Memorial Lectures
VITHAL N CHANDAVARKAR
Sir Vithal N. Chandavarkar was closely connected with the Institute from the year 1935 – first as a member of the Council and the Court and then as the Chairman of the Council from 1947 – 1959. He was also the President of the Court during the year 1950-51.
The Sir Vithal N. Chandavarkar Memorial Lecture is to be delivered by an eminent person selected by the Council on the suggestion of the Senate on any topic pertaining to ‘Industrial Economics’ or ‘Business Management’. This is arranged in alternate years (to alternate with the J. N. Tata Lecture).
List of Speakers:
A. D. Shroff
H. V. R. lyengar
P. L. Tandon
B. R. Shenoy
Bharatram
S. Varadarajan
D. S. Kothari
P. R. Brahmananda
Manmohan Singh
Hiten Bhaya
P. K. lyengar
Viren J. Shah
Bimal Jalan, Science
Montek Singh Ahluwalia
C. Rangarajan
Kapil Sibal
Dr.Raghuram Rajan
Nirupama Menon Rao
M Ct M CHIDAMBARAM CHETTYAR
The late M Ct M Chidambaram Chettiyar was a leading Industrialist and Banker of Madras and the Trust formed in his name is being managed by his sons. The Trust funds are utilised for educational purposes, like founding of Lectureships Scholarships, etc.
Mr. M Ct Muthia, son of the late Mr. M Ct M Chidambaram Chettiyar offered at the time of the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the Institute in 1959, a sum of Rs.15,000 for founding an endowment for a course of lectures in the Faculty of Engineering at the Institute, available in alternate years. The Council accepted the offer and instituted the lectures. The lectures are instituted in the Engineering Faculty and normally are expected to be arranged once in two years.
List of Speakers:
K. L. Rao
V. M. Ghatge
G . S. Kasbekar
A. P. Kanvinde
M. M. Suri
A. Ramachandran
B. D. Tilak
A. S. Ganguly
M. M. Sharma
A. P. Mitra
S. K. Joshi
Y. K. Alagh
V. K. Aatre
D. Subbarao
M. K. Bhan
Sam Pitroda
Bibek Debroy
MORRIS TRAVERS
Dr. Morris Travers, FRS was the first director of the Institute from 1909-14. The Institute established a lecture in his memory in 1989 (vide council meeting dated 30-6-1989). The lecture to be given every alternate year by some person who has made significant contribution for the development of science and technology. Copy of the lecture is to be given in advance for printing and distribution. The lecturer will be paid travel, an honorarium of Rs.2000/- and will be treated as an Institute guest. The first lecture was given by Prof.Goverdhan Mehta on “Art and logic in organic synthesis” on 9th March 1990. The most recent and the 10th in the series was given by Prof.Ei-ichiNagishi in 2013.
List of Speakers:
G. Mehta
R. A. Mashelkar
P. T. Manoharan
Mihir Chowdhury
J. F. Nixon
Mihir Chowdhury
Alan G. Mac Diarmid
Ryoji Noyori
Alan G. Mac Diarmid
Akihisa Inoue
Richard J Saykally
Ei-ichi Negishi
Prof. W. E. Moerner
Sir C V RAMAN
The C. V. Raman Memorial Lecture has been instituted by the Indian Institute of Science Alumni Association in the name of late Sir C. V. Raman.
The lecture is to be delivered by an alumnus to be nominated by the Alumni Association. The invitation to the distinguished lecturer will be extended by the Director on behalf of the Institute.
The C. V. Raman Memorial Lectures will be delivered every alternate year on the Founder’s Day to alternate with the Golden Jubliee Memorial Lecture arranged by the Indian Institute of Science Past Student’s Association, Bombay.
List of Speakers:
S. Ramaseshan
Sukhdev
C. N. R. Rao
R. Narasimha
S. Chandrasekhar
Govind Swarup
M. S. Valiathan
V. J. Modi
Ramanath Cowsik
Narendra Kumar
D. Balasubramanian
Michael E Fisher
Michael Pepper
Rolf Heuer
Brian Schmidt
Daan Frenkel
Prof. Duncan Haldane
David Nelson
S RAMASESHAN
Prof. S. Ramaseshan was associated with the Institute in many ways starting in the institute and later as the Director of the Institute during 1981-1984. After his death in 2003, the institute started a lecture in his name. There is no endowment for the same. No formal approval by the senate or council could be traced. The first lecture was given by Prof. C. N. R. Rao in 2005 and the second and last one by Dr.Srikumar Banerjee in 2011 and Prof.Chennupati Jagadish in 2016 respectively .
List of Speakers:
C. N. R. Rao
Srikumar Banerjee
Chennupati Jagadish
Prof. Jean Francois Joanny
J N TATA
At the suggestion of Mr. J. R. D. Tata, President of the Court, the Trustees of the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust in early 1962 decided to Institute, in conjunction with the General Assembly, a lectureship to be known as “The J. N. Tata Lectureship”. The General Assembly is held every alternate year and therefore the J.N.Tata Lectures will be delivered every alternate year. The invitation to the distinguished speaker to deliver the lecture is extended by the President of the Court in consultation with the Council and the Director.
Subject of the Lecture : This will depend upon the person invited and his field of special interest. It need not necessarily be connected with science and technology.
List of Speakers:
H. J. Bhabha
S. Bhagavantam
Vikram A Sarabhai
P. B. Gajendragadkar
M. G. K. Menon
Malcom Adiseshaiah
H. N. Sethna
Raja Ramanna
D. S. Kothari
M. S. Swaminathan
L. K. Jha
Nani A. Palkhiwala
Abid Hussain
E. S. Venkataramaiah
Vasant Sathe
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Gopalkrishna Gandhi
Tejinder Singh Virdee
D D Sarma,