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EPSILON INDIA 2026 FACULTY
Dr. George R. Thomas
Independent Mathematician and Researcher, Canada
Founder of Epsilon USA, MathPath, MathCamp
Dr. George R. Thomas is one of the most experienced mathematician in the world in organizing and running summer programs for students showing high promise in mathematics. He founded the prestigious Canada/USA MathCamp, MathPath and Epsilon Camp. He stresses to the students that "Mathematics is the language of form".
Dr. Thomas’ research has ranged over semigroups and extremal graph theory with forays in analytical number Theory. See Dr. Thomas' views on the need for Epsilon Camp in India.
Prof. C. P. Anil Kumar
Associate Professor of Mathematics at the KREA University.
His research interests span several areas of mathematics, including Combinatorics, Topology, Number Theory, Algebra, Geometry, and Representation Theory.
He completed his five-year Integrated M.Sc. in Mathematics at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, followed by a master's degree in Mathematics from The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA. He subsequently worked at Infosys Technologies Limited in Bengaluru for five years before pursuing his Ph.D. at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai.
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His academic journey also includes postdoctoral positions at the Indian Statistical Institute, Bengaluru; the Centre for Study of Science, Technology and Policy, Bengaluru; and the Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Prayagraj.
A passionate researcher, he has published more than fifteen research papers across various areas of mathematics during his postdoctoral career. He has also received merit-based scholarships, including those awarded by the National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM).
Beyond research, he enjoys solving mathematical problems featured in publications such as the American Mathematical Monthly, Crux Mathematicorum, The Mathematics Student, and the Ramanujan Mathematical Newsletter. His interests outside mathematics include volleyball, ultimate frisbee, swimming, hiking, juggling, cycling, and solving Rubik's cubes and dodecahedrons.
Prof. Ajit Bhand
Assistant Professor at Mathematics Department at IISER, Bhopal
Prof. Bhand completed his PhD in mathematics from Queen’s University in Canada.
He is trained as a geometer but his recent research interests include number theory and representation theory. More specifically, he is interested in studying properties of fourier coefficients of various automorphic forms. He is also interested in the applications of number theory in string theory and has done collaborative research with theoretical physicists.
He has authored articles which have been published in Pacific Journal of Mathematics, Journal of Number Theory, Research in Mathematical Sciences and several other academic journals.
He was a recipient of SERB's (Science and Engineering Research Board) MATRICS grant (2020-2023)
.He is extremely passionate about teaching and pedagogy. He is also involved with the Maths Circle of India initiative of ICTS-TIFR, Bangalore (International Centre for Theoretical Sciences at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research) and a co-organiser of the IISER Bhopal Maths Circle.
Prof. Gangotryi Sorcar
Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Krea University
Phd, Binghamton University
Prof. Gangotryi Sorcar holds a PhD in Mathematics from Binghamton University, with research interests in geometry and topology. She is passionate about making math accessible and relevant by using diagrams, models, and real-world problems to help students visualize abstract concepts and appreciate the beauty of mathematical structures.
With over ten years of experience teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels, Prof. Sorcar employs inquiry-based learning and the socratic method to foster an interactive classroom where students engage, ask questions, and build confidence. Her goal is to inspire curiosity, critical thinking, and a love for learning that extends far beyond the classroom.
Prof. Soumya Dey
Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Krea University
PhD, IISER Mohali
Prof. Soumya Dey is a mathematician broadly interested in geometry and topology.
Prof. Dey graduated with a PhD in Mathematics from IISER Mohali in 2018, after completing BSc (Hons) in mathematics from St Xavier’s College, Kolkata, and MSc in Mathematics from RKM Vivekananda University, Belur. Thereafter, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at IISER Bhopal, the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai and Chennai Mathematical Institute, Kelambakkam successively, before joining Krea University in 2022.
As part of his doctoral thesis, Prof. Dey computed explicit presentations with finite generating sets for the commutator subgroups of some generalized braid groups. As a postdoc, he started working on mapping class groups of surfaces, singular braid groups, and related infinite groups.
Prof. Dey strongly believes that active discussion and collaboration is an indispensable part of doing mathematics, and this culture should be inculcated into undergraduate classrooms. He co-organized several conferences, workshops and seminars, at both national and international levels, which are aimed at researchers and graduate students. Also, he has been actively involved as a volunteer in science outreach activities for students and teachers in schools and colleges.
Prof. Dey enjoys playing table tennis, traveling to places, listening to music of all sorts, watching movies and humming his favorite songs endlessly.
Prof. Rishi Vyas
Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Krea University
PhD, University of Cambridge
Prof. Rishi Vyas is a mathematician whose research interests lie in algebra, with a specific focus on ring theory, homological algebra, and group theory. After earning an undergraduate honors degree in Mathematics from St Stephen’s College, he proceeded to the University of Cambridge for graduate and doctoral studies. At Cambridge, he was supported by fellowships from the Inlaks Foundation and the Cambridge Commonwealth Trust. He wrote his thesis on the homological aspects of noncommutative ring theory. For his postdoctoral research at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
Prof. Vyas worked to further understand the homological theory of noncommutative rings; he was supported by a PBC Fellowship from the Israel Council for Higher Education. Dr. Vyas has also undertaken research in group theory, with a focus on combinatorial group theory and the interplay between group theory, logic, and computability.