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Manjil Saikia | Curriculum Vitae H (+91) 80119 02141 • B
[email protected] Í http://www.manjilsaikia.in
Education The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics Pre-PhD Diploma (Mathematics), CGPA – NA/4.00
Trieste, Italy 2014–2015
One of the 10 students selected from the UN members
Tezpur University (5 year Integrated) Master of Science (Mathematics), CGPA – 8.39/10.00
India 2009–2014
Member of Students’ Council for three consecutive terms University quizzing champion (2011 and 2013) Member of the best university debate team (2011) Only student member of the University Internal Quality Assurance Cell
Masters Thesis Title: A study of the crank function with special emphasis on Ramanujan’s Lost Notebook Supervisor: Professor Nayandeep Deka Baruah
Research Interests Number Theory, Discrete Mathematics, Additive Combinatorics, History of Mathematics
Publications Peer Reviewed Papers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A charecterization of a prime p from the binomial coefficient np : (with Alexandre Laugier) The Mathematics Student, 2014, 83 (1-4), 1-7 Cranks in Ramanujan’s Lost Notebook: Journal of the Assam Academy of Mathematics, 2013, 6, 59-63 A new proof of Lucas’ Theorem: (with Alexandre Laugier) Notes on Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics, 2012, 18 (4), 1-6 Binomial Symbols and Prime Moduli: (with Jure Vogrinc) Journal of the Indian Mathematical Society, 2011, 79 (1-4), 137-143 (arXiv:1209.2374 [math.NT]) A simple number theoretic result: (with Jure Vogrinc) Journal of the Assam Academy of Mathematics, 2010, 3, 91-96 (arXiv:1207.6707 [math.NT])
Non Peer Reviewed Articles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gonit Sora: The two year Journey: (with Pankaj Jyoti Mahanta) Asia Pacific Mathematics Newsletter, October 2013, 3 (4), 25-27
Research Experience Summer Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Summer Research Fellow
June – July, 2012
The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India Project Title: A few results in additive combinatorics and analytic number theory Supervisor: Prof. Ramachandran Balasubramanian
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Summer Research Fellow
June – July, 2011
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali, India Project Title: A study of Kummer’s proof of Fermat’s Last theorem for regular primes Supervisor: Prof. Kapil Hari Paranjape
Summer Fellow
June – July, 2010
Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai, India Project Title: On the irrationality of ζ(2) and ζ(3) Supervisor: Dr. Purusottam Rath
Reading Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Visiting Student
July 2013
Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India Project Title: Topics in group theory and galois theory Supervisor: Prof. Sujatha Ramadorai
Other Experience GonitSora.com
April 2011 – Present
Editor and Co-founder of the website gonitsora.com The website is a bilingual website devoted to mathematics education and teaching
Other Courses Coursera.org Online Course, Introduction to Mathematical Thinking
2012
Offered by Stanford University
Invited Talks Geometry: An Olympiad Approach Women’s College, Tinisukia, India, April 2013 Prime Numbers-Obsession, Mystery and Magic Cotton College, Guwahati, India, February 2013 Mathematics- Beyond the Classroom St. Mary’s College, Shillong, India, September 2010 Binomial Symbols and Prime Moduli ICM International Satellite Conference on Rings and Near Rings, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India, September 2010 On Some Simple Geometrical Applications Kaliabor College, India, September 2008
Conferences and Workshops Attended 5th Indian School of Logic and its Applications
January 2014
Tezpur University, Tezpur, India
Workshop on Probability
January 2014
Tezpur University, Tezpur, India
CIMPA International Research School and Conference on Fourier analysis of groups in Combinatorics Curriculum Vitae - Manjil Saikia
November 2013
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North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India
Advanced Instructional School on Analytic Number Theory
June 2013
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) University, Bhubaneshwar, India
The Legacy of Srinivasa Ramanujan
December 2012
University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
Winter School on Galois Theory
December 2012
Tezpur University, Tezpur, India
Pan Asian Number Theory Conference
July 2012
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India
Advanced Instructional School on Number Theory (The Circle Method)
June 2012 – July 2012
The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India
History, Aspects and Prospects of Mathematics in India
June 2012
The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India
Workshop on Analysis
January 2012
Tezpur University, Tezpur, India
Winter School and Conference on Algebra and Number Theory
December 2011
Tezpur University, Tezpur, India
Special Number Theory Year
December 2010 – January 2011
The Institute of Mathematical Sciences,Chennai, India
ICM International Satellite Conference on Rings and Near Rings
September 2010
North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India
National Workshop on Fuzzy Logic and its Application
January 2010
North Lakhimpur Girls College, North Lakhimpur, India
Professional Duties Reviewer of 1 article for British Journal of Mathematics and Computer Science
Awards and Honours 2012: Summer Research Fellowship Awarded jointly by the three science academies of India to 101 students from the country 2011: Summer Research Fellowship Awarded jointly by the three science academies of India to 88 students from the country 2009 – 2014: INSPIRE Scholarship Awarded by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India to the top 1% students of the country 2008: Prof. Bapu Krishna Choudhury Memorial Prize Awarded by the Assam Academy of Mathematics 2007: Qualified the Regional Mathematical Olympiad - North Eastern Region of India 2007: Dr. Subratananda Dowerah Memorial Gold Medal Awarded by the Assam Academy of Mathematics for topping the mathematics Olympiad Curriculum Vitae - Manjil Saikia
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2007: Anundoram Barooah Award Awarded by the Government of Assam to first division holders in school leaving examination
Computer skills Basic: python, Matlab, php, css, MySQL, Mathematica Intermediate: C, html Advanced: LATEX, OpenOffice, Linux, Microsoft Windows
References Prof. Sujatha Ramadorai Research Professor Mathematics Department University of British Columbia Vancouver, V6T1Z2, Canada Email:
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Prof. Nayandeep Deka Baruah Dean and Professor School of Sciences Tezpur University, Napaam Sonitpur - 784028, India Email:
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Dr. Anupam Saikia Associate Professor Department of Mathematics Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati - 781039, India Email:
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Dr. Rupam Barman Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics Indian Institute of Technology Hauz Khas, New Delhi - 110016, India Email:
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Last updated on July 11, 2014
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