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Date: September 6,2013
Time: 06:30 pm
Venue: Seminar Hall 2 & 3, Conference Block
Title: Understanding Alan Turing and His Scientific Legacy
Description:
The Science and Technology Lectures
Understanding Alan Turing and His Scientific Legacy
Speaker: Prof. S.N. Maheshwari, Emeritus Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Chair: Prof. Rajendra Bhatia, Indian Statistical Institute -
Date: August 17,2013
Time: 04:00pm
Venue: C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium
Title: Uttarakhand Tragedy
Description:
Uttarakhand, Tragedy
Presentation of a status report two months after the flash floods
Presentations by Dr. Shekhar Pathak and others
(Collaboration: Pahar) -
Date: May 3,2013
Time: 06:30 pm
Venue: Seminar Hall 2 & 3, Conference Block
Title: Universe - Its History and Mysteries
Description:
The Science and Technology
Speaker: Prof. T Padmanabhan, Distinguished Professor and Dean, Core Academic Programmes, IUCAA, Pune
Chair: Prof. Mohammad Sami, Director, Centre for Theoretical Physics, Jamia Millia Islamia
Second in a new series of lectures being coordinated by Prof. Shobhit Mahajan, University of Delhi on the developments in science and technology together with the excitement of engaging in an intellectual pursuit. Science and Technology are omnipresent in our lives. Modern medicine, electronic and communication technologies, transportation and a host of other benefits have transformed our lives in ways that could not be even imagined a century ago. Technology is of course what we see all around us - but it is actually the underlying science that makes it all possible. -
Date: February 27,2013
Time: 06:30 pm
Venue: Lecture Hall 2 Annexe
Title: USTAD BISMILLAH KHAN: THE POETRY OF SHEHNAI
Description:
Illustrated lecture by Yatindra Mishra, writer, poet, critic and connoisseur of music
Chair; Smt. Sunanda Sharma -
Date: December 1,2012
Time: 06:30 pm
Venue: C. D. Deshmukh Auditorium
Title: Unity and Diversity of India - A Genomic Reconstruction from Ancestral Footfalls
Description:
Golden Jubilee Lectures
Unity and Diversity of India - A Genomic Reconstruction from Ancestral Footfalls
Speaker: Dr Partha P. Majumder, Director, National Institute of Biomedical Genomics
Chair: Prof Samir K. Brahmachari, Secretary, Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India, and Director General, CSIR
Providing a synthesis of the findings of studies in genomics theory and technology over the last decade, the talk will explain how these have enabled a scientific estimate of the extent of unity and diversity among the peoples of India, the reconstruction of their origins, and allowed us to trace trails of migration through the length and breadth of India, showing their impact on the population structure