Engineering colleges in India need Maths teachers
October 20, 2010             Category : Study-Materials

Engineering colleges in Bangalore, metros, Tier II and III cities across the country are facing a serious shortage of high-quality mathematics teachers and PhDs to take teaching and research to global standards.

 

The assessment comes from IISc professor and researcher in mathematics for over three decades Govindan Rangarajan who took stock of the status of mathematics in universities and colleges in India post-the World Congress of Mathematics held in Hyderabad  recently. This stock-taking after a major event like the congress is crucial to understand areas where improvements need to be undertaken.

 

"The main challenge facing most research institutions and universities is the lack of maths faculty who can perform world-class research and teaching," says Rangarajan. "The same situation is faced by the multitude of engineering colleges stymied by the lack of good maths teachers. And these colleges are typically not worried about research."

 

Rangarajan says: "There are enough research grants available for mathematics research. What is lacking is the student input. To motivate more students to get into mathematics, special fellowships that provide a higher amount of stipend should be given to outstanding mathematics PhD students."

 

Maths is taking new turns leading to more openings. "Mathematics is playing an ever increasing role in inter-disciplinary terms. Mathematics always played a major role in physics. But now it is playing an important role even in biology which is ironical, since many students take up biology because they do not like maths! And maths plays a critical role in all engineering sciences," says Rangarajan.

 

Source
Times of India

 

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