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LIFE:
Life and Works of PK
Srinivasan, the
Legendary Math Educator,
who reflected, inspired
and reformed the Math Education in India is an exemplary one. P.K Srinivasan (1924 -
2005), began his stint
with the world of
mathematics with
a Bachelor's degree in
Mathematics and began
his journey as its
propagator with a
Master's degree in
Education. Over a span
of four decades, he held
an unwavering torch for
the spread and
appreciation of Math
education in India and
all over the world.
PROFILE:
He laid special stress
on the marriage of Math
and Culture, and devoted
himself to
organizing math camps,
clubs and conferences,
both for teachers and
students. He was of
the belief that a true
and successful teacher
was one who never ceased
to be student. He
inspired the weaving of
math into cultural
programmes and fostered
the math kit culture
which aided a practical
learning and evaluation
of mathematics.
Srinivasan believed
in detecting and
nurturing mathematics
talent right in the
pre-school. He was
specially
known for his innovative
strategies in
mathematics education
and improvisation of
learning aids in
mathematics.
P.K Srinivasan was formerly
a Fulbright Exchange
teacher of Mathematics
in USA
and later a Senior
Federal Education
Officer and a Senior
Lecturer in Mathematics
in
Nigeria . He was also a
lecturer with NCERT
Study Group during
68-70. He participated
in the 4-yearly meets of
ICME (International
Congress on Mathematics
Education)
in various parts of the
world since 1972. Post
retirement, he was
widely known for
organizing Children's
Math Expositions right
from LKG to XII stages.
He had organized
over sixty math project
expositions and fairs
inclusive of inter
school math project
expositions all over
India, USA and Nigeria
. He organized State
level conferences on
Kolam and Mathematics
and conducted workshops
on Fuzzy Logic and
Fractal Geometry
to Higher Secondary
school teachers to
introduce them to new
topics which were first
of its kind. His
pioneering work in
recognizing the talent
of primary level kids
through
setting of question
paper and organizing
PRIMARY MATH OLYMPIAD is
being
followed by various
organizations till date.
CONTRIBUTION:
After returning from
Nigeria in 1981 his
service as Mathematics
Education
Consultant were availed
by many Governmental
agencies, State,
Central, Private and
Public education
institutions all over
India. He wrote popular
Math articles for
parents,
children and general
public, and they
appeared periodically in
several national dailies
and
regional papers like The
Hindu, The New Indian
Express and Dinamani,
among others.
Srinivasan encouraged
the schools to bring out
math articles as
supplements to the
school
souvenir that goes to
each household of the
students.
FOUNDER:
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As its Academic Secretary ('83 - '91) his pioneering contributions and publications increased AMTI's visibility many fold.
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