The International Workshop ISM06 is the third in a series of biennial Indian Strings Meeting, the first and second of which were held at the Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad, in December 2002 and at Khajuraho, in December 2004. These meetings are jointly organized by the Indian string theory community. The objective of these meetings is to have a gathering of young researchers and experts in String Theory and related areas in an atmosphere which stimulates expression and elaboration of new ideas. The academic plan is to have a few broad review talks, in addition to seminars, followed by several focussed discussion sessions.

The emphasis of ISM06, the Workshop at Puri, to be held during 12-19 December 2006, will be on
(i) Gauge theory/String theory duality
(ii) Black Holes
(iii) Cosmology
(iv) String Compactifications
(iii) String Field Theory
(iv) D-branes in curved spaces

Participation

Participation in the Workshop is by invitation only. If you wish to get an invitation to participate, please fill up the form. The organizers will get back to you as early as possible.

Financial Aid

Limited funds may become available to the organizers to help defray local expenses of some participants. In addition, the organizers may have a small grant available to cover the international travel of some participants from the developing countries only. Participants who wish to be considered for financial aid should state their requirements by filling up the "special request" box in the above form.

Sponsors

Partial funding for ISM06 has been provided by:
* Abdus Salam ICTP, Trieste (Italy)
* Harish-Chandra Research Institute (Allahabad)
* Institute of Physics (Bhubaneswar)
* Institute of Mathematical Sciences (Chennai)
* Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (Kolkata)
* Saha Institute of Nuclear Physcs (Kolkata)
* Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (Mumbai)