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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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Leadership

Chief Patron

Prof. V Ramgopal Rao

Vice Chancellor, BITS Pilani


Prof. Sudhirkumar Barai

Patron

Prof. Sudhirkumar Barai

Director, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

List of Invited speakers

Shadab Alam

(TIFR, Mumbai)

Hamsa Padmanabhan

(University of Geneva, Switzerland)

Nirmal Raj

(IISC, Bangalore)

Anupam Bhardwaj

(IUCAA, Pune)

Kartik Prabhu*

(RRI, Bangalore)

Suneeta Varadarajan

(IISER Pune)

Suvodip Mukherjee

(TIFR, Mumbai)

Shilpa Kastha

(SINP, Kolkata)

Bhargav Vaidya

(IIT Indore)

Gaurav Narain

(IISC Bangalore)

Rahul Kashyap

(IIT Bombay)

* To be confirmed

Public talk


Tarun Souradeep

(RRI, Bangalore)

Scientific Organizing Committee (SOC)

Jasjeet Singh Bagla

(IISER Mohali) (SOC chair)

Madhavan Varadarajan

(RRI, Bangalore)

Ayan Chatterjee

(CUHP, Himachal Pradesh)

Susmita Adhikari

(IISER Pune)

Manjari Bagchi

(IMSC, Chennai)

Anupreeta More

(IUCAA, Pune)

Dhiraj Hazra

(IMSC, Chennai)

Archana Pai

(IIT Bombay)

Koushik Dutta

(IISER Kolkata)

Anshuman Maharana

(HRI, Alahabad)

Kinjalk Lochan

(IISER Mohali)

Atri Deshamukhya

(Assam University, Silchar, IAGRG Council nominee)

Sajal Mukherjee

LOC representative
Dept. Of Physics, BITS-Pilani, Pilani Campus

Local Organizing Committee (LOC)

Manjuladevi V

HOD, Dept. Of Physics , BITS Pilani

Rakesh Choubisa

Dept. Of Physics , BITS Pilani

Tapomoy GuhaSarkar

Dept. Of Physics, BITS Pilani

Aritra Banerjee

Dept. Of Physics, BITS Pilani

Sajal Mukherjee

LOC chair
Dept. Of Physics, BITS Pilani

Bhavesh Chauhan

Dept. Of Physics, BITS Pilani

Rishikesh Vaidya

Dept. Of Physics, BITS Pilani

Tanmoy Mondal

Dept. Of Physics, BITS Pilani

Arpan Das

Dept. Of Physics, BITS Pilani

Kaushar Vaidya

Dept. Of Physics, BITS Pilani

Navin Singh

Dept. Of Physics, BITS Pilani

Amol R Holkundkar

Dept. Of Physics, BITS Pilani

Madhukar Mishra

Dept. Of Physics, BITS Pilani

Biswanath Layek

Dept. Of Physics, BITS Pilani

Aseem Paranjape

IUCAA,Pune

Important Dates

Registration opens 20th Aug 24
Registration closes 10th Oct 24 20th Oct 24 25th Oct 24
Decisions on abstract 15th Nov 24
Last date of fees submission 17th Nov 24
Last date of refund request 18th Nov 24

Registration


Registration fees

S.No. Category Fees
1 Student Rs. 4500
2 Post Doc Rs. 5500
3 Faculty Rs. 7000

Bank Details

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

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Accommodation

  • For students/postdocs, we have on-campus hostel accommodations (free of cost) as per availability.
  • For faculty, we have chargeable guest house accommodation (approximately Rs. 1500 per day per person) based on availability. Kindly write to us if you want us to book a room at the guest house.
  • There is a list of nearby hotels, which is also available for your convenience. You may want to contact them directly in case you want to book a room there.

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