The conference examines South Asia’s manuscript traditions, focusing on mathematical thought and the challenges of deciphering diverse texts. It highlights their pedagogical, computational, and global contributions, underscoring the continuing relevance of this heritage.

 At 10:00

Inauguration by Shri Shyam Saran, President, IIC

Keynote Address by Prof. Manjul Bhargava, awarded Fields Medal (2014)

At 16:00

Lecture - demonstration: Sarangi and Vocal by Dr Deepak Paramshivan, IIT Madras

At 18:30

Exhibition Inauguration at Main Art Gallery, Kamaladevi Complex

Chief Guest: Dr S. Jaishankar, Hon. Minister of External Affairs, Govt. of India

Welcome Remarks: Shri Shyam Saran, President, IIC

Exhibition Walkthrough: Dr Sudha Gopalakrishnan, Project Director, SAMHiTA and Prof. K. Ramasubramanian, Conference Convenor

Vote of Thanks: Shri K.N. Shrivastava, Director, IIC

The exhibition will be on view till Sunday, 14th September from 11:00 to 19:00 hrs

The Mathematical Sciences: South Asia’s Contributions

This exhibition traces India’s (and broadly South Asia’s) contribution to global mathematics through its historical development, theories and practices, contextualization through lineages, and exchanges and recontextualization through time and space. To understand this multi-layered discipline, the exhibition displays reproductions of manuscripts of works from the Vedic period to the early modern era, including treatises, explanatory commentaries and manuals

(Collaboration: IIC-International Research Division and Centre for Traditional Indian Knowledge Systems and Skills, IIT Bombay)