Mathematics department of Kirti College came into existence since inception of the college in 1954 in the year of college establishment.
Former Heads of the Department:
Late Prof. V. G. Gosavi ( up to 1984)
Late Prof. Wad (1984 – 1988 )
Prof. R.B. Mishra (1988 – 1993 )
Prof. Chitra Paranjpe (1993- 2020)
Current Head of Department:
Prof. Mathew Samuel
The department has been labelled as a small but self sufficient and well organized department by NAAC peer team. Astudent-centric and resourceful department, it initiated the subject of Computer Programming and System Analysis as Applied Component, at T.Y.B.Sc. for students of Mathematics and Statistics. It took the lead in starting the degree programme of Computer Science in the year 1999, making Kirti College one of the pioneering colleges to offer this subject.
To its credit, one of our former students, Jitendra Sakpalhad secured third rank at TYBSc Mathematics examination held by Mumbai University. Our faculty Dr. Seema Purohit is a PG recognised Teacher and a Research Guide. She has successfully guided around 29 students for MPhil and 10 research scholars for PhD. Our former HOD Prof. Chitra Paranjpe and Dr. Seema Purohit are on the board of studies of several autonomous colleges in the subject of Mathematics and Computer Science. Prof. Mathew Samuel was a former NSS officer under whose baton the college has received Best NSS Unit (Urban) and Best NSS Volunteer awards from Mumbai University. Currently Prof. Mathew Samuel is the IQAC co-ordinator. Our alumnus Roshni Kadam was felicitated for her work in Gender sensitization as a NSS volunteer at the hands of the then Honorable President of India, Mrs. Pratibha Patil. . The department also has the honor of havingseveral “Best Student ofthe Year” awarded to their students.
The department is well equipped and well maintained, which doubles up as a classroom whenever necessary especially for remedial teaching. The department is ICT enabled with a 24×7 internet connectivity. The department has a well maintained and rich library with a round 500 books. The department conducts departmental meetings regularly for reviewing student and teacher performance besides planning and organizing activities and events for students. It conducts parent meetings once a year to apprise the parents of their wards performance in class and exams . It motivates students to participate in differentcompetitions, courses, etc. the department regularly hold guest lectures, lecture series, quizzes, etc. to cultivate a mathematical aptitude, mathematical skills and generate an interest in mathematical thinking in students. It has also conducted stress management workshops, career counselling lectures, soft skills training and counselling lectures for exam preparedness.The department has currently signed an MOU with three colleges to hold programmes collectively for students and teachers. Under this MOU, a lecture series, an international conference, a math competition and a bridge course is planned.
| SR. NO. | PROGRAMME NAME | DEGREE CERTIFICATE | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B.Sc. Mathematics | Degree (03 Yrs) | Aided |
| Category | Title of the seminar/ conference/ training | Local / State / National / International | Location / Date | Duration | List & Designation of Speakers | Sponsoring Agency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workshop (For Teachers) | Workshop in Linear Algebra | Local | Kirti college 01/12/2016 | 1 day | Dr.(Prof) Nitin Nitsure from TIFR and Dr.(Prof) Niranjan Balachandran fromIIT Mumbai | Mumbai University |
| UGC sponsored National conference “Confluence of emerging trends inmultidisciplinary research areas inMathematics” | National | Kirti College 19/12/2016 – 20/12/2016 | 2 days | UGC in collaboration with IAIAM , Pune and IDOL University of Mumbai. | ||
| Lectures (For Students and Teachers) | Cryptographyin Cybersecurity as an application of Number Theory. | College level | Kirti College 13/02/2017. | 1 hour | Guest lecture by Prof. Shruti Mantri of Computer Science – IT Dept. on | ——- |
| Algebraic Number theory | College level Under the academic festival SRUJAN | Kirti College August 2019 | 1 hour | Dr. Dhwanita Rao Faculty, Dept. of Mathematics Bhavans College, Andheri | ——– – | |
| Shares and share market | College level Under the academic festival SRUJAN | Kirti College 08/10/2018 | 1.5 hours | Mr. Girish Sathe | Kirti College | |
| Counter Examples of continuous and Differentiable functions | College level Under the academic festival SRUJAN | Kirti College 19/02/2021 | Prof. Y.M. Borse Professor, Department of Mathematics, Savitribai Phule Pune University Professor | Kirti College | ||
| Isoperimetric Problem | College level Under the academic festival SRUJAN | 19/02/2021 | Dr. Rajesh Raut Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, National College, Bandra , Mumbai | Kirti College | ||
| Certificate course for teachers | Online course in ICT in Education designed by UNESCO Bangkok-two modules ICT Essentials and ICT in Decision making | International | 11/07/2017 And 13/07/2016 | 3 hours | Math Dept. faculty | ——– |
| Sr. No. | Name | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sudhakar Rajput | Lab. Assistant |
Some of the exemplary students have joined postgraduate courses like M.Sc. in Engineering Mathematics, M.B.A., M.C.A., M.Sc. in Mathematics, etc. A couple of students have completed their Ph.D. or are in the process of completing their Ph.D. Students are employed in responsible positions in various fields like banking, IT, education, media, finance, media, film production, etc. It is worthy to note that students who were poor performers in academics have gone on to be very successful professionally.
Extension Activities:
FACULTY
Mathew Samuel
M.Sc.
Mathematical Analysis
S.N. Garje
M.Sc. M.Phil.
Algebra
Sunil Howal
M.Sc. NET
Calculus
Sagar Rawool
MSc, B.Ed.
Algebra
Yogini Mhatre
M.Sc.
Mathematical Analysis
