| Event ID: | 9190 |
| Contact Name: | World Space Week team |
| Contact Email: | wswcessi@gmail.com |
| Contact Phone: | 033 6634 0045 |
| Organization: | Center of Excellence in Space Sciences (CESSI) India |
| Event Web Site: | http://www.cessi.in/wsw15/ |
| Dates: | 4th October 2015 to 9th October 2015 |
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| Type: | Public |
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| Country: | India |
| State/Province: | West Bengal |
| City: | Kolkata |
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| Event Name: | Public talks hosted by Center of Excellence in Space Sciences India |
| Event Description: | Public talk I : "Life and death in the Universe" Speaker : Dr. Dibyendu Nandi Schedule : 7 October 2015 at 6:30 p.m. IST ===================================================================================== Dr. Dibyendu Nandi is an Indian scientist acclaimed for his studies related to Solar Magnetic Cycle. He is associated with MSU, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and IISER, Kolkata where he carried most of his research work. He was the 2012 recipient of the prestigious Karen Harvey Prize of the American Astronomical Society. This is the first time that a space scientist working in the Asia-Pacific region has received this honour. http://www.iiserkol.ac.in/~dnandi/ ===================================================================================== Public talk II : "Universe, Beware! We are listening." Speaker : Dr. Rajesh K. Nayak Schedule : 7 October 2015 at 7:30 p.m. IST ===================================================================================== Dr. Rajesh Kumble Nayak works in the area of gravitational wave data analysis, general theory of relativity and relativistic astrophysics. He also enjoys working in mathematical and computational physics. He is a member of the LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) Scientific Collaboration and IndIGO (Indian Initiative in Gravitational-wave Observations) consortium. He has also made important contributions to the data analysis aspect of the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) mission, gravitational wave detector set to flown in Space. http://www.iiserkol.ac.in/~rajesh/index.html ===================================================================================== |
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| Report on the Results: | The public talks aroused great response from the audience who enjoyed varied manifestations of the Cosmos! Note, that the audience comprised mainly of Undergraduate students pursuing basic science courses and most of them didn't have any astronomy course and their bright, lit-up faces beamed their excitement and joy after maiden rendezvous with our Universe! The audience reciprocated with myriad queries targeted at the speakers! |
| Attendance: | 140 |
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| Media Impressions: | 3745 |
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