6th Regional Science & Technology Congress

(Region 5)

hosted by

University of Kalyani, Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal

(Under the auspices of Department of Science & Technology and Biotechnoloy, Govt. of West Bengal)

January 3-4, 2024

Memorial Lecture Speakers

Prof. Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Memorial Lecture Speaker

Prof. Parth Pratim Majumder

FNA, FNASc, FASc, FTWAS,

National Science Chair (Scientific Excellence), SERB, Government of India

Distinguished Professor, John C. Martin Centre for Liver Research & Innovations

Emeritus Professor, ISI, Kolkata

Honorary Professor, IISER Mohali & Kolkata

Founder Director, NIBMG, Kalyani

Post: Netaji Subhash Sanitorium, Kalyani, 741251, WB

Title of the Lecture: Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (1893-1972): An Architect of Statistical Science and of Our National Development

Abstract:

P.C. Mahalanobis introduced statistical science in India. He considered it a key technology for the advancement of science and national development. He pioneered the development of many statistical methods. His name is associated with a statistical measure of distance - Mahalanobis' D-square - between two groups of objects. The measure is used in many science and industry domains. Mahalanobis contributed immensely to human welfare and national development. One of his greatest contributions is recognising that systematic collection and analysis of data were critical for national development. During 1937-1944, he developed methodologies for largescale sample surveys for objective and representative collection of national-scale data.

Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose Memorial Lecture Speaker

Prof. Sibaji Raha

Professor & Ex-Director at Bose Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Department of Physics, Centenary Campus

Bose Institute

P-1/12 C.I.T. Scheme VII-M, Kolkata - 700054, India

Title of the Lecture: The relevance of J.C. Bose's work in contemporary context

Abstract:

Acharya Sir J. C. Bose made several seminal discoveries in various areas of Physics and Biology. The Nobel Laureate Sir Neville Mott, went on record to say the J.C. Bose was 50 - 60 years ahead of the times in his research with semiconductor device. Albert Einstein is quoted to have said that if monuments were erected for scientific discoveries, there would be six such monuments named after Bose. At an international conference held at the University of Cambridge in the year 2008, the consensus emerged that J. C. Bose's work in Plant Electrophysiology was a century ahead of the times, whose significance is getting elucidated only in recent years. It is simply not possible to cover all aspects of Bose's work in this brief talk. I shall touch upon a few of his noteworthy findings and mention how these have led to great progress.

Sir C. V. Raman Memorial Lecture Speaker

Prof. Soumitro Banerjee

Professor, Department of Physical Sciences, IISER Kolkata,

J. C. Bose Fellow,

FIEEE, FTWAS, FWBAST, FNA, FNASc, FASc, FNAE,

Citation Laureate, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar awardee

Indian Institute of Science Education And Research Kolkata

Mohanpur, Nadia - 741 246, West Bengal, India

Title of the Lecture: An Introduction to Chaos Theory

Abstract:

One of the most exciting developments over the past half-century has been the discovery that many physical systems we encounter in our day-to-day lives can behave in a random and yet wholly deterministic manner. In such scenarios, even tiny fluctuations in the initial condition can result in a completely different course of evolution. Such behaviour in a dynamical system has been termed as chaos. In this talk, I will introduce the audience to this concept in a non-specialist language.