THE INDIAN MATHEAMTICAL SOCIETY
(Estd. 1907; Registration No. S-550, Delhi)
http://www.indianmathsociety.org.in



Shri V. Ramaswami Aiyar
(4 August 1871 � 22 January 1936)



IMS Presidents till 1934: Joint photo; with relevant write up .





FOLLOWING IS THE LIST OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE INDIAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY .

Sr. No. Year/Years Name &
affiliation
photo
01 1907- 1912 B. Hanumanta Rao
Bhimasena Hanumantha Rao
College of Engineering, Madras.
02 1912-1915 R. N. Apte
Rajaram College, Kolhapur
03 1915 E. W. Middlemast
(Edward William Middlemast)
Principal, Presidency College, Madras
04 1915-1917 R. Ramachandra Rao
(Diwan Bahadur) Raghunatha Rao Ramachandra Rao
(c. 1871�July 1936)
Collector of Kurnool;
Secretary to then Madras Goverment.
05 1917-1921 A. C. L. Wilkinson
Professor of Mathematics;
and later, Principal, Deccan College.
06 1921-1926 H. Balakram
Hoon Balakram
(1876�1929)
Civil Servant
07 1926-1930 V. Ramaswami Aiyar
(1871-1936)
Deputy Collector, Madras.
08 1930-1932 M. T. Naranienger
Mandyam Tondanur Naraniengar
(1871�1940)
Central College, Bangalore
09 1932-1934 P. V. Seshu Aiyar
(Rao Bahadur) P. V. Seshu Aiyar
Government College, Kumbhakonam
10 1934-1936 H. G. Gharpure
11 1936-1940 R. P. Paranjpye
Raghunath Purushottam Paranjpye
(16 February 1876 � 6 May 1966)
Ferguson College, Pune
12 1940-1942 R. Vaidyanathaswamy
Ramaswamy S. Vaidyanathaswamy
(1894�1960)
University of Madras, Madras.
13 1942-1947 F. W. Levy
(Friedrich Wilhelm Daniel Levi)
University of Calcutta, Calcutta.
14 1947-1949 M. R. Siddiqui
(Dr. Muhammad Raziuddin Siddiqui)
Osmania University, Hyderabad.
15 1949-1951 A. Narasinga Rao

16 1951-1953 T. Vijayraghavan
(Tirukkannapuram Vijayaraghavan)
Ramanujan Institute of Mathematics, Madras.
17 1953-1957 Ram Behari
Delhi University, Delhi.
18 1957-1959 V. Ganapathy Iyer
Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar
19 1959-1960 ; 1961-1962 B. S. Madhav Rao
(Bangalore Srinivasarao Madhava Rao)
Institute of Armament Technology, Poona ;
University of Poona, Poona
20 1960-1961 B. N. Prasad
(Badri Nath Prasad)
Allahabad University, Allahabad
21 1962-1963 C. N. Srinivasienger
(C. N. Srinivasa Iyenger)
Bangalore
22 1963-1964 Hansaraj Gupta
Panjab University, Chandigarh
23 1964-1966 ; 1968-1969 P. L. Bhatanagar
(Prabhu Lal Bhatnagar)
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
24 1966-1968 R. S. Verma
Rama Shankar Varma
25 1969-1970 R. P. Bambah
(Ram Prakash Bambah)
Punjab University, Chandigarh
26 1970-1971 M. Venkatraman

Madurai University, Madurai
27 1971-1973 J. N. Kapur
(Jagat Narain Kapur)
I I T Kanpur, Kanpur
28 1973-1974 K. G. Ramanathan
(Kollagunta Gopalaiyer Ramanathan)
T I F R, Mumbai
29 1974-1975 V. Krishnamurthy (Visvanatha Krishnamurthy)
BITS, Pilani
30 1975-1977 P. C. Vaidya
(Prahalad Chunnilal Vaidya)
Gujarat University, Ahmedabad
31 1977-1979 U. N. Singh
(Udita Narayana Singh)
Delhi University, Delhi
32 1979-1981 K. Venkatachaliengar
University of Mysore, Mysore
33 1981-1982 V. V. Naralikar
(Vishnu Vasudeva Narlikar)
University of Poona, Poona
34 1982-1984 R. S. Mishra
Ratan Shankar Misra
Lucknow University, Lucknow
35 1984-1985 R. P. Agarwal
(Ratan Prakash Agarwal)
Lucknow University, Lucknow
36 1985-1986 S. D. Chopra
(Som Dutt Chopra)
Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra
37 1986-1987 H. C. Khare

Allahabad University, Allahabad
38 1987-1988 V. Singh
Vikramaditya Singh
Punjabi University, Patiala
39 1988-1989 M. K. Singal
(Mahendra Kumar Singal)
Meerut University, Meerut
40 1989-1990 M. P. Singh
(Mahendra Pal Singh)
IIT Delhi, Delhi
41 1990-1991 V. M. Shah
(Vadilal Maganlal Shah)
The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara
42 1991-1992 D. K. Sinha
(Dilip Kumar Sinha)
Jadavpur University, kolkata
43 1992-1993 V. Kannan
(Varadachariar Kannan)
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
44 1993-1994 U. P. Singh
(Udai Pratap Singh)
Purvanchal University, Jaunpur
(later Renamed as: Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, Jaunpur)
45 1994-1995 H. P. Dikshit

R. D. University, Jabalpur
46 1995-1996 N. K. Thakare
(Nimba Krishna Thakare)
DOB: April 22, 1938
University of Poona, Pune
47 1996-1997 S. Bhargava
(Srinivasamurthy Bhargava)
University of Mysore, Mysore
48 1997-1998 A. R. Singal
(Asha Rani Singal)
Meerut University, Meerut
49 1998-1999 B. K. Lahiri

Kalyani University, Kalyani
50 1999-2000 A. S. Gupta
(Anadi Sankar Gupta)
I.I.T. Khargpur, Kharagpur
51 2000-2001 Satya Deo
Rewa University, Rewa
52 2001-2002 P.V. Arunachalam
(Puduru Viswanatha Arunachalam)
The Dravidian University, Kuppam-517 426,
Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh.
53 2002-2003 M. A. Pathan

Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
54 2003-2004 T. Parthasarathy
(Thiruvenkatachari Parthasarathy)
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad-500 046,
Andhra Pradesh.
55 2004-2005 T. Thrivikraman
(Thekkedath Thrivikraman)
Cochin University of Science and
Technology, Cochin-682 022, Kerala.
56 2005-2006 Sarva Jit Singh
Maharshi Dayanand University,
Rohtak-124 001, Haryana.
57 2006-2007 I. B. S. Passi
(Inder Bir Singh Passi)
Panjab University, Sector-14,
Chandigarh-160 014, Punjab.
58 2007-2008 R. B. Bapat
(Ravindra B. Bapat)
I.S.I. Delhi, 7, S J S Sansanwal Marg,
New Delhi-110 016.
59 2008-2009 A. K. Agarwal

Panjab University, Sector-14,
Chandigarh-160 014, Punjab.
60 2009-2010 Peeyush Chandra
I.I.T. Kanpur, Kanpur-208 016, Uttar Pradesh.
61 2010-2011 R. Sridharan
(Ramaiyengar Sridharan)
Chennai Mathematical Institute,
H1, SIPCOT IT Park, Padur P.O., Siruseri,
Kelambakkam � 603103, Chennai, Tamilnadu.
62 2011-2012 P. K. Banerji
(Pradeep Kumar Banerji)
Jai Narayan Vyas University,
Jodhpur-342 011, Rajasthan.
63 2012-2013 Huzoor H. Khan
Aligarh Muslim University,
Aligarh-20202, Uttar Pradesh.
64 2013-2014 Geetha S. Rao
(Geetha Srinivasa Rao)
Madras University,
Chennai- 600060, Tamilnadu.
65 2014-2015 S. G. Dani
(Shrikrishna Gopalrao Dani)
I.I.T. Bombay, Powai-400 076, Mumbai, Maharashtra.
66 2015-2016 A. M. Mathai
(Arakaparampil Mathai Mathai)
Centre for Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
Peechi-680653, Kerala.
67 2016-2017 D. V. Pai
(Devidas Vyankatesh Pai)
I I T Gandhinagar, Palaj-382 355,
Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
68 2017-2018 Manjul Gupta
I I T Kanpur, Kanpur-208 016,
Uttar Pradesh.
69 2018-2019 Sudhir Ghorpade
I I T Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400 076.
Maharashtra.
70 2019-2020 S. Arumugam
Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Mathematics,
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham,
Coimbatore-641 112, Tamil Nadu, India.

Visiting Professor, Dept. of Computer Sci.,
Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, UK

Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Computer Science,
Ball State University, Muncie, USA
71 2020-2021 B. Sury
Professor, Theoretical Statistics and Mathematics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Banglore Unit, Bengaluru-560 059, Karnatak, India.

72 2021-2022 Dipendra Prasad
Professor, Department of Mathematics, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400076, Maharashtra, India.

73 2022-2023 S. D. Adhikari
Professor, Ramkrishna Mission Vivekanand Educational and Research Insitute,
Belur, Kolkata-711 202, West Bengal, India.


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