Mathematics
Year of establishment : 1901
Location : 1st Floor, Manik Chandra Barooah Administrative
Building
E mail : [email protected]
History :
The Department of Mathematics was started in Cotton College from the very inception of the College in the year 1901. Prof. Indu Bhusan Brahmachary, an eminent scholar was the founder Head of this Department. Initially, the subject was taught in the Intermediate level and in the year 1910, Calcutta University accorded affiliation to the department to teach Mathematics at Degree level. From the session 1913-14, Honours (now called ‘Major’) Course in Mathematics was introduced under Calcutta University. The Post-Graduate Course in this department under Gauhati University was started in 1974. Mathematics department has received the financial assistance from DST, Govt. of India under its ‘Fund for Infrastructure Development in Science & Technology in Higher Educational Institution (FIST)’ programme. The department has also been receiving financial assistance from the UGC since 2008-09 under the scheme ‘Rejuvenation of Basic Scientific Research in Indian Universities/PG Colleges’.
| Courses
offered : |
|
HS
Course |
|
Three
year Degree Course (B.A. & B.Sc.) |
|
Two
year (four Semester) Post-Graduate Course
(M.A. & M.Sc.) |
| |
|
One
year Diploma in Bioinformatics (Self-financing) |
| |
|
6
months long Certificate Course in Bioinformatics
(Self-financing) |
| |
|
6
months long Certificate Course in Montessori
Teachers Training (Self-financing) |
| |
|
100
hours long Certificate Course in Computer
Science & IT (Self-financing) |
|
| Number
of Seats : |
B.A. |
05 |
| B.Sc. |
80 |
| M.A.
& M.Sc. |
35 |
|
Specialization offered in M.A. & M.Sc. : Fluid
Dynamics & Relativity
Faculty Members :
| Name |
Designation |
Educational
Qualification |
Area
of
Specialization : |
Contact
Number |
Email |
| Dr.
Sitanath Lahkar |
Head
& Selection Grade Lecturer |
M.Sc.,
Ph.D. |
Fluid
Dynamics & Relativity |
9435307911,
2353089 (Res) |
[email protected] |
| Dr.
Dilip Kumar Sarma |
Selection
Grade Lecturer |
M.A.,
M.Phil., Ph.D. |
Functional
Analysis |
9864369322,
2572176 (Res) |
|
| Dr.
Parag Kumar Deb |
Selection
Grade Lecturer |
M.A.,
M.Phil., Ph.D. |
Graph
Theory |
9864022893,
2456794 (Res) |
[email protected] |
| Dr.
(Ms.) Nirupama Devi |
Selection
Grade Lecturer |
M.Sc.,
Ph.D. |
Fluid
Dynamics & Relativity |
9435733616 |
[email protected] |
| Ms.
Anulekha Bhuyan |
Selection
Grade Lecturer |
M.Sc. |
Modern
Algebra |
9435045617,
2520519 (Res) |
|
| Sri
Rajib Kumar Bhuyan |
Selection
Grade Lecturer |
M.Sc. |
Fluid
Dynamics & Relativity |
9435116959,
2516054 (Res) |
|
| Dr.
(Ms.) Chandra Rekha Mahanta |
Selection
Grade Lecturer |
M.Sc.,
Ph.D. |
Topology,
Relativity & Operational Research |
9864096207,
2134465 (Res) |
|
| Sri
Dilip Gogoi |
Senior
Lecturer |
M.Sc. |
Modern
Algebra |
9864064937 |
|
| Dr.
Dipak Sarma |
Selection
Grade Lecturer |
M.Sc.,
Ph.D. |
Fluid
Dynamics & Relativity |
9864145958 |
|
| Ms.
Kalpana Sarma |
Selection
Grade Lecturer |
M.Sc. |
Modern
Algebra & Functional Analysis |
9435017590 |
|
| Sri
Hiren Deka |
Senior
Lecturer |
M.Sc. |
Topology
& Operator Theory |
9435096614 |
|
| Sri
Sankar Haloi |
Senior
Lecturer |
M.Sc. |
Modern
Algebra & Functional Analysis |
9864422571 |
|
| Ms. Jonali Choudhury |
Lecturer |
M.Sc. |
Near-ring Theory, Topology & Algebra |
9864471543 |
[email protected] |
|
Office Staff Member :
1. Sri Pradip Kalita
2. Sri Jiban Kumar Baishya
Former Faculty Members :
| Name |
Service Period |
| Indu Bhusan Brahmachary |
1901-1905 |
| Rajani Kanta Barat |
1905 |
| Dr. H.D. Bagchi |
1910 |
| Harshanath Sen |
1910-1943 |
| Radha Kanta Das |
1925-1951 |
| G.C. Bhattacharjee |
1938 |
| Phanidhar Datta |
1940-1948 |
| A. Chatterjee |
1941 |
| M. Ali |
1942-1947 |
| S.N. Sen |
1944 |
| Nurul Islam |
1947 |
| R.M. DuttaChoudhury |
1948 |
| Dr. Jyoti Prasad Medhi |
1948 |
| Shiba Prasad Ghose |
1948- |
| Rajani Kanta Chakravarty |
1946-1972 |
| Bishnu Dev Sarma |
1951 |
| Dr. Bhupati Deka |
|
| Dr. Mrigendra Nath Mahanta |
|
| Dr. Binay Kr. Tamuly |
|
| Bapukrishna Choudhury |
1955-1985 |
| Rafiul Huq |
1956- |
| Durgeswar Das |
1956-1985 |
| Dr. Mahendra Nath Barua |
1957- |
Dr. Buddha Prasad Chetia |
|
| Dr. A.C. Das |
|
| Dr. Tarakeswar Choudhury |
|
| Dr. B.K. Dev Sarma |
|
| T. Saikia |
|
| D.K. Das |
|
| Tarun Sircar |
1970-2007 |
| Biswajeet Bhagawati |
1971-2006 |
| Dr. H. Das |
|
| Azizur Rahman Sheikh |
1971-2008 |
| D. Boro |
|
| Dr. Sajal Kanti Chakraborty |
1976 - 2003 |
|
Facilities :
The Department
has one Seminar Library with 1645 books and it
is well equipped with modern audio-visual teaching
aids like OHP, LCD projector etc. It has got a
separate Computer Room with 15 computers having
round the clock internet connectivity. It has
got Photocopying facility too.
Activities :
Mathematics department, under the banner of the ‘Cotton College Mathematics Association’ regularly organizes guest lectures, talks and discussions on both scientific and socially related topics. Since the year 2004, Phanidhar Dutta Memorial Award, in memory of Late Prof. Phanidhar Dutta, former teacher of the department, has been conferred on the student who secures 1 st rank in Mathematics (Major) among the students of Cotton College in TDC (Part-III) Examination under Gauhati University. Another award in memory of Dr. Dilip Kumar Das, 1935 batch Honours graduate of the department, has been instituted from the year 2010 and it will be awarded to the 1 st rank holder in Mathematics (Major) among the students of Cotton College in TDC (Part-III) Examination under Gauhati University. The department has started organizing ‘Rajani Kanta Chakravarty Memorial Lecture’ since 2009 in memory of Late Prof. Rajani Kanta Chakravarty, a former teacher of the department. Mathematics department also brings out its wall magazine named “Ganit Prabah” annually.
Recognized Ph. D. Guides of the Department
:
| Name of the Teacher |
Recognizing University |
| Dr. Tarakeswar Choudhury
(Retired Teacher) |
Gauhati University |
| Dr. (Ms.) Nirupama
Devi |
Gauhati University |
| Dr. (Ms.) Chandra
Rekha Mahanta |
Gauhati University |
|
