PASIGHAT, OCT 4:

The five-day residential Mathematical Thinking Camp (MTC-2026), organised by the Department of Mathematics, Jawaharlal Nehru College (JNC), Pasighat, concluded on Saturday with the participation of 55 meritorious students selected from across Arunachal Pradesh.

The camp featured intensive sessions on mathematical thinking, logic, problem-solving, Olympiad mathematics and artificial intelligence.

The sessions were conducted by resource persons including Birabrata Das Chaudhury, retired Lecturer (SG), Bongaigaon Polytechnic and Working President, Academy of Mathematics, Assam; Alok Kumar, INMO All India Rank-4, HBCSE IMOTC participant and AMSP faculty; Dr Neelabja Chatterjee, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, NERIST; and Kumar Harsh, Senior Faculty, NIELIT Pasighat.

Addressing the valedictory function, JNC Principal Dr Gindu Borang appreciated the organising team for successfully conducting the camp and nurturing young talent. He thanked the resource persons for guiding the participants and urged the students to apply the mathematical techniques and logical approaches learnt during the camp for self-improvement and share their knowledge with family and friends.

JNC Vice Principal Dr Leki Sitang assured continued administrative support for such academic programmes in the future.

A friendly mathematical competition was also organised on October 2, with PM Shri JNV Roing securing the first, second and third positions.

MTC-2026 was sponsored by the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), with support from the National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM). The camp received local support from the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) and DBT STAR Programme of JNC.

The camp was hosted by the Department of Mathematics, JNC, in academic collaboration with Arunachal Pradesh University, Pasighat, and Dera Natung Government College, Itanagar.