Dr.P. Kesava Menon Endowment Lecture series
Dr. P. Keshava Menon endowment lecture series is one of the prestigious lecture series conducted in the Department of Mathematics for over three decades as a tribute to him. Dr. P. Keshava Menon was a teacher and Research officer in Joint Cipher Bureau who has made significant contributions in Analytic number theory, Classical analysis, Group theory and combinatorics through his research articles published and lectures and talks delivered. Since 1983, lecture series are organized in the Department of Mathematics, University of Calicut in memory to this contributions.
The details of Dr. P. Kesava Menon Endowment lectures held so far
FIRST LECTURE 1983 : 14 – 16, JANUARY, 1981
PROF. V. K. BALACHANDRAN
THE RAMANUJAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY IN MATHEMATICS, UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS.
TOPIC : “SOME TOPICS IN ALGEBRAIC NUMBER THEORY”
SECOND LECTURE 1984 : 15 – 16, FEBRUARY, 1984
SRI. N. BALASUBRAMANIAN
DIRECTOR, JOINT CYPHER BUREAU, NEW DELHI.
TOPIC : “CRYPTOLOGY”
THIRD LECTURE 1985 : 21 – 23, FEBRUARY, 1985
PROF. K.VENKATACHALA IYENGAR
RETD. PROF. OF MATHEMATICS CENTRAL COLLEGE BANGALORE.
TOPIC : “TOPICS IN RAMANUJAN’S APRIORI DEVELOPMENT OF ELLIPTIC FUNCTION THEORY”
FOURTH LECTURE 1986 : 5 – 7, NOVEMBER, 1986
PROF. C. S. SESHADRI
F.R.S. MATSCIENCE, CHENNAI
TOPIC : “FINITE DIMENSIONAL REPRESENTATION OF LINEAR GROUPS”
FIFTH LECTURE 1987 : 30, 31 JULY & 1 AUGUST, 1987
PROF. K. R. NAGARAJAN
MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY, MADURAI
TOPIC : “HILBERT’S FOURTEENTH PROBLEM AND SUBALGEBRAS OF AFFINE ALGEBRAS”
SIXTH LECTURE 1988 : 17 – 19, NOVEMBER, 1988
PROF. R. BALASUBRAMANIAN
MASTSCIENCE, CHENNAI
TOPIC : “THE RIEMANN ZETA FUNCTION, WARING’S PROBLEM, AND COMBINATORIAL MATHEMATICS”
SEVENTH LECTURE 1990 : 10-12, JANUARY, 1990
PROF. P. JOTHILINGAM
PONDICHERRY CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
TOPIC : “HOMOLOGICAL THEORY OF MODULES OVER LOCAL RINGS”
EIGHTH LECTURE 1990 : 5 – 7, NOVEMBER, 1990
PROF. ALLADI SITARAM
INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE, BANGALORE
TOPIC : “FOURIER ANALYSIS AND PROBLEMS OF POMPIEU TYPE”
NINTH LECTURE 1991 : 21-23, NOVEMBER, 1991
PROF. R. VITTAL RAO
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, BANGALORE
TOPIC : “INTEGRAL OPERATORS"
TENTH LECTURE 1992 : 26 – 28, NOVEMBER, 1992
PROF. K. BALAGANGADHARAN
FORMERLY OF TIFR AND VISITING FELLOW OF CALICUT UNIVERSITY
TOPIC : “STABILITY OF FIXED POINTS OF ANALYTIC MAPPINGS : THE SEGAL CENTRE THEOREM”
ELEVENTH LECTURE 1993 : 23 – 25, NOVEMBER, 1993
PROF. S. BHARGAVA
UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE
TOPIC : “SOME TOPICS FROM RAMANUJAN’S THEORIES OF ELLIPTIC FUNCTIONS TO ALTERNATIVE BASES”
TWELFTH LECTURE 1995 : 19 – 21, JANUARY, 1995
PROF. K.S.S. NAMBOORIPAD
UNIVERSITY OF KERALA
TOPIC : “SEMIGROUPS AND APPLICATIONS”
THIRTEENTH LECTURE 1996 : 24 – 26,JANUARY, 1996
PROF. M. SITARAMAYYA
UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD
TOPIC : “HYPERBOLIC ANALYSIS AND APPLICATIONS TO GEOMETRY”
FOURTEENTH LECTURE 1996 : 11 – 13, DECEMBER, 1996
PROF. C. MUSILI
UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD
TOPIC : “SOME TOPICS IN ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY”
FIFTEENTH LECTURE 1997 : 16 – 18, DECEMBER, 1997
PROF. R. SIVARAMAKRISHNAN
RETD. PROF. OF MATHEMATICS UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT
TOPIC : “SOME TOPICS IN NUMBER THEORY”
SIXTEENTH LECTURE 1999 : 29 – 30,JANUARY, 1999
PROF. S. THANGAVELU
INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE BANGALORE
TOPIC : “FROM FOURIER SERIES TO WAVELELTS”
SEVENTEENTH LECTURE 1999 : 18 – 20, NOVEMBER, 1999
PROF. S. KESAVAN
MATSCIENCE, CHENNAI
TOPIC : “ISOPEPRIMETRIC INEQUALITIES AND APPLICATIONS TO PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS”
EIGHTEENTH LECTURE 2000 : 19 – 21, DECEMBER, 2000
PROF. V. KANNAN
SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS & COMPUTER INFORMATION SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD
TOPIC : “TOPOLOGICAL TRANSITIVITY IN DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS”
NINETEENTH LECTURE 2001 : 29 NOVEMBER TO 1 DECEMBER, 2001
PROF. K.R. UNNI
FORMER DIRECTOR, INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES, CHENNAI
TOPIC : “WAVELETS”
TWENTIETH LECTURE 2002 : 9 – 11, DECEMBER, 2002
PROF. T. THRIVIKRAMAN
DEPT. OF MATHEMATICS, COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KOCHI
TOPIC : “FOUNDATIONS OF MATHEMATICS”
TWENTY FIRST LECTURE 2004 : 10 – 12, MARCH, 2004
PROF. K. VISWANATH
SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS & COMPUTER INFORMATION SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD
TOPIC : “INTRODUCTION TO DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS TO COMPUTING”
TWENTY SECOND LECTURE 2004 : 10 – 12, DECEMBER, 2004
PROF. K. RAJAT TANDON
SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS & COMPUTER INFORMATION SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD
TOPIC : “LOCAL LANGLANDS THEOREMS”
TWENTY THIRD LECTURE 2005 : 15 – 17 DECEMBER 2005
PROF. A. J. PARAMESWARAN
TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH, MUMBAI
TOPIC : “TOPOLOGY : AN ALGEBRA – GEOMETRIC VIEW POINT”
TWENTY FOURTH LECTURE 2006 : 5- 8 DECEMBER 2006
PROF : S KUMARESAN
UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI
TOPIC : “ CANONICAL FORMS OF MATRICES”
TWENTY FIFTH LECTURE 2008 : 30-01-2008 TO 02-02-2008
PROF. K. PARTHASARATHI
DIRECTOR & HEAD, RAMANUJAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN MATHEMATICS, UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
TOPIC : “A PANORAMA OF HARMONIC ANALYSIS”
TWENTY SIXTH LECTURE 2008 : 26 – 28 NOVEMBER 2008
PROF. V. KRISHNA KUMAR
PROF. OF MATHEMATICS, AMRITHA VISWA VIDYAPEETAM, KOLLAM
TOPIC : “SEMI GROUP OF LINEAR OPERATORS”
TWENTY SEVENTH LECTURE 2010 : 17 – 23 MARCH 2010
PROF. G. D. V. GOWDA,
TIFR BANGALORE
TOPIC : "HYPERBOLIC CONSERVATION LAWS “
TWENTY EIGHTH LECTURE 2013 : : 07- 08 FEBRUARY 2013
PROF. M S BALASUBRAMANI
MANGALORE UNIVERSITY
TOPIC : “TOPICS IN HILBERT SPACE OPERATORS”
TWENTY NINTH LECTURE 2018 : 15 – 17 MARCH 2 0 1 8
PROF. K. SANDEEP
TIFR BANGALORE
TOPIC : “ AN INTRODUCTION TO PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS”
THIRTIETH LECTURE 2021 : 28.08.2021, 04.09.2021 , 18.09.2021 & 26.09.2021
PROF. K N RAGHAVAN
INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES ,CHENNAI
TOPIC : “SYMMETRIC POLYNOMIALS”
THIRTY FIRST LECTURE 2024 : 04 – 05 OCTOBER 2024
PROF. JAYADEB SARKAR
INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE, BANGALORE
TOPICS: 1. “SCHUR FUNCTIONS- A BRIEF SURVEY”
- 2. “AN INTRODUCTION TO THE INVARIANT SUBSPACE PROBLEM”
THIRTYSECOND LECTURE 2025 : 28-29 JANUARY 2025
PROF. SAMEER CHAVAN
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KANPUR
TOPIC : “A TRANSFERENCE PRINCIPLE FOR HARDY-HILBERT SPACES”
THIRTYTHIRD LECTURE 2026 : 02- 03 SEPTEMBER 2026
PROF. A.K. NANDAKUMARAN
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES, BANGALORE
TOPIC : “DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS: APPLICATIONS OF ANALYSIS AND LINEAR ALGEBRA IN DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS”
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