Mathematical Sciences Foundation

Mathematical Sciences Foundation
Established 2003
Type Research Institution, Educational Institution
Director Professor Dinesh Singh
Location Delhi, India
Website http://www.mathscifound.org

Mathematical Sciences Foundation (MSF) is an institute of education and research, located in Delhi, India. Its goal is the promotion of mathematics and its applications at all levels, from school to college to research.

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Educational programmes

Undergraduate

Graduate

In association with the University of Houston, leading to PhD's in Mathematics, Computer Science, and Physics. Students are trained at MSF for a year before heading to Houston.

Seminars and conferences

An annual programme under which eminent mathematicians reside at St. Stephen's College to interact with students and faculty. Recent visitors under this programme have been Sir Michael Atiyah, M S Narasimhan and Martin Golubitsky (President, SIAM).

An international conference held in Delhi in 2006 to commemorate the birth centenary of André Weil.

Contests

An annual contest, first held in 2006, to encourage school students to use computers for mathematical problem solving.

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