Department of Mathematics at Banaras Hindu University: A history, circa 1916-1950

By : Ritesh Gupta

Page No: 149-173

Abstract
A historical study of Science Colleges and their constituting departments and disciplines, viz. Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Zoology, Botany, et cetera established in early universities could bring to light new facts and values to the history of science in modern India. However, not much scholarship has catered to the institutional histories of Science Colleges established in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Survey and scrutiny of institutionalization of modern sciences and mathematics in Indian universities have remained rather neglected. Therefore, the present paper explores the early history of the Banaras Hindu University’s (B.H.U.) Mathematics Department. It lists out the first-generation mathematicians of the university, their education and training, the national and international collaborations, research, and scientific publications.

Author :
Ritesh Gupta
Ph.D. Research Scholar, Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/GB.2020.42.1-2.6