Introduction

Central Department of Mathematics is the oldest department in the history of science education at Tribhuvan University in Nepal. With the establishment of department on September 20th, 1959, Master’s Degree Program in Mathematics began. Postgraduates from this department have excellent academic record that enable them to get further opportunities to pursue higher studies and conduct research in reputed institutes in different parts of the world. Most of the graduates of this department are currently working at different universities, campuses, higher secondary schools, government offices and other institutions of the nation. Some of them are working in the developed countries as well. Now the department runs M.A./M.Sc., MPhil and PhD programs in Mathematics.

The department comprises of fourteen faculty members:  four professors, three readers, and seven lecturers.  Among them nine faculty members have doctoral degree, two have MPhil degree and three are pursuing doctoral degree in different fields of mathematics from national and international universities. There are some part-time teaching assistants also in the department.