Best Innovative Teacher Award
Recognised by AMTI, Chennai for contribution to innovative mathematics teaching.
Press & recognition
Mathematics education in the news
Selected coverage of Mr. Sastry’s models, books, demonstrations and training of young mathematics learners.
Dr Sanjeevaraya Sharma Award
Awarded by Ramanujan Academy in recognition of contribution to mathematics education.
Ramanujan Mathematics Academy
Elected President of the Ramanujan Mathematics Academy and Mathematics Library, Ramachandrapuram.
Maths Lab inaugurations
Programmes associated with Chukka Ramaiah Garu and Smt. K. Sandhya Rani, Commissioner, School Education, Government of Andhra Pradesh.
Ganitaavadhanam demonstrations
Public interactive sessions for teachers, lecturers and mathematics educators, featuring mental calculation, roots, decimals and calendar problems.
Distinguished associates
Programmes connected with educators and mathematicians including Dr. Sudhakar Agarkar (TIFR), Dr. P. V. Arunachalam, Sanjeev Sharma (TATA Interactive), Srohyajeswanth (Singapore), Chukka Ramaiah, and Dr Yeap Ban Har (Singapore).
Newspaper features
From the archives
The summaries below are based on published press reports. Scans are shown for historical context.
Whizkids at work
A report on Class IX students Dharani and Goutham performing Ganitaavadhanam in Vijayawada, including Aprasutha Prasangam — solving advanced number problems while answering unrelated questions. Sreedhara Chandra Sekhara Sastry is described as the trainer behind the programme.
Go to him to solve problems in numbers
A profile of Sastry as mathematician, educator and writer — noting the Trachtenberg Speed System influence, his books, more than 1,800 seminars in South India, 250+ models, and his work on Ganitaavadhanam with young learners.
Ganitaavadhanam
Public demonstrations of mathematical thinking
Press reports describe Ganitaavadhanam as an interactive programme in which young learners solve demanding number problems quickly — including cube roots, recurring decimals and calendar calculations — sometimes while answering unrelated questions in an Aprasutha Prasangam segment designed to test concentration.
One reported programme in Vijayawada, associated with the Association for Improvement of Maths Education (I.M.Ed.), featured Class IX students from Sri Bala Sai International Residential School, Kurnool, trained by Mr. Sastry.
Moments
Laboratory visits and programmes
“Students should not simply remember mathematics. They should experience how it works.”
Learn more about the work
Read Mr. Sastry’s story, explore the laboratory, or plan an installation for your school.