Considering the most popular undergraduate/graduate training programme in Mathematics running in India, a week-long “Mathematics Training and Talent Search” (MTTS) programme got underway here at Kohima Science College (KSC), Jotsoma on December 3.
A press release from KSC Jotsoma stated that the resource persons for the programme are professor G. Santhanam from IIT Kanpur, professor Bhaba Kumar Sarma from IIT Guwahati and Dr. Dhiren Kumar Basnet from Tezpur University. In his keynote address, Professor Bhaba Kumar Sarma highlighted the history and the aims and vision of the innovative and prestigious programme. Stress critical thinking and logical reasoning, and the strategy adopted are ‘Think, Ask and Solve’, he added. He expressed happiness on having the programme in Nagaland, a place where “warmth was felt from the beginning”.
The release stated that it is the first time the Mini-MTTS programme is being held in Nagaland, being hosted by a college instead of universities or institutes like IITs and NITs.
50 participants from reputed institutes and colleges from all over Northeast India are participating in the event which will be culminating on December 8. The inaugural programme was chaired by Jane Roseline Yimchunger, welcome note by the principal KSCJ, Dr. Lily Sema, while short speech was delivered by HOD of Mathematics KSCJ, Dr. S. N. Pandey.