08 July 2011, 05:30 am
FRONTIERS OF HISTORY
Programme Type
Talks
Women and Mathematics: A Perspective
Speaker: Prof. Geetha Venkataraman, School of Liberal Studies/Undergraduate Studies, Ambedkar University, Delhi
Chair: Prof. Irfan Habib, Professor, Maulana Azad Chair, National University of Educational Planning and Administration
Does Mathematics attract women practitioners? What can be said about the number and proportion of women in mathematics? What is the impact of societal pressures on women doing mathematics? This and many other issues will be examined with statistical data, anecdotes, perceptions and vignettes to provide some insights