Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research - An Autonomous Institution

DAE- Raja Ramanna Lecture in Physics

Sr. No. Foundation Lectures Prize Lectures Date
1 Moiré materials for
probing Berry curvature
physics

Prof. Mandar M. Deshmukh

Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science, TIFR, Mumbai

Wrinkles in 2D
Semiconductors: Tiny folds
with Giant Impact
 

Prof. Joy Mitra

School of Physics,
IISER, Thiruvananthapuram

17/04/2025
2 Derivation of Band-Edges in Semiconductors and their Importance towards Optoelectronic Devices Prof. Amlan J. Pal
Director of the UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Indore JC Bose National Fellow at the School of Physical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata
Sensor Scaling for Intelligent and Smart Nanoelectronics Prof. Navkanta Bhat
Dean, Division of Interdisciplinary Sciences Professor, Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
22/09/2022
3 Quantum Technology: Directions and Prospects Prof. Apoorva D. Patel
Centre for High Energy Physics IISc, Bengaluru
Blast in the one-dimensional cold gas: From Newton to Euler and Navier-Stokes-Fourier Prof. Abhishek Dhar
International Centre for Theoretical Sciences Hessaraghatta, Bengaluru
24/06/2021
4 Room Temperature Superconductors: Ephemeral, Elusive to stable Ones Prof G. Baskaran,
Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai
Geometrically frustrated magnetism:Observation of intrinsic spinglass anomalies in metallic kagone lattices, R3Ru4 AI12 Prof E V Sampathkumaran
Dept of Condensed Matter Physics & Materials Sciences, TIFR, Mumbai
18/09/2019
5 Hybrid Perovskites: The exciting new family of multifaceted materials Prof Satishchanra B Ogale,
IISER, Pune
BoseFermi Duality in 3 dimensions Prof Shirz Minwalla,
TIFR, Mumbai
17/09/2018
6 Light: A powerful tool to study liquid crystal Dr S Krishna Prasad
Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS)
Bengaluru
Structures and states with atomic membranes Prof Arindam Ghosh
Dept. of Physics, IISc,
Bangaluru
14/9/2017
7 Down-to-Earth String Theory Prof. Rajesh Gopakumar
Director, ICTS(TIFR), Mumbai
Spin-Spin Correlations at Different Length Scales in Crystalline Systems Dr S M Yusuf
Head-Magnetism Section & Scientific Officer, Solid State Physics Division, BARC, Trombay, Mumbai
28/09/2016
8 Symmetries and The Birth of the Universe Prof. Sandip Trivedi
Director, TIFR, Mumbai
Materials Modeling from First-principles Electronic Structure Calculations Prof.Tanusri Saha Dasgupta
Dept. of Condensed Matter Physics & Materials Sciences, SNB NCBS, Kolkata
24/09/2015
9 Beyond the Standard Model through the Higgs portal Prof. Rohini Godbole
Centre for High Energy Physics, IISc, Bangalore
Quantum Gravity: A View from General Relativity Prof. Madhavan Varadarajan
Raman Research Institute Bangalore
21/10/2014
10 Extreme Light, Hot Electrons and Laser Fusion Prof.G. Ravindra Kumar
TIFR, Mumbai
Orbital ordering in transition metal oxides – a route to high polarization multiferroics Prof. Priya Mahadevan
S N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata
20/09/2013
11 Novel Electronic Phenomena at Oxide Interfaces Prof. R.C. Budhani
Director
National Physical Laboratory New Delhi
Tweaking the magnetic domains and domain-walls in nanostructures: A prospective magnetic memory concept Dr. P.S. Anil Kumar
Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Science
28/09/2012
12 Solving Quantum Field Theory using Black Holes in one higher dimension Prof. Spenta R Wadia
TIFR, Mumbai
Condensed Matter Physics with Cold Atoms: From Bose Condensation to Synthetic Non-Abelian Gauge Fields Prof. Vijay B Shenoy
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
30/09/2011
13 Strongly Correlated Superconductivity in Rh17S15 Prof. S. Ramakrishnan
TIFR, Mumbai
The Flavours of Synchrony in the Natural World Prof. Ramakrishna Ramaswamy
JNU, New Delhi
30/09/2010
14 Science and Technology of Sodium Cooled Fast Reactors and Associated Fuel Cycles Dr. Baldev Raj
Director
IGCAR, Kalpakkam
Atomically Controlled Surfaces, Interfaces and Nanostructures Prof. Bhupendra Nath Dev,
Dept. of Materials Science,
IACS, Kolkata
09/10/2009
15 Low-dimensional physics using nanomaterials Prof. Milan K Sanyal
Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics Kolkata
Morphotropic Phase Transitions in Ferroic and Multiferroic Oxide Perovskites Prof. Dhananjai Pandey
School of Materials Science and Technology, Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi
09/09/2008
16 The inconstant sun Prof. S.M. Chitre
University of Mumbai
The mathematical modelling of cardiac arrhythmias Prof. Rahul Pandit
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
14/08/2007
17 Noise as a probe of the condensed matter: adding new dimensions Prof. A.K. Raychaudhuri
S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata
Bugs, molecular motors, Brownian inchworms and copper rods Prof. Sriram Ramaswamy
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
10/08/2006
18 Dynamics of surfactant solutions: Super diffusion and rheochaos Prof. A.K. Sood
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Liquid crystals made of banana shaped molecules Prof. N.V. Madhusudana
Raman Research Institute, Bangalore
04/05/2005
19 C axis normal state transport in Cuprates Prof. S.K. Joshi
National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi
Phases and fluctuations in nonequilibrium systems Prof. Mustansir Barma
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
26/10/2004
20 Frontiers in nuclear fission, superheavy nuclei and nuclear energy Prof. S.S. Kapoor
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai
Quantum computing by nuclear magnetic resonance Prof. Anil Kumar
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
09/10/2003
21 Quantum zeno effect: C-axis transport in high-tc layered materials Prof. N. Kumar
Director, RRI, Bangalore
Coherence versus decoherence Prof. S. Dattagupta
Director, S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata
11/10/2002
15/11/2002
22 Why are the colossal magneto resistance manganites so strange? Prof. T.V. Ramakrishnan
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Micro and the macro cosmos Prof. Bikash Sinha
Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata
12/10/2001
23 The May 1998 Pokhran tests—Scientific aspects Dr. R. Chidambaram
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai
Dynamical cluster approximation for strongly correlated systems Prof. H.R. Krishnamurthy
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
20/02/2001
24 Physics, the universe and consciousness Prof. B.V. Sreekantan
National Institute of Advanced Studies
Bangalore
Universal concepts in the theory of glassy systems Prof. Chandan Dasgupta
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
08/10/1999