Institute Colloquia
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01 | February 7, 2024 “Modular Forms and Entanglement in Quantum Gravity” by Prof. Justin R David (Division of Physical and Mathematical Sciences) |
02 | December 14, 2023 “What’s in a Song” by Prof. Rohini Balakrishnan (Division of Biological Sciences) |
03 | November 8, 2023 “Scalable Algorithms for Building Robust Deep Neural Networks” by Prof. R Venkatesh Babu (Division of Interdisciplinary Sciences) |
04 | October 12, 2023 “For our Energy Demands, Turn to Hydrogen” by Prof. Balaji R Jagirdar (Chemical Sciences) |
05 | September 6, 2023 “Beyond 5G Communications: Questions and Some Answers” by Prof. Chandra R Murthy (Electrical, Electronics and Computer Sciences) |
06 | August 29, 2023 “Optimal Guidance for National Space Missions” by Prof. Radhakant Padhi (Mechanical Sciences) |
07 | March 27 2023 “Of Phases and People” by Prof. Vijay B. Shenoy (Physical and Mathematical Sciences) |
08 | Feb 16, 2023 “Piezoeolectrics Ancient yet Modern” by Prof. Rajeev Ranjan (Mechanical Sciences) |
09 | Dec 8, 2022 “Riding the Electromagnetic Waves” By Prof. K J Vinoy (Electrical, Electronics and Computer Sciences) |
10 | Nov 10, 2022 “Probing Complex Genomic Landscapes: New Paradigms for Precision Medicine” By Prof.Nagasuma Chandra (Biological Sciences) |
11 | Oct 13, 2022 “Some pleasures in doing experiments” by Prof. P K Das (Chemical Sciences) |
12 | Mar 24, 2022 “Probing molecules at the plasma membrane: a glimpse into bacteria overcoming our first line of defence ” by Prof. Ganapathy Ayappa (Mechanical Sciences) |
13 | Feb 24, 2022 “Pervasive connectivity – opportunities, pitfalls and challenges“, by Prof Bharadwaj Amrutur (Interdisciplinary Sciences) |
14 | Jan 27, 2022 “Vignettes of AI research: Foundations of Unsupervised Learning, and Social Robotics“, by Prof. Chiranjib Bhattacharyya (Electrical, Electronics and Computer Sciences) |
15 | Dec 27, 2021 “Branches-Upon-Branches as Structural Motif in Chemical Synthesis: Evolution of Dendrimers as Platform Materials“, by Prof. N. Jayaraman (Chemical Sciences) |
16 | Nov 25, 2021 “Basic research? Applied research? Or both?? Pichia choice!” by Pro. P N Rangarajan (Biological Sciences) |
17 | Apr 16, 2021 “The Cognitive Neuroscience of Eye Movements” by Prof. Aditya Murthy (Biological Sciences) |
18 | Mar 19, 2021 “On the Role of Interference in the Design of Next Generation Wireless Communication Systems“, by Prof. Neelesh B. Mehta (Electrical, Electronics, and Computer Sciences) |
19 | Feb 25, 2021 “From the specific to the general and back: HIV-AIDS, COVID-19, and beyond” by Prof. Narendra M. Dixit (Interdisciplinary Sciences) |
20 | Jan 28, 2021 “The ocean beneath a hole in the monsoon: Results from the BoBBLE (Bay of Bengal Boundary Layer Experiment)” by Prof. P. N. Vinayachandran (Mechanical Sciences) |
21 | Dec 29, 2020 Schr\”odinger’s cat and Cauchy’s dog by Prof. S. Thangavelu (Physical and Mathematical Sciences) |
22 | Nov 25, 2020 Making Weak Bonds, Breaking Strong Bonds, and Defining All Bonds : Experiments with Supersonic Waves, by Prof. E Arunan, (Chemical Sciences) |
23 | June 4, 2020 Search for New Materials: The Role of Chemistry, by Prof. S. Natarajan, (Chemical Sciences) |
24 | May 28, 2020 How Crystal growth enables your electronics world if only we could make Diamonds, by Prof. Srinivasan Raghavan, (Interdisciplinary Research) |
25 | Jan 28, 2020 Part 1. Tube convection – a new type of turbulent flow, Part 2. Fluid mechanics of fish swimming, by Prof. Jaywant H Arakeri (Mechanical Sciences) |
26 | Nov 25, 2019 Research with real-life applications by Prof. A G Ramakrishnan (Electrical, Electronics and Computer Sciences) |
27 | Sep 30, 2019 Multiscale modelling of soft and bio-materials, by Prof. Prabal K Maiti, Department of Physics, (Physical and Mathematical Sciences) |
28 | Apr 25, 2019 Interfacial Electrochemistry: Modified Surfaces and Multifunctional Catalysts, by Prof. S Sampath, Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry (Chemical Sciences) |
29 | Jan 22, 2019 Life in and around microcosms, by Prof. Renee M. Borges, Centre for Ecological Sciences (Biological Sciences) |
30 | Nov 26, 2018 From Graph Minors to Dimension Theory: Exploring Interconnections by Prof. Sunil Chandran (Electrical, Electronics, and Computer Science) |
31 | Fri, Nov 2, 2018 The future of wireless and what it will enable, by Prof. Andrea Goldsmith (Stanford University) |
32 | Mon, Oct 22, 2018 Shoking! – Yet True …, by Prof. Gopalan Jagadeesh, Department of Aerospace Engineering (Mechanical Sciences) |
33 | Thu, Sep 20, 2018 The Physics of Computation: Directions from the Quantum World by Prof. Apoorva D. Patel, Centre for High Energy Physics (Physical and Mathematical Sciences) |
34 | Fri, Mar 23, 2018 Modelling and analysis of Communication systems with Energy Harvesting by Prof. Vinod Sharma, Department of Electrical Communication Engineering (Electrical Sciences) |
35 | Thu, Feb 22, 2018 Hepatitis A, B, Cs of Life in the liver by Prof. Saumitra Das, Department of Microbiology and Cell biology (Biological Sciences) |
36 | Thu, Jan 25, 2018 Product information models in PLM by Prof. B. Gurumoorthy, Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing & Department of Mechanical Engineering (Mechanical Sciences) |
37 | Wed, Nov 29, 2017 New ways to probe Electrons in semiconductors by Prof. V. Venkataraman, Deapartment of Physics and Centre for Cryogenic Technology (Physical and Mathematical Sciences) |
38 | Mon, Oct 30, 2017 ‘Bistability’ by https://mecheng.iisc.ac.in/people/g-k-ananthasuresh/ Department of Mechanical Engineering (Interdisciplinary Research) |
39 | Thu, Oct 12, 2017 ‘Synthesis of Natural Products Today and The Challenges of Tomorrow‘ by Prof. Tushar Kanti Chakraborty (Chemical Sciences) |
40 | Thu, May 18 2017 ‘Sustainable approaches for utilization of mineral resources‘ by Prof. S Subramanian, Department of Materials Engineering (Mechanical Sciences) |
41 | Mon, Apr 17, 2017 ‘Modelling for Industrial Biotechnology‘ by Prof. Jayant M Modak, Department of Chemical Engineering (Mechanical Sciences) |
42 | Thu, Mar 30, 2017 ‘Seeking Copper, Striking Gold!‘ by Prof. A. G. Samuelson, Department of Inorganic and Physical chemistry (Chemical Sciences) |
43 | Wed, Feb 22, 2017 ‘The pricing of corporate liabilities via options‘ by Prof. Mrinal K. Ghosh, Department of Mathematics (Physical & Mathematical Sciences) |
44 | Fri, Jan 20, 2017 ‘PathShodh : A Journey from Science to Product’ by Prof Navakanta Bhat, Centre for Nano Science & Engineering (Interdisciplinary Research) |
45 | Mon, Nov 21, 2016 ‘Optimization via Simulation‘ by Prof. Shalabh Bhatnagar, Department of Computer Science and Automation(Electrical Sciences) |
46 | Oct 24, 2016 ‘From genes to Natural Products and Back to Genes: A Journey across two kingdoms ‘ by Prof. C Jayabaskaran, Department of Biochemistry (Biological Sciences) |
47 | Wed, Apr 6, 2016 ‘Propagation of Elastic Waves in Nano Materials and Structures‘ Prof. S. Gopalakrishnan, Chairman, Department of Aerospace Engineering ( Mechanical Sciences) |
48 | Wed, Mar 16, 2016 ‘Turning Science into Technology: 'Narratives of Some Exhilarating Experiences‘ Prof. Rudra Pratap, Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE) (Interdisciplinary Research) |
49 | Tue, Feb 16, 2016 Realizing the Power of MIMO Signal Processing‘ Prof. K.V.S. Hari, Chairperson, Department of Electrical Communication Engineering (Electrical Sciences) |
50 | Fri, Jan 20, 2017 Viruses and Humans:Living in symbiosis and pathogenesis -research from dirt to discoveries‘ Prof. C Durga Rao, Department of Microbiology & Cell Biology (Biological Sciences) |
51 | Thu, Nov 12, 2015 A Structural Chemistry for Boron:‘ Prof. Eluvathingal D. Jemmis, Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry (Chemical Sciences) |
52 | Wed, Oct 28, 2015 Prof-S-Asokan-IISc-Coll.29th-Oct2015.pdf‘‘ Prof. S. Asokan, Dept. of Instrumentation and Applied Physics and Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Systems (Physical & Mathematical Sciences) |
53 | Wed, Mar 4, 2015 Finding patterns in sequential data: The frequent episodes approach in temporal data mining‘ Prof. P. S. Sastry, Department of Electrical Engineering (Electrical Sciences) |
54 | Mon, Feb 16, 2015 ‘The tiger-lily talks: Codes for the making of a rice flowering stem‘ Prof. Usha Vijayaraghavan, Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology (Biological Sciences) |
55 | Tue, Jan 20, 2015 ‘The Mysterious Magnetic Personality of Our Sun‘ Prof. Arnab Rai Choudhuri, Department of Physics (Physical & Mathematical Sciences) |
56 | Thu, Jan 29, 2015 ‘Improving Programmability, Portability and Performance in Heterogeneous Accelerator-Based Architectures‘ Prof. R. Govindarajan, Chairperson, Supercomputer Education and Research Centre (Interdisciplinary Research) |
57 | Mon, Dec 8, 2014 ‘Next Generation Solar Thermal Technologies: Sustainability in the Indian Context‘ Prof. Pradip Dutta, Department of Mechanical Engineering (Mechanical Sciences) |
58 | Fri, Nov 14, 2014 ‘Crystal Engineering: From Molecule to Crystal‘ Prof. G R Desiraju, Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit (Chemical Sciences) |
59 | Tue, Nov 19, 2013 ‘The Language of a living Cell:Cyclic Nucleotides and Beyond‘, Prof. Sandya Visveshwaraiah, Department of Molecular Reproduction Development & Genetics (Biological Sciences) |
60 | Tue, Oct 29, 2013 ‘Transition to Turbulence‘, Prof. V Kumaran, Department of Chemical Engineering (Mechanical Sciences) |
61 | Tue, Sep 24, 2013 ‘Vistas in Elementary Particle Physics‘ Prof. B. Ananthanarayan, Centre for High Energy Physics (Physical & Mathematical Sciences) |
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65 | Fri, Nov 9, 2012 ‘Protein folding, stability and vaccine design’, Prof. Raghavan Varadarajan, Molecular Biophysics Unit, (Biological Sciences) |
66 | Tue, 30th Oct 2012 ‘Fracture in Brittle Systems‘, Prof. Vikram Jayram, Department of Materials Engineering, (Mechanical Sciences) |
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68 | Tue, 10th April 2012 ‘Wireless Communication with Multiple Antennas’, Prof. B. Sundar Rajan, Electrical Communication Engineering (Electrical Sciences) |
69 | Tue, 28th Feb 2012 ‘Matter out of equilibrium: Swimming, Shaken, Stuck‘, Prof. Sriram Ramaswamy, Centre for Condensed Matter Theory, Department of Physics (Physical & Mathematical Sciences) |
70 | Tue, 14th Feb 2012 ‘Random walks in Polymer Science‘, Prof. S. Ramakrishnan, Department of Inorganic & Physical Chemistry (Chemical Sciences) |
71 | Fri, 27th Jan 2012 ‘Convective Cloud – Beauty and Beast in the Sky‘, Prof. G. S. Bhat, Chairperson, Centre for Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (Earth and Environmental Sciences) |
72 | Wed, 9th Nov 2011 ‘Ecology through an Elephant’s eyes’, Prof. R Sukumar, Chairperson, Centre for Ecological Sciences (Biological Sciences) |
73 | Tue, 11th Oct 2011 ‘Fracture Behaviour of Bulk Metallic Glasses’, Prof. Narasimhan Ramarathnam, Chairperson, Department of Mechanical Engineering (Mechanical Sciences) |
74 | Mon, 22nd Aug 2011 ‘Design of Synthetic Transporters of DNA’, Prof. Santanu Bhattacharya, Department of Organic Chemistry (Chemical Sciences ) |
75 | Thu, 16th June 2011 ‘Bits of the central dogma of molecular biology that bit us’, Prof. Umesh Varshney, Department of Microbiology & Cell Biology (Biological Sciences ) |
76 | Fri, 15th Apr 2011 ‘Differentiation’, Prof. Gadadhar Misra, Department of Mathematics (Physical & Mathematical Sciences ) |
77 | Mon, 24th Jan 2011 ‘The Role of Interfaces in the Strength and Ductility of Nanocrystalline Materials’, Prof. Atul H. Chokshi, Department of Materials Engineering (Mechanical Sciences) |
78 | Fri, 19th Nov 2010 ‘High power AC motor drives: Status review and work at IISc’, Prof. V.T. Ranganathan, Department of Electrical Engineering (Electrical Sciences) |
79 | Thu, 14th Oct 2010 ‘Hydrologic imapacts of climate change’, Prof. P.P. Mujumdar, Department of Civil Engineering (Earth and Environmental Sciences) |
80 | Mon, 3rd May 2010 ‘Tracing the dark matter haloes of Galaxies’, Prof. Chanda J. Jog, Department of Physics (Physical and Mathematical Sciences) |
81 | Tue, 27th April 2010 ‘Large is smaller than small’, Prof. B.K. Raghu Prasad, Department of Civil Engineering (Earth and Environmental Sciences) |
82 | Mon, 29th March 2010 ‘Clustering Large Datasets’, Prof. M. Narasimha Murty, Department of Computer Science & Automation (Electrical Sciences) |
83 | Mon, 8th Feb 2010 ‘Selfish Restriction Enzymes versus caring DNA repair enzymes’ , Prof. D. Narasimha Rao, Department of Biochemistry(& Chairman, Division of Biological Sciences) (Biological Sciences) |
84 | Fri, 16th Oct 2009 ‘Building better Batteries’, Prof. A. K. Shukla, Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit (Chemical Sciences) |
85 | Wed, 30th Sep 2009 ‘Overview of Hypersonic and Shock Wave Research in High Enthalpy Aerodynamics Laboratory’ , Prof. K.P.J. Reddy, Department of Aerospace Engineering (Mechanical Sciences) |
86 | Tue, 24th Mar 2009 ‘Physics in low dimensions: quantum wires, spin chains and fractional quantum numbers’ , Prof. Diptiman Sen, Centre for High Energy Physics (Physical & Mathematical Sciences) |
87 | Thu, 12th Feb 2009 ‘Fracture: A hard nut to crack’ , Prof. K.R.Y. Simha, Department of Mechanical Engineering (Mechanical Sciences) |
88 | Tue, 27th Jan 2009 ‘Mechanistic and functional insights into various Cellular DNS transactions’ , Prof. V. Nagaraja, Department of Microbiology & Cell Biology (Biological Sciences) |
89 | Wed, 5th Nov 2008 ‘Host-Guest Chemistry in layered solids’, Prof. S. Vasudevan, Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry (Chemical Sciences) |
90 | Tue, 7th Oct 2008 ‘Low-correlation sequences for CDMA’, Prof. P. Vijay Kumar, Department of Electrical Communication Engineering (Electrical Sciences) |
91 | Wed, 30th April 2008 ‘Game Theoretic Problems in Electronic Commerce and Mechanism Design Solutions’, Prof. Y. Narahari, Department of Computer Science (Electrical Sciences) |
92 | Fri, 29th Feb 2008 ‘Metal matrix micro and nano composites’, Prof. M.K. Surappa, Department of Materials Engineering (Mechanical Sciences) |
93 | Fri, 11th Jan 2008 Cardiac Arrhythmias: What can we learn from numerical simulations? Prof. Rahul Pandit, Department of Physics (Mathematical and Physical Sciences) |
94 | Mon, 26th Nov 2007 Developing Catalysts for Specific Reactions, A Fascinating journey through solids and surfaces, Prof. M S Hegde, Solid State and Structural Chemistry (Chemical Sciences) |
95 | Wed, 31st Oct 2007 Viruses-small but not simple, Two decades of work on plant viruses, Prof. H S Savithri, Department of Biochemistry (Biological Sciences) |
96 | Mon, 23rd April 2007 Atomization problems in aerospace propulsion, Prof. B N Raghunandan, Department of Aerospace Engineering (Mechanical Sciences) |
97 | Tue, 20th March 2007 Meeting deadlines when faults occur, Real-time, fault tolerant systems, Prof. Lawrence Jenkins, Department of Electrical Engineering (Electrical Sciences) |
98 | Wed 21st Feb 2007 Understanding the exotic properties of doped magnetics, Prof. H R Krishnamurthy, Department of Physics (Physical & Mathematical Sciences) |
99 | Tue 14th Nov 2006 Through pores and over barriers – dynamics of some biophysical rate processes, Prof. K L Sebastian, Department of Inorganic & Physical Chemistry (Chemical Sciences) |
100 | Thu 28th Sep 2006 Meanderings with proteins and DNA, Prof. K Muniyappa, Department of Biochemistry (Biological Sciences) |
101 | Wed 31st May 2006 Travails of a particle theorist, Prof. Rohini Godbole, Centre for High Energy Physics (Physical & Mathematical Sciences) |
102 | Wed 5th April 2006 Power processing, Prof. V Ramanaryanan, Department of Electrical Engineering (Electrical Sciences) |
103 | Mon 27th Feb 2006 Mutating database engines to be bio-friendly, Prof. Jayant R Haritsa, Super Computer and Education Research Centre (Information Sciences) |
104 | Tue 14th Feb 2006 Tackling Starvation in Bacteria: An ultimate metabolic sensor, Prof. Dipankar Chatterji, Molecular Biophysics, (Biological Sciences) |
105 | Wed 23rd Nov 2005 Forms, Patterns ans Structures amidst ordering and Repulsion, Prof. K Chattophadhyay, Department of Metallurgy, (Mechanical Sciences) |
106 | Mon 10th Oct 2005 Intermolecular Interations, Polymorphism and charge density in molecular crystals, Prof. T N Guru Rao, Solid State and Structural Chemistry (Chemical Sciences) |
107 | Tue 16th Nov 2004 Quantum chemistry in the age of the second coming of plastics, Prof. S Ramasesha, Solid State and Structural Chemistry (Chemical Sciences) |
108 | Tue 14th Sep 2004 Mechanical response of mono-molecular layers self assembled on solid surfaces, Prof. S K Biswas, Department of Mechanical Engineering (Mechanical Sciences) |
109 | Tue 11th March 2003 War and Peace, Conflict & cooperation in a tropical insect society, Prof. Raghavendra Gadagkar, Centre for Ecological Sciences (Biological Sciences) |
110 | Tue 11th Feb 2003 EPR, A camera for the choreography of electrons,Prof. S V Bhat, Department of Physics (Physicsl & Mathematical Sciences) |
111 | Tue 23rd April 2002 Ion beam processing of oxide thin films for multi-layer device applications, Prof. S Mohan, Department of Instrumentation (Physicsl & Mathematical Sciences) |
112 | Tue 2nd April 2002 Computational Challenges in Electromagnetics, Prof. N Balakrishnan, Super Computer Education & Research Centre (Information Sciences) |
113 | Thu 14th March 2002 Playing games with bile acids, Prof. Uday Maitra, Department of Organic Chemistry, (Chemical Sciences) |
114 | Thu 14th Feb 2002 How does the ground shake during a strong earthquake, Prof. R Narayana Iyengar, Department of Civil Engineering (Mechanical Sciences) |
115 | Tue 29th Jan 2002 Insights into cellular differentiation, Lessons from cells that establish lifeline and sex, Prof. A Jagannadha Rao, Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics (Biological Sciences) |
116 | Mon 23rd April 2001 Kinetic numerical method from research laboratory to applications in high speed aerodynamics, Prof. S M Deshpande, Department of Aerospace Engineering (Mechanical Sciences) |
117 | Thu 12th April 2001 Mixed boundary value problems in physics and engineering, Prof. A Chakrabarti, Department of Mathematics (Physical and Mathematical Sciences) |
118 | Thu 8th March 2001 A tool basket for complier design , Prof. Y N Srikant, Department of Computer Science and Automation (Electrical Sciences) |
119 | Tue 30th Jan 2001 Copper-dioxygen chemistry and catalysis, Prof. Akhil R Chakravarty, Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry (Chemical Sciences) |
120 | Thu 21st Dec 2000 Life and death in a social amoeba, Prof. Vidyanand Nanjundiah, Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics (Biological Sciences) |
121 | Tue 18th April 2000 Probing the fascinating world of electronics in solids, Prof. D D Sarma, Solid State & Structural Chemistry (Chemical Sciences) |
122 | Tue 28th March 2000 Understanding monsoons and their variability, Prof. J Srinivasan, Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Department of Mechanical Engineering (Mechanical Sciences) |
123 | Tue 29th Feb 2000 Universal concepts in the theory of glassy systems, Prof. Chandan Dasgupta, Department of Physical (Physical & Mathematical Sciences) |
124 | Wed 2nd Feb 2000 Study of the protein structures , data analysis as a tool, Prof. C Ramakrishnan, Molecular Biophysics Unit (Biological Sciences) |
125 | Fri 31st Dec 1999 Science and Art of Internet, Prof. Anurag Kumar, Department of Electrical Communication Engineering (Electrical Sciences) |
126 | Tue 20th April 1999 The Art of Multiplication, Prof. Veni Madhavan, Department of Computer Science and Automation (Electrical Sciences) |
127 | Tue 13th April 1999 Fascinating world of colloid physics, Prof. Ajay K Sood, Department of Physics (Physical & Mathematical Sciences) |
128 | Fri 12th Feb 1999 Chromosome dynamics during male germ cell differentiation in mammals, Prof. M R S Rao, Department of Biochemistry (Biological Sciences) |
129 | Tue 12th Jan 1999 Biology-Materials Interface – Biotechnology in materials processing, metal extraction and environmental control, Prof. K A Natarajan, Department of Metallurgy |
130 | Fri 13th Nov 1998 Chemical insights from computational studies, Prof. J Chandrasekhar, Department of Organic Chemistry (Chemical Sciences) |
131 | Wed 22nd April 1998 Ionophores, polyene antifungals and lipid tubules, Prof. K R K Easwaran, Molecular Biophysics Unit (Biological Sciences) |
132 | Tue 17th March 1998 Acoustic remote sensing of the oceans, Prof. G V Anand, Department of Electrical Communication Engineering (Electrical Sciences) |
133 | Fri 13th Feb 1998 Composites –A challenge to analysts and designers, Prof. K P Rao, Department of Aerospace Engineering (Mechanical Sciences) |
134 | Wed 12th Nov 1997 Quest for an organic metal – some experiences,Prof. S V Subramanyam, Department of Physics (Physical and Mathematical Sciences) |
135 | Tue 23rd Sep 1997 Ultrafast chemical phenomena , A frontier of physical chemistry, Prof. Biman Bagchi, Solid State & Structural Chemistry (Chemical Sciences) |
136 | Fri Apr 4th, 1997 Power Blackouts – Is there light at the end of the tunnel,Prof. K. R. Padiyar, Electrical Engineeriing (Electrical Sciences) |
137 | Tue 25th March 1997 Beans, Genes and Lectins, Prof. Avadhesha Surolia, Molecular Biophysics Unit (Biological Sciences) |