Centenary Lectures

This distinguished lecture series was started as a [art of the centenary celebration 2007 (See council minutes dated 15-06-2007). The first lecture was delivered by Prof. C. N. R. Rao on 24-01-2008 and since then several distinguished scientists have delivered the IISc Centenary Lecture. Any distinguished Scientist/Engineering faculty from India and abroad may be invited to give this lecture. The lecture is given a token honorarium (Rs.40,000/-), a silver plaque and bouquet. A business class round trip air ticket (or two economy round trip tickets if accompanied by spouse) is paid to the lecturer and the lecturer is treated as the guest of the Institute. There are no fixed number of such lectures in a year.

World Scientific Publishing Company Singapore and Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, will co-publish a series of prestigious lectures delivered during IISc’s centenary year (2008-09), and a series of textbooks and monographs, by prominent scientists and engineers from IISc and other institutions.

The “IISc Centenary Lecture Series” will comprise lectures by designated Centenary Professors — eminent teachers and researchers from all over the world. Professor C N R Rao’s book on “Trends in Chemistry of Materials” is the first volume in this Series.