Courses offered 

• JT 204: Statistical Physics, January-April, 2008                                                      

• JT 204: Statistical Physics, January-April, 2009                                                       

• JT 206: Advanced Statistical Physics, January-April, 2009                                  

• JT 204: Statistical Physics, January-April, 2011                                                       

• JT 204: Statistical Physics, January-April, 2012 

• JT 204: Statistical Physics, January-April, 2013                                                       

• JT 204: Statistical Physics, August-November, 2014                                                       

• JT 308: Advanced Statistical Mechanics, January-April, 2015                                                      

• JT 308: Advanced Statistical Mechanics, January-April, 2016                                                       

• JT 308: Advanced Statistical Mechanics, January-April, 2017                                                      

• JT 204: Statistical Physics, January-April, 2018                                                      

• JT 204: Statistical Physics, January-April, 2019                                                      

• JT 204: Statistical Mechanics, January-April, 2020                                                      

• JT 204: Statistical Mechanics, January-April, 2021    

• JT 204: Statistical Mechanics, January-April, 2022       

• JT 204: Statistical Mechanics, January-April, 2023

• JTL 308: Advanced Statistical Mechanics, January-April, 2024

Lectures at Schools/Workshops

•  "Finite-size Scaling" at School on Understanding Molecular Simulation, August 17-28, 2009, JNCASR, Bangalore, India.

• "Kinetics of Phase Separation in Binary Mixtures" at School and Conference on Multiscale Modeling and Simulations of Hard and Soft Materials, Dec 7-20, 2009, Bangalore, India.

• "Kinetics of Phase Separation in Thin Films" at School and Conference on Emergent properties and Novel  Behavior at the Nanoscale, April 19-27, 2010, Bangalore, India.

• "Statistical Mechanics: Ensembles etc." at School on Understanding Molecular Simulations theory and applications, November 03-13, 2010, IIT Kanpur, India.

• "Molecular Dynamics: Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium" at School on Understanding Molecular Simulations theory and applications, November 03-13, 2010, IIT Kanpur, India.

• "Finite Size Effects and Scaling at Phase Transitions" at JNCASR-UCL workshop on Multiscale modeling and simulations of materials, January 11-13, 2011, Bangalore, India.  

• "Kinetics of Phase Separation in Binary Mixtures" at JNCASR-UCL workshop on Multiscale modeling and simulations of materials, January 11-13, 2011, Bangalore, India.

• "Computational Methods to Study Homogeneous Nucleation" at School on Heterogeneous Nucleation and Microstructure Formation: Steps towards a system and scale bridging understanding, July 23-27, 2012, Bayreuth, Germany.

• "Computational Methods to Study Heterogeneous Nucleation" at School on Heterogeneous Nucleation and Microstructure Formation: Steps towards a system and scale bridging understanding, July 23-27, 2012, Bayreuth, Germany.

• "Computational Methods to Study Kinetics of Phase Separation" at School on Heterogeneous Nucleation and Microstructure Formation: Steps towards a system and scale bridging understanding, July 23-27, 2012, Bayreuth, Germany.

• "Computational Methods to Study Nucleation and Growth" at School on Thin films, Inter-University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi, December 11 (2012).

• "Computational Methods to Study Wetting Phenomena" at School on Thin films, Inter-University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi, December 11 (2012).

• "Big Science, Small Science, Simple Science", Invited Lecture, INSPIRE program for school children organised by CNR Rao Hall of Science, JNCASR, October 30 (2012).

• "Computer Simulation of Kinetics of Phase Separation", Invited Seminar, Banaras Hindu University, November 28 (2012).

• "Computational Methods to Study Nucleation and Growth, Invited Lecture in the School on Thin films, Inter-University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi, December 11 (2012).

• "Computational Methods to Study Wetting Phenomena", Invited Lecture in the School on Thin films, Inter-University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi, December 13 (2012).

• "Disorder, Freezing and Spiral Dynamics in Complex Ginzburg-Landau Equation", invited Talk, Conference on Condensed Matter and Biological Systems, Banaras Hindu University, 13 January (2013).

• "Accurate Simulation and Analysis of Phase Transition Kinetics", Invited Institute Seminar, S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, 24 January (2013).

• "Flat vs Curved Interface: Surface Tension at Nanoscale", Invited Talk, Indo-Australia workshop on Smart Functional Nano materials, JNCASR,Bangalore, January 29 (2013).

• "Kinetics of Phase Separation in Some Model Systems", Invited Seminar, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, February 13 (2013).

• "Kinetic Theory of Gases", Invited Lecture, Science Orientation Workshop, C.N.R.Rao Hall of Science, JNCASR, October 22 (2013).

• "Hydrodynamic Effects in Kinetics of Phase Separation", Invited Talk, International Conference on Nonlinear Systems and Dynamics, Indore, December 11 (2013).

• "Universal Phenomena in Nature: The case of spiral pattern", Invited Lecture, Workshop on Material Science, Christ University, Bangalore, February 25 (2014).

• "Spiral Pattern in Complex Ginzburg-Landau Equation", Invited Seminar, International Conference on Dynamical Systems and Application, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, March 12 (2014).

• "Kinetics of Phase Separation in Fluids", Invited Seminar, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Leipzig, June 5 (2014).

• "Kinetics of Phase Separation in Fluids", Invited Seminar, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of D ̈usseldorf, July 3 (2014).

• "Aging and Persistence in Kinetics of Phase Transitions", Invited Seminar, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, January 29 (2015).

• "Aging in Kinetics of Phase Transitions", Invited Seminar, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, June 26 (2015).

• "Aging in Kinetics of Phase Transitions", Invited Seminar, Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Leipzig, Germany, July 3 (2015).

• "Aging in Kinetics of Phase Transitions", Invited Seminar, Department of Theoretical Physics, University of D ̈usseldorf, July 9 (2015).

• "Homogeneous nucleation in fluid phase transitions: Thermodynamics and growth kinetics", Invited Talk, conference on Mathematics, Mechanics of Physics of Tomorrow’s Materials, International Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK, October 26 (2015).

• "Nucleation and Growth in Fluid Phase Transitions", Invited Seminar, Department of Physics, University of Bath, UK, October 30 (2015).

• "Phase Transitions in Fluids: Nucleation and growth", Invited Colloquium, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal, November 13 (2015).

• "Universal Phenomena in Nature", Invited Lecture for School Children, C.N.R. Rao Hall of Science, JNCASR, November 19 (2015).

• "Homogeneous nucleation in fluid phase transitions: Thermodynamics and growth kinetics", Invited Lecture, workshop on Statistical Physics of Soft Matter, Banaras Hindu University, November (2015).

• "Aging during phase transitions in solid state materials", Invited Talk, JNCASR-Temple University joint workshop on Chemistry and Physics of Advanced Materials, JNCASR, December 3 (2015).

• "Computer Simulations of Wetting Phenomena: Thermodynamic methods to calculate contact angle, surface tension, line tension, etc.", Invited Talk, Conference on Complex Fluids, IISER-Pune, January 2 (2016).

• "Activity Mediated Phase Transition", Invited Talk, Discussion Meeting on Emergent Phenomena in Soft And Active Matter, JNCASR, January (2016).

• "Kinetics of Vapor-Solid Transition in 2D: Quasi-long-range crystalline order, fractality, self-similarity and growth", Invited Talk, Workshop on Advances in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Poorna-Pragya Institute of Scientific Research, Bangalore, March 9 (2016).

• "Kinetics of Vapor-Solid Transition in 2D: Quasi-long-range crystalline order, fractality, self-similarity and growth", Invited Seminar, King’s College London, April 4 (2016).

• "Kinetics of Vapor-Solid Transition in 2D", Invited Talk, Conference on Phase Transition and Critical Phenomena, Coventry, UK, April 6 (2016).

• "Continuously Varying Growth Exponent in Kinetics of Vapor-Solid Phase Transitions", Invited Seminar, Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Leipzig,Germany, July 6 (2016).

• "Continuously Varying Growth Exponent in Kinetics of Vapor-Solid Phase Transitions", Invited Seminar, Max-Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart,Germany, July 8 (2016).

• "Kinetics of Vapor-Liquid and Vapor-Solid Transitions", Invited Talk, Conference – StatPhys Kolkata IX, December 15 (2016).

• "Nucleation and growth in vapor-liquid and vapor-solid transitions", Colloquium, Ecole Normale Superieure, Lyon, France, May 22 (2017).

• "Patterns in Nature", Invited Lecture, C.N.R. Rao Hall of Science, JNCASR, July 24 (2017).

• "Ballistic Aggregation in Kinetics of Phase Transition", Invited Seminar, School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, November 28 (2017).

• "Heterogeneous Nucleation: Curvature dependence of contact angle and line tension", Invited Talk, International Conference on Complex Fluids, IIT Madras, Chennai, December 18 (2017).

• "Ballistic Aggregation in Systems of Fractal Objects", Invited Talk, Conference on Recent trends in Condensed Matter Physics: Experiment and Theory, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, January 16 (2018).

• "Ballistic Aggregation in Systems of Fractal Objects", Invited Talk, Workshop on Pattern Dynamics in Complex Systems, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, January 18 (2018).

• "Phase Transitions: Diversity in dynamics", Invited Colloquium, TIFR Hyderabad, August 29 (2018).

• "Phase Transitions: Diversity in dynamics", invited Seminar, School of Physics, University of Hyderabad, August 30 (2018).

• "Ordering dynamics in 3D non-conserved Ising model at zero temperature: How do the systems age before they freeze?", Invited Talk, CECAM Workshop on Statistical mechanics of interfaces: dynamic phenomena, Berlin, Germany, October 4 (2018).

• "Tug of War between Critical and Coarsening Phenomena: How does an ordering system forget the memory of its point of origin?", Invited Seminar, University of Mainz, October 11 (2018).

• "Phase Transitions: Diversity in dynamics", Invited Lecture, ICTS program on Entropy, Information and Order in Soft Matter, Bangalore, October 23 (2018).

• "Dependence of Surface Tension on Mean Radius of Curvature", Invited Talk, Multiscale Simulations and Mathematical Modeling of Complex Biological Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, February 1 (2019).

• "Phase Transitions: Diversity in Dynamics", Invited Seminar, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, February 4 (2019).

• "Simulations of Phase Transitions: Challenges in Thermodynamics and Dynamics", Plenary Talk, National Workshop on Computational Physics, Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod, March 25 (2019).

• "Computational Techniques to Study Nucleation and Growth in Fluids", Invited Talk, National Workshop on Computational Physics, Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod, March 25 (2019).

• "Diversity in Dynamics of Phase Transitions: Some recent examples", Invited Seminar, Institute for Physics, Johannes-Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, May 29 (2019).

• "How does a coarsening ferromagnet lose the memory of its origin?", Invited Seminar, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Leipzig, Germany, May 23 (2019).

• "Monte Carlo Simulations in Condensed Matter Physics", Invited Lecture, Symposium on Computational Materials Science, Karnataka State Higher Education Academy and Karnatak University, Dharwad, September 05 (2019).

• "Monte Carlo Simulations", Invited Lecture, JSS College Dharwad, September 05 (2019).

• "Phase Transitions: Some topics of current interest", Invited Talk, Annual Retreat of School of Advanced Materials (JNCASR), Chikmagalur, November 18 (2019).

• "Phase Transition in Active Matter Systems", Invited Lecture, International Winter School 2019 on Frontiers in Materials Science, JNCASR, 3rd December (2019).

• "Dependence of Surface Tension on Mean Radius of Curvature", Invited Talk, International Conference on Complex Fluids (CompFlu) 2019, IISER Bhopal, 6th December (2019).

• "Kinetics of clustering in an assembly of Vicsek-like active particles", Invited Talk, International Symposium on Molecular Simulation of Complex Fluids and Interfaces, IIT Kanpur, 22 February (2020).

• "Predicting the Spread of COVID-19", online Invited Talk, online symposium on predictions of COVID-19, June (2020).

• "Recognizing Pattern in the Spread of Communicable Diseases: A scaling approach", online Invited Lecture in the Webinar Series ‘Diving Deep into Physics’, Department of Physics, IIT Jodhpur, October 6 (2021).

• "Mpemba Effect: Surprizing, yet common?", Invited Talk, TSU@25 – a hybrid (online-offline) conference to celebrate the 25 years of Theoretical Sciences Unit of JNCASR, JNCASR, October 28 (2021).

• "Kinetics of Phase Separation in an Assembly of Vicsek-like A ctive Particles", online Invited Talk, International Conference on Mathematics and Physics of Fluids, IIT Gandhinagar, November 2 (2021).

• "Mpemba Effect: Does it exist?", online Invited Talk, Current Trends in Nonequilibrium Physics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, November 22 (2021).

• "Structure and Dynamics in Active Fluids: Bulk versus confinement", (recorded) on-line Invited Talk, Complex Fluids 2021, IIT Gandhinagar, December 15 (2021).

• "Kinetics of Phase Transitions: A few interesting exceptions to the traditional picture", Invited Physics Colloquium, IISER Pune, February 21 (2022).

• "Mpemba Effect: Is it common?", Invited Lecture in Memory of Neelangshu Saha, Spectrum, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, March 26 (2022).

• "Mpemba effect in magnetic transitions" at Current Directions in Statistical Physics, JNCASR, Bangalore, August 5 (2022).