After marking International Yoga Day and a Sanskrit conference at the UNESCO, India is all set to sponsor a conference on ancient Indian contribution to mathematics in Paris.
Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani will lead the Indian delegation at the “International Conference of Zero”, and gift a bronze bust of Aryabhata to the UNESCO headquarters.
The conference will see a keynote address by Manjul Bhargava, the Canadian-born professor of Indian origin who won the Fields medal in 2014.
There will also be discussions on the links between mathematics and other applied sciences.
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