MUMBAI, Aug. 8 -- Next weekend, some of the finest mathematicians from around the world will converge in Mumbai to inaugurate the country's first privately-funded institute dedicated to mathematical sciences in recent years. The August 17 inaugural symposium marks the start of the Lodha Mathematical Institute of Sciences (LMIS), the brainchild of Abhishek Lodha, CEO, Lodha Group. Describing mathematics as the universal language of progress, the Lodha Foundation spearheading the initiative said: "From error-correcting codes in satellite communications to computational geometry in robotic vacuum cleaners; from encrypted electronic transactions to topological analysis in big data, what started as mathematical innovations has now become a part of daily life." Renowned mathematician Vijaya Kumar Murty, former director of Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, Toronto, and known for his contributions to number theory and arithmetic geometry, will head the institute. P4...