Kerala Mathematical Association
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Kerala Mathematical Association is an organization established in 1962 to serve the mathematical community comprising students, teachers and researchers inside Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

 and outside. It has a membership of around 1000 of which nearly half are life members and about 300 are from outside Kerala and outside India. The Association regularly organises, on an average ten to twelve a year, national/international workshops, seminars in different parts of Kerala. The Association also regularly publishes the proceedings of these seminars and workshops. Focusing on teachers and students the Association conducts regional orientation programmes on new developments in mathematics. Since 2004 the association is publishing an international journal Bulletin of Kerala Mathematical Association which contains original research papers on Mathematics and its applications, with two issues in a year. M.S. Samuel (MACFAST, Tiruvalla) is the Executive Editor of the Bulletin.

The Kerala Mathematical Association started a regular Prof.T.A. Sarasvati Amma
T.A. Sarasvati Amma
T.A. Sarasvati Amma was a scholar born in Kerala, India who specialized in the geometry of ancient and medieval India....

 Memorial Lecture
in its annual conference in 2002. The Lecture was endowed by R.C. Gupta a historian of Indian mathematics.

V.K. Balachandran (formerly Director, Ramanujan Institute, Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...

) is currently the President of the Association and T. Thrivikraman (formerly Professor, Cochin University of Science and Technology
Cochin University of Science and Technology
Cochin University of Science and Technology is a government owned autonomous university in Kochi , Kerala, India. Founded in 1971, the university consists of three campuses, two in Kochi and one in Kuttanad, Alappuzha, 66 km inland. The university awards degrees in engineering and allied...

) is the Academic Secretary.

See also

  • Indian Mathematical Society
    Indian Mathematical Society
    Indian Mathematical Society is the oldest organization in India devoted to the promotion of study and research in mathematics. The Society was founded in April 1907 by V. Ramaswamy Aiyer with its head-quarters at Pune. The Society started its activities under the name Analytic Club and the name...

  • Calcutta Mathematical Society
    Calcutta Mathematical Society
    The Calcutta Mathematical Society is an association of professional mathematicians dedicated to the interests of mathematical research and education in India...

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