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As The Plasma Turns –The Rotation of the Sun

Vyakhyaan Number: 112
Date & Time: 2026-01-16 16:00:00
Speaker: Dr. Frank Hill
Affiliation: Senior Scientist Emeritus, National Solar Observatory Boulder, Colorado, USA

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Space is the new black

Vyakhyaan Number: 111
Date & Time: 2025-12-17 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Minna Palmroth
Affiliation: Professor, Computational Space Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland

Physics of young galaxies in the early universe

Vyakhyaan Number: 110
Date & Time: 2025-11-19 11:30:00
Speaker: Prof. Raghunathan Srianand
Affiliation: Director, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune

Ground and Space-based Observations of Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gases

Vyakhyaan Number: 109
Date & Time: 2025-10-31 17:30:00
Speaker: Dr. Manish Kumar Naja
Affiliation: Director, Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences(ARIES), Nainital, India

From Cosmic Dust to the Venus Habitable Zone

Vyakhyaan Number: 108
Date & Time: 2025-09-25 16:30:00
Speaker: Prof. Wing-Huen Ip
Affiliation: Professor, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

AI, Astronomy and Citizen Science

Vyakhyaan Number: 107
Date & Time: 2025-08-06 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Ajit Kembhavi
Affiliation: Professor Emeritus Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune

Recent heliophysics missions launched within the last two years, and the role of Aditya L1

Vyakhyaan Number: 106
Date & Time: 2025-07-23 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Dipankar Banerjee
Affiliation: Vice Chancellor, IIST, Thiruvananthapuram

Quantum Origin of Modern Artificial Intelligence

Vyakhyaan Number: 105
Date & Time: 2025-06-18 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. G. Baskaran
Affiliation: IITMadras, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics and Matscience

The Challenges of Climate Change Education

Vyakhyaan Number: 104
Date & Time: 2025-05-21 16:00:00
Speaker: Dr. Priyadarshini Karve
Affiliation: Managing Director, SAMUCHIT Enviro Tech, Pune, Maharashtra

India's National Security Challenges/ Futures – The Intersect Of Geopolitics and Technology

Vyakhyaan Number: 103
Date & Time: 2025-04-23 16:00:00
Speaker: Lt. Gen. Raj Shukla (Retd.), PVSM, YSM, SM
Affiliation: Member of the Union Public Service Commission

A Journey in Archaeometallurgy

Vyakhyaan Number: 102
Date & Time: 2025-03-26 14:30:00
Speaker: Prof. Sharada Srinivasan
Affiliation: National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru

Propulsion System for Launch Vehicles and Satellites

Vyakhyaan Number: 101
Date & Time: 2025-02-18 11:30:00
Speaker: Dr. V. Narayanan
Affiliation: Secretary, Department of Space, Chairman, ISRO Chairman, Space Commission

Healthcare system in India: ancient to contemporary

Vyakhyaan Number: 100
Date & Time: 2025-01-29 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Shailendra Saraf
Affiliation: National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Ahmedabad

2024 12

Research in Synoptic and High-Resolution Solar Physics at the US National Solar Observatory

Vyakhyaan Number: 99
Date & Time: 2024-12-18 09:30:00
Speaker: Dr. Alexei Pevtsov
Affiliation: National Solar Observatory, Boulder, Colorado, USA

Asteroid Sample Return

Vyakhyaan Number: 98
Date & Time: 2024-11-20 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Hisayoshi YuriMoto
Affiliation: Hokkaido University Faculty of Science, Department of Natural History Sciences, Earth and Planetary System Science, Hokkaido University (HokuDai), Japan

The twin crises of climate change and antimicrobial resistance: impact on health

Vyakhyaan Number: 97
Date & Time: 2024-10-21 14:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Narinder Mehra
Affiliation: Honorary Emeritus scientist, ICMR, Former Dean and National chair of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi Vice President (International Affairs), INSA

Structured light for materials science

Vyakhyaan Number: 96
Date & Time: 2024-09-25 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Takashige Omatsu
Affiliation: Director, Molecular Chirality Research Center, Chiba University, Japan

Trends in Indigenous Space Technologies for Societal Applications

Vyakhyaan Number: 95
Date & Time: 2024-08-14 16:00:00
Speaker: Shri Nilesh M. Desai
Affiliation: Director and Distinguished Scientist, Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad

Basic Life Support (BLS) and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

Vyakhyaan Number: 94
Date & Time: 2024-07-24 16:00:00
Speaker: Dr. Harshil Mehta
Affiliation: Zonal Head of Emergency Medicine, Marengo CIMS Hospital, Ahmedabad

Radiation, nuclear energy and environment

Vyakhyaan Number: 93
Date & Time: 2024-06-12 16:00:00
Speaker: Dr. Dinesh Kumar Aswal
Affiliation: Director, Health, safety and environment group, BARC

Deciphering the origin and evolution of our solar system from the chemical composition of 67P

Vyakhyaan Number: 92
Date & Time: 2024-05-22 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Kathrin Altwegg
Affiliation: Professor Emeritus, Department of Space Research and Planetology, University of Bern

Data Security for end-to-end applications in distributed applications

Vyakhyaan Number: 91
Date & Time: 2024-04-26 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Rajat Moona
Affiliation: Director, IIT Gandhinagar

The Net Zero Goal & Sustainability: Green Hydrogen Technologies, CO2 refineries, Biomass Valorization & Waste Plastic Recycling

Vyakhyaan Number: 90
Date & Time: 2024-03-14 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Ganapati D. Yadav, NAE(US), FNAI (US), FTWAS, FNA, FNAE, FNASI, FASc, FRSC
Affiliation: National Science Chair (SERB/GOI), Emeritus Professor of Eminence, Former Vice Chancellor, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai

Seven decades of using luminescence in geochronology

Vyakhyaan Number: 89
Date & Time: 2024-02-21 16:00:00
Speaker: Dr. Frank Preusser
Affiliation: Professor, Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Freiburg, Germany.

Exploring Poles in a Warming World – Indian Endeavours and New Frontiers

Vyakhyaan Number: 88
Date & Time: 2024-01-24 16:00:00
Speaker: Dr. Thamban Meloth
Affiliation: DIRECTOR, National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, Goa

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Addressing Chemical Complexity through Molecular Simulations

Vyakhyaan Number: 87
Date & Time: 2023-12-29 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Balasubramanian Sundaram
Affiliation: Chemistry & Physics of Materials Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru

Planet Earth in Energy Imbalance: The Symptoms of Climate Change

Vyakhyaan Number: 86
Date & Time: 2023-11-17 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. V. Ramaswamy
Affiliation: Director, NOAA/Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, and Professor, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Program, Princeton University

Five decades of marine and atmospheric aerosol chemistry research in PRL

Vyakhyaan Number: 85
Date & Time: 2023-10-31 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. M M Sarin
Affiliation: SERB-Distinguished Fellow, PRL, Ahmedabad

"Metamaterials for light-matter interaction"

Vyakhyaan Number: 84
Date & Time: 2023-09-27 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Venu Gopal Achanta
Affiliation: Director, CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (CSIR-NPL), New Delhi

“Seeing the high energy universe with IceCube”

Vyakhyaan Number: 83
Date & Time: 2023-08-09 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Subir Sarkar
Affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Human Impact on Global Climate Change Over the Past Two Centuries: Use of Isotope-Tracing Techniques

Vyakhyaan Number: 82
Date & Time: 2023-07-19 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Mark Baskaran
Affiliation: Professor & Chair, Department of Environmental Science and Geology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.

PEACE THROUGH EDUCATION IN NORTH-EAST INDIA

Vyakhyaan Number: 81
Date & Time: 2023-06-14 16:00:00
Speaker: COL. CHRISTOPHER REGO (RETD.)
Affiliation: Founder And CEO, Sunbird Trust, Bengaluru, Karnataka.

FUTURE SPACE EXPLORATION – A PERSPECTIVE

Vyakhyaan Number: 80
Date & Time: 2023-05-24 16:00:00
Speaker: Wg. Cdr. Rakesh Sharma, Ashoka Chakra
Affiliation: Fighter Pilot, Indian Air Force (Retd.), Test pilot at HAL & First Indian cosmonaut

Shocking waves – Healing touch!

Vyakhyaan Number: 79
Date & Time: 2023-04-19 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Gopalan Jagadeesh
Affiliation: Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IISc, Bangalore

DEMYSTIFYING LEADERSHIP

Vyakhyaan Number: 78
Date & Time: 2023-03-29 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Asha Kaul
Affiliation: Professor, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

Apollo to Artemis: The Science and Exploration of the Moon

Vyakhyaan Number: 77
Date & Time: 2023-02-22 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Mahesh Anand
Affiliation: School of Physical Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

My Professional Forays - People, Challenges & Anecdotes"

Vyakhyaan Number: 76
Date & Time: 2023-01-30 16:00:00
Speaker: Dr. K Kasturirangan
Affiliation: Honorary Distinguished Advisor, ISRO, Former Chairman, ISRO & Secretary, Dept. Of Space, GoI

Vikram Sarabhai and Indian space programme

Vyakhyaan Number: 75
Date & Time: 2023-01-05 16:00:00
Speaker: Shri A S Kiran Kumar
Affiliation: Chairman, PRL Council of Management, Vikram Sarabhai Professor, ISRO, Bengaluru, Member, Space Commission, Govt. of India

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Raman spectroscopy: from Physics to Medicine

Vyakhyaan Number: 74
Date & Time: 2022-12-28 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Siva Umapathy
Affiliation: Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research, Bhopal

Galaxy evolution: The atomic hydrogen perspective

Vyakhyaan Number: 73
Date & Time: 2022-12-21 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Jayaram Chengalur
Affiliation: Distinguished Professor & Director, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai

Propelled by quests: Gravitational wave science

Vyakhyaan Number: 72
Date & Time: 2022-12-14 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Tarun Souradeep
Affiliation: Director, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore

Hydrogen bonded interactions: Pawns in the Game of Molecular Chess

Vyakhyaan Number: 71
Date & Time: 2022-12-08 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. K. S. Viswanathan
Affiliation: Visiting Professor, Krea University, SriCity

Building Dakshin Gangotri at Antarctica: A Miracle

Vyakhyaan Number: 70
Date & Time: 2022-11-30 16:00:00
Speaker: Dr. Harsh K. Gupta
Affiliation: NASI Platinum Jubilee Fellow, President, Geological Society of India, Member, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, India, National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad

Addressing Indian Societal problems through Science, Technology and Innovation in post-Independent India

Vyakhyaan Number: 69
Date & Time: 2022-11-22 16:00:00
Speaker: Dr. Shekhar C. Mande
Affiliation: Distinguished Professor, Bioinformatics Centre, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune and Honorary Distinguished Scientist, National Centre for Cell Science, Pune

An enigmatic fluid flow inside the Sun: the Meridional Circulation

Vyakhyaan Number: 68
Date & Time: 2022-11-16 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Arnab Rai Choudhuri
Affiliation: Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Fusion and Plasma Research in India: Where are we, where are we going?

Vyakhyaan Number: 67
Date & Time: 2022-11-09 16:00:00
Speaker: Dr. Shashank Chaturvedi
Affiliation: Director, Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar

Technology & Science in Legal Realm

Vyakhyaan Number: 66
Date & Time: 2022-11-02 16:00:00
Speaker: Justice Vikram Nath
Affiliation: Judge, Supreme Court of India, New Delhi

What Can We Do With a Quantum Liquid?

Vyakhyaan Number: 65
Date & Time: 2022-10-26 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Anthony J. Leggett
Affiliation: (Nobel Laureate), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Train 18/Vande Bharat Project, How to exploit the spirit of Atmanirbhar Bharat!

Vyakhyaan Number: 64
Date & Time: 2022-10-19 16:00:00
Speaker: Shri Sudhanshu Mani
Affiliation: Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (Retd.), Fellow of Institute of Mechanical Engineers, London

Nuclear Fusion: Indian Program, ITER Project & Beyond

Vyakhyaan Number: 63
Date & Time: 2022-10-12 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Shishir Deshpande
Affiliation: Sr. Professor and Head, Fusion Interdisciplinary Science Division, Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar

SUN EARTH SYSTEM AND SPACE WEATHER: a historical approach-Physics

Vyakhyaan Number: 62
Date & Time: 2022-10-06 16:00:00
Speaker: Dr. Christine Amory-Mazaudier
Affiliation: Sorbonne Université, Ecole polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Université Paris Saclay, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS, Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas, Paris, France

Space: the less explored dimension of light

Vyakhyaan Number: 61
Date & Time: 2022-09-28 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Siddharth Ramachandran
Affiliation: Distinguished Professor, Electrical Engineering, Physics & Materials Science, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

Threat of the Sun and Superflares

Vyakhyaan Number: 60
Date & Time: 2022-09-21 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Kazunari Shibata
Affiliation: Emeritus Professor-Kyoto University, and Distinguished Visiting Professor-Doshisha University

Other Worlds in the Cosmos? The Search for Planets Similar to our Earth and...perhaps Sheltering Life!

Vyakhyaan Number: 59
Date & Time: 2022-09-14 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Michel Mayor
Affiliation: Emeritus Professor, University of Geneva, Switzerland

From Ocean Science to Blue Economy

Vyakhyaan Number: 58
Date & Time: 2022-09-07 16:00:00
Speaker: Dr. Shailesh Nayak
Affiliation: Director, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru

The Sarasvati River and the Indus civilization

Vyakhyaan Number: 57
Date & Time: 2022-08-31 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Michel Danino
Affiliation: Visiting Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Gandhinagar

Seismological Research and Gujarat’s Initiative

Vyakhyaan Number: 56
Date & Time: 2022-08-24 16:00:00
Speaker: Dr. Sumer Chopra
Affiliation: Director, Institute of Seismological Research, Gandhinagar

Leadership in bridging inclusive science and creative society: lessons for learners

Vyakhyaan Number: 55
Date & Time: 2022-08-17 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Anil Gupta
Affiliation: CSIR Bhatnagar Fellow 2018-21, Founder, Honey Bee Network, SRISTI, GIAN & NIF, Visiting Faculty, IIMA & IITB and Academy Professor, AcSIR

Science and the Challenges of Climate Change

Vyakhyaan Number: 54
Date & Time: 2022-08-10 16:00:00
Speaker: Mr. Kartikeya Sarabhai
Affiliation: Director, Centre for Environment Education, Ahmedabad

EVOLUTION OF QUANTUM THEORY & A SIMPLE DERIVATION OF BELLS INEQUALITY

Vyakhyaan Number: 53
Date & Time: 2022-08-03 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Ajoy Ghatak
Affiliation: The National Academy of Sciences India, Prayagraj & Optics & Photonics Centre, IIT Delhi

Probing the Universe with radio waves : landmark achievements in India over the years

Vyakhyaan Number: 52
Date & Time: 2022-07-22 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Yashwant Gupta
Affiliation: Centre Director, National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Pune

Luck and Networking - how they can help you

Vyakhyaan Number: 51
Date & Time: 2022-07-20 16:00:00
Speaker: Mr. Luis Miranda
Affiliation: Chairman of the Board & Co-Founder Indian School of Public Policy

my language my country

Vyakhyaan Number: 50
Date & Time: 2022-07-13 16:00:00
Speaker: Shri Vishnu Pandya
Affiliation: Chairman, Gujarat Sahitya Academy, Govt. of Gujarat

The Circuits of Sensation: How We Perceive the World

Vyakhyaan Number: 49
Date & Time: 2022-07-06 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Shubha Tole
Affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

COVID 19 in India - Opportunities & Challenges

Vyakhyaan Number: 48
Date & Time: 2022-06-29 16:00:00
Speaker: Dr. Raman R. Gangakhedkar
Affiliation: Dr. C. G. Pandit National Chair, Indian Council of Medical Research

Explore and Learn

Vyakhyaan Number: 47
Date & Time: 2022-06-22 16:00:00
Speaker: Shri Atul Karwal, IPS
Affiliation: Director General, National Disaster Response Force and, Director, SVP National Police Academy Hyderabad

A Historical Journey to Discover the Mysteries of Air

Vyakhyaan Number: 46
Date & Time: 2022-06-15 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Guy Brasseur
Affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany and National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO

Role of Plate Tectonics and Climate in the Evolution of Tropical Angiosperms: Evidence from Indian Fossil Records

Vyakhyaan Number: 45
Date & Time: 2022-06-08 16:00:00
Speaker: Dr. (Mrs.) Vandana Prasad
Affiliation: Director, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, Lucknow

Hunting elephants in a room: new ways to search for dark matter and other adventures

Vyakhyaan Number: 44
Date & Time: 2022-06-01 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Dmitry Budker
Affiliation: Section Leader, Helmholtz Institute, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany and Professor of Graduate School, University of California at Berkeley, USA

Living Beyond 100 Years - Myth or Truth?

Vyakhyaan Number: 43
Date & Time: 2022-05-25 16:00:00
Speaker: Dr. Parthiv Mehta
Affiliation: MD FCCP, Senior Pulmonologist – Intensivist, U N Mehta Institute of Cardiology, Mehta Hospital & Cardiopulmonary Care Centre, Central United Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, INDIA

Infrared eyes: Exploring the solar system using infrared instruments

Vyakhyaan Number: 42
Date & Time: 2022-05-18 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Philip R. Christensen
Affiliation: Regents' Professor, Geological Sciences, Ed and Helen Korrick Professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration Arizona State University, USA

Next Generation Species Specific and Eco Friendly Antibiotics and thoughts about the origin of life

Vyakhyaan Number: 41
Date & Time: 2022-05-11 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Ada Yonath
Affiliation: Director, Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman Center for Biomolecular Structure and Assembly of the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

The Cold Universe: A Journey to our Cosmic Origins

Vyakhyaan Number: 40
Date & Time: 2022-05-04 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Pierre Cox
Affiliation: Director of research, CNRS, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris IAP, France

Predictive understanding of the Indian monsoon in a changing climate

Vyakhyaan Number: 39
Date & Time: 2022-04-27 16:00:00
Speaker: Dr. R. Krishnan
Affiliation: IITM

The ozone layer, its science, and its policies

Vyakhyaan Number: 38
Date & Time: 2022-04-20 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. A R Ravishankara
Affiliation: University of Colorado Boulder

ASTRO 3D

Vyakhyaan Number: 37
Date & Time: 2022-04-13 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Lisa Jennifer Kewley
Affiliation: Australian National University, Australia

Uttar Pradesh Metro: Building Modern Urban Transport Systems for the Changing Needs of the Cities: Challenges and Lessons Learnt

Vyakhyaan Number: 36
Date & Time: 2022-04-06 16:00:00
Speaker: Shri Kumar Keshav
Affiliation: Managing Director, Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation

Quantum entanglement at all distances

Vyakhyaan Number: 35
Date & Time: 2022-03-30 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Subir Sachdev
Affiliation: Herchel Smith Professor of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge

Quark-Gluon Plasma: the perfect and most vortical fluid

Vyakhyaan Number: 34
Date & Time: 2022-03-23 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Bedangadas Mohanty
Affiliation: Professor, School of Physical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar

Open Access in Astronomy

Vyakhyaan Number: 33
Date & Time: 2022-03-16 16:00:00
Speaker: Ms. Uta Grotkopf
Affiliation: Head, Library and Information Centre ESO - European Southern Observatory, Germany

Sport - An Integral component of Nation building

Vyakhyaan Number: 32
Date & Time: 2022-03-09 16:00:00
Speaker: Ms. Ashwini Nachappa
Affiliation: Olympian, Arjuna Awardee, Founder Ashwini's Sports Foundation Managing Trustee, KALS

Ultra-violet Imaging Telescope and beyond

Vyakhyaan Number: 31
Date & Time: 2022-03-02 16:00:00
Speaker: Dr. Annapurni Subramaniam
Affiliation: Director, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore.

Realising A Dream:Vikram Sarabhai and Television for Change

Vyakhyaan Number: 30
Date & Time: 2022-02-23 16:00:00
Speaker: Dr. Mallika Sarabhai
Affiliation: Director, Darpana Academy of Performing Arts, Ahmedabad.

Human Space Program - challenges and strategies

Vyakhyaan Number: 29
Date & Time: 2022-02-16 16:00:00
Speaker: Dr. V. R. Lalithambika
Affiliation: Distinguished Scientist & Former Director, Directorate of Human Space Programme, Indian Space Research Organization, Bangalore

Prevention is Health, and Wealth

Vyakhyaan Number: 28
Date & Time: 2022-02-09 16:00:00
Speaker: Dr. Gagandeep Kang
Affiliation: FRS, Professor, Division of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India

The oceanic geochemistry of the transition metals: tools to quantify the history of the oxygenation of the surface Earth

Vyakhyaan Number: 27
Date & Time: 2022-02-02 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Derek Vance
Affiliation: Professor, ETH Zurich

Grassroots Innovations: Mining the Minds of Masses

Vyakhyaan Number: 26
Date & Time: 2022-01-26 16:00:00
Speaker: Brigadier (Retd.) P. Ganesham
Affiliation: President, Innovation Diffusion Center, Palle Srujana, Sainikpuri, Secunderabad

Squeezed light from abstraction to real life applications: sensing and imaging well beyond standard quantum limit

Vyakhyaan Number: 25
Date & Time: 2022-01-19 10:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Girish S. Agarwal, FRS
Affiliation: University Distinguished Professor, Physics & Astronomy, Texas A&M University, Texas

Societal and Economic Impacts of Space Weather

Vyakhyaan Number: 24
Date & Time: 2022-01-12 10:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Dan Baker
Affiliation: Director, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder

Organic Matter in the Universe

Vyakhyaan Number: 23
Date & Time: 2022-01-05 10:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Sun Kwok
Affiliation: Professor Emeritus, Laboratory for Space Research, Faculty of Science, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong and University of British Columbia

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From P. C. Ray to the present: Chemistry in Action

Vyakhyaan Number: 22
Date & Time: 2021-12-29 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. V. Chandrasekhar
Affiliation: Director, TIFR, Hyderabad

Sustainable groundwater resource use in India- Achievable or a mirage?

Vyakhyaan Number: 21
Date & Time: 2021-12-22 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Dipankar Saha
Affiliation: Chair Professor, Manav Rachna International Institute for Research and Studies, Faridabad. Former Member, CGWB

Future Colliders

Vyakhyaan Number: 20
Date & Time: 2021-12-15 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Sreerup Raychaudhuri
Affiliation: Dean, Administration and Professor, TIFR, Mumbai

Shedding light on the Dark Matter in the Universe

Vyakhyaan Number: 19
Date & Time: 2021-12-08 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Rohini Godbole
Affiliation: Hon. Professor, IISc, Bangalore

The Development of the East Asian Observatory

Vyakhyaan Number: 18
Date & Time: 2021-12-01 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Paul Ho
Affiliation: Director, JCMT & East Asian Observatory

GEOTRACES and Southern Ocean iron biogeochemistry - where have we come?

Vyakhyaan Number: 17
Date & Time: 2021-11-24 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Andrew Bowie
Affiliation: Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania

The Sun's Magnetic Field and Global Climate Change

Vyakhyaan Number: 16
Date & Time: 2021-11-17 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Sami K. Solanki
Affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, MPS, Göttingen, Germany

Business Journey and Learnings on the Way

Vyakhyaan Number: 15
Date & Time: 2021-11-10 16:00:00
Speaker: Shri Sanjay Lalbhai
Affiliation: Chairman and Managing Director, Arvind Ltd., Ahmedabad

Opportunities and Challenges beyond Mangalyaan in Interplanetary Missions and Planetary Protection Measures

Vyakhyaan Number: 14
Date & Time: 2021-11-03 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. V. Adimurthy
Affiliation: ISRO Honorary Distinguished Professor, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram

What are exoplanets made of? Molecular line lists to aid the characterisation of exoplanets.

Vyakhyaan Number: 13
Date & Time: 2021-10-27 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Jonathan Tennyson
Affiliation: FRS, Massey Professor of Physics and Head of Department, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London (UCL), Chief Scientist, Quantemol Ltd, UCL

Earth System Science for Socio-Economic Benefits

Vyakhyaan Number: 12
Date & Time: 2021-10-20 16:00:00
Speaker: Dr. M. Rajeevan
Affiliation: Former Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India

The mystery of Venus lightning

Vyakhyaan Number: 11
Date & Time: 2021-10-13 16:00:00
Speaker: Dr. Ralph Lorenz
Affiliation: Planetary scientist and Engineer at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, Maryland, USA

A Song for the SOL

Vyakhyaan Number: 10
Date & Time: 2021-10-06 16:00:00
Speaker: Dr. Madhulika Guhathakurta
Affiliation: Senior Advisor for New Initiatives, Heliophysics, NASA GSFC/HQ Program Scientist

Dynamics of aurora and airglow in the upper atmosphere and space around the Earth

Vyakhyaan Number: 9
Date & Time: 2021-09-29 16:00:00
Speaker: Prof. Kazuo Shiokawa
Affiliation: Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, Japan

Prospects in Solar Physics for the Next Decade: a Multi-messenger Era

Vyakhyaan Number: 8
Date & Time: 2021-09-22 16:00:00
Speaker: Dr. Valentin Martinez Pillet
Affiliation: National Solar Observatory (NSO) Boulder, USA

Green energy and clean water from the Oceans

Vyakhyaan Number: 7
Date & Time: 2021-09-15 16:00:00
Speaker: Dr. Purnima Jalihal
Affiliation: National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai, India

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