indore devi ahilya vishwavidyalaya davv inaugurated the new centre for ancient indian mathematics on monday it is one of the 12 centres across the country as per the plan of the varsity a certificate programme on ancient mathematics from the ongoing academic session has already attracted 84 per cent seats of the 25 seats 21 students have already enrolled for the certificate courses indian knowledge system iks centre for jain mathematics is one of the 12 centres across the country to be opened at davv this centre will be extremely beneficial for students vicechancellor dr renu jain told toi the centre will also develop more short term courses which will also be launched soon she addedcentre for ancient indian mathematics director dr anupam jain said india is known to have contributed so much in the field however in the world history of mathematics indian mathematics hasnt acknowledged it this centre has been set for studies of jain mathematics and formation of source book from veda to ramanujan and shankaracharya will be taught via the course he addedthe course is most likely to be continued in a span of 45 months exam for it will be conducted by may this course can be pursued after class 12 with a minimum 50 per cent in aggregate or an equivalent grade for general and obc candidates those students who belong to the scheduled caste sc scheduled tribe st candidates will have a relaxation of 5 per cent this certificate course is of multiple exits candidates have to pursue minimum for one semester and the maximum duration will be of two semesters