N E W S L E T T E R NO. 20 August, 2008 IMS INDIAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY ( Estd. 1907 ; Registration No. S-550, Delhi ) http://www.geocities.com/indianmathsociety/ http://www.indianmathsociety.org.in

• Members are requested to note their Membership Number pasted on the cover (enclosing this News Letter) along with their names. This may be quoted while communicating change of addresses, etc. • The Complete List of the Life Members of the Society is available on the IMS website along with their Membership Numbers. Members whose mails have been returned undelivered are informed accordingly with a note in red with their names on website. Society looks forward to their correct addresses. • Any change or modification in the address and an e-mail id may please be communicated to the General Secretary.

A Fervent Appeal

All the Members of the Society are humbly requested to appeal to their non-resident friends, not necessarily from mathematics, to become Life Members of the Society by paying Membership Subscription of US $1000/-. This may be considered as a token of goodwill towards the Indian Mathematical Society, and a benevolent act of charity on their part for the welfare of the Society at large. • Membership form is available on the website

N E W S L E T T E R NO. 20 August, 2008 IMS INDIAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY
74th ANNUAL CONFERENCE (December 27, 2008 to December 30, 2008)
The 74th Annual Conference of the Indian Mathematical Society will be held under the auspices of the University of Allahabad, Allahabad, from December 27, 2008 to December 30, 2008 under the Presidentship of Professor A. K. Agarwal, Center of Advanced Study in Mathematics, Panjab University, Chandigarh – 160 014. Correspondence pertaining to arrangements for accommodation etc. at Allahabad during the Conference should be addressed to Professor Ramji Lal . Local Secretary, 74th IMS Conference, and Head , Department of Mathematics , University of Allahabad , Allahabad – 211 002 (UP), India . Contact : (O) : 05323 242268 ; (M) : 09415324063 . E-mail: ramjilal@mriernet.in , mathrjl@gmail.com .
Details for sending Papers for presentation at the Conference :
1. Papers should be typed double spaced on an A4 size white paper and should be accompanied by an Abstract in triplicate prepared as per the instructions and format given on pages 7, 8, 9. Abstract should be brief and should not exceed 250 words. The use of Formulae and symbols should be minimized. Abstracts received without full length paper shall not be considered.

2. Papers should be sent by registered post with the words “For the 74th IMS Annual Conference” written in a box on the right hand top corner of the envelope to The Academic Secretary, Professor Satya Deo, Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Chhatnag Road, Jhusi, Allahabad-211 019 (UP), so as to reach him not later than October 31, 2008 (after which date no papers will be accepted). 3. A stamped self-addressed envelope should be enclosed for the acknowledgement / acceptance of the paper for its presentation at the Conference. 4. A copy of the abstract and the paper must also be sent electronically (in .pdf format) to the Academic Secretary Professor Satya Deo at his e-mail address : vcsdeo@yahoo.com . 5. A copy of the paper and the abstract should be retained by the author and brought for use at the time of the Conference as it would not be possible for the Society to make the paper available at the Conference. 6. Every paper submitted for presentation should be classified, as far as possible, according to the following classification scheme/codes and the same should be prominently displayed in red ink on the right hand top corner of the abstract. (A) Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Discrete Mathematics. (B) Algebra, Number Theory and Lattice Theory. (C) Real and Complex Analysis (including Special Functions, Summability and Transforms). (D) Functional Analysis. (E) Differential Equations, Integral Equations and Functional Equations. (F) Geometry.

(G) Topology. (H) Measure Theory, Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes, and Information Theory. (I) Numerical Analysis, Approximation Theory and Computer Science. (J) Operations Research. (K) Solid Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Geophysics and Relativity. (L) Electromagnetic Theory, Magneto-Hydrodynamics, Astronomy and Astrophysics. (M) Bio-Mathematics. (N) History and Teaching of Mathematics. Every author intending to present a paper should either be a member of the Society or should register himself / herself as a Sessional member. In case of joint authors, both the authors must be either members or should become Sessional members. Non-members wishing to become annual members can do so by paying Rs.200/- Those wishing to become Sessional members can do so by paying Rs.200/-. The dues can be paid to the Treasurer, Dr. (Miss) S. P. Arya, Maitreyi College, Bapu Dham Complex, Chanakya Puri, New Delhi : 110 021 by sending a payee’s a/c Bank Draft drawn in favour of the Indian Mathematical Society payable at New Delhi, so as to reach her by December 10, 2008. After this date, applications for becoming Sessional members will be accepted only at the venue of the Conference in Allahabad during 26th to 30th December, 2008. Acceptance of a paper for presentation does not automatically imply its acceptance for publication in the Journal of the Indian Mathematical Society or in The Mathematics Student. In case an author wants a paper to be considered for publication in either of these periodicals, he/she should submit the same separately to the Editor concerned.

Award of Various Prizes for Research Paper Presentations

In order to encourage and inspire the young and budding research workers, the Society holds, during its Annual Conferences, a Special Session of Paper Presentation Competition for various Prizes to be awarded to the best research paper presented in each of the specified areas as stipulated. This Special Session is held as a part of the Academic Programme with no other parallel session. For the year 2008, these areas are : Six IMS Prizes : Algebra, Geometry, Topology, Discrete Mathematics, Number Theory, Operations Research, Fluid Dynamics, Biomathematics and Computer Science. AMU Prize : Functional Analysis. V.M. Shah Prize : Analysis. Three / Four judges are appointed by the Council for “Paper Presentation Competition” for deciding the award of various Prizes. Each of these eight prizes listed above carries a Certificate and a cash amount of Rs.1000/-. Following conditions apply: 1. Only the Members of the Society are eligible for participation in the Competition. 2. The upper age limit of a candidate for participation in the Competition for 2008 is 40 years as on December 31, 2008. 3. (a) The paper to be presented for the competition has to be under single authorship. (b) Independent work at the post-doctoral level is preferred. (c) The work must have been carried out in India.

(d) Stress will be on both, quality of research as well as performance during the presentation. 4. Two copies of the full paper with the abstract in triplicate (not exceeding 250 words) prepared as per the details mentioned in the above as well as its electronic version in .pdf format should reach Professor Satya Deo at the address given on page-4 not later than October 31, 2008. At the top of each copy of the paper and its abstract, the name of the Prize for which paper is submitted must be indicated. Bio-data, including full name and address along with the date of birth (duly supported by an attested copy of the high school certificate), research experience, list of publications, must be appended to the complete paper. Note : One who is already awarded a prize in a certain area in the past is not expected to participate in the competition for the prize in the same area. An appeal : All the Heads of the Departments / Institutions and the Research Supervisors are requested to encourage their research workers for participation in this Competition. INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING ABSTRACT The following instructions should be followed carefully to ensure smooth editing and printing of the abstract: (1) Computer print out of the Abstract is required. (2) The use of Formulae and symbols should be minimized. (3) List of references should not form part of the abstract. (4) Classification of the abstract is a must. (5) Full address is not allowed. (6) The word “abstract” should not be written. (7) Abstract must begin with the title of the paper. (8) Coma should be inserted at the end of the title and the name(s) of the author(s) be written on the same line.

(9) The name of the author’s town should be written in brackets after the name; in case of two (or more) authors from the same town, the town be mentioned only after the last author’s name. The abstract is likely to be rejected if any of these instructions (particularly (1), (2) and (7)) is violated. The abstract and its electronic version in .pdf format should be sent to Professor Satya Deo at the address given on page-4 so as to reach him not later than October 31, 2008 (after which date no papers will be accepted). FORMAT FOR ABSTRACT INDIAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY Name of the Author(s) : Institution(s) : Name of the Presenter : Address for Correspondence : ABSTRACT : (The abstract must be accommodated in the space as on page-9 in strict accordance with instructions given above. The word “abstract” must not be written in the box). SECTION: (The Section (A, B, C, etc.) should be carefully chosen and entered here. Refer the classification codes given on pages 4-5)

Periodicals published by the Society

The Society publishes two periodicals – The Journal of the Indian Mathematical Society (JIMS ; the Journal ; ISSN 0019-5839) and The Mathematics Student (MS ; the Student ; ISSN 0025-5742), both of which are quarterly. * Only the research papers of high quality are published in the Journal. * Ordinarily the following is published in The Mathematics Student : • the texts of Presidential Addresses, the Plenary talks and the Award Lectures delivered at the Annual Conferences, • the abstracts of the research papers presented at the Annual Conferences, • the texts of the invited talks delivered at the Annual Conferences, • research papers, and • the Proceedings of the Society’s Annual Conferences, Expository & Popular articles, Classroom Notes, Problems and solutions, Book Reviews, Reports of IMS Sponsored lectures, etc. Manuscript Submission : Manuscripts intended for publication should preferably be submitted online in the LaTeX , .pdf file or in the standard word processing format (Word or Word Perfect) including figures and tables. In case of hard copy submission, THREE (3) copies of the manuscripts along with a Compact Disc (CD) copy are required to be submitted. For the Journal, manuscripts should be submitted to Professor N. K. Thakare, Editor, JIMS. C/o. Department of Mathematics, University of Pune, Pune – 411 007 (MS), India. E-mail : jims@math.unipune.ernet.in .

For the Student, manuscripts should be submitted to Professor J. R. Patadia, Editor, MS. Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara – 390 002 (Gujarat), India. E-mail : jamanadaspat@gmail.com Manuscript Style : Manuscripts (including bibliographies, tables, etc.) should be typed double spaced on A4 size white paper with 1 inch (2.5 cm.) margins on all sides with font size 11 pt., preferably in LaTeX. Sections should appear in the following order : Title Page, Abstract, Text, Notes and References. Comments or replies to previously published articles should also follow this format with the exception of abstracts. While typing in LaTeX, the following Preamble be used as is required by the Press : \documentclass[10pt]{amsart} \usepackage{amsfonts,amssymb,amscd,amsmath,enumerate,verbatim,calc} \renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.2} \textwidth=11.5cm \textheight=19.5cm \topmargin=0.5cm \oddsidemargin=0.5cm \evensidemargin=0.5cm \pagestyle{plain} Title Page: The Title page should include the manuscript title, authors’ names & permanent affiliations and the name, address & e-mail address of the author to whom page proofs and reprints are required to be sent. Abstract: The following page should include an abstract of not more than 100 words, a list of two to six key words and AMS subject classification (2000).

Text: The text of the manuscript should begin on a new page. The introduction should have heading number 1. Subsequent section headings (including appendices) should be designated by Hindu-Arabic numerals (2,3,…etc.) and subsection headings should be numbered 2.1, 2.2, etc. Figures, tables and displayed equations should be numbered consecutively throughout the text (1, 2,… etc.). Equation numbers should appear flush left in parentheses and running variables for equation (e.g., i =1,2,…, n) flush right in parentheses. References: Responsibility for the accuracy of bibliographic citations lies entirely with the Authors. References in the text be indicated by number(s) in square brackets in line with the text. Example: “… as mentioned in [2, 8]. Ramanujan [9] obtained the following result …”. In the list, the references should be numbered in the order in which they appear in the text. Examples: Reference to a journal publication: 1. G. Birkhoff, Neutral elements in general lattices, Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1940), 702 – 705. Reference to a book: 1. J. Munkres, Elements of Algebraic Topology, Addison–Wesley, 1984. Illustration Style: Originals for illustrations should be sharp and of good contrast. Each Figure and Table should be mentioned in the text and numbered consecutively using Hindu-Arabic numerals. For each Figure and Table, its desired location in the text should be clearly specified. Each Figure and Table must have a caption. Example of proper style for captions : “Figure 1” or “Table 1”. Suggested Figure formats are : TIFF, GIF, EPS, PPT and Postscript. Files should be at least 300 dpi. Copyright : Copy right of the articles published in the Journal or the Student lies with the Indian Mathematical Society.

Reprints: Authors of the papers printed in the Journal and the Student are entitled to 50 reprints free of charge. Additional copies (in integral multiples of 50) will be supplied at cost if orders are placed at the time of proof correction. In case of any query, the concerned Editor may be contacted. Page Charges : The page charges for publications in the Journal / the Student are US $35 / Rs.100 per page except for invited articles. Subscriptions : * Annual subscription for the Journal : Rs. 1000/- for Libraries in India ; US $80/- for Libraries outside India or for personal use. * Annual subscription for the Student : Rs. 800/- for Libraries in India ; US $75/- for Libraries outside India or for personal use. Payments : All payments are to be made to Dr. (Miss) S. P. Arya, Treasurer, IMS by a payee's a/c DD drawn in favour of “The Indian Mathematical Society” payable at New Delhi, India.

Membership of the Society

Membership fees of the Society is as under : Life Membership Fee : Rs.2000/- ( US $1000/- for those residing outside India ). Members of the Society are entitled to a free copy of the “Mathematics Student” for their personal use (not for sale /resale).

Ordinary Annual Membership Fee : Rs. 200/- ( US $100/- for those residing outside India ). Sessional Membership Fee : Rs. 200/- ( US $100/- for those residing outside India ). Sessional Members are those who join the Society only for a particular Session. They may contribute papers for presentation and / or participate in any of the academic programmes held during the Session. * Membership form is available on IMS website. Member in good standing : A member is considered to be of good standing in a particular year if he/she has paid his/her Membership dues by June 30 of that year.

IMS Library

The Indian Mathematical Society Library is housed in the Campus of the Ramanujan Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics, University of Madras, Chennai-600 005 ever since it was shifted from Pune. The Library receives many journals on Exchange basis and has a rich collection of back numbers of reputed mathematical journals received from all over the world. the complete catalogue of the back volumes of all the periodicals published by the Society as well as those received in exchange by the Society and available in the IMS Library, Chennai, is displayed on the IMS website. There is a spate of request for xerox copies of articles published in these journals and the Library attends to these demands promptly. If a particular journal is not available in the IMS Library, the scholars/students are requested to contact other Libraries where it is likely to be available providing them with the addresses of those Libraries.

The address of the IMS Library is : The Indian Mathematical Society Library, The Ramanujan Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics, University of Madras, Chepauk, Chennai – 600 005. Phone : 044 – 25360357 ; E-mail : riasm@md3.vsnl.net.in For further information one may contact Professor K. Partasarathy, The Librarian of the IMS and Director of the Institute.

NOMINATIONS FOR ELECTION TO THE COUNCIL OF THE SOCIETY

The Council has made the following nominations for elections to the Council: President: Professor Peeyush Chandra, I. I. T. Kanpur, Kanpur – 208 016, has been nominated for election to the office of the President of the Society for a period of one year with effect from April 1, 2009. * Professor B. N. Waphare (Pune), Professor Geetha Rao (Chennai) and Professor A. K. Srivastava (Varanasi) have been nominated for election as Members of the Council for a period of three years with effect from April 1, 2009, on account of vacancies going to be created by retiring members. * Any member of the Society may submit to the Returning Officer, Professor V. M. Shah, “Anant”, 7, Jayanagar Society, R. V. Desai Road, Vadodara – 390 001 (Gujarat) an alternative list of names for some or all of the above vacancies, only such nominations being considered valid as are supported in writing by a letter of consent from each one of the candidates proposed by a member, so as to reach the Returning Officer not later than the October 1, 2008.

The nominations made by the Council with an indication made to that effect, together with other valid nominations made by members of good standing of the Society shall be submitted by the Returning Officer to all members of the Society in good standing by means of ballot papers sent by post by November 1, 2008 with instructions to be returned to him latest by the December 15, 2008. The Returning Officer shall collect the ballot papers returned to him by the members up to December 15, 2008 and carry them to the venue of the Conference, where they will be opened and counted by him (or his nominee) in the presence of a committee consisting of the President (or his nominee) and the other Secretaries. A simple majority shall determine the result of the election in each case. The list of newly elected office-bearers and members of the Council shall be announced at the General Body Meeting going to be held during the Annual Conference. The new Council shall assume charge of its office with effect from the April 1, 2009.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL BODY MEETING OF THE SOCIETY HELD AT THE FURGUSSON COLLEGE, PUNE, ON DECEMBER 30, 2007 AT 12: 15 PM

The Annual General Body Meeting of the Indian Mathematical Society was held on the December 30, 2007 at 12:15 P.m. at the Furgusson College, Pune. The following business was transacted: Item 1. To confirm the Minutes of the General Body Meeting held on December 30, 2006 at Jabalpur. The minutes of the General Body Meeting held at 11.30 a.m. on December 30, 2006 at Jabalpur were confirmed. Item 2. To receive the report of the General Secretary for 2007. General Secretary Professor V. M. Shah reported as follows :

• IMS sponsored lectures were held at the following centers: Ajmer, Bangalore, Chennai, Gwalior, Jammu, Lucknow, Mysore, Pune and Vadodara. • P. L. Bhatnagar Prize for 2007 has been awarded to Mr. Abhishek Hemantkumar Dang (Pune) for being the top scorer for the Indian Team (24 points) at the 48th International Olympiad held at Hanoi (Vietnam) in July, 2007. • 114 Life Members and 12 ordinary members have been enrolled during the year 2007. • From the year 2007, the Society has started bringing out two News Letters - one in March and the other in August of the corresponding year. The latest News Letter is also displayed on the IMS website. Item 3. To receive the report of the Academic Secretary for 2007. Academic Secretary Professor Satya Deo reported as follows : • Plenary Talks were delivered by Professor S. T. Yau (Harvard, a Fields Medalist ; in memory of Professor M. K. Singal), Professor Richard Hamilton (Columbia) and Professor S. R. S. Varadhan (Courant Institute, Abel Prize Winner). • IMS Memorial Award Lectures were delivered by Prof. T. M. Karade (Nagpur; 21st P. L. Bhatnagar Memorial Award Lecture), Prof. Dinesh Singh (Delhi University; 18th V. Ramaswamy Aiyer Memorial Award Lecture), Prof. J. Radhakrishnan (TIFR, Mumbai; 18th Srinivasa Ramanujan Memorial Award Lecture) and Prof. Siddhartha Gadgil (IISc, Bangalore; 8th Ganesh Prasad Memorial Award Lecture). • Eleven Invited Talks were delivered by the experts in their respective areas. • Ten Symposia, each with at least five invited speakers, were organized by the experts in various current topics. • Thirteen papers were presented in the “Paper Presentation Competition” for various IMS Prizes and VMS Prize. There was no entry for AMU Prize this year. • 120 contributed research papers, whose abstracts had already been circulated to the delegates of the Conference, were presented at the Conference covering most of the topics. Item 4. To receive the report of the Editor of the JIMS for 2007. Editor, Journal of the Indian mathematical Society, Professor N. K. Thakare reported as follows : • The part consisting of Nos. 3-4, July – December 2006, of the JIMS Vol. 73 (2006) was published and issued in June 2007. • Now, the part consisting of Nos. 1-2, January – June 2007, of the JIMS Vol.74 (2007) is being readied for its issuance. • 32 manuscripts are received during the year and 8 manuscripts were reported as pending with the referees in the last report. Now out of these 40 manuscripts, 2 are accepted, 14 are not accepted and 24 are pending with the referees. As regards to the Special Centenary Volume of the Journal, eight manuscripts are received from well known mathematicians and five more will be received shortly. The work in this regard is well in progress. • The Editor would like to thank the learned referees for evaluating articles sent to them as well as the contributors of the research papers. The Editor would also like to thank very profusely the valuable assistance rendered by Professor M. M. Shikare and Professor B. N. Waphare of Pune University, Pune. Item 5: To receive the report of the Editor of the Mathematics Student for 2007. Editor, The Mathematics Student, Professor J. R. Patadia reported as follows: • The Volume 75 (2006) of The Mathematics Student is in press and will soon be published.

• 24 manuscripts are received during the period from December 24, 2006 to December 23, 2007 and 14 manuscripts were reported as pending with the referees in the last report. Now, out of these total 38 manuscripts, 02 are accepted, 14 are not accepted and 22 are pending with the referees. • As regards to The Special Centenary Volume of the Mathematics Student, 19 manuscripts, comprising 300 pages, are already received. Few promised remaining manuscripts are expected to be received by January 2008. The Editor would like to put on record his profuse gratefulness to the referees and to all those authors who have participated in the Centenary Celebrations of the Society through their valued contributions to the Special Centenary Volume. The Editor also thanks all those colleagues who enthusiastically agreed to contribute to the Special Centenary Volume, but at a much later stage, had to regret due to certain unavoidable circumstances. Further, the Editor takes this opportunity to express his sincere thanks and deep sense of gratitude to Professor R. Sridharan, Professor Sarva Jit Singh and all the members of the Council for the suggestions, help and assistance they rendered in regard to the Special Volume of the Mathematics Student. The Editor also thanks the Administrative Secretary Dr. S. B. Nimse for his assistance. Item 6. To consider the Audited Statement of Accounts for 2006-07 and budget for the Financial year 2008-09. The Treasurer Dr. (Miss) S. P. Arya presented the audited Statement of Accounts for the year 2006–2007 and the Annual Budget for 2008–2009 which were approved with the recommendation that the provision for an amount of Rs. 20,000/- be made for IMS website with its own domain name. Item 7. To consider the venue of the Annual Session of the next Conference. No firm invitation has been received for holding the 74th Annual Conference of the Society in 2008.

• As has been mentioned earlier in this news letter, the 74th Annual Conference of the Society will be held under the auspices of the University of Allahabad, Allahabad. Item 8. To receive the report of the Returning Officer regarding elections. The President announced the result of election as follows : 1) President for 2008-09: Prof. A. K. Agarwal, Chandigarh. 2) Administrative Secretary : Dr. S. B. Nimse, Ahmednagar. (for a period of three years with effect from April 1, 2008) 3) Three Council members: Prof. S. Bhooshnurmath, Dharwad. Prof. Manjul Gupta, Kanpur. Prof. (Mrs.) M. Srivastava, Jabalpur. (for a period of three years with effect from April 1, 2008) Item 9. Any other item with the permission of the Chair. I. Consideration of the open offer made by the Hon’ble Vice Chancellor of the Pune University for having the Head Quarters of the IMS at the Pune University. (Ref.: Excerpt from the inaugural address delivered by Dr. Narendra Jadhav, the Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, University of Pune on December 27, 2007 : …… “ It is interesting to note that this oldest scientific Society in India was founded in 1907 with Head Quarters in Pune. Its Library was in Pune right from 1907 till 1950. If the Society needs some assistance from the place where it was founded then we shall be pleased to extend facilities for establishing its Head Quarters in Pune University. We shall be very happy to be of some assistance in this regard. We have already taken steps to assist IMS and have permitted to have Editorial Office of the Journal of IMS in the Department of Mathematics of our University”. …… ). The open offer made by the Hon’ble Vice Chancellor of the Pune University was considered very favourably by the Council and the following resolution was passed.

It is resolved to shift the Head Quarters (Registered Office) of the Indian Mathematical Society to the Department of Mathematics, University of Pune, Pune. II. Consideration of the required amendment in the relevant clause of the Constitution of the Society as necessitated by the resolution in Item 09, I. The Council resolved to amend the Clause (3) of the Constitution of the Society as stated below: Existing Clause (3). : Clause (3). : Head Quarters : The Head Quarters (Registered Office) of the Society will be at Delhi. Clause (3). after the amendment : Clause (3). : Head Quarters The Head Quarters (Registered Office) of the Society shall be at Delhi or at any other place in the Country as may be decided by the Council from time to time. III. Consideration of the nomination for the Office of the Librarian of the Society with effect from April 1, 2008. While considering the nomination for the Office of the Librarian of the Society, since the IMS Library is housed at the Ramanujan Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics, University of Madras, Chennai, it was felt that the ‘election’ for the office of the Librarian may sometimes create a non-harmonious situation for the working of the Library. Hence it was proposed that the Librarian of the Society be nominated by the Council. It is resolved that the Librarian of the Society be nominated by the Council. The Council resolved to nominate Professor K. Parthasarathy, Director, Ramanujan Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics, University of Madras, Chennai, as Hon. Librarian of the Indian Mathematical Society for the period of three years with effect from April 1, 2008.

IV. Consideration of the required amendment in the relevant clause(s) of the Constitution of the Society as necessitated by the resolution in Item 09, III . The Council resolved to amend the Clause 8. (b). of the Constitution of the Society into Clause 8. (b). (i). , Clause 8. (b). (ii). and Clause 8. (b). (iii). as stated below : Existing Clause 8. (b). : The three Secretaries, the two Editors, the Treasurer and the Librarian shall be elected by the members of the Society for a term of three years and shall be eligible for re-election. Clause 8. (b) after the amendment : 8.(b).(i). : The three Secretaries, the two Editors and the the Treasurer shall be elected by the members of the Society for a term of three years and shall be eligible for re-election. 8.(b).(ii). : The Librarian shall be nominated by the Council for a term of three years and shall be eligible for re-nomination. 8.(b).(iii). : Notwithstanding any other provision in the Constitution of the Society, a casual vacancy of the Librarian, on account of death or any other reason shall be filled in by the Council for a specific period as may be required. The amendments in the Constitution of the Society as in Item 09.II. and Item 09.IV. were unanimously adopted by the General Body. After expressing profuse thanks to the host, the meeting ended with a vote of thanks to the Chair. V. M. Shah General Secretary, IMS. August 24, 2008.

NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL BODY MEETING

The Annual General Body Meeting of the Indian Mathematical Society will be held on December 30, 2008 at 12.15 p.m. at the venue of the Conference, Allahabad, to consider the following agenda. All the members of the Society are requested to kindly attend the meeting. AGENDA 1. To confirm the Minutes of the General Body Meeting held on December 30, 2007 at Pune. 2. To receive the report of the General Secretary for 2008. 3. To receive the report of the Academic Secretary for 2008. 4. To receive the report of the Editor of the Journal of the Indian Mathematical Society for 2008. 5. To receive the report of the Editor of the Mathematics Student for 2008. 6. To consider the Audited Statement of Accounts for 2007-2008 and the Budget for the Financial Year 2009 – 2010. 7. To consider the venue of the Annual Session of the Next Conference to be held in December 2009. 8. Announcement of the results of the following elections: President for 2009 – 2010 and Three members of the Council for three years w.e.f. April 1, 2009. 9. Any other item with the permission of the chair. (Members in good standing on or before June 30, 2008 are entitled to exercise vote.) V. M. Shah General Secretary, IMS. The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara – 390 002 (Gujarat), India. Phone : (R) : 0265 – 2433823. August 24, 2008. =====*****=====

High lights of the Academic Programme of the ensuing Allahabad Conference
(Academic Programme Update, if any, will be displayed on the Allahabad Conf Acad Program Update link from time to time) 1. Plenary Lectures : Four Plenary Lectures will be delivered. Speakers are : * C. S. Seshadri. FRS and National Research Professor of India (Director, CMI, Siruseri, Chennai). * S. G. Dani. Chairman, NBHM. (TIFR, Mumbai). * Manindra Agrawal. Godel and Fulkerson Prize winner (IIT Kanpur, Kanpur). (In Memory of late Professor R. P. Agarwal). * J. G. Thompson. FRS, Fields Medalist and Abel Prize winner. (Cambridge University, UK). Confirmation awaited. 2. IMS Memorial Award Lectures : * 22nd P. L. Bhatnagar Memorial Award Lecture will be delivered by G. S. Srivastava (I I T Roorkee, Roorkee) on " Entire Function Extensions of Continuous Functions - a Brief Survey”. * 19th V. Ramaswamy Aiyer Memorial Award Lecture will be delivered by S. Arumugam (Kalasalingam University, Krishnakoil, Tamilnadu) on “ Domination and coloring in graphs ”. * 19th Srinivasa Ramanujan Memorial Award Lecture will be delivered by (Mrs) Padmavathamma (University of Mysore, Mysore) on “ Generalized Frobenious Partitions ” * 19th Hansraj Gupta Memorial Award Lecture will be delivered by S. D. Adhikari (HRI, Allahabad)on “ The relation between two combinatorial group invariants- history and ramifications ” 3. Half an hour Invited Talks : * George Andrews (University of Pansylvania, USA). Confirmation awaited.

* V. Kannan. (University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad). * Dipendra Prasad. (T I F R, Mumbai). * Milind Kulkarni (P G Center, Goa). * K. Parthasarathi (University of Madras, Chennai). * B. N. Waphare (University of Pune, Pune). * John Ryan. (University of Arkansas, USA). * Ravindra Shukla. (University of Allahabad, Allahabad). * S. S. Benchalli (Karnataka University, Dharwad). * A. Ojha (PDPM IIIT, Jabalpur). 4. Symposia : * On “ Fourier Analysis and Allied Topics ” Convener : H. P. Dixit (Director General, School of Good Governance, Bhopal). Speakers : U. B. Tewari (IIT, Kanpur), P. C. Das (NISER, Bhubneshwar), G. Das (Institute of Math Sciences, Bhubeneshwar), Shobha Madan (IIT, Kanpur), R.S.Pathak (BHU, Varanasi). * On “ Modular forms and L-functions ” Convener : B. Ramkrishnan (HRI, Allahabad). Speakers : M. Ram Murty (Kingston), V. Kumar Murty (Toronto), R. Balasubramaniam (IMSc, Chennai), M. Manickam (Vivekananda College, Chennai). * On “ Algebra ” Convener : Dinesh Khurana (IISER - Mohali, Chandigarh). Speakers : Dipendra Prasad (TIFR, Mumbai), J. K. Verma (IIT Bombay), Chanchal Kumar (IISER, Mohali, Chandigarh), Selby Jose (Mumbai). * On “ Mathematical Ecology” Convener : B. Rai (University of Allahabad, Allahabad). Speakers : Peeyush Chandra (IIT, Kanpur), Suneeta Gakkhar (IIT Roorkee), O. P. Mishra (Gwalior), Manju Agarwal (Lucknow), P.N.Pandey (Allahabad), G. Jayraman (IIT Delhi).

* On “ Operator Theory” Convener : R. K. Singh (University of Lucknow, Lucknow). Speakers : G. Mishra (IISc, Bangalore), Dinesh Singh (Delhi University), S. C. Arora (Delhi University), S. D. Sharma (Jammu), J. S. Manhas (Oman). * On “Fuzzy Sets and Systems” Convener : A. K. Srivastava (Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi). Speakers : M. K. Chakraborty (University of Calcutta, Kolkata), Wagish Shukla (IIT Delhi), Mohua Banerjee (IIT Kanpur), M. N. Mukherjee (University of Calcutta, Kolkata).

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

* P. L. Bhatnagar Prize for 2008 to Indian Team at 49th IMO. The 49th International Mathematical Olympiad was held during July 10-22, 2008 at Madrid, Spain. The Indian team secured the 31st position among 97 countries, winning five Bronze medals and one Honourable Mention. Anirudh Gurjale (Hyderabad; E-mail : aniridh.gurjale@yahoo.co.in) and Utkarsh Tripathi (Kanpur) the top scorers with 19 points each. They will be awarded the P.L. Bhatnagar Memorial Prize (carrying a Certificate and a cash award of Rs.1000/- each) of the Indian Mathematical Society. The award will be presented to them at the Inaugural Session of the 74th Annual Conference of the Society on the December 27, 2008 at Allahabad. * ISCA Annual Session . The 96th Session of the Indian Science Congress Association will be held at the North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong-793022, during January 3 to 7, 2009. The Focal Theme of the Session will be “ Science Education and attraction of Talent for Excellence in Research”. Dr. T. Ramasami, Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Science & Technology, Technology Bhavan, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi - 110 016 (E-mail: dstsec@nic.in) will preside over the Session. Professor B. K. Dass, Department of Mathematics, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 is the Sectional President and Professor R. K. Srivastava,

Department of Mathematics, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University, Agra-292 002 is the recorder, for the Mathematical Sciences (including Statistics). * ISCA Young Scientist Awardee for Mathematical Sciences for the year 2007-08. . Avishek Adhikari, Department of Pure Mathematics, Calcutta University is the ISCA Young Scientist Awardee for the year 2007-08 for the Mathematical Sciences. The IMS congratulates this distinguished young researcher and wishes him the best in his pursuit of excellence in Mathematics. * INSA Medal for Young Scientist – 2008. . Siddharth Gadgil, Department of Mathematics, IISc, Banagalore and Udaya K. Anandavardhanan, IIT Bomabay, Powai, Mumbai, are the INSA Medal awardees for the Young Scientist – 2008. The IMS congratulates these distinguished young researchers and wishes them the best in their pursuit of excellence in Mathematics. * International Congress of Mathematicians 2010 (ICM 2010) . “The international Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) is an event of unique significance to the mathematical community around the world. It is held once in every four years. The venue for the Congress is chosen, from the bids received for it, by the International Mathematical Union. India has won the bid for holding the ICM in 2010. This is the first time the event is to happen in India and only the third time in Asia (after Kyoto-1990 and Beijing-2002). With the concurrence of International Mathematical Union (IMU) it has been decided to hold ICM 2010 at Hyderabad during August 19 – 27, 2010. This congress will be held at Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC). A webpage for the ICM 2010 is located at http://www.icm2010.org.in”. =========*********=========

INDIAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY Council Members 2008-09
1. Prof. A. K. Agarwal. President. E-mail: aka@pu.ac.in Center for Advanced Study in Mathematics, Punjab University, Sector 14, Chandigarh - 160 014 (Punjab), India. 2. Prof. R. B. Bapat. Immediate Past President. E-mail: rbb@isid.ac.in Indian Statistical Institute, 7, S. J. S. Sansanwal Marg, New Delhi-110016, India. 3. Prof. V. M. Shah. General Secretary. Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara - 390 002 (Gujarat), India. 4. Prof. Satya Deo. Academic Secretary. E-mail: vcsdeo@yahoo.com HRI, Chhatnag Road, Jhusi , Allahabad - 211 019 (UP), India. 5. Dr. S. B. Nimse. Administrative Secretary. E-mail: dr.sbnimse@rediffmail.com Vice-Chancellor, S. R. T. Marathawada University, Nanded - (MS), India. 6. Dr. (Miss) S. P. Arya. Treasurer. E-mail: shsh_ry@yahoo.co.in Maitreyi College, Bapu Dham Complex, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi-110 021, India. 7. Prof. N. K. Thakare. Editor, J. Indian Math. Soc. E-mail: nkthakare@gmail.com C/o : Department of Mathematics, Poona University, Pune – 411 007 (MS), India. 8. Prof. J. R. Patadia. Editor, The Math. Student. E-mail: jamanadaspat@gmail.com Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara - 390 002. (Gujarat), India. 9. Prof. K. Parthasarathy. Librarian. E-mail: krishnanp.sarathy@gmail.com Ramanujan Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics, University of Madras, Chennai-600 005. (TN), India. 10. Prof. A. P. Singh. E-mail: singhanandp@rediffmail.com Department of Mathematics, University of Jammu, Jammu-180 006. (J & K), India. 11. Prof. G. S. Srivastava. E-mail: girssfma@iitr.ernet.in Department of Mathematics, I. I. T. Roorkee, Roorkee – 247 667 (Uttarakhand), India. 12. Prof. A. S. Gupta. Plot No. 85 F, Hill Co operative Society, Prem Bazar, Kharagpur – 721 306 (WB), India. 13. Prof. V. Kannan. E-mail: vksm@uohyd.ernet.in Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Hyderabad, P.O. Central University, Hyderabad - 560 046 (AP), India. 14. Prof. (Mrs.) M. Shrivastava. E-mail: mlshrivastava@rediffmail.com Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, R. D. Vishwavidyalaya, Pachpedi, Jabalpur-482 001 (MP), India. 15. Prof. Manjul Gupta. E-mail: manjul@iitk.ac.in Department of Mathematics and Statistics, I I T Kanpur, Kanpur - 208 016 (UP), India. 16. Prof. S. Bhoosnurmath. E-mail: ssbmath@yahoo.com "Paranjyoti", Saptapur, Haliyal Road, Dharwad - 580 001 (Karnataka), India. =====*****=====