Golden Jubilee Memorial Lectures

The Golden Jubilee Memorial Lecture was instituted in 1960 from the Alumni Fund (resolution XXVI of council meeting dated 03-10-1960). The lecture is to be held every alternate or third year as the case may be by an eminent past student of the Institute. The selection of the lecture to be made by the IISc Past students’ Association, 3-4 months in advance and well before the lecture date. As honorarium of Rs.1000/- for the lecture was suggested at that time along with travel and hospitality. The amount is to be met from the accruals of the fund that is collected during the golden jubilee celebration. The inaugural lecture was given by Dr.Vikram Sarabhai on “The sun and the interplanetary space” in 1966. The latest and the 18th in the series was delivered by Dr.Subra Suresh on “Study of Human diseases at the intersection of engineering, science and medicine.