Centre for Strings, Gravitation and Cosmology

Events

One of the important goals of CSGC is to highlight Chennai as a vibrant center of research in the broad areas of classical and quantum gravity, cosmology, and astrophysics. We have been doing this by conducting several events, at national and international levels, such as symposia, workshops, seminars, and colloquia. These are listed below. We are striving to sustain these activities at the Centre, and hoping that future editions will have an expanded vision and breadth.

Please click on the links below for more information about the past and upcoming events.

• Chennai Symposium on Gravitation and Cosmology
• Schools, Workshops and Meetings
• 'Chandrasekhar Lecture' series

Chennai Symposium on Gravitation and Cosmology

1. Second Chennai Symposium on Gravitation and Cosmology, February 2-5, 2022
2. First Chennai Symposium on Gravitation and Cosmology, January 24-26, 2020

Schools, Workshops and Meetings

'Chandrasekhar Lecture' series

1. Title: Joy of Discovery in the Modern Era: Some Reflections and Directions (poster)
   Speaker: Prof. Balasubramanian Ananthanarayan, Centre for High Energy Physics at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
   Date: February 20, 2025
   
2. Title: 21-CM cosmology: scope and Prospects (poster)
   Speaker: Prof. Shiv Sethi, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore
   Date: 12 December, 2024
   
3. Title: Gravitational-Wave Astronomy: new discoveries, puzzles and prospects (poster)
   Speaker: Prof. B.S. Sathyaprakash, Penn State and Cardiff University
   Date: November 22, 2023
   
4. Title: The holographic universe (poster)
   Speaker: Kostas Skenderis, STAG Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
   Date: January 5, 2023
   
5. Title: Black holes and quantum spacetime (poster, recorded lecture)
   Speaker: Jerome Gauntlett, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, UK
   Date: March 31, 2022
   
6. Title: Magnetizing the universe (poster)
   Speaker: Kandaswamy Subramanian, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune
   Date: February 3, 2022
   
7. Title: The rebirth of Einstein's general relativity (poster)
   Speaker: Clifford Will, University of Florida, USA
   Date: January 17, 2022
   
8. Title: Towards an understanding of the evolution of the very early universe (poster, recorded lecture)
   Speaker: Robert Brandenberger, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
   Date: October 21, 2021