Events
Listed below, in reverse chronological order, are recent and forthcoming events related to the topics of our interest here at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) and at the other institutions in Chennai. We have also listed below our past and expected visitors.
Expected visitors
- Aseem Paranjape, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, April 11-13, 2018
- Joseph Silk, Institut d'astrophysique de Paris, Paris, France/Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, U.S.A./Gresham College, London, U.K., April 7-14, 2018
- Shiv Kumar Sethi, Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru, March 21-23, 2018
Past visitors
- Arun Kannawadi, Leiden Observatory, Netherlands, December 11-12, 2017
- Darshan Kakkad, European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany, September 11-13, 2017
- Roberto Trotta, Astrophysics Group, Imperial College, London, U.K., February 12-14, 2017
- Jérôme Martin, Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, Paris, France, November 24-December 4, 2016
- Suman Majumdar, Astrophysics Group, Imperial College, London, U.K., November 15-16, 2016
- V. Sreenath, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A., July 18-20, 2016
- Tarun Souradeep, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, October 5-7, 2015
- Shiv Kumar Sethi, Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru, October 5-7, 2015
- Kandaswamy Subramanian, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, October 5-7, 2015
- Abhay Ashtekar, Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos, Pennsylvania State University, State College, U.S.A., October 4-8, 2015
- T. R. Seshadri, Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi, September 16-19, 2015
- Raghavan Rangarajan, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, April 23-24, 2015
- François Bouchet, Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, Paris, France, April 7-11, 2015
- Jérôme Martin, Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, Paris, France, February 27-March 5, 2015
- Aditya Aravind, Texas Cosmology Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, U.S.A., August 10-12, 2014
- Subodh Patil, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, August 5-6, 2014
- Jérôme Martin, Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, Paris, France, February 18-24, 2014
- Suratna Das, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, January 29-31, 2014
- Subhendra Mohanty, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, January 15-17, 2014
- Somnath Bharadwaj, Department of Physics and Meteorology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, December 12, 2013
- Kanhaiya Lal Pandey, Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru, August 19-21, 2013
- Kumar Atmjeet, Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi, June 16-July 7, 2013
- Soumen Basak, Service d'Astrophysique, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay, France, July 15-16, 2013
- Sanved Kolekar, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, May 16-31, 2013
- Akhilesh Nautiyal, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, April 18, 2013
- Shiv Kumar Sethi, Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru, March 11-16, 2013
- Naresh Dadhich, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune and Centre for Theoretical Physics, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, January 30-February 2, 2013
- Rakesh Tibrewala, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram, October 30-November 7, 2012
- T. Padmanabhan, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, October 8-11, 2012
- Pravabati Chingangbam, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, September 10-14, 2012
- T. R. Seshadri, Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi, May 16-19, 2012
- Rakesh Tibrewala, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram, April 21-27, 2012
- Jayant Narlikar, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, February 3, 2012
- Jérôme Martin, Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, Paris, France, January 31-February 6, 2012
Forthcoming events
- Event: Meeting
Title: A day of gravitation and cosmology
Date: January 26, 2018
Venue: To be confirmed
Time: 9:00 AM-5:00 PM
Past events
- Event: Seminar
Title: Probing dark energy with gravitational lensing
Speaker: Arun Kannawadi, Leiden Observatory, Netherlands
Date: December 12, 2017
Venue: Seminar Hall (HSB 209), Department of Physics, IIT-M
Time: 4:00-5:00 PM - Event: Seminar
Title: Observational insights into black hole feedback at high-redshift
Speaker: Darshan Kakkad, European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany
Date: September 12, 2017
Venue: Seminar Hall (HSB 209), Department of Physics, IIT-M
Time: 3:00-4:00 PM - Event: Colloquium
Title: Measuring the expansion history of the universe with supernovae type Ia: successes and pitfalls
Speaker: Roberto Trotta, Astrophysics Group, Imperial College, London, U.K. Date: February 13, 2017
Venue: Central Lecture Theatre, IIT-M
Time: 5:00-6:00 PM - Event: GIAN course
Title: Origin and evolution of perturbations during inflation and reheating
Speaker: Jérôme Martin, Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, Paris, France
Date: November 25-30, 2016
Venue: IIT-M
Time: 8:45 AM-3:30 PM
The course had consisted of 11 lectures, which are available as videos at the following links: Lecture 1, Lecture 2, Lecture 3, Lecture 4, Lecture 5, Lecture 6, Lecture 7, Lecture 8, Lecture 9, Lecture 10, Lecture 11. - Event: Seminar
Title: Observing the mysterious epoch of reionization using the 21 cm line
Speaker: Suman Majumdar, Astrophysics Group, Imperial College, London, U.K.
Date: November 16, 2016
Venue: HSB 310, Department of Physics, IIT-M
Time: 3:00-4:00 PM - Event: Colloquium
Title: Gravitation and the cosmos: 100 years after Einstein's discovery of general relativity
Speaker: Abhay Ashtekar, Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos, Pennsylvania State University, State College, U.S.A.
Date: October 7, 2015
Venue: Central Lecture Theatre, IIT-M
Time: 5:00-6:00 PM - Event: Meeting
Title: One-day meeting on black holes and cosmology
Date: October 6, 2015
Venue: Seminar Hall (HSB 209), Department of Physics, IIT-M
Time: 9:00 AM-5:30 PM - Event: Workshop
Title: Mini-workshop on gravitational physics
Date: October 5 and 7, 2015
Venue: Alladi Ramakrishnan Hall, The Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Time: 11:30 AM-6:00 PM (on October 5, 2015) and 09:30 AM-12:15 PM (on October 7, 2015) - Event: Introductory talk
Title: Understanding the universe through cosmic microwave background radiation
Speaker: T. R. Seshadri, Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi
Date: September 18, 2015
Venue: Seminar Hall (HSB 209), Department of Physics, IIT-M
Time: 3:30-4:30 PM - Event: Seminar
Title: Gravitinos, reheating and the matter-antimatter asymmetry of the universe
Speaker: Raghavan Rangarajan, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad
Date: April 23, 2015
Venue: Seminar Hall (HSB 209), Department of Physics, IIT-M
Time: 3:00-4:00 PM - Event: Colloquium
Title: Latest cosmological results from the Planck space mission
Speaker: François Bouchet, Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, Paris, France
Date: April 8, 2015
Venue: Central Lecture Theatre, IIT-M
Time: 5:00-6:00 PM - Event: Workshop
Title: Astronomy, cosmology and fundamental physics with gravitational waves
Dates: March 2-4, 2015
Venue: Seminar Hall, Chennai Mathematical Institute
Time: 9:30 AM-5:00 PM - Event: Seminar
Title: Gravity waves from inflation and the Lyth bound
Speaker: Aditya Aravind, Texas Cosmology Center, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, U.S.A.
Date: August 11, 2014
Venue: Seminar Hall (HSB 209), Department of Physics, IIT-M
Time: 4:00-5:00 PM - Event: Seminar
Title: Correlating features in the primordial spectra, or, what was the inflaton?
Speaker: Subodh Patil, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
Date: August 6, 2014
Venue: Seminar Hall (HSB 209), Department of Physics, IIT-M
Time: 3:00-4:00 PM - Event: Colloquium
Title: Inflation after Planck
Speaker: Jérôme Martin, Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, Paris, France
Date: February 19, 2014
Venue: Physics Lecture Theatre, Department of Physics, IIT-M
Time: 5:00-6:00 PM - Event: Seminar
Title: CSL as a plausible mechanism for quantum to classical transition of primordial perturbations
Speaker: Suratna Das, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
Date: January 30, 2014
Venue: Seminar Hall (HSB 209), Department of Physics, IIT-M
Time: 5:00-6:00 PM - Event: Seminar
Title: Curvature couplings of the inflaton
Speaker: Subhendra Mohanty, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad
Date: January 16, 2014
Venue: Conference Room (HSB 203), Department of Physics, IIT-M
Time: 5:00-6:00 PM - Event: Seminar
Title: Probing the universe with redshifted HI 21-cm radiation
Speaker: Somnath Bharadwaj, Department of Physics and Meteorology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Date: December 12, 2013
Venue: Conference Room (HSB 203), Department of Physics, IIT-M
Time: 4:00-5:00 PM - Event: Seminar
Title: Primordial magnetic fields and early structure formation in the universe
Speaker: Kanhaiya Lal Pandey, Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru
Date: August 20, 2013
Venue: Seminar Hall (HSB 209), Department of Physics, IIT-M
Time: 4:00-5:00 PM - Event: Seminar
Title: A needlet ILC analysis of WMAP 9-year data
Speaker: Soumen Basak, Service d'Astrophysique, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay, France
Date: July 16, 2013
Venue: Seminar Hall (HSB 209), Department of Physics, IIT-M
Time: 4:00-5:00 PM - Event: Seminar
Title: Anisotropic non-Gaussianity with non-commutative spacetime
Speaker: Akhilesh Nautiyal, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai
Date: April 18, 2013
Venue: Seminar Hall (HSB 209), Department of Physics, IIT-M
Time: 5:00-6:00 PM - Event: Seminar
Title: Cosmological implications of primordial magnetic fields
Speaker: Shiv Kumar Sethi, Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru
Date: March 12, 2013
Venue: Seminar Hall (HSB 209), Department of Physics, IIT-M
Time: 5:00-6:00 PM - Event: Pedagogical lecture
Title: Einstein is Newton in space curved
Speaker: Naresh Dadhich, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune and Centre for Theoretical Physics, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
Date: February 1, 2013
Venue: Seminar Hall (HSB 209), Department of Physics, IIT-M
Time: 12:00 Noon-1:00 PM - Event: Seminar
Title: The gravitational equation in higher dimensions
Speaker: Naresh Dadhich, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune and Centre for Theoretical Physics, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
Date: January 31, 2013
Venue: Seminar Hall (HSB 209), Department of Physics, IIT-M
Time: 4:00-5:00 PM - Event: Seminar
Title: (Loop) quantum gravity and spacetime structure
Speaker: Rakesh Tibrewala, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram
Date: November 2, 2012
Venue: Seminar Hall (HSB 209), Department of Physics, IIT-M
Time: 4:00-5:00 PM - Event: Colloquium
Title: Matters of gravity
Speaker: T. Padmanabhan, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune
Date: October 10, 2012
Venue: Physics Lecture Theatre, Department of Physics, IIT-M
Time: 5:00-6:00 PM - Event: Seminar
Title: Geometrical and topological properties of excursion sets of the CMB
Speaker: Pravabati Chingangbam, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore
Date: September 12, 2012
Venue: Seminar Hall (HSB 209), Department of Physics, IIT-M
Time: 5:00-6:00 PM - Event: Seminar
Title: Probing primordial magnetic fields with cosmic microwave background radiation
Speaker: T. R. Seshadri, Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi
Date: May 17, 2012
Venue: Seminar Hall (HSB 209), Department of Physics, IIT-M
Time: 4:00-5:00 PM - Event: Meeting
Title: Discussion meeting on cosmology
Date: February 14, 2012
Venue: Chandrasekhar Hall, The Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Time: 10:00 AM-5:00 PM - Event: Extra Mural Lecture
Title: How well do we know our universe?
Speaker: Jayant Narlikar, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune
Venue: Central Lecture Theatre, IIT-M
Date: February 3, 2012
Time: 7:30-8:30 PM - Event: Seminar
Title: The theory of inflationary perturbations
Speaker: Jérôme Martin, Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, Paris, France
Date: February 3, 2012
Venue: Seminar Hall (HSB 209), Department of Physics, IIT-M
Time: 4:00-5:00 PM