We dedicate this book to Prof. Iqbal Unnisa on her first death anniversary which falls on 12 June 2012. She was the first Muslim
woman in India to receive her doctorate degree in the Mathematical sciences. As a brilliant researcher, she was the first
woman to become director of the Ramanujan Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics, University of Madras.
Today we are proud of her mathematical legacy and we are inspired by her courageous spirit that never compromised and always challenged injustice.