Department of Mathematics, St. Paul’s College, Kalamassery organizeda compact course on Algebra and Analysis in association with the Ramanujan Mathematical Society. The course is arranged in the online mode via Google meet platform during 27th January – 6th February 2021.There was a brief inaugural ceremony on 27th January in which the RMS Vice President, Prof. A. Vijayakumar, Emeritus Professor, Department of Mathematics, CUSAT inaugurated the compact course. The convener of the Compact Course Dr. Manju K. Menon welcomed the gathering and briefed about the course. The College Principal in charge Prof. Valentine D’cruz presided over the function.All the participants were requested to introduce themselves and we were so happy to note that there were participants from Odisha, Bangalore, Trichy, and from different parts of Kerala such as Kannur, Palghat, Trichur, Changanassery and also from Ernakulam.

Due to the pandemic situation, we were forced to conduct the Compact Course in Online and we are thankful to the RMS authorities for sanctioning our proposal. The brochure was circulated all over the country through various whatsapp groups and in the brochure, we had clearly mentioned that the number of participants is restricted for the effectiveness of the programme. The speakers were Dr. Didimos K V, S H College, Thevara and Dr. V B Kirankumar, CUSAT who are really authorities in these areas in Mathematics. Both the speakers lectured the topics in such a manner that the participants of all levels could understand, and both the speakers spent some time regularly to clear the participant’s doubts.We had shared the notes and problem sessions to all the participants. We have recorded each class and shared the YouTube link of each class with the participants.