National Science Day

9:00-9:50: Registration
10:00-10:05: Garlanding the bust of Dr. Mahendralal Sircar by the chief guest, Prof. S Chandrasekaran and the Director of IACS, Prof. S. Bhattacharya
10:10-10:25: Inaugural address by Prof. S Bhattacharya, Director of IACS
10:30-11:15: lecture by Prof. S. Chandrasekaran, title: "Science and Scientists"
11:15-11:55: Lecture by Prof Alok Goswami, title: "Erdos`s solution of an open problem in Graph Theory."
11:55-12:35: Lecture by Prof. Durga Basak, title: "The blue LED that lights up the modern world"
12:35-12:50: Best thesis award lecture
12:50-14:00: Lunch break
14:00-15:00: Raman effect live demonstration and Quiz competition to be conducted by the UG students of IACS
15:00-15:30: Briefing the audience about open house
15:30-17:00: Visits of selected research facilities