How to Contact or Visit the Department of Mathematics, IISc

The Department of Mathematics at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is reached through the department site at math.iisc.ac.in. The site's navigation includes a Contact Us page and a Mathematics Library entry, which are the two starting points for contact and visit-related questions. The department also lists Visitors among its people categories and runs a regular programme of seminars, so there is a defined route for academic visitors as well as for general enquiries.

Contacting the Department

The department's own navigation provides these contact-related entry points:

• Contact Us — the page to use for general enquiries to the department.
• Mathematics Library — listed under Resources, relevant if your question concerns library access or holdings.
• NBHM Regional Library — also listed under Resources.
• Computer/Network FAQs — listed under Resources, useful for technical or network-related matters.
• IISc Mail — listed under Resources, indicating that departmental communication runs through IISc email accounts.

The site does not publish a phone number, postal address, or individual staff email addresses in the material available here, so the Contact Us page is the correct first stop rather than a direct address.

Finding People

If you need to reach a specific person rather than the department generally, the People section organises the community into groups:

For a research collaboration or a query about a specific area, the Faculty Publications (by author) and All Publications pages under Research help you identify who works on what before making contact.

Visiting as an Academic Visitor

The department explicitly describes itself as hosting "faculty members, students, post-doctoral fellows and (short and long term) visitors," and Visitors appears as a distinct category under People. That tells you visiting is a normal part of departmental life, but the site does not spell out an application procedure, host requirements, or duration limits in the available material.

What the site does show is the academic activity you would be visiting into:

• Seminars — including the Bangalore Probability Seminar, Algebra & Combinatorics Seminar, Geometry & Topology Seminar, Number Theory Seminar, APRG Seminar, Lean & Math-AI Seminar, Eigenfunctions Seminars, and "Cult of Categories" seminar.
• Student Seminars and Students' Topology & Geometry Seminars.
• Thesis colloquium/defence.
• News & Announcements and Events.
• Guest lectures and PROMYS.

Checking the seminar and events listings is the practical way to time a visit around something relevant, and to identify a faculty member to approach about hosting.

If You Are a Current or Prospective Student

Several pages exist specifically for people already inside the system or applying to it:

• Student Information Handbook
• Scheme of Instruction
• Undergraduate Handbook
• Current & Upcoming Course Schedule, Academic Calendar, Final Examination Schedule, Catalogue
• Mathematics Intranet — indicating internal pages that are not part of the public site
• Jobs — under Resources
• Comprehensive Report Templates, TA form, Department Forms, IISc SAP Samadhan — under Utilities

Degree programmes listed are the Ph.D. Programme, Integrated Ph.D. Programme, Undergraduate Programme, and B.Tech Maths & Computing, with Interdisciplinary Ph.D. also appearing under Students.

Practical Notes

• The site is in English and is the department's official presence within IISc.
• No pricing, fee, or payment information appears in the available material, so nothing here should be read as indicating that any programme, library service, or event is free or paid.
• The Mathematics Intranet entry implies some departmental resources sit behind a login; the public pages listed above do not.
• For anything not covered by the public pages — exact office location, phone contact, visitor formalities — use Contact Us rather than inferring details from the navigation.