Activities of Department Mathematics & Statistics

2012-13:

1. Guest Lecturer

2. Assymptote

3. Staff Quiz

RESULTS :

The Department has always maintained a pass percentage of 80% and above and hopes to increase the percentage. The department takes pride in announcing that we have students scoring 100% marks in Statistics and Mathematics in all three years, on regular basis.  Some of the students who have done us proud are:

Madhusmita Pradhan was an outstanding student of our college, having done her B.Sc.(MSCs) from 2006-’09. She is a gold medallist from OU for the B.Sc. course for the year 2009. She passed out with an aggregate of 93% including languages in her UG course. In her II year, she scored an aggregate of 450/450 in her optional subjects and 150/150 in mathematics paper III and IV in her III year, a rare feature for any student to achieve indeed!

Through the college placements, she was absorbed in CapGemini and continues to work there till date. She is also pursuing her MCA from IGNOU through distance education. She has also been taking part actively in various cultural activities in college and otherwise.

   

Mohit Dayal, MSCs (2005- 2008)
2005- ’08: Topper in Math's Group with an average of 91.8%
2008 : Awarded the best passing out student with an iPod and merit certificate by Cognizant
2009 : Awarded the best passed out student with a Titan watch and merit certificate by Cognizant
2011 : A Gold Medalist in M.Sc. Statistics from HCU and is currently pursuing a research oriented job at ISB.

Also pursuing his Actuarial Science Course, he has already cleared 8 papers out of 16 which is indeed a great feat!

   

Chaitanya MSCs (1999- ‘02)

Completed his research in Statistics in UK. Currently he is working as a Research Fellow in Medical Statistics at the University of Aberdeen.

Fatema S K MSCs (2008 – 2011): Topper in Math's Group with an average of 94.5%.

 

Some of the Non-Academic Achievements :

Name of the Student

Achievement

Mohit Dayal-MSCs

Inter College I Prize winner in Maths Paper presentation conducted by Aurora Degree College.

Nikhil Menon-MSCs

All India Operations Manager in Google.

Abhishek Gurwara-MSCs

Only NCC cadet to get the All India I rank medal for Pilot Training Course. Now, he also trains 400 NCC students for being pilots.

Jitendra Yadav-MPCs

Participated in the Republic Day Parade at New Delhi.

Arpan Mukherjee-MPCs

Directed a short film and presented it at the national film festival getting the second prize.

Vignan Tej - MPCs

New Delhi RD parade participant, Best Cadet Award from the President.

M Sai Kumar MPCs

Member of the Winners of the All India Inter University Soft Ball Tournament

Nagesh B MECs

Represented University in shooting.

Vamshi - MPCs

Represented University in Hand Ball.

Rajini -  MPCs

Represented University in Soft Ball.

Nimesh Reddy-MPCs

Under 19 State Team Player for Cricket.

Bharadwaj - MECs

National Level soft ball Player

Vidya Sireesha - MSCs

An excellent singer, state level I runner-up in Fresh Face context organized by Clear &

Pradeep  Jaiswal - MPCs

National Level Lawn Tennis Player.

Jyothirmayi - MECs

Rising Playback Singer in the film industry.

Kalpika - MSCs

Film Actress.

 

PROJECTS :

Lecturers of the Department are regularly guiding students on projects in Mathematics and Statistics every year.

 

PAPER PRESENTATION BY STUDENTS :   

The students of Mathematics and statistics, encouraged by the faculty members, present seminars, every year, related to their subjects - Mathematics and statistics.

Last year, 24 teams, each team consisting of 2 or 3 students, gave presentations on application of statistics in various fields like Duckworth-Lewis method for cricket, Commonwealth Games, Census, Sample determination, National Income and its computation, Decline in the number of Tigers, Testing of Hypothesis, Indian Drug Industry, Data Mining, etc.

 

FACULTY ACIEVEMENTS/WORKSHOPS ATTENDED/PUBLICATIONS/ PRESENTATIONS:

Book Publication

Dr.K.Vasudeva Rao - A life member of A.P.M.S has co-authored a text book in Maths IV in Numerical Analysis of OU published by Telugu Academy, which is a prescribed text book for III years. – 2010


Dr.K.Vasudeva Rao - CBoS in Math appointed him for the preparation of Question Bank and Model Paper of  M-III and M-IV (a) & (b) and the same is being currently used by OU for the  Examinations - 2010


Mrs. Seena Biju - Co-Author for a text book in OR for Distance Education in OU – 2007

Faculty Upgradation

Mrs.Leela Santi - M.Phil  from SV University - 2011


Mr. Selva Kumar - Degree in M.Phil. from Periyar University, Tamilnadu – 2007

Some of the Seminars/Conferences/Workshops attended

i. International conference on "Advancement of Statistics" at Indian School of Business (ISB), Gachibowli, Hyderabad - 2004

ii. Seminar on "Tools of Statistics in Computational Techniques" at Jagruti College (affiliated to Osmania University) - 2002XII CONGRESS by A.P Society for Mathematical Sciences hosted by Osmania University - 2006

iii. National Conference on "New Trends in Number Theory" organized at Osmania University –2006

iv. National Seminar on "Algebra - Its applications"- 2006- HCU

v. National Seminar on "Linear algebra and Analysis". 2007

vi. “Teaching Statistics at Undergraduate Level” at OU, hosted by OU - 2007

vii. National Lecture series on “Statistics –Past, present and future” at HCU - 2008

viii. Workshop on SPSS at St.Francis Degree College, Begumpet - 2010

ix. National Conference on Emerging Trends in Sciences - 2010

x. International Congress of Mathematics (ICM) held at Gachi Bowli – Lecture on - Proof of the Book – 2010

 


Mrs. Lalitha Narayanan with Prof. C.R.Rao and Ms. Padmaja , HOD, Dept of Statistics, St. Francis College, at an International Conference on Statistics at ISB.

 


Mr. V Selva Kumar with our students and other dignitaries at a Lecture Series on Statistics at HCU.

Paper Publications/Presentations

i. Dr.Uma Dixit: Published two Papers on Number Theory in International Journal of Inequalities in Pure & Applied mathematics (JIPAM) 2006

ii. Dr.Uma Dixit: Paper Presentation at The National Conference on New Trends in Number Theory 2006

iii. Dr.K.Vasudeva Rao: Paper Presentation at The National Conference on New Trends in Number Theory - 2006

iv. Mrs.Lalitha Narayanan: Co-Author for a paper publication on Evaluation of Cost Effective Substrate for Enhancement of Protease Production by Asperigillus Niger in the Asian Journal of Microbial Biotech, Env. Sc. Vol. 9 No. 4, Global Science Publication - 2007

v. Mrs.Lalitha Narayanan: Paper Presentation at The International Conference on Trade & Commerce. 2010

vi. Mr. V. Selva Kumar: Co-Author for a paper publication on Use of Pectin Rich Fruit Wastes for Polygalacturonase Production by Aspergillus awamori MTCC 9166 in Solid State Fermentation – 2012

GUEST LECTURES :

The department has been conducting the guest lectures every year. Read more..

 

Madhava Mathematics Competition

On 8th of Jan 2012, the Madhava Mathematics Competition was conducted in our college. This competition is a 3 hour written exam in Mathematics. It is conducted by the Department of Mathematics, S.P. College, Pune and Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR, Mumbai. This exam is conducted for undergraduate students in Mathematics to motivate them to pursue higher studies in Mathematics. Students, who do well in the exam, will be sent for a summer camp for Mathematics to some University. Students will also be given many cash awards.In Hyderabad it was conducted at 3 centres.

1. St.Francis College, Begumpet

2. St.Ann's college, Mehdipatnam

3. Bhavan's Vivekananda College for Science, Humanities and Commerce, Sainikpuri.

 

PSCIFE CLUB :

The Physical Science Faculty have started a club last academic year by the name PSCIFE (Physical Science Club for Information, Fun and Education). There was a competition for the physical science students to suggest a name for the same. Under the voting system, this acronym was selected as suggested by Ms. S K Fatema of B.Sc. (MSCs) III year, 2008-’11. The purpose of having this club is:

1. To have better inter- departmental interaction for both students and staff

2. To conduct activities like paper presentation, poster presentation, quiz, fun games, brain quest, etc.

3. To encourage their analytical skills and to stimulate their thinking and develop confidence.

4. To make the students more creative

5. To try and remove the inhibition that some of the students may have.

Mrs.Leela Santi and Mrs.P Rajini are the coordinating members of the club.

The  Quiz - Asymptote :

The Mathematics Quiz, ASYMPTOTE is being conducted regularly since 2004 which is held every year to commemorate the great Mathematician, Ramanujan's birthday. Prizes are given to first three teams. For the first two years, it was conducted as an intra college competition for the physical science streams. Because of its popularity, it is now conducted as an inter-college competition, regularly, every year.


Mrs. Seena Biju conducting the quiz, ASYMPTOTE, in the seminar hall, IT Block. Are Dr. Ashok & Dr. Ganesh cracking the question?!!! Eureka !!!

Mr. Aditya K of MSCs III year, conducting the quiz, ASYMPTOTE 2010, on the stage, during Bhavanotsav 2010

BHAVANOTSAV 2011 :

A good number of students of the department of Mathematics and Statistics were core volunteers for the entire event, whereas many others were assigned the duty of liasoning with other colleges for inviting the students for the D-day whereas yet another group of students coordinated with the industry/organization for sponsorship. The details of the events organized by the department of Mathematics and Statistics and the responsibilities of the faculty members are summarized in the table given below.

S.NO.

NAME OF THE EVENT/DUTY

LECTURER-IN-CHARGE

JUDGE

NO. OF TEAMS PARTICIPATING

NAME OF COLLEGE OF WINNING TEAMS

I

II

1

Stage Décor

Mrs.Lalitha Narayanan

-

-

-

-

2

Inaugural

Mrs.Lalitha Narayanan

3

Registration Desk

Mrs. G.S.Mini

Mr.M.Sudheer

4

Overall-In-Charge Of All Events Of The Dept. Of Maths & Stats

Dr. K. Vasudeva Rao

5

In-Charge Of Volunteers

Mrs. G.S.Mini

-

 

6

Purchase Committee Member

Mr. V. Selva Kumar

-

 

6

Monitoring Of Certificate Writing

Mrs. P. Krishnaveni

-

 

Mrs. Santi Priya

 

7

Maths Poster Presentation

Mrs. Y Swathi

Dr. N.Padmaja,         Hod, Dept. Of Stats, St.Francis College

14  (2 Members
/Team)

BVC

BVC

Mrs.L.Sandhya

8

Stats Poster Presentation

Mrs. P.Rajini

  1.   (2 Members

/Team)

BVC

BVC 

9

Maths Crossword Puzzle

Mrs.Lalitha Narayanan

-

  1. (2 Members

/Team)

BVC

BVC 

10

Treasure Hunt

Mrs.Lalitha Narayanan

-

  1. (2 members

/Team)

Loyola Academy

St.Joseph

 

 


Students trying to crack the crossword puzzle, preliminary round, Bhavanotsav 2011

The judge, Dr.Padmaja, hearing attentively to a student’s explanation of his maths poster presentation.

 


The judge, Dr.Padmaja, is being presented a memento by the HOD as other lecturers of the department look on.


Mr.Nelson being given the I prize for the statistics poster presentation.

 

Besides this, lecturers have taken bridge course for international students and weak students in Mathematics. Lectures have also been taking remedial classes for weak students in Mathematics and Statistics.