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Talks given since about mid-1997:
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Talks at academic conferences and workshops
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- Demystifying Majorana neutrinos
Invited talk at the
conference "Aspects of neutrinos" organized
by the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, held at Goa
University Conference Centre, 08--15 April 2009.
- Level crossing phenomena in astrophysics
Invited talk at the
conference "Particle Physics: achievements and challenges" organized
by Calcutta University, 04 Feb 2008.
- Lorentz symmetry violating signatures in a
medium
Invited talk at the conference
"Contemporary issues in nuclear and particle physics", Jadavpur
University, Calcutta, 01 Feb 2008.
- Issues in neutrino astrophysics and
cosmology
Invited talk at the WIN-07
conference (Weak Interaction and Neutrinos) held at the Saha Institute
of Nuclear Physics, Calcutta, 15 Jan -- 20 Jan 2007.
- Mohabishwer jyamiti (Geometry of the
universe)
Invited talk at the 3-day conference on "The
international year of Physics", Bengal Engineering and Science
University, Howrah, 30 Nov - 02 Dec 2005.
- Bhasha-shikkhon o projukti (Language
teaching and technology)
Invited talk at the 3-day conference on
"Aspects of Grammar and Language", Paschim Banga Bangla Akademi, 17-19
Aug 2005.
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Geometry of the universe
Invited talk at the 1-day conference on "100
years of relativity", Kalyani University, 21 Apr 2005.
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Neutrinos and magnetic fields
Plenary talk at the conference "Theoretical
High Energy Physics-1", organized by Indian Institute of Technology,
Roorkee, India, 16-20 Mar 2005.
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Science fiction: how much science and how much fiction?
Plenary talk at the conference on "Science and
Literature", organized by the Department of Bengali, Burdwan University,
10-11 Feb 2005.
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Neutrino mass and mixing
Plenary talk at the "XVI DAE-BRNS High energy
physics symposium", Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Calcutta,
29 Nov -- 02 Dec 2004.
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Standard model and beyond
Invited talk at the "National conference on
neutrinos in nuclear, particle and astrophysics",
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 26-28 Feb 2004.
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Neutrinos in high magnetic fields
Invited talk at the conference "Contemporary
issues in nuclear and particle physics", Jadavpur University,
Calcutta, 16-17 Feb 2004.
- Morphological analysis of some recent
orthographical reforms
Invited lecture at the one-day conference on
Grammatical and lexical studies in Bengali,
Department of Linguistics, Calcutta University, 25/3/03.
- Magnetic monopoles and quantization of
electric charge
Invited lecture at the conference
AKR-80 on the occassion of the 80th birthday of Prof. Amal Kumar
Raychaudhuri, organized jointly by Jadavpur University and the S N
Bose National Center for Basic Sciences, Calcutta, 22/2/03-24/2/03.
- Introduction to the supersymmetric
standard model
12 invited lectures at the Vietnam Winter
School of Physics, held at the Institute of Physics, Hanoi,
Vietnam, 25/12/00-6/1/01.
- Twentieth century science and the
deconstruction of reality
Invited talk at the National seminar on
Literature and Philosophy, Department of English, Jadavpur
University, Calcutta, India, 22-24 Mar 2000.
- Breakdown of universality of
electromagnetic and gravitational interactions in matter
Two invited talks at the conference on Finite temperature field
theory, Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Calcutta, India,
8-11 Oct 1999.
- Neutrino scattering in strong
magnetic fields
Invited talk at the COSMO-99 conference, Abdus Salam International
Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 29 Sep - 2 Oct 1999.
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Cosmology with non-zero cosmological constant
Invited talk at the conference of Young Astrophysicists of Today's
India (YATI),
S.N. Bose Center for Basic Sciences, Calcutta, India, 24-26 Mar 1999.
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Modern determinations of cosmological parameters
Discussion meeting on Recent developments in Neutrino Physics,
Physical Reseach Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India, 2-4 Feb 1999.
Invited talk.
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Particle dark matter
Invited talk at Cosmology: theory confronts observations,
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur,
India, 11-17 Jan 1999.
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Matter and gravity
Invited talk at the Topical symposium on Particle Physics,
Indian Physics Association, held at Calcutta University,
Calcutta, India, 21 Dec 1998.
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An overview of Neutrino physics
Invited talk at the SERC school for Nuclear Physics, Variable
Energy Cyclotron Centre, Calcutta, India, July 1998.
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Fifty years of the pion
Invited talk at the conference on 100 years of the discovery of the
electron, 50 years of the pion and
25 years of asymptotic freedom, Jadavpur University,
Calcutta, India, 27 April 1998.
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Neutrino astrophysics and cosmology: recent developments.
Invited talk at Perspectives of Theoretical Physics, Indian
Association of
Cultivation of Science, Calcutta, India, 22-24 April 1998.
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Neutrino properties from reactor and accelerator experiments.
Invited Plenary talk at the B and Nu Workshop, Mehta Research
Institute, Allahabad, India, 4-8 Jan 1998.
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Neutrino astrophysics and cosmology: recent developments.
Invited Plenary talk at the B and Nu Workshop, Mehta Research
Institute, Allahabad, India, 4-8 Jan 1998.
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Optical activity of a neutrino gas
Invited talk at the Workshop on Astroparticle Physics,
International Center for
Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 15 Oct - 15 Dec 1997.
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- Symmetry violation through matter effects
High Energy Physics Seminar, Technische Universitat,
Dortmund, 20 May 2010.
- Dirac, Majorana and Weyl fermions
A series of 2 lectures at the Instituto Superior
Tecnico, Lisbon, on 16 and 23 November 2009.
- Measurement of length
Physics Department Colloquium, IIT Kanpur,
21 Aug 2009.
- Measurement of length
Colloquium, IISER Bhopal,
20 Aug 2009.
- Quantum Field Theory
A series of 6 lectures at the Refresher Course
organized by Physics Department, Calcutta University, 05 to 09 Sep
2008.
- Thermodynamics
A series of 5 lectures at the Refresher Course
organized by Physics Department, Calcutta University, 05 to 11 Sep
2007.
- Level-crossing phenomena in astrophysics
Colloquium, Physics Department, Indian
Institute of Science, Bangalore, 03 Nov 2006.
- Measuring lengths
Seminar, Physics Department, Indian
Institute of Science, Bangalore, 02 Nov 2006.
- Level-crossing phenomena in astrophysics
Colloquium, Indian Institute of Astrophysics,
Bangalore, 31 Oct 2006.
- Schwinger propagator and its limitations
Seminar given at the
Physics Department, Calcutta University, 4 Jul 2006.
- The life story of a typical star
Invited talk at the Refresher Course organized by
Physics Department, Calcutta University, 11 Sep 2005.
- Statistical Mechanics of relativistic
systems
Two talks at the Refresher Course organized by
Physics Department, Calcutta University, 15 and 16 Sep 2004.
- Measuring neutrino masses
Invited talk at the Academic
Session of the Annual General Body
Meeting of the Indian Physical Society, held at the Indian Association
for Cultivation of Sciences, Calcutta, India. 14 May 2004.
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Physics of high magnetic fields
Colloquium, Physics Department, Indian
Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 26 Mar 2004.
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Matter in high magnetic fields
Invited talk at a Refresher course held at the
Physics Department, University of Kalyani, 12 Feb 2004.
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Determining the ages of old things like the earth, the sun, and the
universe
1st Jagjit Singh Memorial Lecture at the
Indian Association of Cultivation of Science, Calcutta, 19 May 2003.
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Moulo kona o mohabishwo (Elementary particles and the universe)
Physics Department seminar, Bardhaman
University, 17 April 2003.
- The 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics
Colloquium, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 16 Apr 2003.
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Magnetic monopoles and Dirac quantization
Theory Group seminar, Saha Institute of Nuclar
Physics, Calcutta, 5 Mar 2003.
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Physics Nobel Prize for 2002
Colloquium, S.N. Bose Centre for Basic
Sciences, Calcutta, 3 Dec 2002.
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Is there a "solar neutrino problem" anymore?
Seminar, Centre de Physique Théorique,
École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France.
27 May 2002.
- Elementary particles in material media
Seminar, Physics Department, University of
Cergy-Pontoise, France. 21 May 2002.
- Gravitational and inertial mass of a
particle in a medium
Seminar, Centre de Physique Théorique,
École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France.
16 May 2002.
- Non-universal gravitational coupling of
fermions in a medium
High Energy Physics Seminar, Abdus Salam
International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy. 31 May
2001.
- Quantum theory and relativity
Invited talk at the Academic
Session on ``100 years of Quantum Theory'' at the Annual General Body
Meeting of the Indian Physical Society, held at the Indian Association
for Cultivation of Sciences, Calcutta, India. 4 May 2001.
- The cosmological constant
Physics Department, Viswa-Bharati University,
Shantiniketan, India. 1 April 2001.
- Neutrinos and pulsar kicks
Colloquium, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics,
Pune, 10 Apr 2000.
- The 1999 Nobel Prize in Physics
Colloquium, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 10 Oct 1999.
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Determination of cosmological parameters
Theory group seminar, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Calcutta, 1
Mar 1999.
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Non-universality of gravitational couplings in a medium
Colloquium, S.N. Bose Centre for Basic Sciences, Calcutta, 18 Feb 1999.
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Matter and gravity
Colloquium, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 5 Feb 1999.
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Elementary particles in material media
Colloquium, Indian Association for the
Cultivation of Science, Calcutta. August 1997.
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Conference and workshop organization
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- Member of the National organizing committee of Workshop on High Energy Physics Phenomenology
(WHEPP)-11 held at the Physical Research Laboratory,
Ahmedabad, January 2010.
- Member of the Advisory committee of JIGSAW
(Joint Indo-German School And Workshop) 2007 at the Tata
Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, February 2007.
- Member of the National organizing committee of Workshop on High Energy Physics Phenomenology
(WHEPP)-9 held at the Institute of Physics, Bhubaneshwar,
January 2006.
- Member of the Local organizing committee of DAE High Energy Physics conference held at the
Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Calcutta, 29 Nov-2 Dec 2004.
- Member of the Advisory committee of National conference on
neutrinos in nuclear, particle and astrophysics
held at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 26-28
Feb 2004.
- Member of the National organizing committee of PASCOS-03, IXth International Symposium on Particles,
Strings and Cosmology, held at the Tata Institute of
Fundamental Research, Mumbai, 3-8 January, 2003.
- Member of the organizing committee of the Conference on Neutrino Physics held as part of
the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Saha Institute of Nuclear
Physics from 9/8/2000 to 11/8/2000.
- Organized the SERC school on Theoretical
High Energy Physics as the Director of the school. Held at the
Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics from 14/2/2000 to 4/3/2000. Funded
by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
- Member of the organizing committee of the Conference on Quantum Field Theory held as part of
the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Saha Institute of Nuclear
Physics from 18/1/2000 to 22/1/2000.
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Public or popular lectures
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Doirghyer porimap (Measurements of length)
Invited lecture at DST-INSPIRE Internship Science Camp, Kalyani
University, 24 Jun 2010.
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Kyalendarer rohosyo (The mystery of calendars)
Invited lecture at Dinabandhu Andrews College, Garia, 12 Feb 2010.
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History and mystery of calendars
Invited lecture at the Chemistry Department Reunion of Jadavpur
University, 3 Feb 2010.
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Why a scientist's career is fun
Invited lecture at a science camp organized by Jagadis Bose National
Science Talent Search for high school students, 1 August 2009.
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Mohabishwer shoishob (The childhood of the universe)
Invited lecture organized by the PashchimBanga Bigyan Mancha as part of
their celebration of the international year of astronomy, 14 June 2009.
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Bigyan o dorshon (Science and Philosophy)
AmarNath Bhaduri memorial lecture organized by Ekushe Songsod, 13
June 2009.
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Jyotirbider jontropati (The instruments of astronomy)
Invited lecture at the celebration of the International Year of Astronomy
organized by the Manindra-Narayan Trust, Calcutta, 10 Jan 2009.
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Doirghyer porimap (Measurements of length)
Invited lecture at Narasingha Dutt College, Howrah, 18 Sep
2008.
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Doirghyer porimap (Measurements of length)
Invited lecture at Bethune College, Calcutta, 15 Sep
2008.
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Measurements of length
Bibharani Debi Memorial lecture at the Calcutta University, 21 May
2008.
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On scientific and technical terminology in Bangla
Invited lecture given at the "Celebration of 100 years of Vidyasagar
College", Calcutta. 18 Mar 2008.
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Bigyaner poridhi (The realm of science)
DhirendraNath Gangopadhyay Memorial lecture of the Pavlov Institute,
Calcutta. 20 Dec 2007.
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Doirghyer porimap (Measurements of length)
Lecture at the Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur, 4
Oct 2007.
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Doirghyer porimap (Measurements of length)
Lecture at the Science Day celebration at Visva-Bharati University,
Shantiniketan, 1 Mar 2007.
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Doirghyer porimap (Measurements of length)
Jatindra Mohan Das Sarma Memorial lecture at the Scottish Church
College, Calcutta, 29 Nov 2006.
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Jyotirbider jontropati (The instruments of astronomy)
Invited talk at a seminar on Recent Trends in Astronomy and Cosmology
organized by the Sky Watchers' Association, Calcutta, 30 Jun 2006.
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Geometry of our universe
Lecture at the Science Day celebration at the Saha Institute of
Nuclear Physics, Calcutta, 28 Feb 2006.
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Forces: from Newton to Einstein
Invited lecture at Ballyganj Shiksha Sadan, Calcutta, 23 Dec 2005.
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Bol somporkito dharona (The concept of Force)
Invited lecture at the Institute of Physics, Basirhat, 22 Dec 2005.
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Einstein o amra (Einstein and us)
Invited lecture at Baruipur Book Fair, 15 Dec 2005.
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Unification of forces
Invited lecture at Maulana Azad College, Calcutta, 27 Sep 2005.
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Elementary particles
Invited lecture at Bangabasi Evening College, Calcutta, 19 Sep 2005.
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Moulik podarther utpotti (Origin of the elements)
Invited lecture at Jogmaya Devi College, Calcutta, 12 Sep 2005.
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Geometry of the universe
Invited lecture at Bidhan-Nagar College, Calcutta, 29 Jul 2005.
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Apekkhikotar prasongikota (The relevance of relativity)
Invited lecture at a symposium organized by PashchimBanga Bigyan
Mancha, held at Ballygunj Science College, Calcutta, 29 Apr 2005.
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Einstein and the corpuscular view of the universe
Invited lecture at Dumdum Motijhil College, Calcutta, 1 Apr 2005.
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Is relativity useful?
Invited lecture at Jaipuria College, Calcutta, 27 Jan 2005.
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Einstein without relativity
Invited lecture at the annual session of the Breakthrough Science
Society, Calcutta, 15 Oct 2004.
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Moulo kona (Elementary particles)
Lecture at Mahajati Bidyapith, Agarpara, 23 Sep 2004.
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Malamas kaké bolé? (What is a "malamas"?)
Broadcast from the Akashbani Calcutta Radio Station, 18 Aug
2004.
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Paromanobik ghorhi (Atomic clocks)
Broadcast from the Akashbani Calcutta Radio Station, 7
Aug 2004.
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Einstein and relativity
Invited lecture at Jaipuria College, Calcutta, 22 Apr 2004.
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The mystery of calendars
Invited public Lecture in the "Horizon" series organized
by the Physics Society of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur,
26 Mar 2004.
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The mystery of calendars
Invited lecture at the 57th and 58th Orientation Course organized by
Calcutta University, 23 Dec 2003.
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Calendar-er kotha (The story of calendars)
Invited lecture at Sorojini Naidu Girls' College for Women, Calcutta,
16 Dec 2003.
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Galileo-r jibon o karma (Life and works of Galileo)
Invited lecture at the West Bengal District
Scheme Nurture Program organized by the Jagadish Bose National
Science Talent Search, held at the National Council of Science Museum,
Calcutta. 20 Oct 2003.
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Mohakaler simana (The frontiers of cosmic time)
Broadcast from the Akashbani Calcutta Radio Station on
25 Jul 2003.
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Einstein's biggest mistake?
Invited talk at a symposium held at Behala College, Calcutta,
13 Dec 2002.
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Bengali Scientific terminology vis-a-vis scientific terms in English,
Sanskrit and Hindi
Talk given at the conference on "Scientific
and Technical terminology in Bengali" organized by the
Division of Human Resources of the Government of India and the West
Bengal State Book Board, 16-18 Jan 2002.
Invited talk.
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Science and values
Talk given for Refresher course in Philosophy at Jadavpur University,
Calcutta,
23 Aug 2001.
Invited talk.
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What is the vacuum?
Talk given to high school students of Patha-Bhavan, Shantiniketan,
31 Mar 2001.
Invited talk.
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The story of the Cosmological constant
Invited talk at a symposium held at Lady Brabourne College, Calcutta,
22 Feb 2001.
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Quantum theory and elementary particles
Invited talk at the 1-day symposium on 100 years of Quantum
Theory, St. Paul's College, Calcutta, 13 Sep 2000.
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History of measurements
Five talks at the Summer school for school leaving
students,
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Calcutta, 28 June
to 7 July 2000.
Invited talk.
- The mystery and the history of calendars
Special evening talk, Inter-University Centre
for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, 10 Apr 2000.
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Somoyer porimap (The measurement of time)
Broadcast from the Akashbani Calcutta Radio Station in April
2000.
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Particles in the universe
Asutosh Roy Memorial Lecture 1999, Indian Institute for the
Cultivation of Science, Calcutta, 24 Dec 1999.
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Science and non-science
Sara Bangla Bignan-karmi Sammelan, Barasat, 23 Nov 1999.
Invited talk.
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Particles
Three talks at the Summer school for school leaving
students,
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Calcutta, June 1999.
Invited talk.
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Jyotirbidyay tathya-biplab (Information revolution in Astronomy)
Sashtha Bangla Bignan O Projukti Congress, held at Bengal
Engineering College, Howrah, India, 26-28 Feb 1999.
Invited talk.
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Panelist in an open session of "Meet the Scientist" for school
students, held at the West Bengal Science Fair, Calcutta.
20 Jan 2007.
- India's moon mission: is it the case of a
dwarf reaching for the moon?
Panelist in a discussion organized by "Desh"
magazine on 1/2/2005, held at the Kolkata Book Fair, Calcutta.
- Impact of Science on people's psyche
Panelist in a discussion organized by Orient
Longman and Universities Press on 11/5/2003, held at the Peerless Inn,
Calcutta.
- Corporate vs state sponsorship of science
and the scientist's responsibility
Panelist in a discussion at the Indian
Association for the Cultivation of Science, Calcutta,
1/4/2003. Organized by the Research Students' Association of that
institute.
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Speaker in an exhibition debate arranged by Bethune College Alumni
Association, held at Science College, Calcutta.
21 Jul 2000.
Topic:
Good students are not studying Physics for the lack of future in the
subject.
- Interview given on the Calcutta
Dooradarshan (Television), first telecast on 28 Jun 2000.
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Crossing disciplinary boundaries
Panel discussion as a part of a Refresher course, Calcutta
University, Calcutta, 10 Mar 2000.
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