Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics I.I.T Bombay Powai, Mumbai - 400 076.

e-mail: ananth@math.iitb.ac.in url: http://www.math.iitb.ac.in/~ananth

§  Employment

§  Education

§  Research Interests: Commutative Algebra, Homological Algebra.

§  Publications

6. Homological and Connectedness Properties of Fibre Products (with E. Celikbas and Z. Yang)	Work in Progress
5. Linking Constructions of Gorenstein Rings	Work in Progress
4. Connected Sums of Local Gorenstein Rings (Online Version)     (with L. L. Avramov and W. F. Moore)	J. Reine Angew. Math. (Crelle J.), to appear.
3. Three-Standardness of the Maximal Ideal (Online Version)     (with C. Huneke)	Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra, vol. 215, no. 11, (2011)                                                                                    2674-2683.
2.  Computing Gorenstein Colength     (Online Version)	Journal of Commutative Algebra, vol. 1, no. 3, (2009) 343-359.
1. The Gorenstein Colength of an Artinian Local Ring     (Online Version)	Journal of Algebra, 320 (2008) 3438–3446.

§  Invited Talks

• Algebra Seminar, Department of Mathematics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, July 2012.
  
• AMS Spring Central Sectional Meeting, University of Kansas, Lawrence, March 2012.
• Algebra Seminar, Department of Mathematics, University of Missouri, Columbia, October 2011.
  
• Mathematics Seminar, Department of Mathematics, IIT Madras, July 2010.
  
• Algebra Seminar, Department of Mathematics, University of Kansas, April 2010.
  
• AMS Spring Western Sectional Meeting, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, April 2010.
  
• Colloquium, Department of Mathematics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, March 2010.
  
• KUMUNU - 2009, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, September 2009.
  
• AMS Spring Central Sectional Meeting, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, March 2009.
  
• Algebra Seminar, Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, June 2008.
• Mathematics Seminar, Department of Mathematics, IIT Madras, June 2008.
  
• Graduate Student Seminar, Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, June 2008.
  
• GSU-USC Joint Seminar in Commutative Algebra, Georgia State University, Atlanta, April 2008.
• AMS Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Diego, January 2008.
• Commutative Algebra Seminar, Department of Mathematics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, October 2007.
  
• AMS Fall Eastern Sectional Meeting, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, October 2007.
  
• GSU-USC Joint Seminar in Commutative Algebra, Georgia State University, Atlanta, March 2007.
• Algebra Seminar, Department of Mathematics, IIT Bombay, January 2007.
• AMS Fall Western Sectional Meeting, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, October 2006.
• Graduate Student Research Conference On Algebra And Representation Theory, Kansas State University, Manhattan, May 2006.
• Algebra Seminar, Department of Mathematics, IIT Bombay, July 2003.

§  Teaching Experience

• Research Assistant Professor (Fall 2009 - present): Department of Mathematics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
• Currently teaching: Math in the City (an interdisciplinary course involving a hands-on learning experience using mathematical modeling to understand real-world problems).
  
• Past Courses: Math 918 (Advanced Topics in Commutative Algebra), Math 221 (Differential Equations), Math 208 (Vector Calculus), Math 104 (Calculus - 1).

• Resource Person (May 2010, 2 weeks): Level O, Mathematics Training and Talent Search (MT&TS) Programme, R.I.E Mysore, India.

• Lecturer (Summer 2009)/Graduate Teaching Asstistant (Fall 2002 - Spring 2008): Department of Mathematics, University of Kansas.
• Courses taught at the University of Kansas:
• Coordinated Courses: Math 115 (Applied Calculus - I), Math 122 (Calculus - II for Engineers).
• Discussion Section: Math 123 (Vector Calculus and Linear Algebra).
• Independent Section: Math 116 (Applied Calculus - II), Math 223 (Vector Calculus).
  

• Resource Person (July 2005, 1 week): Advanced Instructional School in Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry, I.I.T. Bombay, India.

• Other experience:
• Ph.D. Thesis Committee Member: Zheng Yang
  
• Undergraduate Student Advising: Kamara Wright (2011-12).
  
• Have been the instructor for a Reading Course in Topics in Commutative Algebra for 3rd and 4th year PhD students in Spring 2010, Fall 2010 and Summer 2011.
• Gave a series of talks on Topics in Commutative Algebra: Linkage from September 2008 to March 2009 at KU.
• Conducted help sessions for a graduate course in Linear Algebra in Fall 2008 at KU.
  

§  Service, Outreach and Other Professional Activities

• Have refereed papers for Communications in Algebra and Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra.
• Member of the Undergraduate Activites Committee, Math Department, UNL in 2011 - 12.
  
• Co-organizer, Special Session on Local Commutative Algebra, AMS Fall Central Section Meeting in Lincoln, NE, October 2011.  
  
• Organizer of Compact CARS, a local mini-conference for students and postdocs, Mathematics Department, UNL in April 2011.
  
• Co-organiser of the Commutative Algebra Reading Seminar (CARS) for students and postdocs, Mathematics Department, UNL in Fall 2009 - Spring 2011.
  
• Member of the UNL Postdoc Advisory Council (PAC), 2009-10.
  
• Served as the student member on the Lower Divisions Committee, Mathematics Department, KU in 2005 - 06.
• Served as the vice-president of the Graduate Students Organization, Math Department, KU from May 2003 to April 2005.

• Have given the following talks mainly aimed at graduate and/or undergraduate students:

• Visualizing Mathematics, Departments of Mathematics, Jyoti Nivas College, Mahaveer Jain College and St. Joseph's College, Bangalore, June 2010.  
  
• Tales of a Local Algebraist, Graduate Students Colloquium, Math Department, KU, Nov 2008.
  
• Artinian and Gorenstein Rings: A Different(ial) Point of View, Graduate Student Seminar, IISc Bangalore, June 2008.
  
• Calculus: Applications to Business, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, BYK College of Commerce, Nasik, July 2005.
  
• Brouwer's Fixed Point Theorem, Graduate Students Colloquium, Math Department, KU, February 2005.
  
• Calculus: A Geometric Approach, Department of Mathematics, HPT Arts and RYK Science College, Nasik, July 2003.
  
• The Fundamental Group in Algebraic Topology, Graduate Students Colloquium, Math Department, KU, April 2003.

• Have been involved in setting the paper for the 22nd and the 23rd Mathematics Olympiad conducted by the students of the mathematics department, IIT Bombay in January 2000 and 2001.
• Was a member of the organising committee of a Mathematics Exhibition conducted at RYK Science College, Nasik in March 1999, the aim of which was to promote mathematics among school students.
• As an active member of the Rotaract Club of Nasik Airport, was the project co-ordinator for a series of mathematics workshops conducted for high school students.

§  Scholarships, Awards and Other Academic Achievements

• Research Assistantship: Spring 2006, Spring and Fall 2007, Summer and Fall 2008 with Prof. Craig Huneke, Department of Mathematics, University of Kansas.
  
• Finalist: Florence Black Teaching Award (for GTAs in the Math department at KU) for 4 years, 2005-2008.
  
• Invited to join the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Fall 2007.
  
• Walker-Mitchell Scholarship, Math Department, University of Kansas, Summer 2007.
• John Bunce Memorial Award, Math Department, University of Kansas in 2006.
• U. G. Mitchell Honor Scholarship, Math Department, University of Kansas, Summers 2005 & 2006.
• NBHM MA/MSc Scholarships, from July 1999 to June 2001.
• Institute Silver Medal for the best performance in M.Sc. Mathematics, IIT Bombay (2001).
• Gold Medalist in the B.Sc. examinations, University of Pune, April 1999.

§  Conferences Attended

• KUMUNU - 2011, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, April 2011.
  
• Southwest Local Algebra Meeting, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, March 2011.
  
• Homotopy Theory and its Applications, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, April 2009.
  
• 2nd Bluegrass Algebra Conference, University of Kentucky, Lexington, March 2009.
  
• GSU-USC Joint Seminar in Commutative Algebra, Georgia State University, Atlanta, February 2009.
• Commutative Algebra and its Interactions: A conference in honor of Mel Hochster, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, August 2008.
  
• KUMUNU -  8 & 9, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, September 2007-08.
• KUMUNU - Algebra Day 4 - 7, University of Kansas, Lawrence, 2002-04, 2006.
• Conference in Honour of Paul Roberts, Snowbird, Utah, May 2006.
• MAGIC05, University of Notre Dame, October 2005.
• Commutative Algebra Conference in Honour of Phillip Griffith, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, September 2005.
• Weigandfest, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, May 2005.
• Recent Developments in Tight Closure, Arkansas Spring Lecture Series, University of Arkansas, April 2005.
• Bluegrass Algebra Conference and the Hayden-Howard lecture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, April 2003.
• Commutative Algebra: Interactions with Homological Algebra and Representation Theory, MSRI, Berkeley, Feb 2003.
  

§  Summer Programmes, Winter Schools and Workshops Participated in

• Computational and Combinatorial Commutative Algebra, Fields Institute, Toronto, July 2006.
• Valuation Theory and Integral Closures, University of Ottawa, July 2006.
• Local Cohomology and its Interactions with Algebra, Geometry and Analysis, Snowbird, Utah, June 2005.
• Interactions Between Homotopy Theory and Commutative Algebra, University of Chicago, July-August 2004.
• Mini-Course on Classical Problems in Commutative Algebra, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, June 2004.
• Workshop in Commutative Algerba and Combinatorics, University of Pune, India, July 2003.
• VSRP programme, School of Mathematics, TIFR, Mumbai, Summers 2000 & 2001.
• Winter School in Cohomological Methods in Commutative Algebra, HBCSE, Mumbai, Dec 2000.
• Winter schools at HRI, Allahabad, Follow-up to the MTTS programme, Dec 1999 and 2000. 
• All three levels of the summer workshop MT&TS Programme, Summers of 1998 (in IIT Madras), 1999 and 2000 (in R.I.E. Mysore).