Adjunct Professor H. N. Ramaswamy from University of Mysore visited School of Mathematics in Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, J&K. He delivered a series of lectures in Algebra during 5-10 March 2018. Prof Ramaswamy, delivered the lecture series in Field Theory and covered various aspects of the subject including simple extensions, finite extensions, algebraic extensions, existence theorem and slitting fields or root field of polynomials. The lecture series was attended by M.Sc. (Maths) students and research scholars of the School. Apart from taking classes, Prof. Ramaswamy spent time in the School and interacted with research scholars and faculty members. On the last day of the lecture series, Prof Ramaswamy discussed various activities of the School with faculty members and provided valuable inputs for future activities. Dr. A. K. Das, Head of the school thanked Prof. Ramaswamy for his visit to SMVDU. Dean faculty of Sciences, Prof V. K. Bhat, Dr Kuldip Raj, Dr. Sandeep Bhougal, Dr. Surender Singh and Dr. Sandeep Sharma were also present during the discussion.