22nd
Dec
2020

National Mathematics Day

Mathematics is the most beautiful and most powerful creation of the human spirit.

National Mathematics Day is celebrated every year on 22^nd December across the nation to recognize and celebrate the works of legendary Indian mathematician, Srinivasa Ramanujan. It was on this day in 1887, the Indian mathematical genius was born to a Tamil Brahmin Iyengar family at Erode, Tamil Nadu.

This year the students of classes Pre-Nursery – VIII observed this day through various activities, based on Mathematics. They made abacus with beads, who am I clock, scenery with geometrical shapes, symmetry with match stick, different shapes of polyhedron etc and shared their work virtually.

A wonderful webinar was organized by the mathematics department for students of Class IX – XII where in the teachers described the life story of mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan through power point presentation. A quiz competition was also a part of the program. The main objective behind the celebration was to raise awareness about the importance of mathematics for the development of humanity.