Brief Profile

Prof. M.A.Pathan

Prof.M.A.Pathan studied at University of Rajasthan, Jaipur and received the Ph.D. degree in 1968.He joined the Department of Mathematics, Aligarh Muslim University, in 1968 as a Lecturer and became Professor of Mathematics in 1993.He has served as the Chairman, Department of Mathematics, Aligarh Muslim University, and Coordinator, Department of Special Assistance (U.G.C.) from 1999 to 2002. He has held faculty positions at Universities of Tanzania, Libya and Botswana. Since 2010 to 2018 , he was associated as a scientist with Centre for Mathematical sciences, Peechi, Kerala, India .

 He has been President of Indian Mathematical Society, President (Section of Mathematical Sciences), Indian Science Congress Association, President of Bharat Ganit Parisad and is General Secretary of the Society for Special Functions and their Applications. He has been Visiting Professor at many Indian Universities including University of Calcutta, Kolkata, A.P.S.University, Rewa.(M.P), University of Burdwan, Burdwan, (W.B.) and Central University of Kerala, Kaisergod (Kerala).

     He has received various Awards for his work, including Life time Achievement Awards from Ramanujan Society of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences (2011), Vijnana Parishad of India (2011), and Distinguished Academician Award from FETER Academy, India (2016).

   He has supervised 13 Ph.D’s. In addition to over 265 research papers, Professor Pathan has written 4 books and edited a number of Proceedings of International Conferences. He has delivered the ‘Thirteenth Ramanujan Award Lecture ‘ organized by Indian Mathematical Society in 2003. He has visited over 40 countries. He has been member of Academic Board of Al-Ghurair University, Dubai, U.A.E. and International Association of Engineers (IAENG). His many contributions to Mathematics include collaborated work on Lie algebra and Special Functions at University of Western Ontario, London, Canada and I.C.T.P., Trieste, Italy.He delivered an invited talk at the 4^th Congress of the International Society of Analysis, Application and Computation (ISAAC) held at York University, Toronto, Canada, (2003).He was Chief guest at the First International Conference on Mathematical Sciences, Zarqa Private University, Zarqa, Jordan in 2006. He delivered invited talks at University of Haifa, Israel, Kuwait foundation for the advancement of science, State of Kuwait (2004), Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan (2004),Ohio State University, Lima, U.S.A.(2015) and O.S.U. Columbus ,U.S.A.(2017).

     Prof. Pathan is actively associated, in Editorial capacity, with a number of national and international scientific journals. He has participated in two TELE-FILMS sponsored by University Grants Commission on various courses in Mathematics. A series of his lectures have been telecast by Doordershan on National Network. He has published several articles on popular science and History of Mathematics. He is widely acclaimed for his articles on mathematicians ‘Alkhwarizmi’ and ‘Lilawati’ which are most cited and referred in the field of history of mathematics. These articles are translated into number of foreign languages.