Special Lecture
Remembering Sivaraj Ramaseshan at 100
Speaker: Prof Rajaram Nityananda (ICTS-TIFR, Bengaluru)
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10th October 2023 marks the centenary of one of the most remarkable figures in post independence Indian science, Prof. Sivaraj Ramaseshan. HIs scientific work was wide, and his impact on individuals and institutions even wider. After starting with optics working with C.V.Raman, he later founded a whole school of crystallography, and then moved on to pioneer materials science. in the country. This talk will attempt to convey this range of achievements and end on a personal note- what it was like being his graduate student.
Short Biography
Rajaram Nityananda studied physics at the Vivekananda College and the IIT in Chennai, and joined Prof. S.Ramaseshan at the National Aeronautical Laboratory, Bangalore, in 1969. After submitting his thesis, on optics and crystallography to the Bangalore University, he moved to the Raman Research Institute in 1975. Over nearly 25 years, he worked in some areas of condensed matter physics, astronomical optics and image processing, and gravitational dynamics. At the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics of the Tata Institute of fundamental research, in Pune, he served as Centre Director from 2000 to 2010, and worked on problems relating to radio astronomy such as calibration and interference removal, and orbit determination.
He has taught physics and astronomy at the graduate school level both in Bangalore and in Pune After a short period at TIFR Hyderabad and IISER Pune, he taught undergraduate physics at the Azim Premji University, Bangalore, from 2014 to 2021, He has been at the ICTS-TIFR as a visiting professor since 2022. He is a fellow of the three Indian Science Academies and has served as editor of Pramana, Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, and Resonance.
He has taught physics and astronomy at the graduate school level both in Bangalore and in Pune After a short period at TIFR Hyderabad and IISER Pune, he taught undergraduate physics at the Azim Premji University, Bangalore, from 2014 to 2021, He has been at the ICTS-TIFR as a visiting professor since 2022. He is a fellow of the three Indian Science Academies and has served as editor of Pramana, Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, and Resonance.