Samasya
Undergraduate Mathematics Club
Samasya is the Undergraduate Mathematics Club of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), dedicated to making mathematics accessible, engaging, and enjoyable for everyone. We aim to build a strong and inclusive mathematical community within IISc. We organise a variety of activities such as:
Weekly Problem-Solving Sessions: Every week, we host interactive sessions where participants tackle 5–6 Olympiad-style problems. These sessions help build creative thinking, collaborative learning, and familiarity problem-solving techniques
- Mathematical Talks: Samasya, in collaboration with faculty and fellow students, regularly organizes talks and discussions introducing students to advanced and abstract ideas in mathematics
- Summer Presentations: Every year, Samasya organizes a seminar where typically 3rd- and 4th-year students give short talks about the research or projects they undertook during the summer. This helps presenters gain experience communicating their work while giving the audience exposure to diverse areas of mathematics.
- The Integral Cup: We recently co-organized the Integral Cup, a three-stage inter-institutional integration competition held in collaboration with Vedant Ganita Samanvaya and IIT Bombay, sponsored by Jane Street and Optiver. Student from IISc secured the 2nd place among 21 participants representing various IITs and IIITs.
- Open Day Presentations: Every year on IISc’s Open Day, Samasya presents mathematical ideas and concepts to the general public in an accessible and engaging manner through visual demonstrations, mathematical puzzles and paradoxes and much more.
- Mentorship and Guidance Sessions: We also frequently organize informal mentorship sessions where we invite seniors to guide juniors on topics such as summer internships, research opportunities, PhD applications, and course or major selection.
SOME EVENTS CONDUCTED IN 2025:
- Weekly Problem Solving Sessions
- Open Day 2025
- Integral Cup 2025
- Summer Project Exposition
- Mock Thesis Presentation
- Talk on Manifolds
- Talk on Infinite Descent
- Talk on Minimal Surfaces
- Talk on Counting
- Talk on Bernoulli Polynomials
- Interactive Session on Pi Day
- Talk on p-Adic Numbers
- Guidance session by seniors for Grad Schools






