Chennai: Chennai Mathematical Institute (CMI) would work to reverse the poor admission trend in the BSc maths course and make maths popular among students again, CMI director Madhavan Mukund said on Friday.Speaking at the 23rd annual convocation of CMI, Mukund said the satellite campus of CMI would have an exclusive mathematics museum and activities for school students to explore maths in a way which they don’t get in schools.The new F C Kohli Centre of Excellence, which will come up on the satellite campus, will expand research activities. Further, the institute is working with the Tamil Nadu govt to build the capacity of teachers.“The four-year BS honours programme in maths will provide more flexibility and opportunity to students who pursue higher studies or jobs,” Mukund added.In her convocation address, Dr Soumya Swaminathan, former WHO chief scientist and chairperson of MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, acknowledged the role of engineers in identifying the Covid-19 virus and coming up with guidelines such as social distancing and using masks to prevent the spread of the infection.As many as 89 students including nine PhD scholars graduated at the event.
