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Information and Announcements

Infosys Prize

2012

Engineering & Computer Science

Ashish Lele, Scientist at the National Chemical Laboratories (NCL), Pune, for his incisivecontributions in molecular tailoring of stimuli responsive smart polymeric gels; exploring theanomalous behavior of rheologically complex fluids, and for building the bridge between macro-molecular dynamics and polymer processing.

Life Sciences

Satyajit Mayor, Professor, Cellular Organisation and Signalling, National Centre for BiologicalSciences, Bangalore, for his work which provides new insights into regulated cell surface organi-zation and membrane dynamics, necessary for understanding self-organization and trafficking ofmembrane molecules in living cells, and in signaling between cells.

Mathematical Sciences

Manjul Bhargava, Professor of Mathematics, Princeton University, USA, for his extraordinarilyoriginal work in algebraic number theory. His work has revolutionized the way in which variousfundamental arithmetic objects, such as number fields and elliptic curves, are understood.

Physical Sciences

Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghosh, Senior Scientist, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science andTechnology (NIIST), CSIR, Trivandrum, for his pioneering development of methods for theconstruction of supramolecular functional materials, which can be employed as components inorganic electronic devices and in powerful substance selective optical sensing and imaging.

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2013

Engineering & Computer Science

V Ramgopal Rao, Institute Chair Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and ChiefInvestigator, Centre of Excellence in Nanoelectronics, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay forhis wide-ranging contributions to nanoscale electronics, for integrating chemistry with mechanicsand electronics to invent new functional devices, and for innovation and entrepreneurship increating technologies and products of societal value.

Life Sciences

Rajesh S Gokhale, Director, CSIR – Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi forhis work in the field of lipid metabolism in M. tuberculosis. He discovered fatty acyl AMP ligasesin tubercle bacillus, their role in the generation of the lipid components of its cell wall and of theirexistence in other organisms, where they play a role in biosynthesis of complex molecules.

Mathematical Sciences

Rahul Pandharipande, Department of Mathematics, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule(ETH), Zurich, for his profound work in algebraic geometry. In particular, for his work on Gromov–Witten theory for Riemann surfaces, for predicting the connection between Gromov–Witten andDonaldson–Thomas theories, and for his recent work with Aaron Pixton that establishes thisconnection for Calabi–Yau 3-folds.

Physical Sciences

Shiraz Naval Minwalla, Professor, Department of Theoretical Physics, Tata Institute of Funda-mental Research, Mumbai, IBM Einstein Fellow, and Visiting Professor, Institute for AdvancedStudy, Princeton for his pioneering contributions to the study of string theory, quantum field theoryand gravity, and for uncovering a deep connection between the equations of fluid and superfluiddynamics and Einstein's equations of general relativity.

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Sixty-first Science Academies’ Refresher Course in ExperimentalPhysics

June 16 to July 1 2014Sponsored by Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore,

Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi,The National Academyof Sciences, India, Allahabad

in collaboration with The Department of Physics, School of Arts and Sciences,Amrita VishwaVidyapeetham, AmritapuriCampus, Kollam

ARefresher Course in Experimental Physicswill be held at theDepartment of Physics, School ofArts andSciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus, Kollam, from 16 June to 1 July 2014 forphysics faculty teaching undergraduate and graduate courses.With the aid of a low cost kit developed bythe Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, the Course aims to familiarize about twenty-five experi-ments at the B.Sc./M.Sc. level in mechanics, heat, electricity, AC circuits, dielectrics, magnetism,relaxation, phase-sensitivedetection techniques using lock-in amplifier, nonlinear dynamics, and phasetransitions.

Professor R. Srinivasan, a distinguished experimental physicist, and a Fellow of Indian Academy ofSciences, who designed these experiments for the benefit of teachers and students will be the CourseDirector. These Refresher Courses, comprising lectures, laboratory sessions and discussions, have beenhighly successful and the experiments have been included in 80 institutions including universities,autonomous colleges, and advanced scientific institutions involved in education. Over 1200 participantshave been trained and more than a hundred kits have been sold. UGC has approved two-week RefresherCourses of good standing for promotion of teachers, vide notification F3-1/2009 dated 30/06/2010.

Applications are invited from teachers with experience in teaching undergraduate and postgraduatecourses in physics. The participation is limited to four southern states and preference will be given to(nearby) colleges in Kerala.The number of seatswill be about 30. Selected participantswill be providedwith course material, local hospitality, and round-trip three-tier A/C train fare by the shortest route.

Interested applicants must submit their application form, which can be downloaded from the Coursewebsite: http://www.amrita.ac.in/physics/rcep_2014_june_amrita

A copy of the application form signed by the applicant along with a recent detailed CVmust be sent bypost to the CourseCoordinator. The formmust alsobe signed and stamped by theHead of the applicant’sInstitution stating that leave will be sanctioned for attending the Course. A scanned e-copy of a signedapplication, complete in all respects, will also be considered for the selection process in case of anydelays. Please see the application form for further instructions.

Course Director: Professor R. Srinivasan, Course Coordinator: Dr Ganesh SundaramPlease send your applications to: Dr Ganesh Sundaram, Course Coordinator, 61st Refresher Course inExperimental Physics, Department of Physics, Amrita School of Arts and Sciences, Amrita VishwaVidyapeetham, Karunagappally, Kollam 690 525. Email: ganeshsundaram@am.amrita.edu; Phone:(0476) 280 1205

Last date for receipt of applications: 5 April 201; Selected participants will be informed by emailby 15 April 2014

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Science Academies’ Sixtieth Refresher Course inExperimental PhysicsJune 3 to 18 2014

Sponsored by Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore,Indian National Science Academy, NewDelhi, The National Academy of Sciences, India, Allahabad

in association with UM-DAE Center for Excellence in Basic Sciences

A Refresher Course in Experimental Physics will be held at the Department of Physics, University ofMumbai, Vidyanagari Campus, Mumbai in association with University of Mumbai-Department ofAtomic EnergyCentre for Excellence in Basic Sciences (UM-DAE CBS) from 3 to18 June 2014 for thebenefit of faculty involved in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses. The Course aims tofamiliarize the teacherswith a set of newexperiments developed as a low cost kit by the Indian Academyof Sciences to cater to theB.Sc. andM.Sc. levels. All theexperiments verifyphysical lawsand principlesand yield reasonably accurate results.

Professor R. Srinivasan, a distinguished experimental physicist and a Fellow of the Indian Academy ofSciences, Bangalore has designed these experiments for the benefit of physics teachers and students inIndian Universities. The Course comprising lectures, discussions and laboratory sessions will helpparticipants honetheir skills in experimental physicsand enable them to introduce the experiments in theirrespective curricula.

Course Director: Professor R. Nagarajan, Course Coordinator: Dr Radha Srinivasan

Applications are invited from teachers with experience in teaching undergraduate and postgraduatecourses in Engineering andPhysics. A fewseats arealso available for motivated students of 3rd year B.Sc.andM.Sc. Physics courses and Ph.D studentswith keen interest in Experimental Physics. The participa-tion of faculty and students from universities and colleges fromWestern India is preferred. The numberof seats will be about 25. Selected participants will be provided required local hospitality during theCourse in addition toCoursematerial. Outstation participantswill be reimbursed three-tier A/c train fareto Mumbai and back by the shortest route.

Interested applicants must submit their application ONLINE by clicking on the following link.

http://web-japps.ias.ac.in:8080/Refreshcourse/EPUM.jsp

A print copy of the application should be also sent through the Head of the Institution by speed post to:Dr Radha Srinivasan, CourseCoordinator, 60th RefresherCourse in Experimental Physics,Department ofPhysics, University of Mumbai, Kalina Campus, Santacruz (East), Mumbai 400 098 (Phone: +919820926830/+91-22-26526250). In case of teacher applicants, the print copy to be forwarded by theHead of the Institution should state that leavewill be sanctioned if the applicant is selected for theCourse.Recommendation letter from a teacher is essential for student applicants.

For any other query, applicants can send an Email to: radhas@physics.mu.ac.in

Last date for the receipt of applications: 15 March 2014Selected participants will be informed by: 31 March 2014