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Report on Mathematical orientation programme 2013 A regional level Mathematical orientation programme was held at KV No. 1 Shahibaugh Ahmedabad on 19 August 2013. A total of 22 teachers attended. The programme was on the subject “How to prepare, motivate and nurture the students of class 10th,11th & 12th for Mathematics Olympiad at different stages starting from KVS JMO.” The programme started at 9.00 am with lightening of lamp of lamp and a welcome song by the girls of KV No 1 Shahibaugh. Shri P. Madan Assistant Commissioner KVS (RO) Ahmedabad Region, the Chief Guest of the programme was welcomed by Shri Rohitas Kumar, the Principal K V No. 1 Shahibaugh. Three experts of Mathematics Prof. Udayan M. Prajapati, Head and Department of Mathematics St. Xavier”s Collage Ahmedabad, Prof. P.K. Vyas and Prof. R.P. Rawal were invited for their valuable lectures. Prof. Udayan M. Prajapati is the Regional coordinator of Gujarat. He trains students at Indian Maths Olympiad level. He briefed about the history of Maths Olympiad and explained about the selection procedure leading to International Maths Olympiad. He has taken two examples of Algebra of Olympiad level questions & explained about requirement and application of knowledge to be applied to solved such type of questions In the second lecture Prof. P.K. Vyas who is an expert in Geometry, informed that how the basic knowledge of Geometry should be applied to solve Olympiad level problems. With the help of Euler’s theorem, which is about the concept of 9 point circle in a triangle and Carpet theorem, he explained how basic knowledge of junior classes may be used to prove such theorems and Olympiad level questions. In the third lecture Prof. Rawal, who is an expert of Vedic Mathematics taught about solving of algebraic equations in two and three variables. He also gave a method of finding square and cube of a number by short cut methods of Vedic Maths.