IITKGP

Mahesh K

Assistant Professor Grade-I

Centre of Excellence for Indian Knowledge System

+91-3222-2284652

mahesh@iks.iitkgp.ac.in

Research Areas

  • Hist. Sc & Tech in Ancient India
  • Scientific Lit. in Sanskrit, Astro&Math
  • Indian Knowledge Tradition, Civilization
  • Lit., Poetry, Chandas and Combinatorics
  • Manuscript, Translation,Sanskrit,culture
Study of development of Astronomy and Mathematics in India.
Edition, translation and analysis of source texts in Sanskrit.
  • Studies in Indian Mathematics and Astronomy (Selected articles of K.~S.~Shukla) K M., K A. , K R. By - (2019)
  • Karanabharana - A commentary on Karanaprakasa of Brahmadeva by Sankaranarayana Joyisa K M., J S. By - (2020)
  • Siddhantadarpana of Nilakantha Somayaji K M. By Exploring Science in Ancient Indian texts - (2014)
  • Elegant dissection proofs for algebraic identities in Nilakantha's Aryabhatiyabhasya K M., D G S. , K R. By Indian Journal of History of Science 56(2) 71-84 (2021)
  • A Critical Edition of the Candrarki of Dinakara K M., K A. , K R. , M S S. , R V P. , V P. , Montelle C. By History of Science in South Asia 49 306-344 (2018)
  • An appraisal of the Greek and Indian approaches in determining the surface area of a sphere K M., K A. , K R. By Journal of the Indian Mathematical Society 85 139-169 (2018)

Principal Investigator

  • Exposition or Compendium of nuanced mathematical and astronomical constructs in classical commentaries

Ph. D. Students

Mohanish Mayank

Area of Research: Sanskrit Computational Linguistics