Learning from the Utopian City : Chandigarh

 

International workshop on ’Learning from the Utopian City’ was held at IISER Mohali from February 28th and 29th, 2016. The workshop brought together Indian and international academics, policy makers, bureaucrats, urban activists and NGOs on the same platform to deliberate upon the contested histories and imagined futures for the city of Chandigarh. Ideas of Chandigarh as a ’heritage city’ and as ’a smart city’ were examined. The workshop was part of a larger series of workshops conducted in India (at Varanasi, Navi Mumbai and Nashik) and a conference at the University of Leeds, UK. They were part of a project on Utopian Cities funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), UK and Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR). Dr. Anu Sabhlok is the India PI for this project and Dr. Ayona Datta (University of Leeds) is the UK PI.

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RSC-Salters' Chemsitry Camp at IISER Mohali, 25 - 27 July 2016

 

The Camps run for 3 days and 2 nights with students experiencing...

Hands-on practical Chemistry in University labs Interaction with researchers Exciting chemical demonstrations A taster of life staying in University hostels The chance to meet like-minded students Camp activities delivered in local languages in addition to English

We are looking for teachers with...

A degree in the chemical sciences or an equivalent qualification Evidence of working with schools and teachers, ideally with a teaching qualification Demonstrated enthusiasm for science education in general and chemical science in particular Open to learning and implementing new teaching methods and using new technologies Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Punjabi Good laboratory skills and the ability to assist students in the practical chemistry laboratory activities as detailed in the project resource

We expect teachers to...

Supervise the students throughout the Camp, also staying overnight with students in Hostel accommodation Assist the University staff with delivery of the Camps day and evening activities Agree to one/half day basic training before the Camp i.e. on 24th July 2016

What the teachers can expect to achieve...

Helping to inspire students A certificate from the Salters’ Institute and the Royal Society of Chemistry The opportunity to learn new topics in Chemistry An honorarium of Rs 20,000 for entire Camp duration

If you are interested please write to dhamdhereb@rsc.org 31th May 2016

 

 

Conference on Nonlinear systems and dynamics , CNSD 2015: March 13-15, 2015

 

The Conference on Nonlinear systems and dynamics  organized by Prof. Sudeshna Sinha and Prof. Somdatta Sinha during March 13-15, 2015 was the ninth of a very successful conference series, organized periodically with a view to bring together researchers with overlapping interests in nonlinear dynamics on a single platform and foster exchange and collaboration among the young and senior researchers who work in areas spanning a wide range of disciplines that use the language and tools of nonlinear dynamics. CNSD-2015 drew around 150 participants. There were 17invited talks from leading active researchers from around India, as well as a couple from Germany, one from Japan and one from USA. There were 38 contributed talks, which ran in parallel sessions, and 50 poster presentations.
The themes encompassed integrable systems and solitons, Hamitonian chaos, quantum chaos, time delay systems, non smooth dynamical systems, dynamics of patterns, synchronization and coupled systems, fractals and multifractals, time series analysis, networks, nonlinear dynamics in engineering sciences, nonlinear phenomena in astrophysics, complex biological systems, plasma and magnetohydrodynamics, nonlinear optics and chemical kinetics.
The participants of CNSD15 appreciated the scientific content and ambience of the meeting. The conference had very high scientific level, very good presentations and a novel aspect that was much appreciated was the participation of people even from  Biology and  engineering.

Advanced Training in Mathematic Workshop on Lattices: Geometry and Dynamics 

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>The Advanced Training in Mathematic Workshop on Lattices: Geometry and Dynamics that was sponsored by the National Board of Higher Mathematics was organized by Dr. Krishnendu Gangopadhyay and Dr. Mahender Singh at IISER Mohali during 17th - 22nd December 2014.. A total of 40 participants that included 12 faculty ( 3 international , 9 national) and 28 students ( 24 national,4 international ) attended.

>Lattices are discrete subgroups of the n-dimensional affine space that corresponds to points of the form (a1, a2, ...., an) with a1, a2,...,an are all integers. The basic examples are the set of integers in the real line and the integer grids at the xy-plane. Lattices are important objects of study in mathematical sciences. They have connection with other areas of science as well. They have found lots of application in cryptography and computer science. They are used in the physical and chemical sciences as well. For example, in materials science and solid-state physics, a lattice is a synonym for the frame work of a crystalline structure, a 3-dimensional array of regularly spaced points coinciding with the atom or molecule positions in a crystal. In biology, lattices are used to understand several genetic structure in connection to their dynamical structure with knotted objects like the DNA.

>In the Advanced Training in Mathematics workshop, the emphasis was to study dynamical and geometrical aspects of Lattices in Lie groups. A Lie group in Mathematics is a symmetric object that has a smooth structure. A lattice is a discrete subgroup of a Lie group such that the quotient has finite volume. The workshop gave expositions to several dynamical and geometric aspects of lattices. A special emphasis of the workshop was to give up to date survey of construction of fundamental domains of lattices in non-Euclidean geometries.

>The meeting investigated geometric, arithmetic and dynamical aspects of lattices in Lie groups. The main component of the program was an advanced school that consisted of around four courses on several topics related to lattices. Apart from these courses, there were some invited talks by experts on recent developments. Topics were chosen to cover the modern aspects of the area which are very much active presently. During the entire program, there was ample time to hold discussions among the young participants and the experienced researchers/speakers. The program involved researchers from around the globe as well as enthusiastic young graduate and post-doctoral students.

 

Instructional School on Mathematical & Computational Biology (ISMCB-1)

 

 

>The first Instructional School on Mathematical & Computational Biology (ISMCB-1) was organized by the Mohali node of the SERB supported National Network of Mathematical & Computational Biology (NNMCB) from May 15 to 29, 2014 at IISER Mohali, Punjab. The coordinator of the school was Prof. Somdatta Sinha.

>This school aimed to provide the basic framework required to understand and work in the highly interdisciplinary field of Mathematical and Computational Biology. Thirty-two undergraduate and graduate students, and three college teacher participants were chosen who came from Physics, Mathematics, Biology, and Engineering disciplines. Speakers were chosen from both academia and industry.Unlike focused courses on specific methods or biological area, the format of the school aimed to enable students to get a wide overview, along with some in-depth knowledge, of few common methods.

>After a few preliminary classes on Biology and Linear Algebra, to help people from different backgrounds come to a common level, there were few general overview talks on Bioinformatics and biological data. Four short courses on methods and applications of Differential Equations, Graphs Theory. Stochastic Processes, and Time Series Analysis were conducted with classroom lectures and hands-on computational labs. During the last four days there were long talks,starting from basics to an advanced level, on Neurobiology, Structural Biology, Molecular machines, Mathematical modelling of electrical activity, Machine Learning Methods, and Modeling in Pharmaceutical Research.

 

 

Discussion Meeting on Group Theory

 

 

The Discussion Meeting on Group Theory sponsored by the National Board of Higher Mathematics was organized by Dr. Krishnendu Gangopadyay and Dr. Mahender Singh at IISER Mohali during May 08 - 11th, 2014.

The conference had a total of 31 participants (14 faculty, 17 students ) from different parts of the country. The aim of this meeting was to bring together group theorists in India, and hold discussions on several aspects of modern day research on the topic. Emphasis of the meeting was on finite and computational group theory. However, some topics in geometric group theory, representation theory and related topics were also included. The discussion provided up to date information of current themes of research in group theory. A novel feature of the meeting were special sessions on GAP (Groups, Algorithms, and Programming) software that has been proven to be an essential computational tool in understanding of groups. Main topics that were covered in the meeting were: Representations of finite groups, Automorphisms of p-groups, Conjugacy classes and their generalizations, Group rings, GAP.

 

11th Annual Meet and Workshop of INDEST-AICTE Consortium

  

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>The 11th Annual Meet and Workshop of the INDEST-AICTE Consortium was organized by IISER Mohali in association with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi on 29 th and 30th April 2015. More than 300 library Professionals, Prof-In-Charges from Member Institutes of INDEST, AICTE Institutes , Tricity Institutes and also Publishers from India and abroad were participated in the event. The Event was successfully organized by the library under the leadership of Dr P. Visakhi, Deputy Librarian, Organizing Secretary of the event.

The two days event was inaugurated by Hon’ble Chief Guest Prof Shevgaonkar , Chairman, National Steering Committee of INDEST-AICTE Consortium and Director, IIT Delhi in the presence of Guest of Honour Prof. M.K Surappa, Director, IIT Ropar , Prof. N. Sathyamurty, Director, IISER Mohali, Dr. Jagdish Arora, Director, INFLIBNET and Prof. B.D.Gupta, National Coordinator, INDEST- AICTE Consortium and Professor, Dept of Physics, IIT Delhi and Dr.P. Visakhi, Deputy Librarian, IISER Mohali and Organizing Secretary of event.

A short film on IISER Mohali Library Services and facilities developed by the P&V Club of (students) IISER Mohali was screened during the inaugural function. Workshop on “National Digital Library (NDL)", a Project of Min of HRD was held by NDL team from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Khargpur which was followed by technical sessions and talks on Discovery Tools, Communications of Scholarly Information, Building Productive Teams and Succession Planning, Application of WINK software in developing self-instructional tutorial for e-resources, Federated Search engines, Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) and Services Tax issues in library resources subscription. The Sessions were flavored with Product presentation by IEEE, AIP, OSA, Balani Infotech, AAAS, RemoteXs, Wiley etc., and the evening was graced with Cultural programs performed by Dept of Cultural Affairs, Min. of Haryana.


Day 2 started with a meeting of the Core Members of INDEST-AICTE Consortium. The discussion was moderated by Professor B.D. Gupta, National Coordinator for INDEST-AICTE Consortium and Dr. Neeraj Chaurasia, Deputy Librarian, IIT Delhi. Core Members meeting was followed by Two technical Sessions with invited talks on “Copyright  and Copyleft Creative Commons – License Models”, Research data management: An emerging challenges”, “Negotiation of e-Resources: Win-Win Situation”,“The Open Online Courses: The NOC”, Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) courses through Eklavya and NPTEL etc with product
presentation  by  Emerald, GeeKen furniture and Informatics India,  Bridge  People Technologies,Elsevier,, Nature Publishing Group.

During the meet, as a token of appreciation, acknowledgment and encouragement “Best User” awards, sponsored by the publishers, were presented to the institutes with highest usage of various resources like IEEE, ASME, ASCE, EBSCO etc. The Workshop ended with Panel discussion on “Raising Professional Ethics in Librarianship”. The valedictory function was graced by Hon'ble Chief Guest Prof. Arun Kumar Grover, Vice Chancellor, Punjab University, Guest of Honour Prof. Timothy Gonsalves, Director, IIT Mandi, Prof. N. Sathyamurthy, Director, IISER Mohali, Prof. B.D.Gupta, National Coordinator, INDEST-AICTE Consortium, Dr. Sudip Mandal, Chairman, Library Committee, IISER Mohali, Dr. Neeraj Chaurasia, Deputy Librarian, IIT Delhi and Dr. Kshema Prakash, Deputy Librarian, IIT Jodhpur.

 

Computational Biology@IISERs

 

A workshops on “Computational Biology@IISERs”, was organized by Prof. Somdatta Sinha on June 9, 2013.