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Invitations from the Year 2013 to 2023

Invitations to be on a panel

1. Invited to be on a panel at the ``International Conference on Women in Pure and Applied Mathematics'' held at SRM University AP, Andhra Pradesh during January 01-05, 2024.

2. Invited to be on a panel for "Women in Mathematics, the Indian story" and take part in the “Inaugural meeting of Asian-Oceanian Women in Mathematics (AOWM)” held from 24 to 28 April 2023 at ICTS Bengaluru. 

3. Invited to be on a Panel Discussion on “Research Avenues and Opportunities” during a one day long online webinar 'Pathways to develop Research Skills in Mathematics' on 5th March 2022 organised by Department of Mathematics, SIES college of Arts, Science and Commerce, Sion(W), Mumbai under the aegis of Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA), Department of Higher Education, MHRD, GoI on March 5, 2022. 

4. Invited to be on a panel as part of the Inaugural Workshop of Women in Math Association which was held at the Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi (IIITD) on April 13, 2019. 

5. Invited to be on a panel as part of the workshop with the theme “Bridging the Gap Between School and College Mathematics” during the Inaugural conference of Mathematics Teachers’ Association - India which was held at Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education during January 3-5, 2019. 

Invited lecture(s) delivered in conferences/workshops.

6. "Sharp bounds for higher Steklov-Dirichlet Eigenvalue" at Geometric And Variational Analysis, In memory of Jan Malý held during 9th June-15th June 2024 at Będlewo, Poland. 

7. Invited guest speaker at the ``International Conference on Women in Pure and Applied Mathematics” held at SRM University AP, Andhra Pradesh during January 01-05, 2024.

8. Invited talk titled Optimisation of a mixed Steklov-Dirichlet Eigenvalue at the ``Women in Maths” symposium of the 38th Annual Conference of the Ramanujan Mathematical Society held at IIT Guwahati during December 22-24, 2023.

9. Gave three Analysis lectures at the IWM Winter School held at the Punjabi University, Patiala during December 18 to 27th, 2023.

10. Plenary speaker at the "Hypatian Voices: A Gynocentric National Seminar on Mathematical Sciences" held at the University of North Bengal on 16th-17th March, 2023. This event is jointly organised by IWM and NBU. Our invitation was funded by IMU-CWM (International Mathematical Union-Committee for Women in Mathematics).

11. Invited to give three lectures on ``Calculus on variations” at the Refresher Course in Maths, Statistics and Computer Science organised by University of Lucknow during January 10-23, 2023. 

12. Guest speaker at the Dr. APJ ABDUL KALAM popular lecture series, an activity under GoI’s DBT STAR STATUS scheme organised by the NES Ratnam college, Bhandup, Mumbai on September 12, 2022. 

13. Guest Speaker at the Department of Mathematics, Ramniranjan Jhunjhunwala College, Mumbai under DBT Star College activity on January 17, 2022. 

14. Gave a webinar on ``Indian Women in Mathematical Research : A Socio-Academic Perspective” for Hansraj College on November 16, 2021. 

15. Gave a guest lecture titled “Why are soap bubbles approximately spherical?” at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Guru Nanak Khalsa College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Matunga, Mumbai-19 on July 15, 2019. 

16. Gave two lectures on “A proof of the classical Isoperimetric Problem in the Euclidean Plane using Fourier Analysis” at a workshop for undergraduate teachers in Mathematics and Physics titled: Intertwining strands in Physics and Mathematics: Fourier analysis during Jan 19-23, 2018. This workshop was organised by COESME at IISER Pune in association with the National Academies of Science. This workshop was organised by Professors Deepak Dhar and Rohini Godbole.

Public Talks given as part of IWM (Indian Women and Mathematics) Visitor’s Program at the 

1. Department of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Technology and Engineering, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat on February 20, 2018. 

2. Auditorium, Navrachana University, Vasna Bharali Road, Vadodara, Gujarat on February 20, 2018 at 11:00 am. This visit is hosted by Navrachana University, Vasna Bhayali Road, Vadodara- 391410, Gujarat. 

3. Old Conference Hall, Jalgaon, Maharashtra on Jan 15, 2018 at 11 am. This visit was hosted by: (i) Department of Mathematics, K.C.E. Society’s Moolji Jaitha College, Jalgaon, and (ii) School of Mathematical Sciences, North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon. 

4. Bhasha Bhavan, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra on Jan 09, 2018 at 12 noon. This visit was hosted by Department of Mathematics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur. 

Technical Research Talks 

Although some of the above talks contained material from my research work, the following list contains the talks which were with much more emphasis on my research work. 

Presentation of Research Work Abroad:

• "Sharp bounds for higher Steklov-Dirichlet Eigenvalue" at Geometric And Variational Analysis, In memory of Jan Malý held during 9th June-15th June 2024 at Będlewo, Poland. 

• Gave a colloquium at the Departmento De Mathematica, Universidad de Concepcion, Chile on “An application of SCP to the p-Laplacian” on October 27, 2022. 

• Gave a colloquium talk titled “An eigenvalue Optimisation Problem” on August 31, 2018 at Departamento di Mathematica, Facultad de Ciencias Fisicas y Matematicas, Universidad de Concepcion, Chile. 

• Gave a talk titled in International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) 2018 held at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on August 2, 2018. 

• Gave a colloquium talk at the Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, United Kingdom on March 24, 2016. 

• Gave talks titled “Certain Shape Optimisation Problems” at the Seminaire de Geometrie of IMJ- Universite Paris Diderot in June 30, 2014.

• Poster Presentation at the World Meeting for Women in Mathematics (WM)^2 organised by the Committee for Women in Mathematics, International Mathematical Union (CWM-IMU) held at Rio de Janeiro on July 31, 2018. 

Colloquia/Seminars given at Institutes/Universities/Colleges in India: 

• Invited talk at the Department of Mathematics, Punjab University, Chandigarh on December 15, 2023.

• Talk ``Why are soap bubbles approximately spherical?" at the Mathematics Research showcase on November 4, 2023 at IISER Pune.

• Gave a colloquium talk ``A Glimpse of the Isoperimetric Problems and the story of Queen Dido” at the Department of Mathematics, IIT RAM on July 10, 2023.

• Gave a colloquium at DST CIMS Banaras Hindu University (BHU) on “The optimal shapes for the first Dirichlet eigenvalue of the laplacian and dihedral symmetry” on July 29th, 2022. 

• Gave a colloquium at the Department of Mathematics, IIT-BHU on “A glimpse of shape optimisation problems” on July 27, 2022. 

• Gave a talk on “Shape optimisation Problems” at the Department of Mathematics, University of Mumbai as part of the Online Alumni Talk for Present Students on October 17, 2020. 

• Gave a talk titled “A Glimpse of Shape Optimisation Problems” at Department of Mathematics of  IIT Bombay on July 10, 2019.

• Gave an invited talk at Department of Mathematics, University of Lucknow, Lucknow on February 11, 2019. 

• Gave a lecture titled “An eigenvalue optimisation problem” on January 30, 2018 at the Department of Mathematics, IIT Delhi. 

• Gave a colloquium titled “An eigenvalue optimisation problem over a family of planar punctured disks where the puncture has a dihedral symmetry” at the Mathematics and Statistics Department, IIT Kanpur on February 10, 2017. 

• Gave a colloquium at the Department of Mathematical Sciences Seminar Series of IISER Kolkata at IISER Kolkata on December 12, 2016. 

• Gave six lectures at the Instructional School for Teachers (IST) on Algebraic Topology held at Department of Mathematics, Goa University, Goa during December 7-19, 2015. 

• Gave six lectures at the Instructional School for Lecturers (ISL) on Differential Geometry held at Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan during December 8-11, 2014.

• “A Glimpse of Shape Optimization Problems” at the Department of Mathematics, University of Delhi on 15/02/2013. 

Invited Research Talks within India in Conferences/Workshops/Symposia:

• Invited guest speaker at the ``International Conference on Women in Pure and Applied Mathematics” held at SRM University AP, Andhra Pradesh during January 01-05, 2024.

• Invited talk titled Optimisation of a mixed Steklov-Dirichlet Eigenvalue at the ``Women in Maths” symposium of the 38th Annual Conference of the Ramanujan Mathematical Society held at IIT Guwahati during December 22-24, 2023.

• Gave three Analysis lectures at the IWM Winter School held at the Punjabi University, Patiala during December 18-27, 2023.

• Plenary speaker at the "Hypatian Voices: A Gynocentric National Seminar on Mathematical Sciences" held at the University of North Bengal on 16th-17th March, 2023. This event is jointly organised by IWM and NBU. Our invitation was funded by IMU-CWM (International Mathematical Union-Committee for Women in Mathematics).

• Invited to give three one hour lectures on ``Calculus on variations” at the Refresher Course in Maths, Statistics and Computer Science organised by University of Lucknow during January 10-23, 2023. 

• Guest speaker at the Dr. APJ ABDUL KALAM popular lecture series, an activity under GoI’s DBT STAR STATUS scheme organised by the NES Ratnam college, Bhandup, Mumbai on September 12, 2022. 

• Guest Speaker at the Department of Mathematics, Ramniranjan Jhunjhunwala College, Mumbai under DBT Star College activity on January 17, 2022. 

• Gave a webinar on ``Indian Women in Mathematical Research : A Socio-Academic Perspective” for Hansraj College on November 16, 2021. 

• Gave a talk on “An application of SCP for the p-Laplacian” at the virtual event IISc-IISERPune 20-20 Math Symposium on September 18, 2021. 

• Gave an invited research talk on December 28, 2019 at the Advanced Instructional School (AIS) in Geometric Analysis held at IIT Bombay during December 9-28, 2019. 

• Gave a talk titled “More Obstacle Placement Problems” at the IISER Pune In-House Mathematics Symposium 2019 on August 30, 2019. 

• Gave an invited talk titled “An eigenvalue Optimisation Problem” on July 07, 2018 as part of the Topology/Geometry session of the Inter IISER-NISER Mathematical Meeting (IINMM) 2018 held at IISER Bhopal during July 7-8, 2018. 

• Invited Talk on July 05, 2018 as part of a discussion meeting held at TIFR-CAM, Bengaluru on Symmetry Questions for Elliptic Eigenvalue Problems during the first week of July, 2018.

• Gave a talk titled “A Glimpse of Shape Optimisation Problems via the Problem of Queen Dido” at IISER Pune at the symposium titled An App Called Math - Women Edition on March 7, 2018 as part of the Women’s Day and the Math Day Week activities. 

• Gave an invited talk on January 25, 2018 at the International Conference in Mathematics celebrating Centenary Year of Professor S.S. Shrikhande, founding Head of the Department of Mathematics, University of Mumbai during January 22-25, 2018. 

• Gave an invited talk on January 14, 2018 at the National Conference on Algebra, Analysis and Number Theory held at the Department of Mathematics, School of Mathematical Sciences, North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon during January 13-14, 2018. 

• Gave a lecture titled “An eigenvalue optimisation problem over a family of planar punctured disks where the puncture has a dihedral symmetry” on May 12, 2017 at the Inter IISER Mathematics Meet held at IISER Pune during May 11-12, 2017. 

• Gave a lecture titled “An eigenvalue optimisation problem over a family of planar punctured disks where the puncture has a dihedral symmetry” on December 21, 2016 at the Indian Women and Mathematics Regional Workshop on Researchand Career Opportunities’ held at IIT Gandhinagar during December 20-21, 2016. 

• Gave a lecture titled “An eigenvalue optimisation problem over a family of planar punctured disks where the puncture has a dihedral symmetry” on August 12, 2016 at the IISER Pune Mathematics Symposium 2016 held at IISER Pune during August 11 - 12, 2016. 

• Gave a lecture titled “A glimpse of the Isoperimetric problem” on July 22, 2016 at the INSPIRE Science Internship Camp 2016 (for students of class XI) held at IISER Pune during July 18 - 22, 2016. 

• Gave a lecture titled “A glimpse of the Isoperimetric problem” on June 15, 2016 to IISER Pune first year students at their summer school held at IISER Pune during May 30-June 17, 2016.

• Short talk on Louis Nirenberg, the Abel Prize 2015 winner, at the Abel Prize Symposium organised by IISER Pune Mathematics Club on April 17, 2015. 

• Invited talk on “Shape Optimization Problems via the Problem of Queen Dido” at the Women in Science: A Career in Science Meeting held at the Karnataka State Women’s University, Vijaypur on March 8, 2015. 

• Invited talk on “A Glimpse of Shape Optimization Problems through the Problem of Queen Dido” at the National Conference on Mathematics and Computer Applications held at the Women’s Christian College, Chennai during January 12-13, 2015. 

• Gave talks titled “Certain Shape Optimisation Problems” at the Harmonic Analysis and PDE Symposium of the 29th annual conference of the RMS on June 25, 2014. 

• Invited talk on “A glimpse of shape optimisation problems through the problem of Queen Dido” at the Thirteenth Discussion Meeting on Harmonic Analysis held at IMSc, Chennai during December 16-19, 2013. 

• Invited Young Resercher’s talk on “A Glimpse of Shape Optimization Problems through the Problem of Queen Dido” at the Indian Women and Mathematics (IWM) Symposium held at IISER Pune during July 26-28, 2013. 

Lectures For Teachers:

• Invited to give three one hour lectures on ``Calculus on variations” at the Refresher Course in Maths, Statistics and Computer Science organised by University of Lucknow during January 10-23, 2023. 

• Gave two lectures on “A proof of the classical Isoperimetric Problem in the Euclidean Plane using Fourier Analysis” at a workshop for undergraduate teachers in Mathematics and Physics titled: Intertwining strands in Physics and Mathematics: Fourier analysis during Jan 19-23, 2018. This workshop was organised by COESME at IISER Pune in association with the National Academies of Science. This workshop was organised by Professors Deepak Dhar and Rohini Godbole.

Lecture I: Introduction to the classical Isoperimetric Problem, The Isoperimetric Inequality, Formulation, Idea of the proof.

Lecture II: Recap of the Fourier Analysis to be used in the proof, Complete Proof of the Isoperimetric Inequality, More About the Isoperimetric Problems.

•  Gave a demonstration and lecture titled “How Mathematicians think?” 

(a) on May 19, 2017 as part of a three day meet up of Ganit Sarthi Fellows organised by an NGO called Lend- A -Hand India held during May 18- 20, 2017.

(b) on April 10, 2017 as part of the Simple Mathematics Learning Workshop: Special Program for Mathematics Teachers of Pune District organised by an NGO called Lend-A- Hand India at the New English School, Sadashiv Peth, Pune.

• • Gave six lectures at the Instructional School for Teachers (IST) on Algebraic Topology held at Department of Mathematics, Goa University, Goa during December 7-19, 2015. 

Topics covered: Definition of smooth manifolds as submanifolds of R^n, abstract definition by smoothness of transition functions, ‘medium form’ of the Whitney embedding theorem for compact manifolds, embeddings of Projective plane and Klein bottle in R^4.

• • Gave six lectures at the Instructional School for Lecturers (ISL) on Differential Geometry held at Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan during December 8-11, 2014. Topics covered: Regular surfaces, differential functions on surfaces, the tangent plane and differential maps between regular surfaces; the first fundamental form.

  • Invited to conduct a Mathematics workshop for students and teachers in Schools of Mangrol village in Gujrat on May 24, 2014.

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