{{short description|Designation for 2012 in India and Nigeria}} [[File:Srinivasa Ramanujan-Add. MS a94 version2 (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Srinivasa Ramanujan]], whom the year honored.]] In [[India]] and in [[Nigeria]] the year 2012 [[Common Era|CE]] was celebrated as '''National Mathematics Year'''. In India, the National Mathematics Year was a tribute to the mathematical genius [[Srinivasa Ramanujan]] who was born on 22 December 1887 and whose 125th birthday falls on 22 December 2012.<ref name=PMSpeech>{{cite web|title=PM's speech at the 125th Birth Anniversary Celebrations of Ramanujan at Chennai|url=http://pmindia.nic.in/speech-details.php?nodeid=1117|publisher=Government of India|accessdate=20 April 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120729041631/http://pmindia.nic.in/speech-details.php?nodeid=1117|archivedate=29 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=K Venkataramanan|title=Manmohan's concern over decline in quality of maths teachers|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2749097.ece|accessdate=20 April 2012|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=26 December 2011}}</ref> In Nigeria, the year 2012 was observed as National Mathematics Year as part of the federal government's effort to promote and popularize the study of mathematics.<ref>{{cite news|last=Idoko|first=Clement|title=FG declares 2012 National Mathematics Year|url=http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/news/36643-fg-declares-2012-national-mathematics-year|accessdate=20 April 2012|newspaper=[[Nigerian Tribune]]|date=27 February 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405150129/http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/news/36643-fg-declares-2012-national-mathematics-year|archivedate=5 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Onochie|first=Maureen|title=Jonathan proclaims 2012 as National Mathematics year|url=http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=155049:jonathan-proclaims-2012-as-national-mathematics-year&catid=1:news&Itemid=2|accessdate=20 April 2012|newspaper=[[Daily Trust]]|date=20 February 2012}}</ref>
==National Mathematics Year in India== The decision to designate the year 2012 CE as National Mathematics Year was announced by [[Dr Manmohan Singh]], [[Prime Minister of India]] , during the inaugural ceremony of the celebrations to mark the 125th [[birth anniversary]] of Srinivasa Ramanujan held at the [[Madras University]] Centenary Auditorium on 26 February 2012. The Prime Minister also announced that December 22 would be celebrated as '''[[National Mathematics Day (India)|National Mathematics Day]]''' from 2012 onwards.
An Organising Committee with Professor M.S. Raghunathan, President of the Ramanujan Mathematical Society as chair, and Professor [[Dinesh Singh (academic)|Dinesh Singh]], Secretary of the [[Ramanujan Mathematical Society]] as secretary, has been formed to formulate and implement programmes and projects as part of the observance of the National Mathematics Year. A National Committee with Minister for [[Kapil Sibal]] as the chair supervises the activities of the Organising Committee.<ref>{{cite news|title=Year-long celebration|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/article2746997.ece|accessdate=20 April 2012|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=26 December 2011}}</ref>
==National Mathematics Year in Nigeria== In Nigeria, the various activities planned as part of the celebration of National Mathematics Year would be centred on the theme ''Mathematics: The Key to Transformation''. The events were inaugurated on 1 March 2012 at a function in [[Musa Yar’adua Dome]], [[Abuja]]. Thirteen projects of national importance are planned as part of the celebrations.
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