B. J. Venkatachala

Professional Career

 

Scientist   Department of Mathematics,
I I Sc., Bangalore
July, 1978 - April,1979
Lecturer  University of Mysore  May, 1979 - June, 1987
Lecturer  Kuvempu University, Shimoga   July, 1987 -April 1992
Reader Kuvempu University, Shimoga   May, 1992 - Sept., 1993
NBHM Teacher Fellow   
Department of Mathematics,
I I Sc., Bangalore.
Oct., 1993 - Apr., 1995
Scientific Officer MO Cell, NBHM, DAE May, 1995 - Aug 2003 
Reader F  HBCSE, TIFR   Aug 2003-Feb 2006

Present Status

Associate Professor(G), Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai,

stationed at Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

Involvement in IMO:

1. Deputy Leader of the Indian Team, IMO 1993 at Istanbul, Turkey.
2. Deputy Leader of the Indian Team, IMO 1994 at Hong Kong.
3. IMO-1996 was hosted in India. I was closely associated with the whole activity.

     I was a member of Problem selection committee and acted as a problem co-ordinator in the final evaluation.
4. Leader of the Indian Team for IMO-2001 at Washington DC, USA.
5. Leader of the Indian Team for IMO-2001 at Glasgow, UK.
6. Leader of the Indian team for IMO-2006 at Ljubljana, Slovenia.
7. Leader of the Indian team for IMO-2008 at Madrid, Spain.
8. Leader of the Indian team for IMO 2010 at Astana, Kazakhstan.