Celebrate Science Day 2025 with ICTS!ICTS is opening its doors to the public for an exciting Science Festival! Join us on campus to explore groundbreaking research, interact with our brilliant minds, and experience science like never before. Students and faculties from ICTS will showcase their fascinating research works before you. Each research group from ICTS will explain their area of research to you. We also have select exhibits from public participants.Don’t miss this golden opportunity—come, explore, and ignite your curiosity!Supported by Arista Networks India Pvt. Ltd.
Event Description: Tales of pyramids and spheres: speaking volumes of CavalieriAbstract: We will explore the computation of volume of interesting solids using simple geometrical ideas and dimensional arguments. We will start with the unassuming pyramid and we will explore how dimensional arguments and extreme case reasoning allows us to approach the volume of a truncated pyramid. If you have ever wondered about the formula for the cone volume, we will see this in action by building a paper model and solving a puzzle. Following this, we will extend this idea to the volume of a sphere using the ideas of Cavalieri and discover how it has connections with another peculiar solid, which goes by many names, but one is called the Steinmetz solid! Depending on audience interest, we can draw connections to Mamikon’s sweeping tangent theorem and its connection to Cavalieri congruenceAbout the Speaker: Kaushik Basu is an instructor in Mathematics and Physics at the Graduate School of Education, Un...
ICTS Exhibits at Sci560, Science Gallery BengaluruAs part of the Sci560 exhibition organized by Science Gallery Bengaluru, the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS) presents three unique exhibits that bridge the gap between cutting-edge scientific research and interactive public engagement. These exhibits showcase the synergy between theoretical physics, experimental analogies, and natural phenomena, inviting visitors to explore complex concepts through visually compelling and hands-on experiences.The first exhibit draws an analogy between shallow-water waves and the merging of binary black holes, providing an accessible demonstration of gravitational wave generation. Using a ripple tank setup, this exhibit mirrors the gravitational waves produced during the inspiral and collision phases of black hole mergers, translating an otherwise abstract concept into a tangible, visual experience.The second exhibit, developed in collaboration with NCBS, uses slime mold to model Ben...
Climate change, or more appropriately, the climate "crisis", looms upon our future and is poised to become one of the most significant challenges our current and future generations will face. This exhibition, titled "Climate Chaos: We’re Just Warming Up", gives you a science informed, starkly visual impression of what this crisis will mean for your lives in urban Indian megacities like Bangalore, Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata.The exhibition features interactive demonstrations and videos, like showing the link between carbon dioxide emissions and sea-level rise, the increase in frequency of extreme climate events due to a shifting global mean and a live demonstration of the discomfort of humid heat vs dry heat (a particularly coastal problem). The exhibition also features AI-generated speculative imagery of future scenarios of Indian cities, with and without climate intervention. Finally, the exhibition ends with "The Hope", demarcating steps and pointers for individuals, to build ...
The recent detection of gravitational waves from a merging binary neutron star system, along with follow-up observations in the full frequency band of the electromagnetic spectrum mark the dawn of multimessenger astronomy. In celebration of this wonderful milestone in astronomy, ICTS is organizing a half-day scientific event. The event will feature several talks summarizing the gravitational and electromagnetic observations, accessible to general scientists and scientifically inclined public. Program Chair: Bala R Iyer Time Speaker Topic 10:00 - 10:05 Rajesh Gopakumar (ICTS) Welcome remarks 10:05 - 10:15 Bala Iyer (ICTS) Opening remarks 10:15 - 10:45 Parameswaran Ajith (ICTS) Gravitational-wave observations of the binary neutron star inspiral GW170817 10:45 - 11:15 Varun Bhalerao (IIT Bombay) Multimessenger observations of GW170817 (remote talk) 11:15 - 11:30 Coffee/Tea 11:30 - 12:00 K. G. Arun (CMI) GRB Astrop...
A Special scientific event following the recent LIGO discovery of binary black holes Electromagnetic observations have provided evidence of astrophysical black holes over the last several decades. Recently, gravitational wave observations by LIGO have provided yet another means of observing these remarkable objects. Following the LIGO’s announcement of its detection of gravitational waves from a second binary black hole system, ICTS is organizing a special scientific event. Renowned astrophysicist Ramesh Narayan (Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences, Harvard University) will give a broad overview of the astrophysics of black holes. This colloquium will be followed by shorter talks on LIGO’s recent discoveries and their implications for our understanding of the astrophysics and Einstein’s theory of General Relativity by Parameswaran Ajith (Faculty member in Physics, ICTS) and Nathan K. Johnson-McDaniel (Airbus prize postdoctoral fellow, ICTS). The event will be followed...
The discovery of gravitational waves is a special moment for science. In celebration of this occasion and also to highlight the important contributions made by the Indian scientific community, ICTS-TIFR is organising a day event (10am-3pm) on Saturday, 13 Feb 2016 at its new campus in Hesaraghatta. This event titled "The Universe in a New Light" will consist of talks aimed at a general scientific audience, which will explain the origin of gravitational waves, how they were detected and what we are learning from their detection as well as the new directions that now open up. The speakers include Bala Iyer (Simons Visiting Professor at ICTS-TIFR and Chairperson, IndIGO consortium), C. V. Vishveshwara, P. Ajith (group leader in Astrophysical relativity, ICTS-TIFR), K.G. Arun (CMI), Tarun Souradeep (IUCAA, Pune; Spokesperson, Indigo consortium). They will convey how this discovery opens a completely new window into the universe entirely different from how we have seen the universe hitherto...
This event marks the inauguration of the Campus of the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences of TIFR. The academic program will consist of lectures in traditional areas of the basic sciences. There is a public lecture by Prof. Manjul Bhargava.
The purpose of this event is to mark the foundation of a Campus at Bangalore for the newly established International Centre for Theoretical Sciences of the TIFR. The academic program of the event will consist of keynote lectures by leaders in traditional areas of basic sciences as well as in interdisciplinary areas. There will be two panel discussions on interdisciplinary research. There will also be several public lectures by eminent scientists as a part of the ICTS outreach effort.ICTS Inaugural Event PosterSatellite MeetingsInvited Speakers/ Panelists List of talksComplete Program SchedulePanelsSchedule of Public EventsPublic LecturesFoundation Stone Ceremony of the ICTS Campus *Cultural Program Transport for Public Events Bus ScheduleDirections for AccommodationsInaugural Event Pictures* Due to unforseen circumstances, Sir Michael Atiyah could not attend the Foundation Stone Ceremony. His message, which was read out during the Ceremony, is available here.
