Colloquium
Can one plan to do Great Research?
Prof. Amit Roy, Former Director, Inter-University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi
Date: 20th September 2019 (Friday) Time: 11.00 AM Venue: Seminar Hall, IPR
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High Performance Nanolaminates based Functional Materials for High Temperature and Multifunctional Applications
Dr. Surojit Gupta, University of North Dakota, Netherland
Date: 12th July, 2019 (Friday) Time : 3:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
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Scientific Computing Infrastructure and related R&D activities at IGCAR
Mr. R. Jehadeesan, IGCAR, Kalpakkam
Date: 11th July, 2019 (Thursday) Time : 3:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
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Exploring possibility of using a Compact ECR Plasma Source for plasma thruster applications
Prof. A. Ganguli, IIT Delhi
Date: 18th January, 2019 (Friday) Time: 3:30 PM Venue: Seminar Hall, IPR
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Structural and Dynamical Transition in Functional Materials
Prof. Ramaprosad Mukhopadhyay, Raja Ramanna Fellow, DAE, Govt. of India, Ex-Head, Solid State Physics Division, BARC
Date: 2nd November 2018 (Friday) Time: 3:30 PM Venue: Seminar Hall, IPR
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Generation of the Micro-scale and Meso-scale Structures at the Marginally BM Stable Pedestal: A Scenario for ELM Crash and I-mode
Prof. Raghvendra Singh, National Fusion Research Institute (NFRI), Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Date : 30th October 2018 (Tuesday) Time : 3:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
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Holography, Black Holes and the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev Model
Prof. Spenta R. Wadia, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS-TIFR), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore
Date : 12th October 2018 (Friday) Time : 3:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
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Like Likes Like: Experiments on Charged Colloids to Dusty Plasmas
Prof. B.V.R. Tata, University of Hyderabad
Date : 17th August 2018 (Friday) Time : 11.00 AM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
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Two-dimensional turbulence in fluids with particles, conducting fluids, fluids with polymer additives, binary-fluid mixtures, and superfluids
Prof. Rahul Pandit, Division of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Date : 09th August 2018 (Tuesday) Time : 2:00 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
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A Practical Approach to Strengthening Our Scientific Ecosystem
Prof. Deshdeep Sahadev, IIT Kanpur
Date : 31st July 2018 (Tuesday) Time : 3:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 288)
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Making the Sound Visible
Dr. Sudhir Ranjan Jain, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India
Date : 13th April 2018 (Friday) Time : 3:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 287)
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Humanity's New Gravitational Sense
Prof. Rana Adhikari, California Institute of Technology
Date : 1st March 2018 (Thursday) Time : 4:00 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
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Calculus and Differentiable Dynamics on Fractals Physical Relevance and Applications
Prof. Anil Gangal, IISER, Pune
Date : 16th February 2018 (Friday) Time : 3:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 285)
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Neutral Beam Injection for the European DEMO
Dr. C. Hopf, Max Plank Institute for Plasma Physics, Graching, Germany
Date : 14th February 2018 (Wednesday) Time : 3:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 284)
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Technical challenges in NNBI systems – experiences and further plans at IPP
Dr. B. Heinemann, Max Plank Institute for Plasma Physics, Graching, Germany
Date : 13th February 2018 (Tuesday) Time : 3:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 283)
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Present Status of RF-ICP Negative Ion Source Development at IPP
Dr. U. Fantz, Max Plank Institute for Plasma Physics, Graching, Germany
Date : 12th February 2018 (Monday) Time : 3:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 282)
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LIGO, Virgo, and Gravitational Waves: A Revolution in Physics and Astronomy
Prof. David Reitze, Executive Director, LIGO Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, USA.
Date : 11th January 2018 (Thursday) Time : 3:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 281)
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Exploring the Vast New Frontier of Gravitational-Wave Astronomy
Prof. Frederick Raab, LIGO Hanford Observatory, USA
Date : 19th December 2017 (Tuesday) Time : 3:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 280)
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Clever Ways of Communicating Science, To Win The Trust Of The Public
Mr. Pallava Bagla, Science Editor, New Delhi Television (NDTV); Correspondent, Science magazine; and Photographer, Getty Images.
Date : 28th November 2017 (Tuesday) Time : 3:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 279)
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Orbital angular momentum of light and applications in quantum communication
Prof. R.P. Singh, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Date : 28th September 2017 (Thursday) Time : 3:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 278)
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What is the turbulence problem?
Prof. Mahendra K. Verma, Physics Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.
Date : 18th September 2017 (Monday) Time : 3:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 277)
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Full Potential Multiple Scattering Theory with space-filling scattering sites for X-ray absorption spectroscopy
Prof. Keisuke Hatada, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Toyama, Japan
Date : 28th August 2017 (Monday) Time : 3:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 276)
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Mimicking Astrophysical Turbulence on a Tabletop
Prof. G. Ravindra Kumar, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai and Prof. Amita Das, Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Date : 25th July 2017 (Tuesday) Time : 3:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 275)
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Quantum tunnelling: From solar fusion and life to nanotechnology
Prof. B. N. Dev, Department of Materials Science, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata
Date : 24th July 2017 (Monday) Time : 3:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 274)
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Evolution and Instability of Bondi Accretion
Prof. Arnab Kumar Ray, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communucation Technology, Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Date : 4th July 2017 (Tuesday) Time : 3:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 273)
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Computational Modeling of Microplasma-Wave Interactions for Plasma-Based Reconfigurable Metamaterial and Photonic Crystal Applications
Prof. Laxminarayan Raja, Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
Date : 21st June 2017 (Wednesday) Time : 3:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 272)
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Gravitinos, Reheating and the Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry of the Universe
Prof. Raghavan Rangarajan, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad
Date : 4th May 2017 (Thursday) Time : 3:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 271)
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Dissemination of research results: Can we fight being plagiarised?
Prof. Praveen Chaddah, Ex-Director of the UGC-DAE Consortium
Date: 3rd April 2017 (Monday) Time : 3:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 270)
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Creation of General relativity: Einstein and Hilbert
Prof. Avinash Khare, Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi
Date: 24th March 2017 (Friday) Time : 3:00 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 269)
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A Nearly Incompressible Description of Low-Frequency Turbulence
Prof. G.P. Zank, Eminent Scholar, Distinguished Professor and Director, Centre for Space Physics and Aeronomic Research, University of Alabama, Huntsville, USA.
Date : 7th February 2017 (Tuesday) Time : 3:00 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 268)
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Ion Acoustic rouge waves in multicomponent plasma
Prof. H. Bailung, Professor and Head, Physical Sciences Division, IASST, Guwahati
Date : 3rd February 2017 (Thursday) Time : 2:00 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 267)
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Down-To-Earth String Theory
Prof. Rajesh Gopakumar, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences-TIFR, Bangalore
Date : 29th November 2016 (Tuesday) Time : 3:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 266)
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Exploring the heart of the matter: the hottest and most fluid, liquid in nature at extreme temperature/energy density
Dr. Vinod Chandra, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar
Date : 9th November 2016 (Wednesday) Time : 11:00 AM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 265)
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Science Education: An Art or a Science?
Prof. Vijay A. Singh, Raja Ramanna Fellow, Mumbai University, Mumbai
Date : 21st October 2016 (Friday) Time : 3:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 264)
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The Golden Ratio, the Centre of Mass and Aesthetics
Prof. Vijay A. Singh, Raja Ramanna Fellow, Mumbai University, Mumbai
Date : 18th October 2016 (Tuesday) Time : 3:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 263)
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Role of neutral gas in Scrape-off Layer of tokamak plasmas in the presence of finite electron temperature gradient
Dr. Nirmal Kumar Bisai, Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Date : 7th September 2016 (Wednesday) Time : 3:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 262)
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Scaling Law for Turbulence in Stratified Fluids: Kolmogorov or Bolgiano?
Prof. Jayanta Bhattacharjee, Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad, India.
Date : 29th August 2016 (Monday) Time : 3:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 261)
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The Magnetized Dusty Plasma Experiment (MDPX) as a platform for basic and applied plasma physics research
Prof. Edward Thomas Jr., Physics Department, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA
Date : 22nd June 2016 (Wednesday) Time : 3:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 260)
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Fluid patterns in thermal convection with rotation
Prof. Krishna Kumar, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal
Date : 12th May 2016 (Thursday) Time : 3:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 259)
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Design and Optimization of Metal Hydride Vessels for Hydrogen/Tritium Storage and Transportation via experiments and numerical modeling
Dr. Purushothama Chippar, Mechanical Engineering Department, St. Joseph Engineering College, Mangalore, Karnataka
Date : 31st March 2016 (Thursday) Time : 3:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 258)
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Simulation of non-equilibrium and equilibrium plasma discharges for industrial application
Dr. Shankar Mahadevan, Esgee Technologies Inc., Texas, U.S.
Date: 24th November 2015 (Tuesday) Time : 3:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 257)
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Fermi acceleration in billiards with holes
Dr. Kushal Shah, Electrical Engineering Dept, IIT Delhi
Date: 20th October 2015 (Tuesday) Time : 3:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 256)
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Control Over Data Networks-Issues, Challenges, Tools and Techniques
Prof. Amitava Gupta, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
Date: 9th October 2015 (Friday) Time : 3:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 255)
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Econophysics of Income & Wealth Inequalities
Prof. Bikas K. Chakrabarti, Senior Professor, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP), Kolkata,
Date: 1st October 2015 (Thursday) Time: 3:30 PM Venue: Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 254)
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The Unbelievable Pursuit of the Unimaginable
Prof. Kajari Mazumdar, Department of High Energy Physics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
Date: 15th September 2015 (Tuesday) Time: 3:30 PM Venue: Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 253)
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Field emission/ ion microscopy: Principle and applications
Prof. R.B. Sharma, Scientist, DRDO, Delhi & Adjunct Faculty, DIAT, Pune
Date: 20th August 2015 (Thursday) Time : 3:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 252)
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Chasing Fast Dynamos in the Plasma Lab and Other Pursuits
Prof. Cary B Forest, Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
Date: 1st June 2015 (Monday) Time : 3:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 251)
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Tokamak Physics: Brief Overview and A Perspective
Prof. P. K. Kaw, DST Year of Science Professor at Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar
Date : 7th May 2015 (Thursday) Time : 3:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 250)
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Estimating India’s Future Needs of Electricity
Prof. S. P. Sukhatme, Professor Emeritus, IIT Bombay
Date : 22nd April 2015 (Wednesday) Time : 11:15 AM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 249)
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Mechanical Properties of Material at Extended Irradiation for Next Generation Nuclear Reactors
Prof. B. K. Dutta, BARC/HBNI
Date : 26th February 2015 (Thursday) Time : 03:30 PM Venue : Seminar hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 248)
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Laser Plasma Physics with GEKKO XII-LFEX at Osaka University
Prof. Kunioki Mima, Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries and Institute of Fusion Nuclear, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
Date : 24th February 2015 (Tuesday) Time : 03.30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 247)
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The Quantum and the Continuum: Einstein’s Dichotomous Legacies
Prof. Parthasarathi Majumdar, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, Belur
Date : 18th February 2015 (Wednesday) Time : 03.30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 246)
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Discovery of Quark Gluon Plasma
Dr. D. K. Srivastava, Distinguished Scientist & Director, Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata
Date : 13th January 2015 (Tuesday) Time : 03.30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 245)
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The Art and Science of Computational Plasma Physics
Prof. A. Thyagaraja, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy and Bristol University
Date : 12th January 2015 (Monday) Time : 03.30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 244)
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Current Low-Temperature Plasma Related Research Activities at Aerothermal & Plasma Physics Laboratory
Dr. Jong-Shinn Wu, Aerothermal & Plasma Physics Laboratory, Advanced Rocket Research Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan
Date : 1st December 2014 (Monday) Time : 03.30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 243)
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Plasma Transport and Turbulence: Some Basic Principles
Prof. A Thyagaraja, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy and Bristol University
Date : 28th November 2014 (Friday) Time : 03.30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 242)
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Hundred years of Fundamental Physics and a Crisis
Dr. G. Rajasekaran, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, C I T Campus, Chennai
Date : 24th November 2014 (Monday) Time : 03.30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 241)
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Gravitational-Wave Astronomy: A New Window to the Universe” on 10th November 2014
Prof. Parameswaran Ajith, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bangalore
Date: 10th November 2014 (Monday) Time : 03.30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 240)
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Time-analyticity of Lagrangian particle trajectories in ideal fluid flow governed by the Euler equations: historical and modern perspectives
Prof. Uriel Frisch, University of Nice, France
Date: 31st October 2014 (Friday) Time : 4.00 PM Venue : Board Room, New Building, IPR
| (Colloquium 239)
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Chimera freed from the constraints
Dr. Gautam C Sethia, Nonlinear Physics Division, Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar
Date: 25th September 2014 (Thursday) Time : 11:30 AM Venue : Seminar hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 238)
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R&D for Fast Reactor Programme
Dr. P.R.Vasudeva Rao, Distinguished Scientist & Director, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam
Date : 19th September 2014 (Friday) Time : 03:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 237)
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Coupling chemo-mechanical oscillators
Prof. P. Punit, Physics Department, IIT Bombay, Powai
Date : 9th September 2014 (Tuesday) Time : 03:30 PM Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR
| (Colloquium 236)
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