In an age driven by algorithms and analytics, mathematical fluency has become the new currency of opportunity. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment in mathematics-related occupations is expected to rise by 28.7 per cent between 2021 and 2031, creating over 82,000 new jobs by the end of this decade. More than half of these roles are projected to be in data science, one of the world’s fastest-growing career domains. Likewise, the WEF’s (World Economic Forum) Future of Jobs Report 2025 forecasts a 110 per cent surge in demand for big-data specialists and quantitative analysts by 2030, an emphatic reminder that the future belongs to those fluent in numbers. 

However, we at the City Montessori School (CMS), Lucknow, believe that mathematics is far more than a vocational skill. It is the language in which the universe is written. Each theorem, each equation, represents not merely logic but imagination: a bridge between the abstract and the absolute. From the invention of the digit zero and the decimal place-value system to the pioneering algorithms of Āryabhaṭa and Bhāskara, India has long been one of the significant contributors to the global mathematical heritage.

It is this spirit that City Montessori School (CMS) seeks to rekindle through the International Young Mathematicians’ Convention (IYMC) Mathematica 2025. Conceptualised and established as more than just a competition, IYMC embodies CMS’s vision of nurturing young minds that reason with precision, imagine with audacity, and collaborate with empathy. Through problem-solving challenges, mathematical modelling, and global team contests, students are invited to explore how mathematical thought can transform societies and sustain progress.

The journey of IYMC began at CMS Gomti Nagar Campus I, where the International World Youth Mathematics Intercity Competition (IWYMIC) in 2002 sowed the seeds of a far greater endeavour. Two years later, in December 2004, CMS hosted the inaugural International Young Mathematicians’ Convention, welcoming teams from across Asia and Europe. Since then, with successive editions in 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2022, the convention has evolved into a global celebration of intellect, innovation, and intercultural camaraderie, embodying CMS’s guiding ideals of Jai Jagat and Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam. These timeless principles remind us that the pursuit of knowledge transcends borders and that the world’s youth, united through shared curiosity, can solve challenges that confront all humankind.

As the 10th edition of the IYMC Mathematica 2025 unfolds this year, we enthusiastically look forward to world-class contests, mentoring sessions, and collaborative exchanges. The thoughtfully curated student engagement events will help the participants link mathematical theory (from artificial intelligence to finance, from cryptography to climate modelling) with real-world applications. Designed as an international platform for exchange, IYMC encourages students to interact, collaborate, and cultivate skills essential for future professions, while fostering mutual respect and cultural understanding. It is a confluence where equations meet ethics, intellect meets imagination, and the spirit of global unity illuminates every calculation.

As young mathematicians from around the world converge for the event at CMS, they carry with them not only the ambition to excel but also the promise to collaborate and contribute to a more enlightened future. In nurturing this generation of thinkers and problem-solvers, we reaffirm our conviction that mathematics is the quiet architect of progress and that through shared knowledge and harmony, humanity can indeed transform the abstract beauty of numbers into tangible instruments of peace and prosperity.