THREE DAYS SCIENCE ACADEMIES’ LECTUREWORKSHOP

ON"ESSENCE OF PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL

EQUATIONS"MARCH 20-22, 2018

The Post Graduate and Under Graduate Departments of Mathematics, M. E. S. College ofArts, Commerce and Science, Bengaluru in association with the Indian Academy of Sciences(Bengaluru), The Indian National Science Academy (New Delhi) and The National Academyof Science, India (Allahabad) organized a three days Science Academies’ Lecture Workshopon “Essence of Partial Differential Equations” from 20th March to 22nd March 2018 at M. E. S.College Conference Hall.

Prof. A. K. NandakumaranConvener

Prof. Achala L. NargundCoordinator

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Dr. Asha C. S., Assistant Professor, Post Graduate Department of Mathematics, M. E. S.Degree College anchored the inaugural function.

Ms. Padmini B., Student of Junior M.Sc., M. E. S. Degree College invoked the blessings ofgod by performing a bharatanatyam dance.

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The Workshop was inaugurated by lighting the lamp by the dignitaries, namely, Prof. GirijaJayaraman, the Chief Guest, Retired Professor, Department of Mathematics, Indian Instituteof Technology, Delhi, Prof. Phoolan Prasad, Department of Mathematics, Indian Instituteof Science, Bengaluru, Prof. Aloknath Chakrabarti, NASI Platinum Jubilee Fellow, IndianInstitute of Science, Bengaluru, Prof. Prabhamani Patil, Retired Professor, Department ofMathematics, Anna University, Chennai, Dr. D. Leelavathi, Principal, M. E. S. Degree Col-lege, Bengaluru and Prof. Achala L. Nargund, Co-ordinator of the Workshop.

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Prof. Achala L. Nargund, Head and Coordinator, Post Graduate Department of Mathematicsand Research Centre in Applied Mathematics, M. E. S. Degree College welcomed the gatheringand gave a brief introduction about the workshop.

Dr. Sumana R. Shesha, Assistant Professor, Post Graduate Department of Mathematics, M.E. S. Degree College gave a brief introduction about Prof. Girija Jayaraman, the Chief Guestof the inaugural function.

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Prof. Girija Jayaraman, the Chief Guest delivered the inaugural address.

Dr. D. Leelavathi, Principal, M. E. S. Degree College delivered her presidential remarks.

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PROF. A. K. NANDAKUMARANProf. A. K. Nandakumaran is a Professor at the Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute

of Science, Bangalore and also the Convenor of the workshop. His areas of interest are analy-sis, ordinary and partial differential equations, controllability, differential games. His researchareas are homogenization, exact controllability, optimal control, tomography and image recon-struction, viscosity solutions and differential games. He has published several articles and alsowritten books. He is member of the American Mathematical Society, Founder member of In-dian Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, member of Ramanujam Mathematical So-ciety, fellow of National Scademy of Science India (NASI), regional coordinator of KarnatakaRegional Mathematical Olympiad (1998-2008), member of editorial board, Journal Non-linearStudies, chairman of board of governors, Government Engineering College, Palakkad, Kerala.He has got Sir C. V. Raman Young Scientist State award in Mathematics for the year 2003.

Prof. A. K. Nandakumaran presented a talk on General Theory of Ordinary DifferentialEquations.

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PROF. PHOOLAN PRASADProf. Phoolan Prasad is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics (formerly Depart-

ment of Applied Mathematics till 1989), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. Hejoined the IISc as a Research Fellow on April 9, 1965. He has held the distinguished chairof MSIL Professorship during 1993-96 in the Department of Mathematics, IISc. He was theChairman of the Department of Mathematics, IISc during 1996-2000 and Professor in super-time-scale before his retirement on July 31, 2006. During 2006-2011, he was a HonoraryProfessor and DAE-Raja Ramanna Fellow at IISc, and during 2011-2016, he was INSA SeniorScientist and NASI-Senior Scientist Platinum Jubilee Fellow.

Prof. Phoolan Prasad delivered a talk on First Order Partial Differential Equations:Method of Characteristics.

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PROF. P. S. DATTIProf. P. S. Datti did his Graduation at Ilkal in the year 1974. He completed his Masters

from the Department of Mathematics, Karnatak University, Dharwad in the year 1976. He firstjoined the then existing TIFR-IISc Joint Programme in Applications of Mathematics as a “Par-ticipant”. He was deputed by TIFR for higher studies to visit Courant Institute of MathematicalSciences (CIMS), New York. He obtained his Ph. D. degree on the thesis “Long term existenceof classical solutions to non-linear wave equations in exterior domains” in the year 1985 fromCIMS. After returning from CIMS, he has held different positions in TIFR. His research inter-ests include nonlinear hyperbolic equations, hyperbolic conservation laws, ordinary differentialequations, evolution equations and boundary layer phenomenon.

Prof. P. S. Datti rendered a talk on Second order Partial Differential Equations.

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PROF. VAMSI PRITHAM PINGALIDr. Vamsi Pritham Pingali completed his B. Tech in Engineering Physics in the year 2008

from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, M. A. in Mathematics in the year 2009 fromStony Brook University and Ph. D. in Mathematics from Stony Brook University in the year2013. He was awarded the President’s Silver medal for academic excellence in IIT Bombay byher Excellency, the President of India in the year 2008. He received the Chairman’s Teachingaward for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student in Stony Brook University in the year2013. He is alo the recepient of the Early Career Research grant award by SERB. He was alsoawarded the Infosys Young Investigator Position for 2017-2019 by the Infosys foundation. Heis a Junior Associate of ICTP from 2018 to 2023. Currently he is an Assistant Professor at theDepartment of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

Dr. Vamsi Pritham Pingali rendered the talk on Linear theory of Ordinary differentialequation and Stability Analysis.

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DR. M. SATHYAKRISHNADr. M. Sathyakrishna, Retired Principal and Professor, M. E. S. Degree College, com-

pleted his Post Graduation in Mathematics in the year 1978 with distinction from BangaloreUniversity. He joined M. E. S. College in the year 1979 as a Lecturer. He has also workedas a part time lecturer in the National College, Basavanagudi. He was awarded Ph. D. de-gree from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore for the research work “Analysis of SomeUnsteady Laminar Boundary Layer Flows Using Numerical Methods" in the year 1993. Hewas a resource person for conducting Mathematics classes for M. Sc. Students of WildlifeBiology and Conservation conducted jointly by Wildlife Conservation Society, NCBS, Centrefor Wildlife Studies, NIAS and Manipal University. He has guided four students for M. Phildegree from Periyar University in the year 2004. He was Deputy Custodian for valuation unitof all languages, semester and annual schemes for the year 2005. He has guided one student fordissertation work for M. Ed. Programme in the year 2007. He has co-authored books namely,“CET-Mathematics”, “Text book for first PUC Mathematics” and “Text book for first semesterB. Sc. Mathematics”. He has handled Post Graduation classes for M. Sc. Mathematics for 25years in M. E. S. Degree College, Bangalore.

Dr. M. Sathyakrishna gave a talk on Canonical forms of Partial Differential Equations.

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PROF. ACHALA L. NARGUNDProf. Achala L. Nargund completed her Post Graduation in Mathematics in the year 1982 fromGulbarga University securing second rank. Under the able guidance of Prof. M. Venkatacha-lappa, Prof. Achala secured her Doctor of Philosophy based on the thesis entitled “Propagationof quasi-simple waves in conducting and non-conducting medium” in the year 2001. Hardworking and sincere by nature she has set an example for others to follow. In the field of per-sonal acquaintance her relationship has always been a cordial one; for being instructive withoutbeing invidious and corrective without being contentious has been her endeavor. Too simple tobe ceremonious and too silent to be sanctimonious, she has created an indefectible impressionamongst all. For tenacity of purpose, for suavity of dialect, for refinement of intellect and forsincerity of purpose and devotion to duty she have been a special attraction. Prof. Achala hasbeen a part of M. E. S. Degree College since 1992.

Prof. Achala L. Nargund presented a talk on New Technique To Solve Non Linear PartialDifferential Equations.

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M. E. S. BULLETIN OF APPLIED SCIENCESA bulletin is a scholarly periodical of a learned society. As a part of the Diamond Jubilee

Celebrations of our institution, we brought out our own bulletin, namely M.E.S. Bulletin ofApplied Sciences. We will be publishing articles of Mathematical Sciences (i.e., Mathematics,Statistics, Computer Science), Physical Sciences (i.e., Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy), LifeSciences (i.e., Botany, Zoology, Biotechnology) and Social Sciences (Economics, History, Po-litical Science, Psychology, Sociology). This bulletin will be a biannual journal. Two issueswill be released in a year, one in March and the other in September. The first issue was releasedon the third day of the workshop.

The first issue was dedicated to Prof. H. S. Sharadamma, Retired Principal and Professor,M. E. S. Degree College. Prof. H S Sharadamma did her graduation and post graduation inmathematics from University of Mysore. She stood first in all subjects in her graduation andpost graduation and hence stood first for the University. She is a recipient of gold medal in allsubjects of her post graduation study. She was honoured by the Bangalore North Lions Club forher academic achievements. She joined M.E.S. College as a Lecturer. Eventually, she becameReader and Professor in Mathematics. She was honoured by the Bangalore North Lions Clubfor her work as a teacher. She became the Head of Under-Graduate Department of Mathematicsin the year 1963. She started taking classes for Post Graduation in the year 1986 and till nowshe is in service. She became the Principal of M.E.S. Degree College in the year 1992. She isan ocean of knowledge and has abundant memory power. She is an inspiration to students aswell as teachers.

The first issue is also a Post Graduate Students Issue as it contains articles only fromPost Graduate M.Sc. students. M.Sc. students have projects in their final semester. Alreadytwo batches of students have done projects. Among these, some are presented in the form ofresearch articles in the first issue.

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Dr. Sumana R. Shesha, Assistant Professor, Post Graduate Department of Mathematics, M.E. S. Degree College anchored the Bulletin release function and also familiarized the audienceabout the Bulletin.

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Prof. Phoolan Prasad, Prof. P. S. Datti and Dr. M. Sathyakrishna released the first issue ofM.E.S. Bulletin of Applied Sciences which contained 11 research articles.

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Prof. Achala L. Nargund spoke a few words about the Bulletin.

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Prof. Phoolan Prasad spoke a few words on the occasion.

Dr. M. Sathyakrishna appreciated the department on its endeavour.

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