January 02-04, 2025
BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus
The Indian Association of General Relativity and Gravitation (IAGRG) is a national organization of scientists working in Gravitational Physics, Cosmology, Astronomy, and related fields with an aim to promote interest and to facilitate research in the related areas. One of the most prestigious events organized by the IAGRG at the national level is the eponymous meeting, which takes place approximately every two years in various venues across the country
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani (BITS Pilani) is one of the leading national research and educational centres in science and technology, and has been ranked amongst the top institutes consistently, by both governmental and private ranking agencies for its innovative processes and capabilities that have enabled it to impart quality education and cutting edge research to emerge as the best private science and engineering institute in India. BITS Pilani continuously strives to cater to the expectations of its brilliant student cohort and has always adopted pedagogical interventions relevant to the time. In recognition of the high standard that BITS Pilani strives to uphold, University Grant Commission, in 2018, has declared it as an “Institute of Eminence” (IoE).
The Department of Physics, BITS Pilani, Pilani campus is one of the leading centres of Physics education and research in the country with 26 faculty and about 45 research scholars working in diverse areas of theoretical, experimental and computational physics. While the department existed even before 1964 as a part of Birla College of Science, Commerce and Pharmacy, it has existed in its present form since the inception of BITS Pilani in 1964.The department offers M.Sc. (Physics) and PhD degree programmes. In addition to this, it also offers Minor programmes in Physics and Quantum Information and Technologies. The department stands nationally among the top 15 departments of Physics and Astronomy and in the bracket of 450-500 as per the recent QS ranking. It is also listed nationally at 8th position as per the prestigious Nature Index ranking 2023 in Physical Sciences.
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# | Sessions Name | Sessions Chairs |
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1 | Classical and quantum Gravity | Suprit Singh (IIT Delhi)Sashideep Gutti(BITS Pilani, Hyderabad) |
2 | Cosmology | Debaprasad Maiti (IIT Guwahati)Rajeev Kumar Jain (IISC, Bangalore) |
3 | Gravitational Waves | Prayush Kumar (ICTS, Bangalore)Chandra Kant Mishra (IIT Madras) |
4 | Relativistic Astrophysics |
Shabnam Iyyani (IISER Thiruvananthapuram)Pankaj Kushwaha (IISER Mohali) |
Registration opens | 20th Aug 24 |
Registration closes | 10th Oct 24 |
Decisions on abstract | 15th Nov 24 |
Last date of fees submission | 17th Nov 24 |
Last date of refund request | 18th Nov 24 |
S.No. | Category | Fees |
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1 | Student | Rs. 4500 |
2 | Post Doc | Rs. 5500 |
3 | Faculty | Rs. 7000 |
Beneficiary Name : | Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani |
IFSC CODE No. | UTIB0001188 |
Account | SAVING ACCOUNT |
Bank Account No. | 918010089946355 |
Bank | UTIB0001188 |
Branch : | PILANI |
City | PILANI |
MICR No. | 333211177 |
SWIFT code | AXISINBB031 |