Programme Schedule

28 June 2019 (Friday)

0900 - 0930
Registration

0930 - 0950
Second edition of C V Raman – A Pictorial Biography Book launch by R Ramaswamy
Session 1A - Special Lecture
Chairperson: N V Madhusudana

0950 - 1030
N. Mukunda
IASc, Bengaluru
The marvel and the mystery of quantum mechanics - some reflections
1030 - 1050
Tea break
Session 1B: Inaugural Lectures by Fellows/Associates
Chairperson: E D Jemmis

1050 - 1110
Rupinder Kaur
CDFD, Hyderabad
An analysis of Candida glabrata-host interaction
1115 - 1135
Rishi Raj
IIT, Patna
Development of two-phase heat sinks for earth and microgravity thermal management applications
1140 - 1200
Amit Kumar
IIT, New Delhi
Online algorithms for packing and covering problems
1205 - 1225
Devanjan Sinha
BHU, Varanasi
Molecular chaperones as gateways to mitochondrial health
1235 - 1255
Rajeev Patnaik
Panjab University, Chandigarh
Reconstructing diet and environment of ancient mammals of India using stable isotopes and microwear
1300 - 1430
Lunch Break
Session 1C: Inaugural Lectures by Fellows/Associates
Chairperson: Arnab Rai Chaudhur

1430 - 1450
Mandar M Deshmukh
TIFR, Mumbai
Studying the flow of electrons in 2-D materials
1455 - 1515
Rohini Garg
Shiv Nadar University, Gautam Buddha Nagar, UP
Studying plant environment interactions through the lens of epigenomics
1520 - 1540
Smriti Mahajan
IISER, Mohali
Evolution of galaxies in the cosmic - suburbs
1545 - 1605
Jagannath Mondal
TIFR-CIS, Hyderabad
Computer simulation of biomolecular recognition at atomistic precision and in real time
1610 - 1700
High Tea
Session 1D: Invited Talk
Chairperson: D Balasubramanian

1700 - 1730
Beula Christy
LVPEI, Hyderabad
Teaching science to students with visual impairment
1730 - 1745
Discussion
Session 1E: Public lecture
Chairperson: Partha P Majumder

1800 - 1900
Tony Joseph
Author, New Delhi
The four prehistoric migrations that shaped Indian demography and population structure
1900 - 2030
Dinner

29 June 2019 (Saturday)

Session 2A - Symposium : “Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis - A Tribute to His Scientific Contributions”
Chairperson: Partha P Majumder

0900 - 0940
Poornima Paidipaty
LSE Fellow in Inequalities, Department of Sociology, London School of Economics
Statistics with 'a clearly defined purpose': A brief history of sampling and economic planning in Nehruvian India
0940 - 1020
Probal Chaudhuri
ISI, Kolkata
From Mahalanobis distance to fractile graphs via sample survey
1020 - 1100
Partha P. Majumder
NIBMG, Kalyani
Mahalanobis, anthropometric diversity and the birth of human genetics in India
1100 - 1120
Tea break
Session 2B - Inaugural Lectures by Fellows / Associates
Chairperson: Rajiva Raman

1120 - 1140
B N Gangadhar
NIMHANS, Bengaluru
Neuroscience of yoga in psychiatry: Treatment of depression
1145 - 1205
Subi J George
JNCASR, Bengaluru
Fuel-driven temporal supramolecular polymers
Session 2C - Special Lecture
1210 - 1250
Sulochana Gadgil
Sulochana Gadgil, Pune
Physics of the monsoon and its variability
1300 - 1430
Lunch break