{"id":81,"date":"2021-07-12T12:17:09","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T12:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iopb.res.in\/~ajit\/wordpress\/?page_id=81"},"modified":"2024-09-15T15:22:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T15:22:42","slug":"talks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iopb.res.in\/~ajit\/talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-huge-font-size\">(Last Updated in 2021) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Talks given since joining IOP<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Special Letcures\/Talks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Distinguished speaker Talk at the Annual Function of DAE-UGC CSR, Indore, Dec. 2014, on \u201cInvestigating Cosmic string theories with Liquid Crystal Experiments\u201d <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Institute Public Lecture given at IIT Roorkee on the topic, \u201dDetection of Gravitational waves, a new window to the Universe\u201d, 5th Oct. 2016. (Youtube link: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hj73AwZg9A8\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hj73AwZg9A8<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Online Talk given in the series \u201dHBNI Webinar\u201d, on \u201dThe Universe, Elementary particles, and dark Energy\u201d, organized by HBNI, Mumbai, 20th Nov. 2020. (Youtube link: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nwVsC6WVmvg&amp;t=1486s\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nwVsC6WVmvg&amp;t=1486s<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DAE-C.V. Raman memorial lecture (2020-21) given online, oragnized by Physics Dept. Mumbai University, 27 March, 2021. (Youtube link: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lKc4LJepT_4&amp;t=1291s\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lKc4LJepT<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lKc4LJepT 4&amp;t=1291s\" target=\"_blank\">_<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lKc4LJepT_4&amp;t=1291s\" target=\"_blank\">4&amp;t=1291s<\/a> ).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conference Talks, Colloquia, Seminars, Outside IOP<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Within India<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Plenary talk on &#8220;Electroweak Baryogenesis in a Cold Universe&#8221; at the conference on &#8220;Quark-Gluon Plasma and Phase Transitions in the Early Universe&#8221; held at Puri in Dec.&#8217;95.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seminar on &#8220;Formation of Topological Defects&#8221; at CTS, IISC, Bangalore in March&#8217;96.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plenary talk on &#8220;Formation of Disoriented Chiral Condensates&#8221; at the conference on &#8220;Physics and Astrophysics of Quark-Gluon Plasma&#8221; held at Jaipur in March&#8217;97.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited Talk on &#8220;Physics of Disoriented Chiral Condensates&#8221; at the &#8220;DCC Forum&#8221; organized at VECC Calcutta in Feb.&#8217;97.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Colloquium on &#8220;Topological Defects in the Laboratory and in Cosmology&#8221; at the Department of Physics, Utkal University, in Sept.&#8217;97.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plenary Talk on &#8220;Disoriented Chiral Condensates&#8221; at the DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics, Bangalore, Dec.&#8217;97.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited Talk on &#8220;Topological defects in Cosmology&#8221;, at the workshop on &#8221; Cosmology, Observations Confront Theories&#8221;, IIT Kharagpur, Jan.&#8217;99.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited Talk on &#8220;Topological defects in condensed matter systems&#8221;, given at CMDAYS&#8217;99, Jadavpur University, July&#8217;99.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plenary Talk on &#8220;Formation of disoriented chiral condensates in relativistic heavy-ion collisions&#8221;, given at WHEPP6, Matscience, Chennai, Jan.&#8217;2000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited Talk on &#8220;Testing cosmic defect models in liquid crystal experiments&#8221;, given at WHEPP6, Matscience, Chennai, Jan.&#8217;2000.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seminar on &#8220;Formation of disoriented chiral condensates in relativistic heavy-ion collisions&#8221;, given at Physics dept. BHU, Varanasi, Feb. 2000.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seminar on &#8220;Formation of disoriented chiral condensates in relativistic heavy-ion collisions&#8221;, given at Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, March, 2000.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seminar on &#8220;Testing cosmic defect models in liquid crystal experiments&#8221;, given at Physics dept. BHU, Varanasi, Feb. 2000.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seminar on &#8220;Testing cosmic defect models in liquid crystal experiments&#8221;, given at PRL Ahmedabad, March, 2000.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seminar on &#8220;Testing cosmic defect models in liquid crystal experiments&#8221;, given at TIFR, Mumbai, March, 2000.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seminar at Physics Dept. Berhampur University, April&#8217;2000.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seminar on &#8220;Formation of disoriented chiral condensates in relativistic heavy-ion collisions&#8221;, given at IIT, Kanpur, May&#8217;2000.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Colloquium at Physics Dept. Banaras Hindu university, Aug.&#8217; 2000.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plenary talk on &#8220;Physics of heavy-ion collisions&#8221;, given at the DAE Symposium on HEP, Hyderabad university. Dec.&#8217;2000.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seminar on &#8220;Possibility of Baryon Number Violation at Hot Spots in Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions&#8221;, given at the VECC, Kolkata, July&#8217;2001.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on &#8220;Promoting scientific culture at research institutes in India&#8221;, given at the conference organized by the Indian Physics Association, BARC, Mumbai, Nov.&#8217;2003<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on &#8220;Skyrmion formation in quark-hadron phase transition with non-zero chemical potential&#8221;, given at the Workshop on Nonequilibrium Field Theory, TIFR, Mumbai, Dec.&#8217;2003<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on &#8220;Recent observational constraints on cosmic defects&#8221;, given at WHEPP8, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, Jan&#8217;2004.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on &#8220;Topological Defects in Cosmology&#8221;, given at the Workshop on &#8220;Strings and Cosmology&#8221;, IUCAA, Pune, Oct.,2004.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on &#8220;Chiral Symmetry and DCC&#8221;, given at QGP Meet&#8217;04, IOP, Oct&#8217;2004.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on &#8220;Baryon fluctuation via Z(3) interfaces in the early universe&#8221;, at the Workshop on &#8220;Supercomputing relativistic heavy-ion collision physics&#8221;, TIFR Mumbai, Dec.2005.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lecture on &#8220;Phase transitions in the early universe&#8221;, given at the UGC Refresher course for teachers, Physics Dept., Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Jan. 2006.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Colloquium on &#8220;Testing cosmology in liquid crystal experiments&#8221; given at PRL, Ahmadabad, Feb. 2006.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lecture given at the Refresher course at Physics Dept., Utkal university in Aug.&#8217;06, on &#8221; QGP in the universe and in relativistic heavy-ion collisions&#8221;.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on &#8220;Hadrons and QGP&#8221;, given at the DAE HEP Symposium at IIT Kharagpur, Dec. &#8216;2006.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk given on &#8220;thermal history of the Universe&#8221; at Physics Dept. Utkal univ. in IUCAA School on Astrophysics, Jan.2007.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6 lectures on &#8220;the thermal history of the universe&#8221;, given at the refresher course in physics at Sambalpur University, physics dept., Feb.&#8217;07.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Colloquium given at the Physics Dept., IISc, Bangalore, March&#8217; 2007 on &#8220;Investigating cosmic defects with liquid crystal experiments&#8221;.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lecture given at the Refresher course at Physics Dept., Utkal university in Dec.&#8217;07, on &#8221; The thermal history of the Universe&#8221;,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talks given on &#8220;Super-horizon fluctuations and acoustic oscillations in relativistic heavy-ion collisions&#8221; at the Indian institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, Jan&#8217;08.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talks given on &#8220;Super-horizon fluctuations and acoustic oscillations in relativistic heavy-ion collisions&#8221; In the Working group on QGP at WHEPP at IMSc, Jan&#8217;2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talks given on &#8220;Super-horizon fluctuations and acoustic oscillations in relativistic heavy-ion collisions&#8221; at Physics Dept. IIT Kanpur, March&#8217;08.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talks given on &#8220;Super-horizon fluctuations and acoustic oscillations in relativistic heavy-ion collisions&#8221; at RRI, Bangalore, in May&#8217;08.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on &#8220;Acoustic fluctuations at Relativistic Heavy-ion Collisions&#8221; in the program: &#8220;Initial conditions in heavy-ion collisions: QCD at high parton density&#8221; at the International Center in Goa, Sept. 2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on &#8220;Formation of Cosmic String network from black holes: Implications from liquid crystal experiments&#8221; in the seventh meeting of the Field Theoretic Aspects of Gravitation (FTAG-VII) held at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, Nov. 2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on &#8220;Acoustic oscillations at RHIC&#8221; at the International Workshop on Radiation Matter interaction at Physics Dept. BHU, Varanasi, Dec. 2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Colloquium on &#8220;Our Universe, CMBR, and heavy ion collisions&#8221;, Physics Dept. BHU, Varanasi, Dec. 2008<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on &#8220;Investigating Cosmic defects in liquid crystal experiments&#8221; at the International Conference on Mesogenic and Ferroic Materials in the Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, Jan. 2009<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited Talk on &#8220;Hydrodynamics of Quark-Gluon Plasma&#8221;, in the Lecture series on Fluid Dynamics at Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai, Feb. 2009.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seminar on &#8220;Investigating Cosmic defects in liquid crystal experiments&#8221; at Physics Dept. J.N.U., New Delhi, March, 2009.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Colloquium on &#8220;CMBR and Relativistic Heavy-Ion collisions&#8221; given at Physics Dept., Delhi University, March, 2009.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seminar on &#8220;CMBR and Relativistic Heavy-Ion collisions&#8221; given at Physics Dept., Jamia Millia Islamia University, N. Delhi, March, 2009.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Colloquium on &#8220;Super-horizon fluctuations in CMBR and in relativistic heavy-ion collisions&#8221;, at H.R.I. Allahabad, Sept. 2009<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Colloquium on &#8220;Einstein&#8217;s relativity theory and the structure of the universe&#8221; (in Hindi), at Physics Dept., Allahabad University, Allahabad, Sept. 2009.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited Talk on &#8220;Initiative, Imagination, and creative thinking in physics education&#8221;, in the Conference on &#8220;Physics education research and e-learning modules&#8221; at Physics Dept., Allahabad University, Feb., 2010.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited Talk on &#8220;Quark-gluon plasma in the early universe&#8221;, in the conference on &#8220;Aspects of quantum cosmology and early universe&#8221; at the Physics Dept. Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, March, 2010.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Colloquium on &#8220;Super-horizon fluctuations in CMBR and in relativistic heavy-ion collisions&#8221;, at NCRA, Pune, July, 2010.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited Talk on &#8220;Superhorizon fluctuations in relativistic heavy-ion collisions and CMBR&#8221; at the DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics, BITS, Pilani, Dec. 2010.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk at NISER, Bhubaneswar, on &#8220;testing cosmic string theories in liquid crystal experiments&#8221;, Feb. 2011.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk at the Nuclear Physics Division, BARC, on &#8220;Superhorizon fluctuations in relativistic heavy-ion collisions and cosmic microwave background&#8221;, March 2011.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk at the Center for Excellence in Basic Sciences (CBS), Bombay university on &#8220;Learning science, doing research, 3 Idiots&#8217; way&#8221; 2nd March, 2011.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two Talks (invited) on &#8220;The Universe and elementary particles&#8221; at the workshop on &#8220;new trends in particle and nuclear physics&#8221;, BHU, Physics Dept. March, 2011.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on \u201cProbing the anisotropic expansion history of the universe with cosmic microwave background\u201d, in the Indo-UK seminar &#8220;Confronting particle-cosmology with PLANCK and LHC&#8221;, at IUCAA, Pune, Aug. 2011.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Colloquium on &#8220;Universe and the dark energy&#8221;, at the Physics Dept., BITS, Pilani, Oct. 2011.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seminar on &#8220;Dark energy and our Universe&#8221; in the Physics Dept. Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Oct. 2011.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seminar on &#8220;Dark energy in the Universe&#8221; at the Physics Dept., Berhampur University, on 28th Feb. 2012.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seminar on \u201cDark energy in the Universe\u201d at the Institute of Technical Education and Research , Siksha &#8216;O&#8217; Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar, May 2012.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seminar on \u201cCMBR anisotropies in the universe and flow fluctuations in relativistic heavy ion collisions\u201d, at IIT Madras, Chennai, Aug. 2012.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seminar on \u201cCMBR anisotropies in the universe and flow fluctuations in relativistic heavy ion collisions\u201d, at IMSc, Chennai, Aug. 2012.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited Talk in on \u201cLaboratory cosmology: Studying cosmic strings in liquid crystal experiments\u201d in the Conference on \u201cCondensed Matter and Biological Systems (CCMB13)\u201d at BHU, Varanasi, Jan. 2013.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on \u201cInvestigating the Universe in a table top liquid crystal experiment\u201d, First IAPT national Student Symposium in Physics (NSSP13), Panjab Univ. Chandigarh, Feb.2013.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seminar on \u201cDark Energy in the Universe\u201d, at Sreegopal Banerjee College, Mogra, Hooghly, Sept. 2013.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Summary Talk on Theory at the conference on \u201cMatter at extreme Conditions, then and now\u201d, Bose Institute, Kolkata, Jan. 2014.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Colloquium on \u201cInvestigating cosmic string theories with liquid crystal experiments\u201d, at Physics Dept. IIT Madras, Chennai, Jan. 2014.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plenary talk in Frontiers in Physics 2014 conference at Physics Dept. Hyderabad Univ., Oct.2014, on &#8220;Investigating Cosmic string theories with Liquid Crystal Experiments&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on &#8220;QGP in the universe, from early stages to the present&#8221;, at the International conference on Physics and Astrophysics of quark-gluon plasma (ICPAQGP), at VECC, Kolkata, Feb. 2015.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited Talk on &#8220;New ideas for signals at LHC and FAIR&#8221;, at the discussion meeting at Bose Institute, Darjeeling, 9 Feb. 2015.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chief Guest seminar on &#8220;Our Universe, Elementary Particles, and Dark Energy&#8221; in the Annual Seminar of Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, March 2015.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seminar on &#8220;Thermal history of the Universe and microwave background radiation&#8221; in the National Seminar at the Physics Dept., Assam University, Silchar, Oct. 5-6, 2015.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seminar on &#8220;Dark matter and dark energy in the universe&#8221; in the National Seminar at the Physics Dept., Assam University, Silchar, Oct. 5-6, 2015:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on &#8220;Power spectrum of flow fluctuations in relativistic heavy-ion collisions&#8221;, at &#8220;CNT QGP Meet 2015&#8221; workshop, held at VECC, Kolkata, 16-20 Nov 2015.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seminar on &#8220;Initial conditions for inflation&#8221; in the working group on Astro-particle physics at WHEPP14 (Workshop on High Energy Physics Phenomenology), 4-13 Dec. 2015.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on &#8220;Propagation of heavy quarks in QGP in the presence of spatially and temporally varying potential&#8221;, in the Second Heavy Flavour Meet at SINP, Kolkata, Feb. 4 &#8211; 6, 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on &#8220;Investigating Cosmic string theories with Liquid Crystal Experiments&#8221;, at the Research Scholars Week Symposium, at NIT Rourkela, Feb, 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on &#8220;Investigating Cosmic string theories with Liquid Crystal Experiments&#8221;, at the National Seminar on Advances in Astro-Particle Physics (AAP-2016), Feb. 2016, Sambalpur University.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on &#8221; High density QCD phase transitions inside neutron stars: glitches and gravitational waves&#8221;, at PHENO1 conference, IISER Mohali, 6-9 April, 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plenary talk on &#8220;Strongly interacting matter at high baryon density: from neutron superfluidity to color superconductivity&#8221; at the PRL Conference on Condensed Matter Physics, PRL Ahmedabad, 11-13 April, 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on &#8220;Flow power spectrum in heavy-ion collisions&#8221; at the International Conference on &#8220;Compressed Baryonic Matter (CBM) Physics, at Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Rangpo, Sikkim, 22 June 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on &#8220;Flow as a probe of the phases of QCD matter formed in heavy-ion collisions&#8221; at the International Symposium, \u201cA Journey from Nuclei to Quarks\u201d held at VECC, Kolkata, 29th June,2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Guest Lecture organized by IPA, IIT Roorkee chapter, at the Physics Dept. IIT Roorkee, on the topic, &#8220;Investigating Cosmic String theories with Liquid Crystal Experiments&#8221;, 6th Oct. 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Colloquium on &#8220;Investigating Cosmic string theories&#8217; with Liquid Crystal Experiments&#8221; given at the Physics Dept., Delhi University, 7th Nov. 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seminar on &#8220;From the universe to relativistic heavy-ion collisions: CMBR fluctuations and flow anisotropies&#8221; given at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 22nd Nov. 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Colloquium on &#8220;Investigating Cosmic string theories with Liquid Crystal Experiments&#8221; given at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 23rd Nov. 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on &#8220;setting initial conditions for inflation with reaction-diffusion equation&#8221;, given at the International conference &#8220;Saha Theory Workshop: Aspects of Early Universe Cosmology&#8221;, SINP, Kolkata, 16-20 Jan, 2017.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Colloquium given at the Physics Dept. BHU, Varanasi on, &#8220;Detection of Gravitational waves, a new window to the Universe&#8221;, 22nd Feb. 2017 .<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lecture on &#8220;Cosmology&#8221; at OCSC HBCSE meeting for the selection of Indian team for the International Olympiad in Astronomy and Astrophysics (held in Thailand in Nov. 2017), May 2-8, 2017.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk on &#8220;Failure of geometrical optics in the Mirage phenomenon, and determination of acid rain content by rainbow parameters&#8221; at NIUS camp at HBCSE, Mumbai, 15 June, 2017.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plenary Talk on &#8220;CMBR power spectrum and flow anisotropies in relativistic heavy-ion collisions&#8221; given at the International Conference, &#8220;Light Cone meeting LC 2017&#8221; &#8220;Frontiers in Light Front Hadron Physics- Theory and Experiment&#8221; held at the University of Mumbai from September 18-22, 2017.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Working Group Talk on &#8221; Setting Initial Conditions for Inflation with Reaction-Diffusion Equation&#8221;, given in the Working group on Astroparticle Physics at the International Conference, &#8220;Workshop on High Energy Physics Phenomenology&#8221;, heldAug. 20, 4 pm IAPT talk at IISER Bhopal, 14-23 Dec. 2017.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Working Group Talk on &#8220;Chiral Magnetic and Chiral Vortical effects in relativistic heavy-ion collisions&#8221;, given in the Working group on QCD and QGP at the International Conference, &#8220;Workshop on High Energy Physics Phenomenology&#8221;, held at IISER Bhopal, 14-23 Dec. 2017.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Working Group Discussion Talk on &#8220;Entanglement of neutrinos from supernova&#8221;, given in the Working group on neutrinos at the International Conference, &#8220;Workshop on High Energy Physics Phenomenology&#8221;, held at IISER Bhopal, 14-23 Dec. 2017.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two invited lectures on &#8220;thermal history of the universe&#8221; given at the &#8220;IUCAA sponsored workshop on Astronomy and Astrophysics\u201d in NIT Rourkela, 9th March, 2018.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on &#8220;Topological Structures in QCD phases at high baryon density&#8221;, given at PRL Conference on Condensed matter physics, PRL, Ahmedabad, 15th March, 2018.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk on &#8220;High density QCD phase transitions inside Aug. 20, 4 pm IAPT talkneutron stars: Glitches and Gravitational waves&#8221;, given at Physics Dept. IISER Kolkata, 7th March, 2018.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk on &#8220;High density QCD phase transitions inside Aug. 20, 4 pm IAPT talkneutron stars: Glitches and Gravitational waves&#8221;, given at Physics Dept. JNU, New Delhi, 12th April, 2018.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk on &#8220;High density QCD phase transitions inside Aug. 20, 4 pm IAPT talkneutron stars: Glitches and Gravitational waves&#8221;, given at Physics Dept. Delhi University, New Delhi, 13th April, 2018.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lecture on &#8220;Thermal History of the Universe&#8221; at OCSC HBCSE meeting for the selection of Indian team for the International Olympiad in Astronomy and Astrophysics, May 3-5, 2018.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two invited talks (one on &#8220;Cosmology&#8221; and the other on &#8220;Detection of Gravitational Waves&#8221;) given at the Lecture workshop on &#8220;Higher Energy Physics&#8221; at the Maharajah\u2019s College, Vizianagaram, August 9-10, 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seminar on &#8220;Cultivation of Scientific Temper: Focus on Indian Science Community&#8221;, given at the conference on &#8220;Integrating science with society&#8221; 15 December 2018, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Three lectures on &#8220;CMBR Physics and Magnetohydrodynamics in relativistic heavy-ion collisions&#8221; given at the conference,&#8221;First IMSc discussion meeting on extreme QCD matter&#8221; held at IMSc, Chennai, during 16-18 Sept. 2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on &#8220;Re-visiting gravitational wave events via pulsars&#8221; given at the International Workshop FHEP-2019 &#8220;Frontiers in High Energy Physics 2019&#8221; held at University of Hyderabad, 14-17 Oct. 2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on &#8220;Probing neutron star physics with heavy-ion collisions and via gravitational waves&#8221; given at the International Workshop on &#8220;QCD in the Nonperturbative Regime&#8221;, held at TIFR, Mumbai, 18-20 Nov. 2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Online talk on &#8220;Re-visiting gravitational wave events via pulsars&#8221; given at the Virtual Institute of Astroparticle physics, Nov. 22, 2019. (Link: http:\/\/viavca.in2p3.fr\/ajit_srivastava.html).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk on &#8220;Detecting gravitational waves with pulsars as Weber Detectors&#8221; given in the Working group on &#8220;Cosmology and Astroparticle physics&#8221; in the &#8220;International Workshop on High Energy Physics Phenomenology (WHEPP) XVI&#8221;, 1-10 Dec. 2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on &#8220;Probing initial state fluctuations in heavy-ion collisions with power spectrum of flow coefficients&#8221;, given at the International Workshop &#8220;QCD with Electron-Ion Collider (QEIC)&#8221; held at IIT Bombay, Mumbai, January 4-7, 2020.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on &#8220;Detecting gravitational waves with pulsars&#8221;, given at the International Conference on &#8220;Emerging Issues in Cosmology and Particle Physics (EICP2)&#8221; held at Physics department, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, Jan. 12-14, 2020.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Webinar on \u201cThe Universe, elementary particles, and dark energy\u201d, organized by Department of Physics of K. J. Somaiya College of Science and Commerce in collaboration with IAPT Mumbai Sub-Regional Council, 20th Aug. 2020.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Online Colloquium on &#8220;The Universe, elementary particles, and dark energy&#8221;, given for the department of Physics, Pabna University of Science and Technology, Pabna, Bangladesh, Aug. 26, 2020.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on &#8220;Pulsars as resonant Weber gravitational wave detectors&#8221;, given at the International Conference &#8220;Anomalies 2020&#8221;, Organized Online by IIT Hyderabad, Sept. 11, 2020.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Online talk on &#8220;Detecting gravitational waves with pulsars as resonant Weber detectors&#8221;, given in the series &#8220;Nature &#8211; as we unfold it&#8221;, organized by the Centre for Astroparticle Physics and Space Science, Bose Institute, Kolkata, 31st Oct. 2020.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Online invited talk on &#8220;The Universe and Elementary Particle Physics&#8221;, given in the Webinar Lecture series program &#8220;From Tiny Atoms to Solid to Cosmos: The Quantum Aspects&#8221;, organized by the College of Engineering and Technology, Bhubaneswar, 2nd Dec. 2020.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Online Colloquium for Physics Dept. Oklahoma State Univ. on &#8220;Investigating Cosmic String Theories in Liquid Crystal Experiments&#8221;, 25 Feb. 2021.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Webinar, Physics Dept. Berhampur University online &#8220;Universe, elementary particles and dark energy&#8221;, 22 March 2021.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on  &#8220;Probing high baryon density QCD phases in pulsar cores&#8221;, given at the &#8220;Conference On Condensed Matter Physics (CCMP2021) &#8211; Online&#8221;, PRL Ahmedabad, 18th Aug. 2021<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on &#8220;Quark-gluon plasma: from Laboratory to Cosmos&#8221;, given at the &#8220;Online Lecture Workshop on Challenges in Theoretical and Computational Physics&#8221;,  Centre for Excellence in Theoretical and Computational Sciences (CETACS), University of Mumbai,  26th Oct. 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Outside India<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Seminar on &#8220;Testing cosmic defect models in liquid crystal experiments&#8221;, given at Physics Dept., Syracuse University, USA, Nov.&#8217;2001.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on &#8220;Testing cosmic defect theories in liquid crystal experiments&#8221; given at the International conference on &#8220;Cosmological phenomena and their condensed matter analogues&#8221; (COSLAB 2005), Institute of experimental physics, Slovakia, Sept. 2005.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on &#8220;Formation of Cosmic String network from black holes: Implications from liquid crystal experiments&#8221; given at the International conference on &#8220;Laboratory Cosmology &#8211; COSLAB 2006&#8221;, September, 2006. Lorentz center, Netherlands.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seminar on &#8220;Z(N) strings and walls in QGP&#8221; at the Physics Dept. Imperial College, London, Sept. 2006.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on \u201cSuperhorizon fluctuations in relativistic heavy-ion collisions and CMBR\u201d in the \u201cSymposium on Contemporary Physics\u201d at Physics Dept. McGill Univ., Montreal, Canada, June, 2012.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on \u201cSuperhorizon fluctuations in relativistic heavy-ion collisions and CMBR anisotropies\u201d in the \u201cATHIC-13\u201d Conference in Pusan, S. Korea, Nov. 2012.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seminar on \u201cInflationary fluctuations in the universe and flow anisotropies in heavy-ion collisions\u201d, at Physics Dept. Univ. of Daegu, South Korea, Nov. 2012.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plenary talk at JINR, Dubna, Russia, June&#8217;14: &#8220;Relativistic heavy-ion collision research in India&#8217;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk at JINR, Dubna, Russia, June&#8217;14: &#8220;Flow fluctuations in heavy-ion collisions and CMBR anisotropies&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on &#8220;Effect of magnetic field on flow fluctuations in relativistic heavy-ion collisions&#8221;, given at the workshop on &#8220;Magnetic field and vorticity in heavy-ion collisions, Jan. , 2015, Phys. Dept., UCLA, USA.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seminar on &#8220;Probing dynamics of phase transitions inside pulsar cores&#8221;, Phys. Dept. Syracuse Univ. USA, Jan. 26, 2015.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on &#8220;Effect of superfluid vortices and magnetic field on the power spectrum of flow fluctuations&#8221;, given at the International workshop &#8220;Hadronic matter under extreme conditions-2016&#8221;, JINR, Dubna, Russia, 3rd Nov. 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on &#8220;Effect of magnetic field on flow fluctuations in relativistic heavy-ion collisions&#8221;, given at the workshop on &#8220;Magnetic field and vorticity in heavy-ion collisions, March 27-30 , 2017, Phys. Dept., UCLA, USA.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seminar on &#8220;Power spectrum and flow fluctuations in relativistic heavy-ion collisions&#8221; given at the Physics Dept. Univ. of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, USA, 5th April 2017.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seminar on &#8220;Effect of magnetic field on flow fluctuations in relativistic heavy-ion collisions&#8221;, given at Brookhaven National Lab, Upton, NY, USA, April 14, 2017.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Invited talk on &#8220;Magneto-hydrodynamics simulations and flow fluctuations&#8221;, given at the International workshop &#8220;II International Workshop on Simulations of HIC for NICA energies&#8221;, JINR, Dubna, Russia, 16-19 April 2018.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seminar on &#8220;Towards laboratory detection of superfluid phases of QCD&#8221; given at Physics Dept. Brookhaven National Lab, USA, 9th Nov.2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Colloquium given at Physics Dept. Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA, &#8220;Investigating cosmic string theories in liquid crystal experiments&#8221; 31st Jan., 2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seminar given at Physics Dept. Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y. USA, &#8220;Pulsars as Weber gravitational wave detectors&#8221;, 8th April, 2019.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Seminars\/Colloquia Delivered Within IOP<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Condensed Matter Physics group seminar on &#8220;Topological Defects in Liquid Crystals&#8221;, 1995.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two HEP group seminars on &#8220;Topological Spin Statistics theorems and a Generalized Spin-Statistics theorem for String Loops&#8221;, 1995.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seminar in the meeting of WA98 group on &#8220;Anti-baryon Production by Disoriented Chiral Condensates&#8221;, 1996.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Colloquium on &#8220;Topological Defects in the Universe and in the Laboratory&#8221;, 1997.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Presented a seminar on &#8220;Disoriented Chiral Condensates&#8221; at the workshop on &#8220;Physics of Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions&#8221;, at IOP, Bhubaneswar, May&#8217;98.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seminar at IOP on &#8220;Topology of vortices&#8221;, in &#8220;I Wanna Know&#8221; series, May 2002.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seminar at IOP on &#8220;Fluctuations in physics&#8221;, in &#8220;I Wanna Know&#8221; series, March&#8217;2003.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lectures in the refresher course for college teachers at IOP on &#8220;Classical mechanics and Electrodynamics, Geometrical aspects&#8221;, for May&#8217;2002, <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lectures in the refresher course for college teachers at IOP on &#8220;Classical mechanics and Electrodynamics, Geometrical aspects&#8221;, for May 2003<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lectures in the refresher course for college teachers at IOP on &#8220;Classical mechanics and Electrodynamics, Geometrical aspects&#8221;, for May 2004.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk on &#8220;Disoriented Chiral Condensates&#8221;, Nuclear Physics Group, IOP, Oct.&#8217;2004.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Five lectures given in the refresher course for college teachers at IOP on &#8220;Classical mechanics and Electrodynamics&#8221;, June&#8217;2005.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk on &#8220;Black holes&#8221; given in the program &#8220;Year of Physics&#8221;, at IOP, Nov. 2005.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Three Lectures given in the refresher course for college teachers at IOP on &#8220;The Universe&#8221;, June&#8217;2006.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Four lectures given in the refresher course for college teachers at IOP on &#8220;Astro-particle Physics&#8221;, June&#8217;2007.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NISER Colloquium given on &#8220;Our Universe and Elementary Particles&#8221;, Sept. 2007.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Four lectures given in the refresher course for college teachers at IOP on &#8220;Astro-particle Physics&#8221;, June&#8217;2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Colloquium on &#8220;Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation, Inflation, and Relativistic Heavy-ion Collisions\u201d, Oct. 2009<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk on &#8220;Investigating cosmic defects with liquid crystal experiments&#8221; at the Alok Kumar Memorial Meeting, IOP, Jan. 2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk on \u201cLearning Science, doing Research, Three Idiot\u2019s Way\u201d, at IOP, Aug. 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Condensed matter Journal Club Talk on &#8220;Introduction to topological defects&#8221;, May, 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seminar\/Discussion on &#8220;Initial conditions for Inflation&#8221; at COSMOASTRO15, Discussion meeting on Cosmology and Astroparticle physics, held at IOP, Bhubaneswar, 30th Oct. &#8211; 5th Nov., 2015.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HEP-Journal Club Talk on &#8220;Evaporating primordial black holes as varying dark energy&#8221;, 21 Aug. 2019.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Popular Talks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Talk on &#8220;Particle Physics Models of the Early Universe&#8221;, at Physics Dept. Ravenshaw College, Cuttack, Dec.&#8217;2000.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk on &#8220;The Early Universe&#8221;, at the &#8220;Students Summer Vacation Program&#8221;, Organized by the Alumni Association, IOP, May&#8217;2000.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lecture on &#8220;Relativity, classical and special&#8221;, given at the &#8220;Students Summer Vacation Program&#8221;, Organized by the Alumni Association, IOP, May&#8217;2001.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk on &#8220;Our Universe&#8221; at BJB College, Bhubaneswar, May 2002<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two lectures on &#8220;Our Universe&#8221; for students of Loyola School, Bhubaneswar, 2003.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plenary Talk on &#8220;Our Universe and Elementary Particles&#8221;, at the &#8220;Regional Conference on Popularization of Science and Technology for Social Development&#8221;, organised by Kalinga Foundation Trust at IOP, Feb.&#8217;2005.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk (in Hindi) on &#8220;Einstein and the universe&#8221;, given at IOP, for students from Oriya medium schools, Nov.&#8217;2005.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk on &#8220;Einstein and the universe&#8221;, at DAV School, Bhubaneswar, Oct.&#8217;2005.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk on &#8220;the universe&#8221; at Regional Science Centre, Bhubaneswar, Oct. 2005.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk on &#8220;CMBR&#8221; at SCAAA meeting, Bhubaneswar, July,&#8217;2006.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk on &#8220;Our universe and CMBR&#8221; at the Physics Dept., Allahabad Univ. Nov. &#8217;06.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk on &#8220;the Universe&#8221; at Regional Institute of Education, Bhubaneswar, Dec. &#8217;06.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk on &#8220;Einstein and 20th century physics&#8221; at Khurda College, Bhubaneswar, March&#8217;07.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk on &#8220;The universe and CMBR&#8221;, At the Orissa Physical Society meeting, Bhubaneswar, Jan. 2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk on &#8220;Large Hadron Collider&#8221; at the Regional Science Center, for school students, Nov. 2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk\/discussion with school children on &#8220;The Universe&#8221; at Krishna Murthy Foundation school, Varanasi, Dec. 2008<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Discussion\/talk on angular momentum, with school children at SC\/ST research center, organized by Institute of Mathematics and Applications, Bhubaneswar, Dec. 2008.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chief Guest speech on International year of Astronomy and Chandrayaan Mission for State level Quiz winners at Regional Science center, Jan. 2009.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk on Universe, CMBR and Large Hadron Collider for NTS scholars at Regional Institute of Education, Jan. 2009.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk at the Refresher course for school teachers at the Kendriya Vidyalaya-3, Bhubaneswar, on &#8220;wave particle duality and photoelectric effect&#8217;, May, 2009<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk (in Hindi) on &#8220;Science education and regional languages&#8221; at Directorate of Water Management, Bhubaneswar, Sept. 2009<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk on &#8220;Eclipses and superstitions&#8221;, KISS, Bhubaneswar Demonstration of solar eclipse to KISS students, Dec. 2009<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk on &#8220;Eclipses and superstitions&#8221;, KISS, Bhubaneswar Demonstration of solar eclipse to KISS students, 15 Jan. 2010<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk on &#8220;Our universe and elementary particles&#8221;, at IOP to school students from Jharsgura, Jan. 2010.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk at Regional Science Centre for School students on \u201cChandrayaan mission and water on moon\u201d, Jan 2010.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk on &#8220;Science as career choice&#8221;, for school students at the Institute of Mathematics and Applications, Bhubaneswar, April 2010.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>11th May 2010, regional science Center, Talk at Regional Science Centre for School students on \u201cNuclear energy\u201d, May 2010.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk on &#8220;The Universe&#8221;, for school students (Class VII-IX) at the Institute of Mathematics and Applications, Bhubaneswar, June 2010.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk to XI-XII science students from Orissa, in the INSPIRE Internship Programme at KIIT University, on &#8221; elementary particles and the universe&#8221;, June 2010.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk on &#8220;Looking at the sky, stars, universe&#8221;, for school students (Class VII-VIII) from rural areas at the Institute of Mathematics and Applications, Bhubaneswar, Oct. 2010.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk and discussion on \u201cEveryday science\u201d for school students at the Institute of Mathematics and Applications, Bhubaneswar, Dec. 2010.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Popular talk and telescope show for &#8220;looking at moon and Jupiter&#8221; for class IX students at IMA, Bhubaneswar, Jan, 2012.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two talks on &#8220;Dark Energy&#8221; at the meetings of Samanta Chandra Sekhar Amateur Astronomers&#8217; Association (SCAAA), in Nov. and Dec. 2011.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Popular talk on &#8220;Inspiration and motivation in Science&#8221; in the Science Day celebrations of the Physics Dept., Berhampur University, on 28th Feb. 2012.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Popular Talk on &#8220;The God Particle&#8221; to B.Sc. Students at IMA, Bhubaneswar, Aug. 2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Popular Talk on &#8220;Higgs Boson&#8221; at SCAAA, Sept. 2012.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Popular talk on &#8220;dark energy&#8221; for B.Sc. Hons. students in the &#8220;National Seminar on exploration of space for dark energy&#8221; at Gopabandhu Science College, Athgarh, Odisha, 22nd Sept. 2012.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Guest scientist talk on &#8220;Inspiration for science research&#8221; in the Face to Face Session at the National Children\u2019s Science Congress, at the Temple City Institute of Technology \\&amp; Engineering(TITE),Khordha, Nov. 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Popular talk on &#8220;Stars, Galaxies, and black holes in the universe&#8217; for school students at the Science Fair in the Regional Science Center, Bhubaneswar, May, 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Popular talk on &#8220;Structure of atoms&#8217; for school students at the Science Fair in the Regional Science Center, Bhubaneswar, May, 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Popular talk at Regional science centre, Sept. 2014, on &#8220;Indian Scientists and their inventions&#8221;.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Popular talk in Hindi on &#8220;Brahmand ki Sanrachana (Structure of the Universe)&#8221; at Regional Science Center, Bhubaneswar, Oct.2014.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Popular talk in Hindi on &#8220;Brahmand ki Sanrachana (Structure of the Universe)&#8221; at Raj Bhasha meeting on the &#8220;Role of science and technology for Made in India&#8221; organized by CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar, March, 2015.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Popular Talk on &#8220;frontiers of technology&#8221;, at Regional Science Center, Bhubaneswar, for school children, May, 2015.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seminar on &#8220;Aviation science in ancient India: Claims and Reality&#8221;, 16th Aug. 2015, &#8216;All Odisha Workshop-2015 on &#8220;The development of science in ancient India: Myth and Reality&#8221;.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Popular lecture on &#8220;Detection of Gravitational waves, a new window to the Universe&#8221;, at Ravenshaw University, Dept. of Chemistry, 3rd March, 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Popular lecture on &#8220;Detection of Gravitational waves, a new window to the Universe&#8221;, at the National Science Day celebration, IOP, Bhubaneswar, 26th March, 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Public Lecture on &#8220;Detection of Gravitational waves, a new window to the Universe&#8221;, presented at IIT Indore on 5th July, 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Popular lecture on &#8220;Detection of Gravitational waves&#8221; given for school students at Regional Science Center, Bhubaneswar, 11th May, 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Popular lecture on &#8220;Detection of Gravitational waves&#8221; given for students at the Institute of Mathematics and Applications, Bhubaneswar, 11th Aug. 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gave speech on &#8220;originality and independence in science&#8221; as the Chief guest in the Independence Day program at Loyola School, Bhubaneswar, 15th Aug. 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Popular talk on &#8220;The Universe and Dark Energy&#8221; for school students (selected from different parts of Odisha), Event organized by &#8220;The Science Movement&#8221; organization at Suryansh Hotel, 20th Dec 2016.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Popular talk on &#8220;Learning science, doing research, Three Idiot&#8217;s way&#8221;, given at NISER, 14th March, 2017.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Public Talk on &#8220;Learning science, doing research, Three Idiot&#8217;s way&#8221;, given at HBCSE, Mumbai, 15 June, 2017.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Popular talk on &#8220;Learning science, Three Idiot&#8217;s way&#8221;, given at the camp &#8220;Science Movement&#8221;, held in Bhubaneswar for 100 selected students from across Odisha, 25 Dec. 2017.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chief Speaker talk for students on Republic day at Carmel English Medium School, Khordha-Odisha, 26 Jan. 2018.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Popular talk on &#8220;Our Universe, Elementary Particles, and Dark Energy&#8221;, given at IMMT, Bhubaneswar on National Science Day, 28 Feb. 2018.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk on &#8220;Universe, elementary particles and dark energy&#8221; given at NISER (arranged by the Science Activity Club), 22nd March, 2018.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk on &#8220;Black holes&#8221; given at the Xaviers school Khandagiri for school students 8-10 class in memory of Steven Hawking. March, 2018.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk on &#8221; The universe&#8221; and discussion on &#8220;Career choices&#8221;, at Bigyan Jyoti program for girl students, IIT Bhubaneswar, 18 June, 2018.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National Science temper day, talk on &#8220;Detection of gravitational waves&#8221; for school students at IOP, 20th Aug. 2018.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk in Hindi on &#8220;Brahmand Ki Sanrachna (Structure of the Universe)&#8221;, given at the &#8220;Interactive sessions of science teachers and students&#8221; for High school teachers and students (Oriya medium) from across odisha, organised by Odisha Bigyan Academy. Program held at the Institute of Management of Agricultural Extension (IMAGE), Bhubaneswar, 8-9 Sept. 2018.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chief guest talk at Doordarshan Kendra, Bhubaneswar, on &#8220;Importance of Hindi as medium of communication&#8221; for Hindi Pakhawada samapan samaroh, 1st Oct. 2018<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk on &#8220;Universe and elementary particles&#8221; to college students visiting IOP, Bhubaneswar, Dec. 2018.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk on &#8220;Gravitational waves&#8221; to school students in Young Astronomers Talent search program of Tata Steels, at IOP, Bhubaneswar, 13 Dec. 2018.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk at TIFR-Hyderabad on &#8220;Science research in the spirit of 3-Idiots&#8221;, 23 Sept. 2019.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk &#8220;On wholesome growth of young students&#8221; given at the Cohen international school, Bhubaneswar, as Guest of Honor, 18th Feb. 2020.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National Science day talk on &#8220;highlights of high energy\/nuclear physics research at IOP&#8221; for school students (class 7,9), at IOP, Bhubaneswar, 28th Feb. 2020.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Online talk on &#8220;The Universe, elementary particles, and dark energy&#8221;, given for school students, organized by Bigyan Chetna Mancha, Bhubaneswar, 17th May, 2020,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Online talk on: &#8220;Education and Learning in the spirit of Three Idiots&#8221;, given for Cohen International School, Bhubaneswar, June 21, 2020,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Online Discussion on the topic: &#8220;Motion&#8221; in the session of Physics Open Discussion (POD) arranged by the Bigyan Chetana Manch, Bhubaneswar for school students. 27th Sept. 2020.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Online Talk on &#8220;Science Learning and research, the Three Idiots&#8217; way&#8221;, Organised by CEBS, Mumbai, 18th Oct. 2020. 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