Gonit Sora
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Type of site | Science Website |
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| Available in | two active editions |
| Editors | Manjil Saikia, Pankaj Mahanta |
| URL | gonitsora as |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | None |
| Launched | 21 April 2011 |
| Current status | Online |
Content license |
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| a Most text also dual-licensed under GFDL. | |
Gonit Sora (Assamese: গণিত চ’ৰা) is a multi-lingual (English and Assamese) web magazine devoted to publishing well written and original articles related to science and technology in general and mathematics in particular.[1] Gonit Sora is an attempt to bridge the gap between classroom mathematics teaching and real-life practical and fun mathematics. The website strives for the popularization of mathematics teaching and understanding at all levels.[2] The name of the website is in Assamese and means ‘gateway to mathematics’.[3] Founded on 21 April 2011 by two alumni of Tezpur University, the website publishes expository articles, interviews and quizzes.[4]
The website has its own editors and staff writers, and its advisory board consists of academicians from all over the world, including Sujatha Ramdorai and Nayandeep Deka Baruah.[3] Eminent Mathematicians, including Radha Charan Gupta and Sujatha Ramdorai have contributed articles for Gonit Sora.
Goals and activities[edit]
The website has the following goals:[5][6]
- To cater to the student community by posting relevant articles in all branches of mathematics,
- To focus on the humane side of the subject, which is almost always lost in the traditional classroom approach to teaching,
- Create an online repository of mathematical articles and facts, which can be accessed free of charge by anyone willing to do so,
- Digitize the regional mathematical content in India in a form that is suitable for the web,
- Organise workshops and outreach activities for school students to make them see the beauty and joy of doing mathematics,
- To create a platform for students and teachers alike to discuss ideas, and
- It makes an attempt to reveal the underlying connection and importance of mathematics in other branches of science through mathematics related articles.
The activities of the website are:[5]
- Posting articles every week on a topic related to mathematics,
- Posting interviews with mathematicians like Bruce C. Berndt, Ashoke Sen, S. R. S. Varadhan, Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, James Maynard, Ken Ono, Cedric Villani[7] etc. to motivate the study of the subject among the young students,
- Digitizing the Assamese texts in mathematics whose copyrights are either in the public domain or expired,
- Collaborate with the Assam Academy of Mathematics to digitize their enormous mathematical content in terms of articles and books,
- Organizing and facilitating workshops for Olympiad outreach activities for the school students in the North Eastern part of India, and
- Answering queries posted on the website for the students, teachers and parents regarding mathematics, its study and problems.
Collaborations[edit]
The website has collaborations with the Assam Academy of Mathematics, Xobdo, Shutterstock,[8] Pravega[9] and Asia Pacific Mathematics Newsletter published by World Scientific.[5] It is also a magazine partner of Mathematics of Planet Earth (MPE).[10] In collaboration with various colleges and universities in India, Gonit Sora organises workshops, symposia, colloquia and seminars.[11] In the past, Gonit Sora has also translated mathematics related articles from newspapers, such as The Hindu into Assamese.
References[edit]
- ^ Swee Cheng Lim (2013). "Editorial, Asia Pacific Mathematics Newsletter" (PDF). Asia Pacific Mathematics Newsletter. 3.
- ^ "Some emerging success stories from the North East India". 1 October 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Gonit Sora: About Us". 21 April 2011. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ^ "The Telegraph: Numbers spell fun on website". 23 November 2011. Archived from the original on 26 November 2011. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ^ a b c Pankaj J. Mahanta; Manjil P. Saikia (2013). "Gonit Sora: The Two Year Journey" (PDF). Asia Pacific Mathematics Newsletter. 3.
- ^ Asia Pacific Mathematics Newsletter
- ^ "Interviews". 22 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ^ Smita Bhattacharyya (5 May 2015). "Gonitsora says maths can be fun". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 7 May 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
- ^ "Sponsors 2014". Pravega. pravega.org. Archived from the original on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
- ^ "Magazine Partners, Mathematics of Planet Earth". 22 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ^ "The colloquium schedule held at Cotton College State University" (PDF). 22 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.