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  • BOOK RELEASE: Women, Microfinance and the State in Neo-liberal India by Dr K. Kalpana

    The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences organised the Book Release of Dr K. Kalpana’s book “Women, Microfinance and the State in Neo-liberal India” published byRoutledge India on 22nd February. The book was released by Prof Sriram P, Dean (Administration), IIT-Madras and the first copy was received by Prof Umakant Dash, Headof the Department. Prof…

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  • R&D LECTURE SERIES 21 February 2017

    Beyond the Canon: Mathematical Practice and its Practitioners in Early Modern South India By Dr Senthil Babu Dr Senthil Babu began the talk by drawing the audience’s attention to the relatively small discipline of historical mathematics. He explained that historical mathematical practice looks at the ways in which mathematics was experienced by social groups in…

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