The National Centre for Mathematics (NCM) is an inter-institutional collaborative project of the School of Mathematics, TIFR together with the Department of Mathematics, IIT-Bombay.
NCM arose over the observation that there is an acute shortage of Ph.D. level courses in advanced mathematics in the country, as most Universities lack the required Faculty and numbers. The NCM has been running such courses every year, with student participation from all over the country. Besides these courses, the NCM conducts training programs for teachers, and research workshops for the different research specialties in Mathematics in the Country.
These training programs and workshops are held at venues all over the country.
The programs held are:
- AFS: Annual Foundation Schools: These give first year Ph.D. courses in 3 one month installments, meant for Ph.D. students from all Indian universities where such courses are not given.
- AIS: Advanced Instructional Schools: These focus on advanced specialized areas of modern mathematics, meant for Ph.D. students who have the corresponding specialization for the research.
- ISL: Instructional Schools for Lecturers: These are meant for college and university teachers, and treat material from the BSc or MSc syllabus, but with greater depth.
- Workshops: These focus on research topics, and are attended by Faculty Members as well as advanced Ph.D. students.
- TEW: Teacher's enrichment workshops: These are short programs for undergraduate teachers, focusing on a particular subject in the undergraduate syllabus.
- Panorama series: This is a series by a top expert giving a high-level view of the subject.
- DM: Discussion Meeting: These are advanced workshops at international level, attended by active research mathematicians and Ph.D. students.
For more details visit NCM website