Ajit Diwan Memorial Workshop

On Geometry, Graph and Combinatorics

January 19–20, 2026

Department of Computer Science

Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute

Belur Math, West Bengal 711202, India

Ajit Diwan
Ajit Diwan

Ajit Arvind Diwan (1962–2025)

Ajit Diwan

About the Workshop

Ajit Arvind Diwan, who was a professor of Computer Science at IIT Bombay, suddenly passed away on 19th January, 2025. Prof. Diwan, a towering figure in Theoretical Computer Science and Discrete Mathematics, is widely respected by his students, colleagues and collaborators in India and abroad for his excellent teaching and seminal research contributions to Algorithms, Discrete Geometry, Graph Theory and Combinatorics.

On his first death anniversary, we would like to organize the "Ajit Diwan Memorial Workshop on Geometry, Graph and Combinatorics" at Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, Belur during January 19-20, 2026. We expect the participation of approximately 25 faculty members and 40 research students from across the country.

The objectives of the workshop are:

We hope that Prof. Diwan’s legacy will inspire the next generation of researchers.

Speakers (Tentative)

Speaker 1
Niranjan Balachandran

IIT Bombay

Speaker 1
Bodhayan Roy

IIT Kharagpur

Speaker 1
C. R. Subramanian

IIT Bhubaneswar

Speaker 1
Amitava Bhattacharya

TIFR

Speaker 1
Sumit Ganguly

IIT Kanpur

Speaker 1
Apurva Mudgal

IIT Ropar

Speaker 1
Swami Sarvottamananda

RKMVERI

Speaker 1
Nishad Kothari

IIT Madras

Schedule and Abstracts

To be updated soon...

During the workshop, a special session, "Remembering Ajit Diwan", will be held where his students, collaborators, collegues, friends and relatives can give their personal tributes to him.

Committees

Advisory Committee

Organizing Committee

Student Volunteers

Registration

There is no registration fee for the school. Arrangements will be made for all speakers and 30 selected outstation participants to stay at RKMVERI, and they will be provided with boarding and lodging free of cost. Sleeper class train fare (non-ac 3-tier) will be provided for selected participants, subject to availability of funds. Online registration for students and faculty members (local and outstation) will start on October 15, 2025.

Venue: Saradananda Seminar Hall, Prajna Bhavan, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research institute, Belur.

Organizers:

Sponsor: Association for Computer Science and Discrete Mathematics (Registered office at RKMVERI, Belur).

Young Researchers' Forum

January 19, 2026

Young Researchers' Forum (YRF) is a unique opportunity as an open discussion session for ambitious young researchers to present a problem they are attempting to solve in the workshop theme and to receive feedback from participating peers and eminent researchers. YRF provides a friendly environment for young researchers to foster research. An interactive session of this kind enables students, researchers, and teachers to engage in the exchange of knowledge, ideas, and research methods that benefit all participants.

All young selected participants of the workshop are expected to do a short presentation for 5 minutes followed by a Question & Answer session for 2 minutes.

Contact

Joydeep Mukherjee, RKMVERI

Email: joydeep.m@gm.rkmvu.ac.in