indian Mathematical Society|accessdate=19 June 2010}}</ref>
#[[V. Ramaswamy Aiyer]] Memorial Award Lecture (instituted in 1990).<ref name="Ramaswamy">{{cite web|last=M. T. Naranienger|title=V. Ramaswamy Aiyer : The Founder of IMS|url=http://www.indianmathsociety.org.in/vramaswamy.htm|publisher=Indian Mathematical Society|accessdate=19 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721180651/http://www.indianmathsociety.org.in/vramaswamy.htm|archive-date=21 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
#[[Hansraj Gupta]] Memorial Award Lecture (instituted in 1990).<ref>{{cite web|title=Professor Hansa Raj Gupta|url=http://www.indianmathsociety.org.in/hansrajgupta.htm|accessdate=18 June 2010}}</ref>
#[[Ganesh Prasad]] Memorial Award Lecture (instituted in 1993 and delivered every alternate year).<ref>{{cite web|title=Ganesh Prasad : (1876 - 1935) |url=http://www.indianmathsociety.org.in/ganeshprasad.htm|publisher=Indian Mathematical Society|accessdate=19 June 2010}}</ref>

===IMS Prizes===

====Professor A. K. Agarwal Award====

Award of INR 10,000 for the best publication in any journal in the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indianmathsociety.org.in/tcakaaward.pdf|title=Terms and conditions for Prof. A. K. Agarwal award|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=}}</ref> The first <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.isical.ac.in/~statmath/html/award.html |title=Awards and Honours |accessdate=2013-07-01 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613063517/http://www.isical.ac.in/~statmath/html/award.html |archivedate=2011-06-13 |df= }}</ref> Professor A. K. Agarwal Award for best publication awarded to Dr. [[Neena Gupta (mathematician)|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. The Council includes nine office bearers of the Society.

<center>
'''The Council of the Indian Mathematical Society: 2021 - 2022'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Sl. No. !! Office !! Name !! Affiliation
|-
| 1 || President || [[Dipendra Prasad]] || [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay]], [[Mumbai]]
|-
| 2 || Immediate Past President || [[B Sury ]] || [[Indian Statistical Institute]], [[Bengaluru]]
|-
| 3 || General Secretary || [[Satya Deo ]] || [[Harish-Chandra Research Institute]], [[Prayagraj]]
|-
| 4 || Administrative Secretary ||[[B. N, Waphare]] || [[Savitribai Phule Pune University]], [[Pune]]
|-
| 5 || Academic Secretary || [[Peeyush Chandra ]] || [[Indian Institute of Technology]], [[Kanpur]]
|-
| 6 || Treasurer || [[S.K. Nimbhorkar ]] || [[Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathawada University,]] [[Aurangabad, Maharashtra]]
|-
| 7 || Chief Editor (The Journal of IMS)|| [[Sudhir Ghorpade ]] || [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay]], [[Mumbai]]
|-
| 8 || Chief Editor (The Mathematics Student) || [[M. M. Shikare ]] || [[Savitribai Phule Pune University]], [[Pune]]
|-
| 9 || Librarian || [[M Pitchaimani ]] || [[Ramanujan Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics]], [[Chennai]]
|}
</center>

==Presidents of IMS==

===1907 – 1949===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| 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 Iyer
|-
| 1934-36 || H. G. Gharpure
|-
| 1936-40 || [[R. P. Paranjpe]]
|-
| 1940-42 || [[Ramaswamy S. Vaidyanathaswamy]]
|-
| 1942-47 || [[Friedrich Wilhelm Levi]]
|-
| 1947-49 || M. R. Siddiqui
|}

===1949 – 1975===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| 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 || [[Badri Nath Prasad|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===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| 1975-77 || [[P. C. Vaidya]]
|-
| 1977-79 || U. N. Singh
|-
| 1979-81 || K. Venkatchelienger
|-
| 1981-82 || [[Vishnu Vasudev Narlikar]]
|-
| 1982-84 || [[Ratan Shankar Mishra|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===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| 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 || [[Ramaiyengar Sridharan|R. Sridharan]]
|-
| 2011-12 || UNKNOWN
|-
| 2012-13 || UNKNOWN
|-
| 2013-14 || Geetha S. Rao
|-
| 2014-15 || [[S. G. Dani]]
|-
|}

===2015 – present===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| 2015-16 || D. V. Pai
|-
|- 2016-17 || Manjul Gupta
|-
|- 2017-18 || Sudhir Ghorpade
|-
|- 2018-19 || S. Arumugam
|-
|- 2019-20 || B. Sury
|-
|- 2020-21 || Dipendra Prasad
|}
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==List of other mathematical societies in India==

*Allahabad Mathematical Society [http://www.amsallahabad.org/][http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Societies/Allahabad.html]
*Bharata Ganita Parishd (formerly, Banars Mathematical Society)[https://web.archive.org/web/20101008174439/http://lkouniv.ac.in/dept_math.htm]
*Bihar Mathematical Society [http://www.brabu.net/bms/leaflet.pdf]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*[[Calcutta Mathematical Society]]
*Gujarat Mathematical Society [http://deshgujarat.com/2010/03/12/veteran-gandhian-mathematician-p-c-vaidya-passes-away/][https://web.archive.org/web/20110610170524/http://www.imsc.res.in/~iagrg/IagrgSite/News/Obituary.pdf]
*[[Kerala Mathematical Association]]
*Marathwada Mathematical Society (founded in 1999)[www.marathwadamathsociety.org/]
*Orissa Mathematical Society [http://www.omsonnet.com/]
*Punjab Mathematical Society [http://www.pmaths.org/]
*Rajasthan Ganita Parishd [http://www.curaj.ac.in/21%20National%20Conference.pdf]
*[[Ramanujan Mathematical Society]]
*Tripura Mathematical Society
*Vijnana Parishad of India [http://www.vijnanaparishadofindia.org/]

==See also==
*[[List of mathematical societies]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cite web|title=IMS website|url=http://www.indianmathsociety.org.in/|accessdate=17 June 2010}}
*{{cite web|title=Mac Tutor : Indian Mathematical Society|url=http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Societies/Indian.html|publisher=School of Mathematics and Statistics University of St Andrews, Scotland |accessdate=17 June 2010}}

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