Purse program

2. SEMINARS & EXTENSION LECTURES GIVEN BY FACULTY

(2009-2011)

Name	Topic of Lecture	Institution	Dates
Prof. C.S. Aulakh	SO(10) NMSGUT, Realistic Fits	Aspects of Neutrinos/ Nu Goa09	April 8-15, 2009
	Most Important Theorem	Refresher course, Physics Dept., P.U., Chandigarh,	20 September 2010
	Grand Unification	ditto
	6 Lectures on Group Theory,	BITS-Pilani,	15-20.11.2010
	Theoretical High Energy preparatory SERC School	Goa
	Susy SO(10) and the Fermion Mass Puzzle	PRL, Ahmedbad (TPSC)	February 24, 2010
	2 Lectures on SO(10)	IIT Mumbai	June 3,4 2010
	SO(10) NMSGUT, Ready to Roll ?	Goran-Fest, Split, Croatia	June 2010
	Grand Unification Upended	ICTP, Trieste , Italy	July 7, 2011
	Threshold Corrections, Minimal supersymmetric SO(10) Grand Theory	New Trends in Field BHU, Varanasi	8-12 Feb. 2011
	Unification and the Planck Scale New Minimal Supersymmetric SO(10)	PRL,Ahmedabad	6-8 April, 2011
	GUT and Dark Matter : some possibilities
	Minimal Susy SO(10) and Dark Matter	Confronting particle-cosmology with PLANCK and LHC IUCAA Pune	10-12 August 2011
	NMSGUT	University of Lancaster , UK.	Sept. 30, 2011
Dr. V.K. Jindal	Nitrogen doped C60 new nanoscale energy materials and suggesting pressure probe to characterize carbon nanotubes	BHU, Varanasi	(7-9).3.2009
	Polynitrogen encapsulated fullerenes-new nanoscale energetic materials	University of Venice Italy	22.6.2009
	Two bond length behavior of carbon nanotubes	University of Bologna Italy	23.6.2009
	Structure of carbon nanotubes under hydrostatic pressure	University of Bayreuth Germany	30^.6.2009
Dr. Suman Bala	Perspectives of New Physics at Tevatron and LHC colliders	Physics Department (under IAPT chapter and Prof.P.S.Gill foundation)	9-3-2009
	Status of CMS related research Work and report of CMS week at CERN	Delhi University, Delhi	27-3-2009
Dr. Keya Dharamvir	Overview of Nanotechnology	Haryana Engg. Coll., Jagadhri	6.2.2009
	Mechanical Strength of Nanotubes Carbon	NITTTR, Sector 26, Chandigarh	4.5.2009
	World earth Day (in Hindi)	Blind School, Sector 26, Chandigarh.	22.4.2009
	Theoretical Techniques in Nanotechnology	Ryat & Bahra Instt. For Technology, Ropar	14.1.2009
	Tools of Nanotechnology	- do -	15.1.2009
	Strength of Carbon Nanotubes	Centre for Nanoscience, BHU, Varanasi	(7-9).3.2009
	Nanomaterials – Computation	Khalsa Girls College, Ludhiana	28.4.2009
	Graphene, Carbon Nano- Tubes and their Applications	NITTTR, Sec. 26, Chandigarh.	08.11.2011
	Introduction to Nano-Technology	Manav Mangal, Public School,Panchkula.	15.02.2011

Name	Topic of Lecture	Institution	Dates
Dr. G.S.S. Saini	Laser based Scientific & Analytical Techniques	National Institute of Technical Teachers Training, Sector 26, Chandigarh	22.01.2009
Dr. C.N. Kumar	Factorization method and particular Solutions for driven Nonlinear evolution equations	Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Tombay,Mumbai	(13-16).1.2009
Dr. S.K. Tripathi	Organic Thin Films: Sensing	Hindustan Engg.College Agra	18.01.2009
	Preparation of Nano Materials and their Characterization Matter Physics	NIT, Hamirpur (H.P.)	24.05.2009
Dr. Bivash Ranjan Behra	Fusion near the barrier (Open Problems)	Inter University Accelerator Centre, (IUAC), New Delhi	29.5. 2009
	Recent trends in Heavy-ion Induced Fusion-Fission Reactions	Bhaba Atomic Research Centre,Mumbai	9.6. 2009
Dr.Sandeep Sahijpal	Northern zone master resource persons ” training programme on “Total Solar Eclipse –	Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar	30.6.2009
Prof. Raj K. Gupta	Clusters in light, heavy super-heavy and super- super-heavy nuclei	Texas A&M, College Station, Texas,USA	20.9.2009
	Island of Stability for Super-heavy Elements: a new look	Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS), J.-W.-Goethe- Universität, Frankfurt. Germany	12 3.2009
	A new study on Island Stabililty for Super-heavy elements.	Univ. of Gissen, Giessen, Germany	20. 3.2009
	Island of stability and Dynamical cluster- decay. Model	GSI, Darmstadt, Germany	25. 3.2009
Dr. K.S. Bindra	Modern Education kills creativity and obstructs real learning	Deptt. Of Physics, Goa Univ., Goa	7. 7.2009
	Science related with daily life and environment	(Refresher course on Environment P.U. Chd.	19. 7.2009
	Environment which encourages Learning	Rayat & Bahra College of Education, Kharar	26.9.2009
	Use of Innovative teaching	Physics Department	6.11.2009

Name	Topic of Lecture	Institution	Dates
Dr. K.S. Bindra	Strategies in Physics Education;	H.P. University, Refresher course In Physics education
	Workshop on Introductory Tutorials in Mechanics	-do-	-do-
	Environment which stimulates	-do-	7.11.2009
	Learning, Refresher course in Physics education	-do-	-do-
Dr. Nirmal Singh Emeritus Scientist (CSIR)	Tandem Accelerator	Panjab University Chandigarh.	14.3.2008
	Nuclear based structure in A-100-130 Mass region	University of Notre Dame Indiana, USA	19-26,9.2009
	X-ray spectroscopy in Astro Physics	George Washington Univ., Washington DC,USA	28.9.2009
	Front Ranking Experiments in Nuclear Physics	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California,USA	5-6.10.2009
Dr. Suman Beri (reemployed)	Exploring the Quantum Universe – The LARGE HADRON COLLIDER and CMS	Deptt. Of Physics, D.A.V.College, Jalandhar	5. 2. 2010
	Science Day Celebrations The Big Bang Experiment – LHC,The Myths and Realities	Pushpa Gujral Science City,Kapurthala	26.2.2010
Prof.J.B. Singh	Large Hadron Collider (LHC)- Engineering wonders: Engineer’s Day	Chitkara Institute of Engg. & Tech., Rajpura	08.09.2010
Prof. Manjit Kaur	New particle searches at LHC: An experimental perspective	Department of Physics Windsor University Canada	14.10.2010
Prof. Manjit Kaur	RPC system for CMS experiment Department of Physics and its applications in medical imaging	Windsor University Canada	1.12.2010
Dr. B.R. Behera	Fusion-fission process for heavy systems -Opportunities with high intensity beams from VECC, Theme meeting on Nucleus Nucleus Collisions Around Fermi Energy	Variable energy cyclotron Centre, Kolkata.	16-17.12.2010
Dr. Vipin Bhatnagar	Internet and Physics	GGDSD College, Chandigarh.	17.12.2011

3. LIST OF DEPARTMENT SEMINARS

A. Theoretical Physics Seminar Circuit (TPSC) Seminars

(during 2009 to 2011)

S. No.	Title	Speaker	Date
1	Magnetisation Switching Dynamics in Nanomagnets	Prof. M. Daniel Centre of Nonlinear Dynamics, Tiruchirapalli	13.01.2009
2	Materials Under High Pressure	Dr. Surinder M. Sharma BARC, Mumbai	14.02.2009
3	Dielectric Properties of Glassy Materials	Prof. J. Bosse Universitat Berlin, Germany	15.02.2009
4	Indirect Methods for Nuclear Astrophysics	Dr. Rajdeep Chatterjee IIT, Roorkee	21.03.2009
5	Life Time Measurements as a Test for Existence of Chirality	Prof. D. Tonev INFN-LBL, Italy	19.06.2009
6	Prospects of Nanostructured Metal Oxides For Biosensors	Prof. Bansi D. Malhotra NPL, New Delhi	03.09.2009
7	Construction of Second Constant of Motion in Two Dimensional Classical and Quantum Systems	Prof. S.C. Mishra Kurukshetra Univ.	18.09.2009
8	Y. Nambu and Modern High-Energy Physics	Prof. N.D. Haridass IISc, Bangalore	25.09.2009
9	Observing Early Universe in Hyperfine Transition Of Netural Hydrogen	Prof. J.S. Bagla HRI Allahabad	23.10.2009
10	Why LHC?	Prof. D.P. Roy TIFR, Mumbai	04.11.2009
11	Neutrino Mass, Mixing and Oscillations	Prof. D.P. Roy TIFR, Mumbai	05.11.2009
12	Experiments on Semiconductor Devices Under High Magnetic Fields (~8T), at Low Temperature (~4K)	Mr. Asish Arora TIFR, Mumbai	11.11.2009

23	Can we Give Quantum Mechanical Description to Pseudo-Hermitian Hamitonians	Prof. Ashok Das Univ. of Rochester, USA	21.12.2009
24	Semiconductor Quantum Dots as a Source of on Demand Single Photons and Entangled Photon Pairs	Dr. Ranber Singh Max Planck Institute, Germany	07.01.2010
25	A Recapitulation of Indo-US Nuclear Deal	Prof. R. Rajaraman JNU, New Delhi	21.01.2010
26	An Introduction to Quantum Hall Effect	Prof. R. Rajaraman JNU, New Delhi	22.01.2010
27	Inducing Order in a Network of Chaotic Elements	Dr. Sudheshna Sinha IMSc, Chennai	25.02.2010
28	Throwing Light on Dark Energy	Dr. Harvinder Kaur Jassal HRI, Allahabad	25.03.2010
29	From Beta Decay to Double Beta Decay Through Unification	Prof. M.K. Parida Visiting Professor, NISER, Bhubaneswar	28.07.2010
30	An Antineutrino Detector for Monitoring a CANDU Reactor	Dr. Bhaskar Sur Nuclear Science Division, AECL Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, Canada	26.08.2010
31	Atomic Structure Holography using Thermal Neutrons	Dr. Bhaskar Sur Nuclear Science Division, AECL Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, Canada	22.11.2010
32	Unzipping an Adsorbed Polymer and DNA by Force	Dr. Rajeev Kapri IISER, Mohali	25.11.2010
33	The Transient Field Measurements of Pico-Second Lifetime Nuclear States at ANU	Dr. Sanjay Kumar Chamoli Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of Delhi	07.12.2010
34	Search for a Unified Theory	Prof. Sudhakar Panda Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad	24.12.2010
35	Indigenous Technology in a Globalised World: A Case Study	Prof. Deshdeep Sahdev Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur	01.02.2011
36	What Strange Particles Can Tell Us About Hadronic Matter and What Hadronic Matter Tells Us About Strange Particles	Prof. Joerg Aichelin SUBATECH, EMN, Nantes, France	04.03.2011
37	A Unified View of the Basic Forces	Prof. Naresh Dadhich Emeritus Professor, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune	21.03.2011
38	Effect of Resonant Neutrino Oscillation on Tev Neutrino Flavor Ratio From Choked Grbs	Dr. Sarira Sahu Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City	08.07.2011
39	Mass Fragments Emission and Iso-Scaling in Ca+Sn Reactions at 45 Amev	Dr. Hardev Singh	17.07.2011
40	Synthesis and Engineering of Nanocomposites and Nanostructures by Energetic Ions	Dr. D.K. Avasthi Inter University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi	08.09.2011
41	Field Induced Switching in Non-Tilted Polar Orthogonal Smectic Phases of Bent-Core Liquid Crystals	Prof. J.K. Vij School of Engineering, Trinity College, University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland	15.09.2011
42	Success Story of Chandrayaan-I	Dr. S.M. Ahmed Central Instruments Laboratory, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad	04.10.2011
43	Doing Parallel: Tools, Techniques and Scope of Parallel Compuation in Scientific Research	Dr. Jayanti Prasad Inter-University Centre for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Pune	04.11.2011
44	From Outer Space to Inner Space - Imaging with Cosmic Rays	Dr. Bhaskar Sur Applied Physics Branch, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, Canada	25.11.2011
45	Optical Similaritons in a Graded-Index Nonlinear-Fiber Amplifier with an External Source Rays	Dr. Thokala Soloman Raju, Department of Physics, Karunya University, Coimbatore	02.12.2011