List of RIST Popular Talk delivered from 2014 to May, 2021

Research Institute of Science and Technology (RIST), Imphal,
acknowledges the contributions of the speakers who have delivered RIST popular talk series during the period from 2014 to May, 2021:

1. Prof. W. Vishwanath, Department of Life Sciences, Manipur University, Imphal
Topic: Freshwater Fish Diversity and Conservation, date:25th April, 2014.

2. Dr. Raghumani Singh Ningthoujam, Chemistry Division, BARC, Mumbai
Topic: Nanomaterials for Luminescence and Cancer Therapy Applications, date:25th April, 2014.

3. Prof. G. Jitendra Sharma, Department of Life Sciences, Manipur University, Imphal
Topic: Biotecnological Intervention for Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources of Indo-Burmese Mega-biodiversity hotspot, date: 30th May 2014.

4. Prof. Laishram Ladusingh, Department of Mathematical Demography, IIPS, Mumbai
Topic: Realization of Demographic Dividend, date:16th June, 2014.

5. Dr. Priyadarshini Thiyam, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden,
Topic: Intermolecular Casimir-Polder Forces, date: 22nd August, 2014.

6. Dr. Chandrakant Aribam, Department of Mathematics, IISER, Mohali, Punjab
Topic: Rational points on elliptic curves and the Main conjecture, date: 1st October, 2014

7. Dr. Shanta Laishram, Department of Mathematics, Indian Statistical Institute(ISI), New Delhi,
Topic: Powers in Products of Terms of Binary Recurrence Sequences, date: 27th October, 2014.

8. Dr. Prim Gangmei, School of Physics, University of Exeter, UK,
Topic: Investigation of magnetization dynamics of nano-scale elements, writer structure and sensor heads for industrial applications, dated: 11th December, 2014.

9. Prof. S. K. Sikdar, Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore,
Topic: Biophysical approaches to understand epileptic activity in the brain, date: 17th December, 2014.

10. Dr. Utpal Sarma, Department of Instrumentation and USIC, Gauhati University,
Topic: Embedded System, date: 3rd February, 2015.

11. Dr. R. K. Jojita Devi, Woman Scientist, RIST, Imphal,
Topic: Diversity of Orchids in Manipur, date: 26th March, 2015.

12. Dr. Thiyam Ramsingh Singh, Department of Biotechnology, Manipur University,
Topic: Multi-protein complex purification: Discovery of novel genes and elucidation of disease mechanisms of human genetic diseases, date: 8th May, 2015.

13. Dr. N. Chandrachani, Observatorio Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
Topic: Signature of dark energy in cluster abundance, dated: 18th June, 2015.

14. Dr. M. Rakhesh Singh, Department of applied Physics, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad,
Topic: Importance of Plasmonic research and its biomedical applications, date: 30th June, 2015.

15. Dr. Joykumar Thokchom, Johnson Battery Technologies, Atlanta, United States,
Topic: Importance and developmental challenges of advanced lithium batteries for mankind, date: 24th July, 2015.

16. Dr. Maibam Birla Singh, Department of Chemistry, Manipur University,
Topic: Electrochemistry at electrified interfaces: From fundamentals to energy storage and conversion applications, date: 8th October, 2015.

17. Prof. S. Narayana Kalkura, Crystal Growth Centre, Anna University, Chennai,
Topic: Synthesis of Calcium Phosphate based Bioceramic composites, date: 18th December, 2015.

18. Prof. Debananda S. Ningthoujam, Department of Biochemistry, M.U.,
Topic: Growing in partnership with Nature: Bio-prospecting for 21st Century Medicine, Agriculture, and Industry, RIST foundation Day Lecture on 5th December, 2015.

19. Dr. Th. Dhabali Singh, Babina Diagnostics, Imphal,
Topic: Present Scenario of Clinical Diagnostics in Manipur; RIST foundation Day Lecture on 5th December, 2015.

20. Prof. A. Surjalal Sharma, RIST, Imphal,
Topic: Extreme Space Weather, RIST foundation Day Lecture on 5th December, 2015.

21. Dr. Irom Ablu Meitei, Department of Physics, Modern College, Imphal,
Topic: Detection of gravitational waves by Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO), dated: 11th March, 2016.

22. Prof. Dipak K. Pant, Radiation and Photochemistry Division, BARC, Mumbai,
Topic: Spectroscopy and dynamics in Ultrafast Time-Domain, date: 22nd March, 2016.

23. Dr. Lenin S. Shagolsem, Department of Basic Sciences and Humanities, NIT, Manipur;
Topic: Fluids with random interactions: Pair-interaction ordering and particle dynamics, date: 28th April, 2016.

24. Dr. Satyendra Thoudam, Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering, Linneuniversitetet, Sweeden,
Topic: Cosmic rays: What we have understood so far, and what we don’t, date: 29th July, 2016.

25. Dr. Upendra Nongthombam, Department of molecular reproduction, development and genetics, IISc., Bangalore,
Topic: Fruit fly as model to study human muscle diseases, date: 6th August, 2016.

26. Dr. Kh. Binod Mangang, Department of Mathematics, Manipur University,
Topic: A Mathematical journey of dynamical system: from celestical mechanics to topological dynamics, dated: 10th September, 2016.

27. Prof. B. N. Jagatap, BARC, Mumbai,
Topic: Can we align or research to the contemporary social expectations? , date: 28th November, 2016.

28. Dr. Pravabati Chingangbam, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore,
Topic: Imprint of early universe on cosmological observations, dated: 23rd January, 2017.

29. Prof. Ranjit Biswas, S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata,
Topic: Dynamic of deep eutectics: microscopic origin of relaxation, date: 23rd January, 2017,

30. Prof. A. Surjalal Sharma, University of Maryland, College Park, USA,
Topic: Understanding fluctuations and its impacts, dated: 14th February, 2017.

31. Dr. Augustine Kshetrimayum, Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University, Germany;
Topic: Topological phases of matter and tensor network techniques, dated: 2nd March, 2017.

32. Dr. Leishangthem Premkumar, IISC, Bangalore,
Topic: The yielding transition in amorphous solids under oscillatory shear deformation, dated: 28th March, 2017.

33. Prof. Ravindra Pandey, Department of Physics, Michigan Technological University, USA;
Topic: Molecular electronics, dated: 19th May, 2017.

34. Dr. B. Indrajit Sharma, Department of Physics, Assam University, Silchar,
Topic: Electronic structure canculation: A DFT study, dated: 9th August, 2017.

35. Dr. Raju Laishram, department of Organic Chemistry, IISc, Bangalore,
Topic: Properties and applications of metal cholate hydrogels as new generation smart materials, date: 13th Sept, 2017.

36. Prof. N. Nimai Singh, Department of Physics, Manipur University,
Topic: Nobel Prize 2017 in Physics: Detection of Gravitational Waves by LIGO, date: 27th October 2017.

37. Prof. Dilip Angom, Theoretical Physics Division, PRL, Ahmedabad,
Topic: Quantum Hall States in optical lattices, date: 17th November, 2017.

38. Dr. Guneshwar Thanjam, Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Goettingen, Germany,
Topic: NASA Dawn mission: Understanding geologic evolution of planetary bodies during early solar system formation, date: 6th February, 2018

39. Dr. N. Aomoa, Department of Physics, Assam Don Bosco university, Tapesia, Sonapur, Assam,
Topic: Thermal plasma and some of its applications, date: 16th April, 2018.

40. Prof. A. Gohainbarua, Department of Physics, Gauhati University, Assam,
Topic: The Enchanting Light of the firefly, date: 4th May 2018.

41. Prof. Madhurja P. Bora, Department of Physics, Gauhati University, Assam,
Topic: The physics of Lunar Dust – how much do we know, 16th November, 2018

42. Prof. Rahul Pandit, Department of Physics, I.I.Sc., Bangalore,
Topic: Life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias: Lessons from numerical studies of mathematical models for cardiac tissue, 24th December, 2018.

43. Prof. Prasanta K. Panigrahi, IISER, Kolkata,
Topic: (i) The Dawn of Quantum Technology: Quantum Laws in Action, (ii) Quantum gates, teleportation, and role of entanglement, 18th March, 2019.

44. Prof. A. K. Bhatnagar, Hyderbad Central University,
Topic: Advance Materials and Material Engineering,10th May, 2019.

45. Dr. Raghumani Singh Ningthoujam, BARC, Mumbai, Workshop on Celebration of the International Year of Periodic Table of Chemical Elements (IYPT 2019),
Topic: The periodic Table of the Chemical Elements and Anomalies in Properties, 25th May 2019.

46. Prof. N. Nimai Singh, Physics Dept., Manipur University, Workshop on Celebration of the International Year of Periodic Table of Chemical Elements (IYPT 2019),
Topic: How are light and heavy elements formed?, 25th May 2019.

47. Prof. N. Rajmuhon Singh, Dept. of Chemistry, Manipur University, Workshop on Celebration of the International Year of Periodic Table of Chemical Elements (IYPT 2019),
Topic: History behind the discovery of periodic table by Russian Scientist D. I. Meddeleev, 25th May 2019.

48. Ng. Vishal Singh, Theoretical Physics Division, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad,
Topic: Searching for new physics at the Large Hadron Collider with Artificial Neural Networks, 16th August, 2019.

49. Prof. Shanta Laishram, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi,
Topic: Binary recurrence sequences and its arithmetic, 1st October, 2019.

50. Dr. Augustine Kshetrimayum, Department of Physics, Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany,
Topic: Mimicking nature: Classical simulation of quantum many-body systems, 6th January, 2020.

51. Prof. M. Sami, Centre for Theoretical Physics (CTP), Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi,
Topic: Nobel Prize in Physics 2019: Theoretical and Experimental contributions to understanding the universe, 10th February, 2020.

52. Prof. Jiban Jyoti Das, Department of Physics, Cotton University, Guwahati,
Topic: Proposal for an Accelerator Facility at CUPAC for North East Region, 8th Sept, 2020.

53. Dr. Nilakask Sorokhaibam, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar,
Topic: Quantum chaos: Black holes to quantum computers, 7th October, 2020.

54. Dr. T. Ibungochouba, Dept. of Mathematics, Manipur University, Workshop on Nobel Prize in Physics, 2020: Black Holes;
Topic: Newman-Penrose formalism, 7th November, 2020.

55. Dr. N. Chandrachani, Dept. of Physics, Manipur University, Workshop on Nobel Prize in Physics, 2020:
Topic: Exploring the black holes, 7th November, 2020.

56. Dr. M. Suheshkumar Singh, IISER, Thiruvanthapuram,
Topic: A photothermal-based (non-invasive) technique for enhancement of photoacoustic (PA) signal strength with continuous wave (CW) optical pre-illumination, 26th December, 2020.

57. Dr. Chingakham Chinglenthoiba (John), NIT, Calicut and National University of Singapore,
Topic: Microplastic is everywhere., 12th February, 2021.

58. Prof. Sushant G. Ghosh, Centre for Theoretical Physics (CTP), Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi,
Topic: A quest for black hole shadow, 12th March, 2021.

Conferences organized by RIST:

1. International E-Conference on New Frontiers in Science and Technology, 9th – 11th July, 2021 (Seventeen resource persons delivered plenary talks, and about 200 papers presented.)

2. Celebration of the International Year of Periodic Table of Chemical Elements (IYPT 2019), 25th May, 2019, (Three resource persons delivered plenary talks)

3. Workshop on RIST Foundation Day, 5th December, 2015 (Three resource persons delivered plenary talks)