Indian Physical Society

The Society was formed at the initiative of Professor Meghnad Saha against the backdrop of a series of great scientific advents taking place in India. 1921 had witnessed the formulation of the Saha Ionisation Formula laying the foundation of the entire edifice of quantitative Astrophysics. It was quickly followed by the work of S N Bose in 1924, which ushered in the era of the so-called quantum statistics. Close on heels, in 1928, came the discovery of Professor CV Raman, the Raman effect making inroads into molecular and condensed matter spectroscopy. Side by side, here and there in the country, there were attempts to consolidate the scientific force in the country for the betterment of science and the social life in India as also to meet the necessity of advising the Government on relevant issues. As a result, the United Provinces Academy of Sciences was founded in Allahabad in 1931, again at the instance of Professor Saha. In the course of Professor Saha's attempt to elevate it to the national level, there emerged two new academies, namely the Indian Academy of Sciences in Bangalore (1934), a protege of Sir CV Raman, and the National Institute of Sciences (1935) in Kolkata, the UP Academy incidentally assuming the new name, National Academy of Sciences, in 1934. The National Institute of Sciences was to act as a nodal establishment coordinating the other Academies. The Indian Physical Society came into being amidst these with an objective akin to that of the Royal Society and headquarters housed in the Department of Physics of the University College of Science, Calcutta. The Council of the Society first met on 14 August 1934 with Professor DM Bose as the General Secretary and Prof BM Sen as the President. It elected 42 new Fellows in this meeting. The inaugural meeting of the Society was held on 29 and 30 September the same year in Calcutta.

The Society had for some time local branches. A group of twelve or more residing within easy reach of a city may form with the approval of the Council such a branch. Local branches can organise meetings for discussion and symposia in Physics.

Professor Meghnad Saha

Membership Form

List of Life members (Write to the Secretary for change of Address)

Membership of the Society

The Society consists of Benefactors, Honorary Fellows (now renamed as Distinguished Fellows), Fellows (Life-Members) and Associates (Ordinary Members).

Benefactors are the persons contributing Rs. 5000/- or more to the funds of the Society.

Honorary Fellows, the number of whom is limited to twenty, shall be persons well-known for their qualifications in, or services to the cause of, physical or allied sciences.

Fellows shall be persons engaged in the development or dissemination of knowledge of physics in any of its branches or persons whose interest and activity in the science would make them desirable members.

Associates, the number of whom shall be unlimited, shall be bona fide students of science in recognised universities and research institutes of India and people interested in physical sciences.

Benefactors and Fellows are denoted members.

Privileges of Membership

Members of the Society have the rights and privileges

to be present and vote at all General Meetings of the Society;

to propose and second candidates for Fellowships and Associateships;

to receive one copy of the Physics Teacher free of cost, and that of the Indian Journal of Physics at a concessional rate as determined by the Council of the Society;

to have personal access to the library and other public rooms of the Society, and to study its collections, subject to regulations prescribed by the Council;

to fill any office in the Society on being duly elected thereto;

to read in the ordinary meetings of the Society scientific papers and to take part in the discussions thereupon.

Honorary Fellows shall receive free of cost a copy of such publications of the Society as the Council may decide.

Associates shall be entitled to read in the Ordinary Meetings of the Society scientific papers if communicated by a Member of the Society.

Since 1937, when the Society forged close collaboration with the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, reading room and reference facilities of the latter have also been made available to the members of the Society.

Membership procedure

Application for Life-membership in prescribed forms, together with two stamp-size photographs and a cheque (only on Kolkata banks)/DD for Rs 1000.00 (One Thousand only), proposed and seconded by two members of the Society, should be sent to the General Secretary, IPS, IACS Campus, 2A&B Raja S C Mullick Road, Kolkata 700 032. These are received any time of the year. For ordinary membership/Associateship the fee is Rs 60.00 per year (from 1st January to 31st December) and shall be due on the 1st day of January every year.

Membership Form

List of Life members (Write to the Secretary for change of Address)

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Speaker	Dr. A.P.Mitra, FRS of National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi
Topic	Radio Science: India in Global Scene
Date	April 19, 2006
Time	3 PM
Venue	J N Bhar Auditorium, Institute of Radio Physics & Electronics, Calcutta University, Rajabazar Science College campus

Speaker	Prof. Biswarup Mukhopadhyay Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad, India
Topic	THE TERA-QUOTA OF NEW PHYSICS
Date	May 5, 2006
Time	3 PM

4.00 PM	IYP Talent Search Award
4.15 PM	High Tea

Speaker	Dr. A.P.Mitra, FRS of National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi
Topic	Radio Science: India in Global Scene
Date	April 19, 2006
Time	3 PM
Venue	J N Bhar Auditorium, Institute of Radio Physics & Electronics, Calcutta University, Rajabazar Science College campus

Indian Physical Society

25^th YOUNG PHYSICISTS’ COLLOQUIUM- 2007

25^th YOUNG PHYSICISTS’ COLLOQUIUM- 2007

Upcoming Seminars/Meetings

Calendar

Indian Physical Society

25th YOUNG PHYSICISTS’ COLLOQUIUM- 2007

25th YOUNG PHYSICISTS’ COLLOQUIUM- 2007

Upcoming Seminars/Meetings

Calendar

25^th YOUNG PHYSICISTS’ COLLOQUIUM- 2007

25^th YOUNG PHYSICISTS’ COLLOQUIUM- 2007