National Science Day

INDIAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE CULTIVATION OF SCIENCE

JADAVPUR, KOLKATA 700032

CELEBRATING NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY 2019

28^TH FEBRUARY & 1^ST MARCH, 2019

PROGRAMME SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2019

10.00-10.30 a.m. : Registration

10.30-10.35 a.m. : Garlanding of Bust of Dr. M L Sircar

10.35-11.00 a.m. : Inauguration & Inaugural Address by

Prof. Soumitra SenGupta, Dean, Faculty & Student Affairs and Staff

Matters, IACS

High Tea for everybody

11.00 a.m.-12.00 Noon : “Maths Made Visual” Dr. Priyotosh Dutta, Ananda Mohan College

12.00 Noon – 1.00 p.m.: “Molecule as Machine” – Prof. Pradyut Ghosh, Chair, School of

Chemical Sciences, IACS

1.00 -2.00 p.m. : Lunch Break

2.00-5.00 p.m. : Science Experimental Demonstration by Undergraduate Students of IACS

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FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2019

10.00 -10.30 a.m. : Registration

10.30-11.00 a.m. : Invocation & Keynote Address by Prof. S Bhattacharya, Director, IACS

11.00-11.15 a.m. : Asutosh Mookerjee Best Thesis Award Presentation

11.15 a.m.-12.15 p.m. : “The Quantum and the Continuum: Einstein’s Dichotomous Legacy” -

Prof. Parthasarathi Majumdar, RKM Vivekananda University

12.15 – 1.15 p.m. : “Cell : What brings the Life ?” - Dr. Deepak Sinha, School of Biological

1.15 -2.30 p.m. : Lunch Break

2.30 -5.00 p.m. : Open House – Laboratory Visit