Chennai, June 2016: IIT Madras is conducting its 24th (summer) Camp of Mathematics Training and Talent Search (MT&TS). The camp being held from 23rd May 2016-18th June, 2016 is primarily for college students pursuing B.Sc /M.Sc in Mathematics. Each classroom session has 40 students sitting for three levels of the camp, namely-
* Level 0 for second year students of B.Sc in Mathematics
* Level 1 for third year students of B.Sc in Mathematics
* Level 2 for M.Sc in Mathematics and For students pursuing triple major in Maths, Physics, Statistics
From over 3000 applications received for the camp 200 students from different parts of the country have been shortlisted to attend the 4-week camp. The camp not only endeavors to build a solid subject foundation but also develop thinking abilities and mathematical abilities among the participating students. The pedagogy is more of classroom discussions and interactive sessions.
The camp draws faculty participation from renowned institutions like IIT Kanpur, IIT Madras, University of Hyderabad, Institute of Chemical Technology-Mumbai, Central University- TamilNadu, Punjab University, ShivNadar University and Tezpur University- Assam.
Speaking on the response received for the camp, Prof. A.V. Jayanthan (IIT Madras Coordinator, MTTS programme) said, “This camp is a novel math programme to train the students to think math and also motivate them to pursue Higher Education in Math. We do not believe in the regular camps.
All the sessions are interactive, where students come up with theorems and discussions. Also through this programme, we want Math to be looked upon as a science by quoting real life situations. Discussions, interactions, experiments, presentations form the basic model of conducting this camp. Individual attention is given to students to help them learn Math better".
