Program Schedule
7 March 2026 | Royal Bengal Rooms, City Centre 1, Kolkata
7 March 2026 | Royal Bengal Rooms, City Centre 1, Kolkata
8:30AM - 10:00AM
At the Registration Desk & Dine-in Area
INAUGURATION SESSION
At the main Function Area
10:00AM - 10.20AM
Welcome Address
by Prof. Nirmalya Ghosh and DoRD of IISER KOLKATA and SPARC Coordinator
SESSION - 1
Chair : Prof. Amitava Patra
10:20AM - 11:05AM
Prof. Paras N Prasad (SUNY, USA)
Title: Complex light with Complex matter
11:50AM - 12:35PM
Prof. Venu Gopal Achanta, Director, CSIR-National Physical Laboratory
Title: Light‑matter interaction in metamaterials embedded with two level systems
12:40PM - 01:10PM
Prof. Sajal Dhara, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Title: Light-matter interactions in anisotropic 2D materials inside an optical microcavity
01:10PM - 02:40PM
[Lunch at the Dine-in area & Poster at the Poster area]
SESSION - 2
Chair : Prof. Bimalendu Deb
02:40PM - 03:10PM
Prof. Ayan Banerjee, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research- Kolkata
Title: Spin‑orbit interaction of light & optical tweezers
03:15PM - 03:45PM
Prof. Manik Pradhan, S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences
Title: High-resolution laser spectroscopy
03:50PM - 04:20PM
Prof. Kamaraju Natarajan, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research- Kolkata
Title : Ultrafast dynamics of spin‑orbit entangled excitons
04:25PM - 04:55PM
Dr Soma Bandyopadhyay, TCS Research
Title : AI‑assisted plasmonic sensing
05:00PM - 05:30PM
Dr. Debdatta Ray, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Title : Metasurface and Its Applications as Biosensors
05:30PM - 05:50PM
Prof. Nirmalya Ghosh, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research- Kolkata
05:50PM - 06:00PM
At the Dine-in area