Munish Chandra Puri
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Munish Chander Puri was Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
at IIT Delhi. He was Organizing Chair, Asia Pacific Operational Research Societies (APORS). He was killed in Bangalore
in the 2005 Indian Institute of Science shooting
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On December 29, 2005 the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi mourned the death of its retired professor M C Puri in shootout at Bangalore terming it as a great loss to the institute.
Addressing a condolence meeting at the institute, IIT Delhi Director D.P.Kothari
said the staff and students "deeply mourn the tragic, sad and untimely demise of Prof Puri". Kothari described late Prof Puri as a "very conscientious, hard working and devoted faculty member of the institute".
Prof. Puri was an Emeritus Professor of Mathematics. He won several laurels for his work on the subject. He was one of the most senior and influential members of the Operations Research Society of India (ORSI) and he has been attending the annual convention of ORSI without fail for the past 35 years.
Professor M.C.Puri did his B.Sc (Hons.) Mathematics in 1960, M.Sc. Mathematics in 1962 (first position) and Ph.D.
in Operations Research in 1972 from Delhi University. He served at Hansraj College in Delhi University until 1984 and then served at IITD until 2004. He had supervised thirteen PhD thesis, nine M.Phil dissertations, six M.Tech projects and eleven M.Sc. projects. He had written many research articles in various journals of international repute. His area of specialization, included combinatorial optimization
, fractional programming, linear programming
and network flow
problems. He had been in the editorial board of Opsearch, an official journal of ORSI.
He was one of the founder members of the “Mathematical Programming Group (MPG)” which was started by retired Prof. R.N.Kaul, Department of Mathematics, University of Delhi in 1972. This group of researchers from various colleges of Delhi University, IITD and Indian Institute of Science Delhi meets every Wednesday from 3-4 p.m at Delhi University to attend the seminar by some invited speakers or one of the researchers of the group. Professor Puri was one of the members who attended this weekly seminar since its inception.
Puri published 78 papers during his lifetime — 25 in Indian journals and 53 abroad. He also supervised 13 doctoral students
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, Bangalore, India.
At about 7 p.m. after convention was over at JN Tata Auditorium he with his three colleagues were walking towards the seminar hall of management studies for Annual General Body meeting of ORSI when suddenly bullets were fired from the back within the auditorium complex. Initially the firing was mistaken for crackers but Prof. M.C.Puri soon recognized that it was gunfire and his last words “this is bullet firing lie down” saved the lives of three other participants who were with him at that particular moment when the firing took place - but he was not able to save himself.
Prof M. C. Puri became a victim of the first ever terror attack in Bangalore.
The 39th Annual Convention of ORSI was held at Heritage Institute of Tecchnology, Kolkata during January 5-January 7, 2007 in memory of Prof. M.C.Puri (conference website http://www.calorsi.in).
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
at IIT Delhi. He was Organizing Chair, Asia Pacific Operational Research Societies (APORS). He was killed in Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
in the 2005 Indian Institute of Science shooting
2005 Indian Institute of Science shooting
The December 2005 IISc shooting occurred on Wednesday, 28 December 2005 at the Indian Institute of Science in the Indian city of Bangalore, killing Prof. Munish Chandra Puri of IIT Delhi and injuring four, after two or more unidentified gunmen fired at Puri and others...
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Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Professor Puri first joined IIT Delhi in 1984. One of the popular undergraduate courses he taught was linear optimizationOptimization (mathematics)
In mathematics, computational science, or management science, mathematical optimization refers to the selection of a best element from some set of available alternatives....
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On December 29, 2005 the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi mourned the death of its retired professor M C Puri in shootout at Bangalore terming it as a great loss to the institute.
Addressing a condolence meeting at the institute, IIT Delhi Director D.P.Kothari
D.P.Kothari
Dwarkadas Pralhaddas Kothari is an educationist and professor who has held leadership positions at premier engineering institutions in India like IIT Delhi, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur and VIT University, Vellore. He is popularly known as D.P.Kothari...
said the staff and students "deeply mourn the tragic, sad and untimely demise of Prof Puri". Kothari described late Prof Puri as a "very conscientious, hard working and devoted faculty member of the institute".
Prof. Puri was an Emeritus Professor of Mathematics. He won several laurels for his work on the subject. He was one of the most senior and influential members of the Operations Research Society of India (ORSI) and he has been attending the annual convention of ORSI without fail for the past 35 years.
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Ph.D.
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in Operations Research in 1972 from Delhi University. He served at Hansraj College in Delhi University until 1984 and then served at IITD until 2004. He had supervised thirteen PhD thesis, nine M.Phil dissertations, six M.Tech projects and eleven M.Sc. projects. He had written many research articles in various journals of international repute. His area of specialization, included combinatorial optimization
Combinatorial optimization
In applied mathematics and theoretical computer science, combinatorial optimization is a topic that consists of finding an optimal object from a finite set of objects. In many such problems, exhaustive search is not feasible...
, fractional programming, linear programming
Linear programming
Linear programming is a mathematical method for determining a way to achieve the best outcome in a given mathematical model for some list of requirements represented as linear relationships...
and network flow
Network flow
In graph theory, a flow network is a directed graph where each edge has a capacity and each edge receives a flow. The amount of flow on an edge cannot exceed the capacity of the edge. Often in Operations Research, a directed graph is called a network, the vertices are called nodes and the edges are...
problems. He had been in the editorial board of Opsearch, an official journal of ORSI.
He was one of the founder members of the “Mathematical Programming Group (MPG)” which was started by retired Prof. R.N.Kaul, Department of Mathematics, University of Delhi in 1972. This group of researchers from various colleges of Delhi University, IITD and Indian Institute of Science Delhi meets every Wednesday from 3-4 p.m at Delhi University to attend the seminar by some invited speakers or one of the researchers of the group. Professor Puri was one of the members who attended this weekly seminar since its inception.
Puri published 78 papers during his lifetime — 25 in Indian journals and 53 abroad. He also supervised 13 doctoral students
Doctorate
A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder to teach in a specific field, A doctorate is an academic degree or professional degree that in most countries refers to a class of degrees which qualify the holder...
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Death
Prof. M.C.Puri, was attending the International Conference on operations research applications in infrastructure development in conjunction with the 38th Annual Convention of ORSI, which was organized by the Bangalore Chapter of ORSI from December 27-December 29, 2005 at J.N.Tata Auditorium, Indian Institute of ScienceIndian Institute of Science
Indian Institute of Science is a research institution of higher learning located in Bangalore, India. It was established in 1909.-History:After a chance meeting between Jamsetji N...
, Bangalore, India.
At about 7 p.m. after convention was over at JN Tata Auditorium he with his three colleagues were walking towards the seminar hall of management studies for Annual General Body meeting of ORSI when suddenly bullets were fired from the back within the auditorium complex. Initially the firing was mistaken for crackers but Prof. M.C.Puri soon recognized that it was gunfire and his last words “this is bullet firing lie down” saved the lives of three other participants who were with him at that particular moment when the firing took place - but he was not able to save himself.
Prof M. C. Puri became a victim of the first ever terror attack in Bangalore.
Tributes
Mathematical Programming Group of Delhi and Department of Mathematics of Hans Raj College organised two day Symposium Recent Advances in Optimization Theory and Applications during October 27-28, 2006, at Delhi University in memory of Prof. Puri. A commemorative volume containing selected papers of Prof. Puri entitled Combinatorial Optimization Some Aspects, edited by his students and colleagues, was also released during the symposium.The 39th Annual Convention of ORSI was held at Heritage Institute of Tecchnology, Kolkata during January 5-January 7, 2007 in memory of Prof. M.C.Puri (conference website http://www.calorsi.in).