Noether's Circle
Programme 2026-27

For Theoretical Physics and Mathematics

Upcoming Circle Talks 

• Aniket Verma - Tesla's Wireless Electricity: From Vision to Modern Science  (Date - 19th August, 2026)
  Abstract: Nikola Tesla proposed a revolutionary concept of transmitting electrical energy without conventional wires, aiming to make power accessible over long distances through the principles of electromagnetic resonance. Although the technology of his time limited the practical realization of this vision, Tesla's ideas laid the foundation for many modern wireless power transfer systems.
  Venue & Timing - SBS214 & 01:00 PM

• Aayush Verma - Weak Interactions and Renormalization (Date - TBA)
  Abstract - TBA
  Venue & Timing - L2 & 10:00 AM

Previous Talks 

• Avinash Shukla - The Fermi Paradox and The Voyager Spacecrafts  (Date - 12th August, 2026)
  Abstract: If the galaxy is full of stars and habitable worlds, why has no one called? This talk explores that question through Voyager 1 and 2, launched in 1977 and now the farthest human-made objects in space, carrying the Golden Record as a message for any civilization that finds it. We'll see how far Voyager has really traveled, how long its signal would take to reach another star, and why even our boldest attempt at contact barely scratches interstellar distances, then tie it back to what the Fermi Paradox might really be telling us.
  Venue & Timing - SBS214 & 01:00 PM

• Gaurika - EFFECT OF ELECTRICAL STIMULUS ON HUMAN MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS FOR OSTEOGENIC DIFFERENTIATION   (Date - 05th August, 2026)
  Abstract: This lecture covers the electronic principles that govern semiconductor behavior. We will explore the energy band structure including the valence band, conduction band, and forbidden band gap and the role of the Fermi level in determining carrier distribution. Finally, we examine how doping with donor and acceptor impurities shifts the Fermi level to create n-type and p-type materials, laying the foundation for modern semiconductor devices.
  Venue & Timing - SBS214 & 01:00 PM
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• Minakshi Patel - Fundamentals of Semicondutor  (Date - 29nd July, 2026)
  Abstract: This lecture covers the electronic principles that govern semiconductor behavior. We will explore the energy band structure including the valence band, conduction band, and forbidden band gap and the role of the Fermi level in determining carrier distribution. Finally, we examine how doping with donor and acceptor impurities shifts the Fermi level to create n-type and p-type materials, laying the foundation for modern semiconductor devices.
  Venue & Timing - SBS214 & 12:00 PM

• Himanshu Mall - Special Theory Of Relativity  (Date - 22nd July, 2026)
  Abstract: Frame of Reference, galilion and lorentz frame , Micleson and Morley experiment, length contraction and time dilation and many more.
  Venue & Timing - SBS215 & 01:00 PM

• Aryani Yadav - Introduction to Semiconductors  (Date - 15th July, 2026)
  Abstract: Semiconductor materials have shaped modern electronics since the discovery of germanium and silicon in the 1940s, culminating in the transistor's invention at Bell Labs. Silicon soon replaced germanium due to its superior oxide and thermal properties, enabling planar fabrication and the integrated circuit revolution. Advances in doping, crystal growth, and photolithography drove decades of miniaturization under Moore's Law.
  Venue & Timing - SBS215 & 11:00 AM

Noether's Circle
Programme 2025-26

• Himanshu Mall - Maxwell's Equation in Free Space and Non-Linear Optics (Date - 25th April, 2026)
  Abstract: We will discuss about how Maxwell equation help us to understand non-linear optics, what is nonlinear means, second harmonic motion, etc.
  Venue & Timing - L2 & 10:00 AM

• Purnima Tiwari - The Naive and the Beyond (Date - 11th April, 2026)
  Abstract: In this talk,  we will examine the individual axioms that formalize the discipline and explore how they act as critical mechanisms for paradox prevention. Finally, we might also look into a categorical treatment of sets to provide an alternative structural perspective.
  Venue & Timing - L2 & 10:00 AM

• Aayush Verma - First Look at Model Theory (Date - 04th April, 2026)
  Abstract - We will introduce model theory.
  Venue & Timing - L2 & 10:00 AM

• Aayush Verma - More on QCD, Coupling Constant and first look at Weak Interactions (Date - 01st April, 2026)
  Abstract - We will continue our previous discussion of gluons and Quantum Chromodynamics, focusing on asymptotic freedom and the running coupling constant. We will also discuss anti-particles in Feynman diagrams and the symmetries. We will discuss the weak interactions.
  Venue & Timing - L2 & 10:00 AM

• Purnima Tiwari - Infinity, Paradox and the Architecture of Logic (Date - 14th March, 2026)
  Abstract: We will continue our discussion on the infinite, venture into Logic and its structure and similar digressions. If time permits, we will also look into a special mathematical viewpoint of sets.
  Venue & Timing - L2 & 10:00 AM

• Aayush Verma - QCD, Anti-Particles and GUTs (Date - 16th February 2026)
  Abstract - We will continue our previous discussion about gluons and Quantum Chromodynamics. We will also discuss anti-particles in Feynman diagrams and the symmetries. And we will discuss Grand Unification schemes, if possible.
  Venue & Timing - L3 & 11:15 AM

• Purnima Tiwari - Cantor's Paradise (Date - 31st January, 2026)
  Abstract: We will continue our discussion on the infinite and the different notions (loosely speaking, bigger and smaller) infinities. We will also look at a few well-known paradoxes that arise when thinking carefully about the infinite.
  Venue & Timing - L3 & 12:30 PM

• Aayush Verma - Elementary Particle Dynamics and Some Relativistic Kinematics (Date - 19th January 2026)
  Abstract - We will continue our discussion, which was previously QED. We will discuss the forces and matter particles, and a hint of QCD, the Electro-Weak theory. And unification schemes such as GUTs. The second part of the presentation will be about recalling some relativistic kinematics.
  Venue & Timing - L3 & 11:30 AM

• Purnima Tiwari - Logic and reason (Date - 17th January, 2026)
  Abstract: We will briefly look into mathematical logic and explore axioms which laid down the framework for set theory. However, the underlying concept of the talk would be to reason, exploring the thinking process behind certain paradoxes.  
  Venue & Timing - L3 & 12 PM

• Aayush Verma - A Primer on QFT, Feynman Rules and Quantum Electrodynamics (Date - 12th January 2026)
  Abstract - We will continue our discussion of Feynman diagrams and discuss Feynman rules for them.  A crash introduction to QFT will be followed by looking at Quantum Electrodynamics. We will also discuss antiparticles.
  Venue & Timing - L3 & 11:15 AM

• Aayush Verma - Introduction to Particles and their Interactions (Date - 10th January 2026)
  Abstract - We will introduce the particles and the different ways they are produced. However, the emphasis would be largely on the theoretical aspects of particles and we will introduce some dynamics like Feynman diagrams.
  Venue & Timing - L3 & 01:30 PM

• Krishnakant - Introduction to Solid State Physics (Part III) (Date - 07th November 2025)
  Venue & Timing - L3 & 10:30AM

• Krishnakant - Introduction to Solid State Physics (Part II) (Date - 06th November 2025
  Venue & Timing - L3 & 10:30AM

• Krishnakant - Introduction to Solid State Physics (Date - 29th October 2025)
  Venue & Timing - L3 & 10:30AM