Prof. Alladi Ramakrishnan addresses the audience at the launch event of the 'Journal of Mathematics and Physical Sciences'
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Seen in the image from left: Prof. Alladi Ramakrishnan (Founder and Director of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences- IMSc), Prof. B. Sengupto (Director, IITM), Dr. A. L. Mudaliar (Chairman, Board of Governors), Mr. V. R. Nedunchezhian (Minister of Education, Madras) and Prof. S. D. Nigam (Head of the Mathematics Department).
Mr. V. R. Nedunchezhian (Minister of Education, Madras) was the chief guest at the event held to launch the Journal of Mathematics and Physical Sciences that took place at the Institute on 24th November 1967. The Journal was launched with an Editorial Board, composed of eminent mathematicians and scientists in India and abroad. The objective behind the Journal was to establish and maintain a publication in India for research papers of the highest quality.
Prof. Alladi Ramakrishnan’s earliest work was on ‘product densities and fluctuating density fields’ on which he published multiple papers. It was during a visit to the Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton that he decided to start a similar institution in India. With the recommendation of Nobel laureate Niels Bohr and the support from the Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru and C. Subramaniam (Minister of Education, Law and Finance for Madras State), he created the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (Matscience) in 1962. Matscience is located in Taramani, adjacent to the IIT campus.
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