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Lodha Foundation Launches India’s First Private Mathematics Research Institute in Mumbai

A Rs 20,000 crore Lodha Foundation endowment positions the new institute for sustained research programs beginning this month.

Maharashtra minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha, mathematician Manjul Bhargava, Lodha Foundation chairperson Manju Lodha, former IAS officer Ashish Singh, LMSI founding director Vijay Kumar Murthy, entrepreneur Vinti Lodha and Lodha Group CEO Abhishek Lodha at the inauguration event in Mumbai on Sunday | Special Arrangement
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The Lodha Mathematical Sciences Institute was inaugurated on Sunday. (Anshuman Poyrekar/ Hindustan Times)
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Overview

  • Lodha Mathematical Sciences Institute opened with an inaugural symposium in Mumbai from August 17 to 19.
  • Number theorist V. Kumar Murty serves as founding director, with an advisory council that includes Fields Medalist Manjul Bhargava.
  • Bhargava will lead the first multi-month program on arithmetic statistics and number theory, slated to start later this month and run through mid-December.
  • The institute plans additional extended programs led by scholars such as Parimala Raman and Mahan Mj, alongside collaborations with TIFR, ISI, CMI and IISc.
  • LMSI says it will pair frontier mathematics with applications in data science, machine learning, operations research and optimisation to address infrastructure, healthcare and economic challenges, with a longer-term goal of hosting an Indian Congress of Mathematicians in December 2026.