IGCAR : Annual Report - Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research

Colloquia, Seminars and Conferences - 2007
IGC Colloquia
1. Nuclear Fusion as a Future Energy Resource by Dr. D.D.Sood, Former Director,
RC &IG, BARC on 2, Jan 2007.
2. India's Nuclear Power Programme-Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow by Shri S. K. Jain,
Chairman & Managing Director, NPCIL on 31, Jan 2007.
3. Vignettes of Indian Armed Forces by Lt.Gen. B.J.Gupta, Commandant, Defence Services
Staff College, Wellington, Tamil Nadu on 19, Feb 2007.
4. Recent Advances in Computational Science and Engineering by
Shri. H.S. Kushwaha , Director, HS&EG,BARC- 16, Mar 2007.
5. Role of Satish Dhawan Space Centre - Space Port of India in the Indian Space Program &
Space Capsule Recovery Experiment by Dr.K.Viswanathan -SHAR,ISRO on 19, Mar2007.
6. In principle predictability of earthquakes by Prof. G.Ananthakrishna , IISc,Bangalore on
4, Jul 2007.
7. Plant Life Management of Nuclear Power Plants by Dr. Philip Tipping , Senior Scientific
Officer, Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate , SWITZERLAND on 11, Oct 2007.
8. Nuclear and Non-Nuclear Safety Basis by Dr. J.C.Laul, Los Alamos National Laboratory,
Los Aalmos, New Mexico, USA on 31, Oct 2007.
9. A Historical Review of Reactor Safety by Prof. Bal Raj Sehgal, Nuclear Power Safety
Royal Institute of Technology , Alba Nova University Center , Stockholm, Sweden on
7, Nov 2007.
10. Structure of the Atomic Nucleus and Origin of the Universe by Dr. Dominique Goutte,
Director, Dept. of Energy in the French Ministry of Research (former Director of GANIL)
at Caen on 26, Nov 2007.
11. Photonic Band Gap Materials: Semiconductors of Light by Prof. Sajeev John ,
Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Ontario, CANADA , on 24, Dec 2007.
Special Lectures
12. Personality Development and Stress Management by Dr.Sambanthan on 10, Feb 2007.
13. Remote Sensing from Orbital Platforms for Evaluation of Natural Resources by
Dr.P.Manavalan , ISRO, Bangalore organised by Indian Association for Radiation
Protection on 15, Feb 2007.
14. Complexation of Actinides in Solution : Thermodynamic Measurements and Structural
Characterisation - Seaborg Memorial Lecture by Dr. Linfeng Rao,Senior Scientist LBNL,
Berkeley,USA 21-22, Feb 2007.
15. Special Lecture by Dr. Kamala Selvaraj, Modern Developments in Treatment of infertility
on the Occasion of International Women's Day on 8, Mar 2007.
16. Engineering Village-2, Elsevier Talk on 17, Apr 2007.
17. Science and Spirituality: A Modern Look at Ancient Indian View Point by
Prof. T.R. Anantharaman on 28, Jun 2007.
18. Enrichment of Boron for Fast Reactor Control Rod Application, IE Colloquium by
Dr. C. Anand Babu, Head, ST&HD, FRTG on 29, Jun 2007.
19. Global Warming by Dr.Shankar , IMSc., Chennai organized by Tamil Nadu Science Forum
on 2, Oct 2007.
20. Resuscitation of Sudden Cardiac Arrest, World Anesthesia Day - Lecture by
Dr. K.Mathiyalagan organized by AARCO on 16, Oct 2007.
21. Measuring and Assessing Science, Vikram Sarabhai Memorial Lecture by
Prof. P. Balaram, Director, IISc. on 18, Dec 2007.
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