0900 - 0930

Registration

Session 1A: Special Lecture
Chairperson: Chandan Dasgupta, IIsc, Bengaluru

0930 - 1010

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Sriram Ramaswamy
IIsc , Bengaluru
The Strange physics of self-driven particles

Session 1B: Inaugural Lectures by Fellows/Associates
Chairperson: Musti J Swamy, University of Hyderabad

1010 - 1030

Gautam Bharali,
IIsc, Bengaluru
The role of geometric quotients in a problem in control theory

1035 - 1055

Udita Uday Ghosh,
IIT-BHU, Varanasi,
Complex fluids behaviour at the interface: Beyond the trivialities

1100 - 1120

Tea Break

Session 1C: Inaugural Lectures by Fellows/Associates
Chairperson: A Jayakrishnan , University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram

1120 - 1140

Ritika Gautam Singh,
IIT, Kanpur
Theragnostic and non-apoptotic paradigms in cancer therapy. From immunogenic ferroptosis therapy to dynamin-mediated cell death

11:45-12:05

Saran Aadhar,
IIT, Jodhpur
Understanding hydroclimatic extremes under climate change and human influence: Impact, mechanisms, and adaptation strategies

12:10-12:30

Poonam Chandra,
NRAO, USA
Exotic stars and their explosive demise: Connecting the dots

12:35-12:55

K Ramamritham,
Sai University, Chennai
A SMART way to solve problems

Session 1D: Inaugural Lectures by Fellows/Associates
Chairperson: Mitali Mukerji, IIT, Jodhpur

1430 - 1450

Anura Kurpad,
St. John's Medical College, Bengaluru
Farming the microbiome for nutrition

1455 - 1515

Priyanka Grover,
Shiv Nadar Institute of Eminence, Gautam Buddha Nagar
Subdifferential calculus, approximations and orthogonality

1520 - 1540

Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay,
IISER, Berhampur
The Bharat forecast system: An indigenous km-scale model to improve monsoon extreme precipitation deadlock

1545 - 1605

Md Nasim,
IISER, Berhampur
Heavy-lon collisions: A window into the QCD phase structure

1610 - 1630

Gaurav Sharma,
IIT, Hyderabad
Tracing the evolutionary threads of myxobacterial flagella

Session 1E: Public Lecture
Chairperson: Raghavan Varadarajan, President, IASC

1800 - 1900

A S Kiran Kumar,
Former Chairman, ISRO, Bengaluru
India's space programme: Challenges

Session 2A: Special Lecture
Chairperson: Anil Kumar, Pune,

0930 - 1010

A Ajayaghosh,
SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur
The supramolecular chemistry of smart windows

Session 2B: Inaugural Lecture by Fellow
Chairperson: B Gopal, IISc, Bengaluru

1010 - 1035

Sudipta Maiti,
BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad
Probing molecular biophysics by building novel scientific instruments

Session 2C: Symposium
"Brain Function in Health and Disease"
Convener: Sumantra Chattarji
Centre for High Impact Neuroscience and Translational Application, Kolkata

1100 - 1130

Pratima Murthy,
NIMHANS, Bengaluru
Explorations of the brain and mind at NIMHANS-Through the looking glass

11:30-12:00

Sumantra Chattarji,
Centre for High Impact Neuroscience and Translational Application, Kolkata
"Astro"logy in Autism

1200 - 1230

Nitin Chouhan,
TIFR, Mumbai
The alternating nature of sleep

12:30-13:00

SP Arun,
IISc, Bengaluru
There is more to vision than meets the eye

SESSION 3A: Lectures by Fellows/Associates
Chairperson: E Krishnakumar, RRI, Bengaluru

0900 - 0920

B Senthilkumaran,
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
“Brain sex differentiation” in bony fishes
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0925 - 0945

Vikash Kumar,
NCPOR, Goa
Polar climate reconstructions and Indian monsoon teleconnections
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0950 - 1010

Ishwariya Venkatesh,
CCMB, Hyderabad
Decoding the molecular blueprint of regeneration in mammalian CNS neurons: Peeling back the regulatory layers

SESSION 3B: Lectures by Fellows/Associates
Chairperson: Praveen Chaddha, Gurugram

1045 - 1105

IN NNamboothiri,
IIT, Mumbai
Functionalized polycyclic cage compounds as prospective high energy density materials
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1110 - 1130

Haripada Sau,
IISER, Pune
A constrained Ando dilation problem
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1135 - 1155

B Eswar Reddy,
IIA, Bengaluru
Evolution of the element lithium in the Universe — A case of anomalously high lithium in red giant stars
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SESSION 3C: Special Lecture
Chairperson: P C Pandey, IIT, Gandhinagar

1200 - 1240

D Shankar,
NIO, Goa
Evolution of our understanding of the dynamics of the North Indian Ocean
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