FRONTIERS OF HISTORY

Women and Mathematics: A Perspective
Speaker: Prof. Geetha Venkataraman, School of Liberal Studies/Undergraduate Studies, Ambedkar University, Delhi

Chair: Prof. Irfan Habib, Professor, Maulana Azad Chair, National University of Educational Planning and Administration

Does Mathematics attract women practitioners? What can be said about the number and proportion of women in mathematics? What is the impact of societal pressures on women doing mathematics? This and many other issues will be examined with statistical data, anecdotes, perceptions and vignettes to provide some insights