National Mathematics day sponsored by PSCST (Punjab State council of Science and Technology) was celebrated at PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh on 27.04 2015. Dr Vasundhara Singh, Head of the Department of Applied Sciences welcomed the chief guest Prof. Sanjeev Sofat, Deputy Director, PEC University of Technology and the speaker of the day Professor S K Tomar. She also thanked Punjab State Council for Science and Technology and Director PEC University of Technology for providing funds for the National Mathematics Day.
A Mathematics Quiz was organized for the students of BE 1st year of PEC University of Technology as a part of National Mathematics day celebrations. As many as 45 teams (comprising of three students each) registered for the quiz. A preliminary screening test of all the registered teams was held on 24.04.2015 at 12.10 p.m. Winners of the quiz were awarded cash prizes amounting to a total of Rs. 8400/-. Team No. 13 comprising of Vishwas Garg, Priyam Gupta and Rohit Gupta won the first prize. The 2nd prize was bagged by Team No. 3 comprising of Nikhil, Aman Madan and Vibhor Sharma. The 3rd prize went to Team No. 20 comprising of Vivek Vishnoi and Rishabh Goyal (The third member of the team, Priyansh Singh could not participate due to fever). Team No. 15 comprising of Anjali Khurana, Ishita and Diksha Gupta were awarded consolation Prize. The other two teams who made it to the final round were team no. 42 comprising of Abhishek Garg, Vasu Singla and Paras Bansal and team no. 1 comprising of Mohit Gupta, Yash Sharma and Arjit Bhardwaj.
The Quiz was followed by an invited talk by Professor S K Tomar on "Applications of Mathematics in Engineering".
In his talk Prof. Tomar highlighted the importance of Mathematics and Mathematical modeling in various Engineering disciplines ranging from Civil to Mechanical to Aerospace to Geotechnical etc. He elaborated his point of view by giving suitable examples and illustrations from various Engineering fields.
The program concluded with the prize distribution and a vote of thanks.