Palaj, Gandhinagar: IIT Gandhinagar announces the launch of a major project on the history of Indian mathematics with the support of a major grant by Infosys Co-founder Mr Kris Gopalakrishnan.

As part of the project, IIT Gandhinagar will develop programmes and support research scholars, conferences, publications, etc. and broaden global awareness and understanding of the wide-ranging and seminal Indian contributions to number systems, geometry, algebra, trigonometry and algorithmic methods.

IIT Gandhinagar Director Sudhir K Jain said: “India has made major contributions to many of the foundations of modern mathematics, which is not deeply studied or widely known. We are grateful to Mr Kris Gopalakrishnan for this support, which will enable us to undertake a systematic study of the history of Indian mathematics and to disseminate those contributions both within India and globally.”

Mr Gopalakrishnan said: “I am delighted to support this project to better understand and create wider awareness of the significant contributions that Indians have made from the 8th century BC to the 20th century in the development of mathematics. I am confident that IITGN will do exceptional work in this area.”