Bangalore, India

There will be a Joint International Meeting of the American Math Society and various Indian mathematical societies at the J.N. Tata Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), in Bangalore, India, December 17-20, 2003. It is organized with support from the Indian National Science Academy (INSA), and the Indian Academy of Sciences (IAS).
Further information for the conference is available on the AMS site. There is also a local website with detailed and current information, including schedules, local and travel information, and a list of participants.
The local organizing committee includes K. B. Sinha (Chairman), N. Nitsure, M. Vanninathan, R. Ravindran, T. Bhattacharyya, P. Prasad, J. Biswas, B. V. R. Bhat, and G. Misra (Convener). The scientific committee includes Hyman Bass, Susan Friedlander, John Morgan, S.R.S. Varadhan, R. L. Karandikar, V. Mehta, G. Misra, N. Nitsure, and T. N. Venkataramana.
Confirmed plenary speakers include Peter Sarnak (Princeton University), George Papanicolaou (Stanford University), Vladimir Voevodsky (IAS), R Balasubramanian (Institute of Mathematical Sciences), M S Raghunathan (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research), K B Sinha (Indian Statistical Institute).
There will be a Special Session in Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry, organized by Sudhir R. Ghorpade, Hema Srinivasan and J. K. Verma. Information about the Special Session is available on its own home page.