Below are the various subcommittees of NBHM and their reponsibilities.
A: Research Programmes Committee
This committee makes suitable recommendationa about:
- requests for
financial support towards travel for participating in conferences and
collaborative work and
- requests for financial support for carrying
out research projects in mathematics.
B: University Programmes Committee
The committee makes suitable recommendations about financial support
for:
- organizing conferences,
- visits of eminent mathematicians to
departments of mathematics in institutes/universities in India and
- grant of teacher fellowships.
C: Examinations Committee
The examination committee oversees the conduct of examinations for
postgraduate and Ph. D. scholarships.
D: Mathematics Olympiad Activities Committee
This Committee oversees the conduct of Mathematics Olympiad contests
both at regional and national levels. It is also responsible for
selecting the teams for International Mathematical Olympiads and for
organizing their training. It organizes camps for Mathematics Olympiad
problem setters and selects the faculty for training the students in
IMO-training camps.
E: Nurture Programmes Committee
Faculty coordinators of the on-going nurture and contact programmes are
co-opted as members on this committee. This committee discusses the
organisation and conduct of Nurture and Contact Programmes. It also
evaluates the general impact of the programme towards attracting good
students to pursue a career in mathematics.
F: National Library Committee
This committee examines and approves recommendation of Zonal Library
Committees for annual financial support to Libraries of various
mathematics departments. The country has been divided into five zones
viz. West, North, North Central, East and South Zones. Zonal
subcommittees chaired by zonal coordinators consider the proposals for
grants. Zonal subcommittees send their recommendations to the NBHM
Library Committee, which gives the final approval. The states coming
under the jurisdiction of various zonal committees are as follows:
- North Zone: Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and
Kashmir, Punjab
- North Central Zone: Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttaranchal, Uttar
Pradesh
- East Zone: Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland,
Orissa, Sikkim, West Bengal
- South Zone: Andaman and Nicobar, Andhra Pradesh,
Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry
- West Zone: Chhattisgarh, Daman Diu, Lakshadweep, Madhya
Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Goa, Gujarat
