National Science Day

INDIAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE CULTIVATION OF SCIENCE

JADAVPUR, KOLKATA 700032

IACS is celebrating "National Science Day 2020" on Friday, the 28^th February, 2020 at IACS on the Theme - "Women in Science"

Staff and scholars are cordially invited to attend. The Programme Schedule is furnished below.

Venue : MLS Hall

1. 9:00-9:50: Registration 
2. 10:00-10:05: Garlanding the bust of Dr. Mahendralal Sircar by the chief guest, Prof. S Chandrasekaran and the Director of IACS, Prof. S. Bhattacharya
3. 10:10-10:25: Inaugural address by Prof. S Bhattacharya, Director of IACS
4. 10:30-11:15: lecture by Prof. S. Chandrasekaran, title: "Science and Scientists"
5. 11:15-11:55: Lecture by Prof Alok Goswami, Title: "Erdos's solution of an open problem in Graph Theory."
6. 11:55-12:35: Lecture by Prof. Durga Basak, title: "The blue LED that lights up the modern world"
7. 12:35-12:50: Best thesis award lecture
8. 12:50-14:00: Lunch break 
9. 14:00-15:00: Raman effect live demonstration and Quiz competition to be conducted by the UG students of IACS
10. 15:00-15:30: Briefing the audience about open house
11. 15:30-17:00: Visits of selected research facilities