Session on Nobel prizes

A set of popular lectures were organized around the theme of the 2011 Nobel prizes in Science on October 22, 2011 at IISER Mohali. Six lectures were arranged in two sessions to highlight the work and discoveries that led to the award. The lectures were as follows:

• Dr. Anu Sabhlok: The peace prize.
• Dr. Adrene Freeda D’cruz: The prize in literature.
• Prof. Sucha Singh Gill (CRRID, Chandigarh): The economics prize.
• Dr. Sanjay Mandal: The chemistry prize.
• Dr. Arunika Mukhopadhyay: The prize in medicine.
• Prof. J S Bagla: The physics prize.