About Us
The Academy of Discrete Mathematics and Applications (ADMA) is a registered professional body functioning with the aim of promoting active and quality research in Discrete Mathematics and allied subjects. Established in 2005, it has been successfully disseminating front-line research culture among the discrete mathematicians in India. Its annual conferences are being organized every year in the month of June so that the dates of the conference include June 10th as Graph Theory Day marking the birth anniversary of Professor E. Sampathkumar, the pioneer in introducing Graph Theory into the postgraduate curriculum in India during the academic year 1970-71 at the famed Karnatak University, Dharwad.
Prof. E. Sampathkumar - A great visionary
June 10, 1936 - August 11, 2024
Obituary
Professor E. Sampathkumar
It is difficult to think that Professor E. Sampathkumar, affectionately called as ES by his friends and admirers, is no more with us.
ES was born in 1936 in Dodda Mallur village of Channapatna taluk, Ramanagara District in Karnataka State. He completed his Master’s in the Central College, Bangalore in 1955 and his Ph.D. in 1965 at the Karnatak University, Dharwad under the guidance Prof. C.N. Srinivasa Iyengar who in turn had obtained his D.Sc. degree from Calcutta University. ES was working as Lecturer in this department since 1960 . In 1966, he was elevated as Professor in the same department and he continued in this position till 1988. He then shifted to the University of Mysore and finally retired from service during 1996.
R. Balakrishnan
Founding
It was the occasion of a National Conference on Graph Theory during April 2005 at the Alliance Business Academy, Bangalore. Some leading discrete mathematicians of India like Prof. E. Sampathkumar, Prof. B. D. Acharya, Prof. S. A. Choudam, Prof. R. Balakrishnan, Prof. K.A. Venkatesh, Prof. Suresh Hegde, Prof. Shyam Kamath, Prof.(Mrs.) P. S. Neeralagi, and many others, who were participating in this conference, felt that Discrete Mathematics needs to be given further push in INDIA by encouraging more involvement of younger researchers and engineers. To promote this involvement, it was felt that the formation of a national forum was the need of the hour. Accordingly, it was decided to form a Society for Discrete Mathematics and its applications which would prove to be a platform for providing up-to-date information on the developments taking place in Discrete Mathematics both at national and international levels. Prof. Sampathkumar was then requested to be the Founder-President of the society and thus, the foundation was laid for the creation of the Academy of Discrete Mathematics and Applications (ADMA).
Bulletin Board
Sixth lecture of ADMA Colloquium Lecture Series on 26th October 2024 by Prof. Michael Henning, University of Johannesburg, SA on the Topic: 'DOMINATION IN GRAPHS AND FORBIDDEN CYCLES'. For more details click HERE
We have arranged a special condolence meeting in honor of Late Dr.E.Sampathkumar who left us for heavenly abode on 11th August. The meeting will be held online on Sunday 25th August at 7pm IST. May I request the members who want to speak to send an Email to [email protected] by 24th August so that we can plan accordingly. We plan to close this event in 90 minutes. To join the video meeting, click this link: https://meet.google.com/amu-syfa-yzm
Fifth lecture of ADMA Colloquium Lecture Series on 28th September 2024 by Prof. Xuding Zhu, Zhejiang Normal University, China on the Topic: 'APPLICATION OF COMBINATORIAL NULLSTELLENSATZ'. For more details click HERE
Fourth lecture of ADMA Colloquium Lecture Series on August 31 2024 by Prof. Maria Chudnovsky, Princeton University, USA on the Topic: 'FORBIDDING INDUCED SUBGRAPHS: STRUCTURE AND ALGORITHMS'. For more details click HERE
Celebrating 50 years of graph theory in India, through this ADMA-Pre-conference workshop on Spectral graph theory and International Conference on Discrete Mathematics (ICDM-2023) at Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering Mysuru, India.
Graph theory was started to be taught in MSc at Karnatak University Dharwad in year 1971 by E. Sampathkumar.
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