Global Gyrokinetic Simulation to Understand Turbulent Transport in Fusion Plasmas
Dr. Animesh Kuley, Department of Physics, IISc Bangalore
Date: 12th March 2024 (Tuesday)                  Time: 3:30 PM                   Venue: Seminar Hall, IPR

(Colloquium 335)

Catalysts of Change: Functional Materials Steering Green Hydrogen Production
Prof. Sanjay Mathur, University of Cologne, Germany
Date: 7th March 2024 (Thursday)                    Time: 3:30 PM                   Venue: Seminar Hall, IPR

(Colloquium 334)

Advanced Materials for Fascinating Applications
Prof. Kantesh Balani, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, IIT-Kanpur, India
Date: 06th March 2024 (Wednesday)               Time: 11:30 AM                   Venue: Seminar Hall, IPR

(Colloquium 333)

Converting liquid droplets to mini-accelerators using ultra fast lasers
Prof. M. Krishnamurthy, Center Director, TIFR, Hyderabad
Date: 14th February 2024 (Wednesday)               Time: 3:30 PM                    Venue: Seminar Hall, IPR

(Colloquium 332)

Fusion on Earth A Quintessentially Scientific Pursuit with an Important Commercial Goal
Prof. Swadesh Mitter Mahajan, University of Texas at Austin and ExoFusion
Date: 25th January 2024 (Thursday)                 Time: 3:30 PM                    Venue: Seminar Hall, IPR

(Colloquium 331)


Complex/Dusty Plasma Physics - From Laboratory to Space
Prof. Hubertus M. Thomas, German Aerospace Center DLR, Institute of Materials Physics in Space, 51147 Cologne, Germany
Date: 19th January 2024 (Friday)                    Time: 2:30 PM                    Venue: Seminar Hall, IPR


(Colloquium 330)


Orbital Debris-Generated KdV Solitons in the Ionosphere  
Prof. Gurudas Ganguli, Plasma Physics Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, USA
Date: 16th January 2024 (Tuesday)                      Time: 3:30 PM                    Venue: Seminar Hall, IPR

(Colloquium 329)

Gravitational-wave Astrophysics with the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Network: Where Have We Been, Where Are We, Where Are Going?
Dr. David Reitz, Executive Director, LIGO Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, California
Date: 13th December 2023 (Wednesday)                       Time: 3:30 PM                    Venue: Seminar Hall, IPR

(Colloquium 328)

Tunneling in dusty plasma, quantum mechanics and high jump 
Prof. Avinash Khare, Department of Physics, Sikkim University, Gangtok, Sikkim
Date: 7th November 2023 (Tuesday)                            Time: 03.30 PM                     Venue: Seminar Hall, IPR

(Colloquium 327)

Atomic structure and collisional properties of impurity ions of fusion plasma interest
Dr. Lalita Sharma, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Date: 4th July 2023 (Tuesday)                     Time: 3:30 PM                            Venue: Seminar Hall

(Colloquium 326)

NRL Current Sheet Model: Kinetic Effects of Plasma Compression
Dr. Gurudas Ganguli, Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC, USA
Date: 25th April, 2023 (Tuesday)                      Time: 3:30 PM                            Venue: Seminar Hall

(Colloquium 325)

Laboratory Simulation of Basic Space Plasma Phenomena
Dr. Bill Amatucci Robert, Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC, USA
Date: 24th April, 2023 (Monday)                        Time: 3:30 PM                            Venue: Seminar Hall

(Colloquium 324)

Progress in the Realisation of ITER Vacuum Systems and Maintaining Vacuum Quality
Mr. Robert Pearce, ITER Organization, France
Date: 22nd March 2023 (Wednesday)                         Time: 3:30 PM                            Venue: Seminar Hall

(Colloquium 323)

Turbulence in buoyancy-driven bubbly flows
Dr. Prasad Perlekar, TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Hyderabad
Date: 17th March 2023 (Friday)                       Time: 3:30 PM                            Venue: Seminar Hall

(Colloquium 322)


Gyrotrons for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance high-performance spectrometers
Prof. Jean-Philippe Ansermet, Honorary Professor, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Date: 2nd March 2023 (Thursday)                        Time: 3:30 PM                       Venue: Seminar Hall

(Colloquium 321)

High Intensity Low Energy Electron Accelerators for Sub Critical Micro Nuclear Reactors
Dr. Kailash C Mittal, Retired Senior Scientist, BARC, Mumbai
Date: 23rd February 2023 (Thursday)                         Time: 3:30 PM                        Venue: Seminar Hall

(Colloquium 320)

Inertial Confinement Fusion: Overview, Status, and Path Forward
Prof. Radha Bahukutumbi, Laboratory for Laser Energetics University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Date: 9th February 2023 (Thursday)                         Time: 3:30PM                       Venue: Seminar Hall

(Colloquium 319)

Why and How of Transport Barriers-Advancing Nuclear Fusion: An examination through dynamic constraints and basic notions of statistical mechanics
Prof. Swadesh Mahajan, Institute for Fusion Studies, The University of Texas at Austin and Adjunct Professor at the Shiv Nadar University, Delhi
Date: 6th December 2022  (Tuesday)                          Time: 3:30 PM                        Venue: Seminar Hall


(Colloquium 318)

Indian GNSS Paradigm and international trends
Dr. Surendra Pal, Retired Vice-Chancellor of Defense Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT), Pune, DRDO
Date: 26th August 2022 (Friday)                             Time: 11.00 AM                    Venue: Seminar Hall

(Colloquium 317)


Towards centenary celebrations
Dr. Indira Nityanandam, Principal (Retd.), Smt. S.R. Mehta Arts College, Ahmedabad
Date: 25th August, 2022 (Thursday)                         Time: 03.00 PM                      Venue: Seminar Hall

(Colloquium 316)

On the synthesis and characterization of novel composites for multifunctional applications
Dr. Surojit Gupta, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of North Dakota
Date: 25th July 2022 (Monday)                          Time: 3:30PM                        Venue: Seminar Hall

(Colloquium 315)

Research activities at PED laboratory, Cryogenic Engineering Centre, IIT-Kharagpur
Prof. Parthasarathi Ghosh, IIT-Kharagpur
Date: 31st May 2022 (Tuesday)                            Time: 11.00 AM                      Venue: Online

(Colloquium 314)


Plasma blob formation and its experimental validation
Dr. Nirmal Bisai, Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar
Date: 17th March 2022 (Thursday)                         Time: 03.30 PM                      Venue: Online

(Colloquium 313)

Design and construction of Research reactor- A perspective in Indian scenario
Dr. Sujay Bhattacharya, Director, Reactor Projects Group, BARC
Date: 02nd March 2022 (Wednesday)                        Time: 03.30 PM                      Venue: Online

(Colloquium 312)

Cold plasma approach for reduction of waste in Chemicals manufacturing
Dr. K.S. Ganesh Prasad, Institute for Advanced Research, Gandhinagar
Date: 23rd February 2022 (Wednesday)                        Time: 03.30 PM                      Venue: Online

(Colloquium 311)

The exciting world of Materials
Prof. B. S. Murty, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
Date: 10th February 2022 (Thursday)                         Time: 03.30 PM                      Venue: Online

(Colloquium 310)

Extreme-UV photons from distant galaxies
Prof. Kanak Saha, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune
Date: 24th January 2022 (Monday)                           Time: 03.30 PM                      Venue: Online

(Colloquium 309)

The new trends of Covid-19
Dr. Jay Kothari, Director and consultant at critical care Department, Apollo Hospital, Ahmedabad
Date: 06th January 2022 (Thrusday)                            Time: 03.30 PM                         Venue: Online

(Colloquium 308)

C.V. Raman: The Man, The Scientist
Prof. Reji Philip, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore
Date: 18th October 2021 (Monday)                             Time: 03.30 PM                         Venue: Online

(Colloquium 307)

Harnessing Plasmas for Societal Applications
Dr. Mukesh Ranjan, Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar
Date: 1st october 2021 (Friday)                                  Time: 03.30 PM                         Venue: Online

(Colloquium 306)

Gravitational collapse of dust in molecular clouds: Approach based on thermodynamics and Virial theorem
Prof Avinash Khare, Sikkim Central University, Gangtok
Date: 17th September (Friday)                                 Time: 03.30 PM                       Venue: Online

(Colloquium 305)

LIGO: An Observatory for Detection of Gravitational Wave
Dr. S. Sunil, Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar
Date: 3rd September (Friday)                                  Time: 03.30 PM                       Venue: Online

(Colloquium 304)

Soft Matter Physics with emphasis on Biological systems
Dr. Anirban Polley, National Centre for Biological sciences, Bangalore
Date: 1st July 2021 (Thursday)                            Time: 03.30 PM                       Venue: Online

(Colloquium 303)

From the Sun: Solar Flares, Auroras, Magnetic Storms and the Van Allen Radiation Belts: A General Summary of Space Weather
Prof. Bruce T. Tsurutani, Pasadena Research Associates, Pasadena, California, USA
Date: 21st February 2020 (Friday)                      Time: 3:30 PM             Venue: Seminar Hall, IPR


(Colloquium 302)

Mechanical Properties of OFE Copper Subjected to Electron Irradiation
Prof. B. K. Dutta, Homi Bhabha National Institute
Date: 5th February 2020 (Wednesday)                 Time: 3:30 PM             Venue: Seminar Hall, IPR

(Colloquium 301)

Relativistic charge solitons caused due to Nonlinear Landau Damping: An excellent candidate for explaining the Coherent Radio Emission from Pulsars
Dr. Dipanjan Mitra, NCRA-TIFR, Pune
Date : 21st January 2020 (Tuesday)              Time: 3:30 PM          Venue : Seminar Hall, IPR


(Colloquium 300)

Can ergodicity impede statistical equilibration, and non-ergodicity support it?
Prof. Kushal K. Shah, Indian Institute of Science Education & Research [IISER] Bhopal
Date: 20th December, 2019 (Friday)        Time: 3:30 PM               Venue: Seminar Hall, IPR

(Colloquium 299)


The Bright Future of Gravitational-Wave Astronomy
Prof. Frederick J. Raab, Associate Director for Observatory Operations, LIGO Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, California
Date: 18th December 2019 (Wednesday)     Time: 3:30 PM             Venue: Seminar Hall, IPR


(Colloquium 298)

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

(Colloquium 297)

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

(Colloquium 296)


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

(Colloquium 295)


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

(Colloquium 294)

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


(Colloquium 293)

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


(Colloquium 292)

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


(Colloquium 291)

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

(Colloquium 290)

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


(Colloquium 289)

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)

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)

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

(Colloquium 286)

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)

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)

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)

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)


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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)


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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)


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)


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)

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)

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)


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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)