Page 25 - Tarangni 7-2

To commemorate the birth anniversary of great mathematician
Srinivasan Ramanujan, the Department of Mathematics
organized the National Mathematics Day on 22 December 2021.
nd
Dr. T Velusamy, Former Principal, Government Arts College,
Paramakudi, served the chief guest and delivered a talk on
“Positive Thoughts in Younger Minds”. He highlighted about the
Ramanujan’s result on infinity. Around 80 students from all
branches
branchesof engineering departments actively participated in
this lecture. Dr. V. Jailaxmi, Professor and Head, Department of
Mathematics explained about the magical number 1729 as the Dr. T.Velusamy, Chief guest, addressing the students on “Positive
smallest number which can be expressed as the sum of two Thoughts in Younger Minds” on National Mathematics Day.
cubes in two different ways discovered by Srinivas Ramanujan.
As part of the celebration, Math’s Quiz: ‘Cipher 1729’ was conducted by the ‘iTech Intellect Quiz Club”. About 55 first year students
from all the branches participated in the competition and the prizes were distributed.

Drawing done by Shreya Choudhary 1 year ECE for the
st
drawing competition held for the Science Day

Students’ works displayed on the studio wall

PSG iTECH | TARANGINI | VOLUME 7 | ISSUE 2 | 24