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Annual Report 2013-2014
ANNUAL REPORT 2013 – 14 One Hundred and Fifth Year Indian Institute of Science Bangalore - 560 012 i ii Contents Page No Page No Preface 5.3 Departmental Seminars and IISc at a glance Colloquia 120 5.4 Visitors 120 1. The Institute 1-3 5.5 Faculty: Other Professional 1.1 Court 1 Services 121 1.2 Council 2 5.6 Outreach 121 1.3 Finance Committee 3 5.7 International Relations Cell 121 1.4 Senate 3 1.5 Faculties 3 6. Continuing Education 123-124 2. Staff 4-18 7. Sponsored Research, Scientific & 2.1 Listing 4 Industrial Consultancy 125-164 2.2 Changes 12 7.1 Centre for Sponsored Schemes 2.3 Awards/Distinctions 12 & Projects 125 7.2 Centre for Scientific & Industrial 3. Students 19-25 Consultancy 155 3.1 Admissions & On Roll 19 7.3 Intellectual Property Cell 162 3.2 SC/ST Students 19 7.4 Society for Innovation & 3.3 Scholarships/Fellowships 19 Development 163 3.4 Assistance Programme 19 7.5 Advanced Bio-residue Energy 3.5 Students Council 19 Technologies Society 164 3.6 Hostels 19 3.7 Award of Medals 19 8. Central Facilities 165-168 3.8 Placement 21 8.1 Infrastructure - Buildings 165 8.2 Activities 166 4. Research and Teaching 26-116 8.2.1 Official Language Unit 166 4.1 Research Highlights 26 8.2.2 SC/ST Cell 166 4.1.1 Biological Sciences 26 8.2.3 Counselling and Support Centre 167 4.1.2 Chemical Sciences 35 8.3 Women’s Cell 167 4.1.3 Electrical Sciences 46 8.4 Public Information Office 167 4.1.4 Mechanical Sciences 57 8.5 Alumni Association 167 4.1.5 Physical & Mathematical Sciences 75 8.6 Professional Societies 168 4.1.6 Centres under Director 91 4.2. -
IISER Pune Annual Report 2015-16 Chairperson Pune, India Prof
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Biodata of Professor Ak Sood
BIODATA OF PROFESSOR A.K. SOOD =============================================================== Address : Department of Physics Indian Institute of Science Bangalore-560 012, INDIA Tele: 91-80-23602238, 22932964 E.mail : [email protected], [email protected] Education : M.S. Physics, Punjab University, Chandigarh, India, 1972. Ph.D. Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India 1982. Professional Experience : 8/16 – Present Honorary Professor, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India 7/94 - 7/16 Professor, Department of Physics, IISc, Bangalore. 12/98 – 3/08 Divisional Chairman, Division of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, IISc, Bangalore 7/88 - 7/94 Associate Professor, Department of Physics, IISc, Bangalore 1993 - Present Honorary Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore 8/73 – 7/88 Scientist, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, India 5/83 – 5/85 Post-doctoral Max Planck Fellow, Max Planck Institute fur FKF, Stuttgart, Germany Service to the Profession: 1. Member, Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council to the PM of India (2018- present) 2. Chairman, Governing Council, Raman Research Institute (2016-present) 3. Member, Vision Group on Nanotechnology, Government of Karnataka (2014- ) 4. Chairman, Board of Governers, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research- Bhopal (2020-present) 5. Chairman, Board of Governers, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research- Mohali (2021 onwards) 6. Chairman, DST Committee of VAJRA (2020 onwards) 7. Member, Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India (2009-2014) 8. Member, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Oversight Committee, GOI (2012-14, 2017-19) 9. Member, Nanomission Council of Dept. of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India (GOI) 10. -
Aim of the Experiment
Dynamics, Entropy Production & Defects in Active Matter Sriram Ramaswamy Centre for Condensed Matter Theory Department of Physics Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru Support: J C Bose Fellowship, SERB, India Homi Bhabha Chair, Tata Education and Development Trust ICTS Entropy School Sep 2018 Outline • Systems & phenomena • Framework • Entropy production • Flocking, condensation, trapping • Defect unbinding: an energy-entropy story • Summary Systems and phenomema Millipede Flock (S Dhara, U of Hyderabad) Persistent motion → condensationwithoutattraction condensation without attraction Low conc High conc nonmotile motile Motility-induced phase separation Non-aligning SPPs: Fily & Marchetti; Redner, Hagan, Baskaran; Tailleur & Cates; SP rods: S Weitz, A Deutsch, F Peruani The trapping phase transition Kumar, Gupta, Soni, Sood, SR Self-propelled defects The symmetry of the field around the strength -1/2 defect will result in no net motion, while the curvature around the +1/2 defect has a well-defined polarity and hence should move in the direction of its “nose” as shown in the figure. V Narayan et al., Science 317 (2007) 105 motile +1/2 defect, static -1/2 defect Defects as particles: +1/2 motile, -1/2 not +1/2 velocity ~ divQ Giomi, Bowick, Ma, Marchetti PRL 2013 Thampi, Golestanian, Yeomans PRL 2014 DeCamp et al NMat 2015 ....... Active matter: definition • Active particles are alive, or “alive” – living systems and their components – each constituent has dissipative Time’s Arrow – steadily transduces free energy to movement – detailed balance homogeneously broken – collectively: active matter – transient information: sensing and signalling – heritable information: self-replication So: SR– mutation:J Stat Mech evolution 2017 motile creatures Marchetti, Joanny, SR, Liverpool, Prost, Rao, Simha, living tissue Rev. -
Newsletter February 2019
EDITORIAL As we sail into the 8th year of our young institute, this newsletter aims to provide a common platform to bring together all the events associated with TIFRH, scientific and otherwise. In this inaugural issue, we bring to you an array of articles along with some creative titbits. We start off the issue with the cover story tracing the marvellous journey of TIFR Hyderabad, right from its conception to the point we stand today, a full-fledged institute bustling with research activities. We feature an article by Prof. Hari Dass, which will make you ponder about the no- cloning theorem in quantum mechanics and its implications, and Shubhadeep Pal, who gives an insight into the importance of reducing carbon emissions. We also feature an exclusive interview with the NMR bigwig, Prof. Shimon Vega, who talks about his foray into NMR, the long-standing relationship with his student, Prof. P.K Madhu, and dealing with hiccups in science. TIFR has a long history of outreach programs and other activities encouraging science education at the roots. At TIFR Hyderabad, we intend to continue this paradigm and to this end, Debashree Sengupta talks more about the active initiatives being taken in this direction. Moreover, amidst a variety of interdisciplinary research at TIFRH, we have highlighted a few in the ‘InFocus’ section of this issue. Lastly, in the non-science end of this issue, we present to you some comic relief, a poem about life and friendship in a research institute, and a photo gallery sporting a few talented shutterbugs at TIFR Hyderabad. -
Mechanical Forces in Cell Biology
Mechanical Forces in Cell Biology Program Mechanics &Information at the scale of Cells & Tissues October 4-6, 2016 Venue : National Centre for Biology Science (Dasheri) October 4, 2016, Tuesday 14:00 - 16:50 Registration 16:00 – 16:50 Welcome special snacks Session 1 16:50 – 17:00 Welcome Address Raghu Pandinjat Chair :- Raghu Pandinjat National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore 17:00 – 18:00 Michael Sheetz Rigidity Sensing Contractions Inhibit Transformed Growth 18:00 – 18:30 Discussion 18:30 onwards Special Dinner Mechanical Forces in Cell Biology Program Mechanics &Information at the scale of Cells & Tissues October 4-6, 2016 Venue : National Centre for Biology Science (Dasheri) October 5, 2016, Wednesday Session 2 Chair :- Mukund Thattai National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore 09:00 – 09:45 Frank Julicher Dynamics and mechanics of developing ephithelia 09:45 – 10:15 Vijay kumar K. A mechanism of biological pattern formation through mechanochemical feedback 10:15 – 11:00 Joachim Spatz Mechanotransduction in Collective Cell Migration 11:00 – 11:15 Discussion 11:15 – 11:30 Tea/Coffee Break Session 3 Chair :- Srikanth Sastry, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore 11:30 – 12:00 Alexander Bershadsky Self-organization of actomyosin cytoskeleton and cell morphogenesis 12:30 – 12:30 Sriram Ramaswamy Confined active fluids within and without the cell 12:30 – 13:00 Gautam Menon Nuclear Architecture and Active Matter 13:00 - 13:15 Discussion 13:15 – 14:15 Lunch 14:15 – 16:00 Poster Session Mechanical -
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Professor Ajay Kumar Sood
BIODATA OF PROFESSOR A.K. SOOD =============================================================== Name : Professor Ajay Kumar Sood Address : Department of Physics Indian Institute of Science Bangalore-560 012, INDIA Tele: 91-80-23602238, 22932964 Fax: 91-80-23602602 E.mail : [email protected] Born : June 26, 1951 Citizenship : Indian Education : B.Sc. Physics, Punjab University, Chandigarh, India, 1971. M.S. Physics, Punjab University, Chandigarh, India, 1972. Ph.D. Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India 1982. Post-doctoral: Max Planck Institute fur FKF, Stuttgart, Germany, 1983-1985. Professional Experience : 7/94- Present Professor Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. 12/98 – 3/08 Divisional Chairman Division of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India 7/88- 7/94 Associate Professor Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. India 1993- Present Honorary Professor Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India 8/73 – 7/88 Scientist Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, India 1 Ajay K. Sood Page 2 ================================================================= Honours and Recognitions: a) Civilian Honours 1) “Padma Shri” by Government of India (2013) b) Fellowships of Academies 1) Fellow of the Royal Society, London (FRS) (2015) 2) Secretary General, The World Academy of Sciences (2013-2015) 3) President, Indian Academy of Sciences (2010-2012) 4) Vice President, Indian National Science -
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Limiting Value of the Kolkata Index for Social Inequality and a Possible Social Constant Asim Ghosh1, ∗ and Bikas K Chakrabarti2, 3, 4, † 1Raghunathpur College, Raghunathpur, Purulia 723133, India. 2Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata 700064, India. 3Economic Research Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata 700108, India. 4S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata 700106, India Based on some analytic structural properties of the Gini and Kolkata indices for social inequality, as obtained from a generic form of the Lorenz function, we make a conjecture that the limiting (effective saturation) value of the above-mentioned indices is about 0.865. This, together with some more new observations on the citation statistics of individual authors (including Nobel laureates), suggests that about 14% of people or papers or social conflicts tend to earn or attract or cause about 86% of wealth or citations or deaths respectively in very competitive situations in markets, universities or wars. This is a modified form of the (more than a) century old 80 − 20 law of Pareto in economy (not visible today because of various welfare and other strategies) and gives an universal value (0.86) of social (inequality) constant or number. I. INTRODUCTION Unlike the universal constants in physical sciences, like the Gravitational Constant of Newton’s Gravity law, Boltzmann Constant of thermodynamics or Planck’s Constant of Quantum Mechanics, there is no established universal constant yet in social sciences. There have of course been suggestion of several possible candidates. Stanley Milgram’s experiment [1] to determine the social ‘contact-distance’ between any two per- sons of the society, by trying to deliver letters from and to random people through personal chains of friends or acquaintances, suggested ‘Six Degrees of Separation’. -
Field Theories in Condensed Matter Physics Texts and Readings in Physical Sciences
TEXTS AND READINGS IN PHYSICAL SCIENCES Field Theories in Condensed Matter Physics Texts and Readings in Physical Sciences Managing Editors H. S. Mani, Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad. Ram Ramaswamy, lawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Editors Deepak Dhar, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai. Rohini Godbole, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Ashok Kapoor, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad. Arup Raychaudhuri, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Ajay Sood, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Field Theories in Condensed Matter Physics Sumathi Rao Harish-Chandra Research Institute Allahabad ~o0 HINDUSTAN U l1U UBOOKAGENCY Published by Hindustan Book Agency (India) P 19 Green Park Extension, New Delhi 1 \0 016 Copyright © 2001 by Hindustan Book Agency ( India) No part of the material protected by this copyright notice may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, induding photocopying, recording or by any informa tion storage and retrieval system, without written perm iss ion from the copyright owner, who has also the sole right to grant Iicences for translation into other languages and publication thereof. All export rights for this edition vest excIusively with Hindustan Book Agency (India). Unauthorized export is a violation ofCopy right Law and is subject to legal action. ISBN 978-81-85931-31-9 ISBN 978-93-86279-07-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-93-86279-07-1 Texts and Readings in the Physical Sciences As subjects evolve, and as the teaching and study of a subject evolves, new texts are needed to provide material and to define areas of research. The TRiPS series of books is an effort to doc ument these frontiers in the Physical Sciences. -
Guwahati Annual Meeting
No. 39 March 2004 Newsletter of the Indian Academy of Sciences Guwahati Annual Meeting The Academy held its 2003 annual meeting in Guwahati from 21 to 23 November at the invitation of the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati. This was the first time in sixty-nine years that the annual meeting was held in the north-east of the country. All the scientific sessions except a public lecture were held at Inside... the just-completed Senate Hall of IIT. Gautam Barua’s brief welcome address was followed by the traditional introduction of Fellows and Associates, a hundred of whom were present at Guwahati. K Kasturirangan, in his presidential address 2004 Elections on “Precision positioning: science and applications” talked about technologies New Fellows ............................... 4 Honorary Fellows ....................... 6 Council for the triennium 2004–06 ..................................... 6 Associates – 2003 ........................ 6 Raman Professor .......................... 7 Special issues of Journals ............ 7 behind satellite-based navigation systems and about their use in scientific studies, military and civilian applications such as for land, remote sensing, geo- Public Lectures ............................. 8 mapping, and in any application where the precise position in real time is to be determined. Discussion Meeting ...................... 10 The remaining programme of the three days was taken up by two symposia, two public lectures, two special lectures and 30-min presentations by eight new Refresher Courses........................ 10 Fellows and Associates. The first symposium was on nanomaterials and nanoscience, a truly interdisciplinary area encompassing physics, chemistry, biology, materials science and engineering. There has been tremendous interest Lecture Series ............................... 14 in this field in the last decade not only from the fundamental scientific point of view but also from possible technological applications in many areas. -
PROGRAM Summary ICTS Program on NON-EQUILIBRIUM
PROGRAM Summary ICTS Program on NON-EQUILIBRIUM STATISTICAL PHYSICS 30 January – 08 February, 2010 Venue: Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur This event is a part of the Golden Jubilee celebration of IIT Kanpur : celebrating 50 years of excellence in education and research 30 JAN (Saturday) ICTS NESP workshop Inaug. Session 9:00-9:30 Director, ICTS & Director, IITK SiISession I Cha ir: StSpenta R. WdiWadia 9:30-10:30 Udo Seifert, University of Stuttgart, Germany (NESP2010 Lars Onsager Lecture): “Stochastic thermodynamics: Theory and experiments”. 10:30-11:00 TEA (Special) SiIISession II Cha ir: Udo SiftSeifert 11:00-12:00 Pierre Gaspard, Free University of Brussels, Belgium (NESP2010 Ilya Prigogine Lecture): "Microreversibility and time asymmetry in nonequilibrium statistical mechanics and thermodynamics” 12:00-13:00 Gunter M. Schütz, Research Center Jülich, Germany (NESP2010 Distinguished Colloquium): “Statistical mechanics of extreme events” 13:00-14:00 LUNCH (Only for registered participants) Session III Chair: Pierre Gaspard 14:00-15:00 Jayanta K. Bhattacharjee, SN Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, India (NESP2010 J. C. Bose Lecture): “Centre or limit cycle? RG as a probe“ 15:00-16:00 Robin B. Stinchcombe, University of Oxford, UK (NESP2010 Rudolf Peierls Lecture): ``Universality, and Non-universal Dynamics in Non-equilibrium Systems´´ 16:00-16:30 TEA Session IV Chair: Jayanta K. Bhattacharjee 16:30-17:30 Spenta R. Wadia (NESP2010 Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Lecture): “The Maldacena duality conjecture and applications” 17:30-18:00 Discussion Session V Chair: Amalendu Chandra 18:00-19:00 H. Eugene Stanley, Boston University, USA (NESP2010 John Kirkwood Lecture): “Puzzling Physics, Chemistry and Biology of Liquid water”.