The International Conference on History of Mathematics 2022 was conducted by Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems, IIT-Madras and Indian Society of History of Mathematics(ISHM) at IIT-Madras from 25 Nov to 27 Nov 2022.

Inaugurated by Prof. V.Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras,  and Prof.M.S.Sriram, President ISHM, the conference featured talks about History of Indian Mathematics & Astronomy, Contributions of Indian Mathematicians in the field of Mathematics, development of Mathematics in Ancient India, efforts to popularize and present the features of Indian Mathematical thoughts and the importance of knowing the correct History in tracing the development of mathematics throughout the world. 

The 3-day conference conducted across 12 sessions from 9am to 5pm, brought together various scholars, working on the History of Indian Mathematics, with diverse backgrounds, expertise and research experience. Eminent Historians of Mathematics, Post-Doctoral Scholars, Fellows, Ph.D Scholars, Students and people working in related areas in the form social dissemnation, popularization of Indian Mathematics etc. were invited and encouraged to present their papers. Scholars coming from various parts of the nation and a few online speakers joining from Italy, France and Denmark made the conference a vibrant platform for exchange of ideas & research about history of mathematics across civilizations.

The conference covered many interesting areas including: discovery of a rare manuscript of a 6th century astronomy work, some insights on Tripraśna, tracing the development of Geometry in Śulba-sūtrās (~800 – 500 BCE), intricacies of Āryabhaṭa’s square root algorithms, concepts of derivatives employed in Indian Astronomy etc, didactic discouses in academic curriculum etc. 

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