IX Abdus Salam Memorial Lecture 2011-12 by Prof. R Rajaraman at Jamia
(Publish Date:
23/02/2012)
February 23, 2012
Press Release: IX Abdus Salam Memorial Lecture 2011-12 by Prof. R Rajaraman at Jamia
The Department of Physics, Jamia Millia Islamia is going to organize the IX Abdus Salam Memorial Lecture 2011-12 by Professor R Rajaraman, School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi on “Nuclear Energy: Problems and Prospects”.
The Lecture is scheduled to be held at 3.30 PM on Friday, 24th February 2012 in the Auditorium of Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia.
Prof. R. Rajaraman is Emeritus Professor of Physics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and Co-Chair, International Panel on Fissile Materials (IPFM). He completed his Ph.D. from Cornell University, U.S.A. in 1963 under the guidance of Nobel Laureate Prof. Hans A. Bethe. He has worked on High Energy Physics, Nuclear Theory, Quantum Field Theory, Soliton Physics, Statistical Mechanics and Quantum Hall Systems.
Abdus Salam Memorial Lecture was started by the Department of Physics, Jamia Millia Islamia with the idea of perpetuating the ideas that Salam believed in, namely to encourage education and research in the fundamental sciences. An eminent person of science is invited each year to deliver this lecture. The style of content of the lectures is such as to inspire and to convey the excitement of new discoveries, ideas and challenges.
Earlier Abdus Salam Memorial Lectures have been delivered by luminaries such as J. V. Narlikar, Nobel Laureate Gerard’t Hooft, Nobel Laureate D.D. Osheroff, T.V. Ramakrishnan, T. Padmanabhan, K.R. Sreenivasan, Mustansir Barma, Professor G Baskaran, among others.
All are cordially invited.
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Jamia Millia Islamia