A.K. Raychaudhuri Centenary Symposium
11th and 12th August, 2023
Two-day symposium commemorating the works of
Prof. Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri
2023 marks the birth centenary of Professor Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri. Professor Raychaudhuri not only made path-breaking contributions to General Relativity and Cosmology but also acquired legendary status as a teacher who inspired several generations of physicists the world over. In Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata, he derived the celebrated 'Raychaudhuri Equation' which subsequently led to the formulation of Singularity Theorems . A two-day symposium is being jointly organized by Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science and Indian Institute of Science Education and Research on August 11 and 12, 2023, to commemorate his birth centenary. The symposium will consist of talks on gravitation and related topics as well as discussions on Raychaudhuri's influential role.
Jointly Organized by
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science. Kolkata
and
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata
Organizing Committee
Scientific Organizing Committee
Narayan Banerjee (IISER Kolkata)
Arunava Chakrabarti ( Presidency University)
Biswarup Mukhopadhyaya (IISER Kolkata)
Sourov Roy (IACS)
Soumitra SenGupta (IACS) [Chair]
Local Organizing Committee
Sumanta Chakraborty (IACS)
Satyanarayan Mukhopadhyay (IACS)
Sourov Roy (IACS)
Soumitra SenGupta (IACS)
Participation is by invitation only.
The registration fee is 2,500 INR.
Those interested in attending the symposium are requested to fill up a form, which can be accessed by clicking the button below, by 16th June 2023. Selected persons will be notified about the registration in due course of time.
The Speakers
P. Ajith
ICTS, Bangalore, India
Abhay Ashtekar
PennState, Eberly College of Science, USA
Naresh Dadhich
IUCAA, Pune, India
Amit Ghosh
SINP, India
Sayan Kar
IIT Kharagpur, India
Anirban Kundu
Calcutta University, India
Gautam Mandal
TIFR, India
Archana Pai
IIT Bombay, India
Harvey Reall
DAMTP, Cambridge University, UK
Subir Sarkar
Oxford University, UK
Anjan Ananda Sen
Jamia Millia Islamia, India
Ashoke Sen
ICTS, India
Jose M.M. Senovilla
Universidad del Pais Vasco, Spain
Aninda Sinha
IISC, India
T. Souradeep
RRI, India
L. Sriramkumar
IIT Madras, India
The Venue
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
C.V. Raman Hall, 2nd Floor, Main Building, 2A and 2B, Raja S.C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS) is a public, deemed to be, research university for higher education and research in basic sciences under the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India. Established in 1876 by Mahendra Lal Sarkar, a private medical practitioner, it focuses on fundamental research in basic sciences. It is Asia's oldest research institute.
