Past Event

2000 - 2002
2003 - 2005
2006 - 2008
2009 - 2011
2012 - 2015

2000 - 2002

3rd TAA Public Lecture: Science with Engagement and Passion, Speaker: Prof. Yash Pal, National Research Professor, All India Council for Technical Education, N. Delhi, Bharat Ratna Shri J.R.D. Tata’s Birthday, July 29, 2002, 4:30 p.m., (1st TAA-JRD Tata Public Lecture), Homi Bhabha Auditorium, TIFR.
2nd TAA Public Lecture: Kaun Banega Crorepati-A Million Dollars for a Mathematician, Speaker: Professor M.S. Raghunathan, School of Mathematics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, 1st TAA-National Science Day Public Lecture, February 28, 2002, 5 p.m., Homi Bhabha Auditorium, TIFR.
1st TAA Public Lecture: The Trials and Excitement of Setting up a Scientific Institution, Speaker: Professor J.V. Narlikar, Director, Inter University Centre for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Pune, January 16, 2002, 10:00 a.m., Homi Bhabha Auditorium, TIFR.

2003 - 2005

14th TAA Public Lecture: Science and the Human Predicament, Download the lecture -pdf file, Speaker: Prof. N. Mukunda, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, December 21, 2005, 5 p.m., Homi Bhabha Auditorium, TIFR.
13th TAA Public Lecture: Satellite Radio: Its Global Impact, Download the lecture -pdf file, Speaker: Dr. S. Rangarajan, World Space, USA, October 14, 2005, 5 p.m., Homi Bhabha Auditorium, TIFR.
12th TAA Public Lecture: SIXTY YEARS of TIFR (1945 - 2005), Download the lecture -pdf file, Speaker: Professor B. V. Sreekantan, NIAS, Bangalore; former Director, TIFR, celebrating J.R.D. Tata’s Birth Centenary, 5th TAA-JRD Tata Public Lecture, August 18, 2005, 5 p.m., Homi Bhabha Auditorium, TIFR.
11th TAA Public Lecture: Dark Energy: the Cosmological Challenge of the Millennium, Download the lecture -pdf file, Speaker: Professor T. Padmanabhan, IUCAA, Pune. 4th TAA- National Science Day Public Lecture, February 28, 2005, 5 p.m., Homi Bhabha Auditorium, TIFR.
10th TAA Public Lecture: JRD TATA: his influence on Science and scientific institutions in India, Download the lecture -pdf file, Speaker: Professor Devendra Lal, F.R.S. and Honorary Fellow, TIFR, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, USA, celebrating J.R.D. Tata’s Birth Centenary, January 28, 2005, 5 p.m., Homi Bhabha Auditorium, TIFR.
9th TAA Public Lecture: JRD TATA's LEGACY: The Development of India through Science, Speaker: Professor M.G.K. Menon, New Delhi. on the eve Bharat Ratna Shri J.R.D. Tata, 100th Birthday, July 28, 2004, 5:50 p.m., Homi Bhabha Auditorium, TIFR.
8th TAA Public Lecture: Search for a Unified Theory, Speaker: Professor Ashoke Sen, F.R.S., Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad, 3rd TAA- National Science Day Public Lecture, February 27, 2004, 5 p.m., Homi Bhabha Auditorium, TIFR.
6th TAA Public Lecture: The Sense of Smell, Speaker: Professor Obaid Siddiqi, National Center for Biological Sciences, TIFR, Bangalore, 2nd TAA-JRD Tata Public Lecture, July 29, 2003, 5 p.m., Homi Bhabha Auditorium, TIFR.
5th TAA Public Lecture: Science in India - Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, Speaker: Professor B.M. Udgaonkar, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Mumbai, 2nd TAA-National Science Day Public Lecture, February 28, 2003, 5 p.m., Homi Bhabha Auditorium, TIFR.
4th TAA Public Lecture: Plugging into the Sun - When does your roof provide for your electrical needs? Speaker: Dr. Subhendu Guha, United Solar Systems Corporation, Michigan, USA, December 20, 2002, 5 p.m., Homi Bhabha Auditorium, TIFR.

2006 - 2008

21st TAA Public Lecture: Pitfalls in Elementary Physics: Some Lessons From History, Speaker: Prof. Arvind Kumar; Director, Homi Bhabha Center for Science Education, 7th TAA- National Science Day, Public Lecture, February 28, 2008, 11:30 a.m., Homi Bhabha Auditorium, TIFR.
20th TAA Public Lecture: Reentering the International Nuclear ARENA, Speaker: Dr. M R Srinivasan; Member, Atomic Energy Commission, Formerly, Chairman, AEC, Member Energy Planning Commission and Member, TIFR Council of Management, September 12 2007, 11:30 a.m., Homi Bhabha Auditorium, TIFR.
19th TAA Public Lecture: Computing: Fifty Years On, Speaker: Prof. Mathai Joseph, Tata Consultancy Services, Pune, 7th TAA-JRD Tata Public Lecture, July 27, 2007, 5 p.m., Homi Bhabha Auditorium, TIFR. Here, you can download slides of this talk (pdf file) and Here you can download Prof. Mathai Joseph's write up of this talk.
18th TAA Public Lecture: A Century of the Quantum, Speaker: Virendra Singh, INSA, C.V. Raman Research, Professor Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, 6th TAA- National Science Day Public Lecture, February 28, 2007, 5 p.m., Homi Bhabha Auditorium, TIFR.
17th TAA Public Lecture: Metaphors of Physics, Speaker: A. Ravi Prakash Rau, Physics & Astronomy, Louisiana State University, and TIFR, January 12, 2007, 5 p.m., Homi Bhabha Auditorium, TIFR.
16th TAA Public Lecture: Education, Knowledge and India's Sovereignity, Speaker: Prof. Anil Sadgopal, Senior Fellow, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi. 6th TAA-JRD Tata Public Lecture, July 28, 2006, 5:00 p.m., Homi Bhabha Auditorium, TIFR. The lecture was preceded by inauguration of an Exhibition on Scientific Art (Artist: Sukant Saran, Publications Officer, TIFR) by Director, TIFR in Homi Bhabha Foyer area, 4 p.m.
15th TAA Public Lecture: Radio Waves and the Universe, Speaker: Prof. Govind Swarup, NCRA, TIFR, Pune, 5th TAA- National Science Day Public Lecture, February 28, 2006, 5 p.m., Homi Bhabha Auditorium, TIFR.
7th TAA Public Lecture: Eradicating Illiteracy: The Technology Angle, Speaker: Professor Kesav Vithal Nori, Executive Vice-President, R & D, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Mumbai, International Literacy Day, September 8, 2007, 5 p.m., Homi Bhabha Auditorium, TIFR.

2009 - 2011

29th TAA Public Lecture: Superconductivity: 100 years young, Speaker: Prof. Mohit Randeria, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA. 11th TAA-JRD Tata, Public Lecture, July 29, 2011, 4 p.m., Homi Bhabha Auditorium, TIFR.http://indico.tifr.res.in/indico/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=1529
28th TAA Public Lecture: Remote Sensing of the Earth and the Moon, Speaker: Dr. R.R. Navalgund, Director, SAC, Ahmedabad, 10th TAA- National Science Day Public Lecture, February 28, 2011, 4 p.m., Homi Bhabha Auditorium, TIFR. For details, please visit http://indico.tifr.res.in/MaKaC/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=1202
27th TAA Public Lecture: What do Mathematicians do and how? Speaker:Prof. M.S. Narasimhan, FRS, TAA Commemoration of Golden Jubilee of School Mathematics, 10th TAA-JRD Tata, Public Lecture, July 29, 2010, 5 p.m., Homi Bhabha Auditorium, TIFR.
26th TAA Public Lecture: Development and Behaviour, Speaker: Prof. K. VijayRaghavan, Director, NCBS, Bangalore, 9th TAA- National Science Day Public Lecture, March 2, 2010,5 p.m., Homi Bhabha Auditorium, TIFR.
25th TAA Public Lecture: Galileo Sun, Speaker: Prof. S. M. Chitre, Distinguished Faculty Member, UM-DAE Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences, University of Mumbai, Annabhau Sathe Bhawan, Kalina Campus, Santacruz (East), Mumbai 400098, 9th TAA-JRD Tata, Public Lecture, July 29, 2009, 5 p.m., Homi Bhabha Auditorium, TIFR.
24th TAA Public Lecture: Strategies for leadership in communication technology, Speaker: Prof. M.V. Pitke, formerly at School of Technology and Computer Science, TIFR and Founder Director of the Center for Development of Telematics - CDoT (1984), May 11, 2009, 4 p.m., Prof. K. Venkataraman Auditorium, Institute of Chemical Technology, Matunga, Mumbai 400019
23rd TAA Public Lecture: States of matter, Speaker: Professor Deepak Dhar, Distinguished Professor, Department of Theoretical Physics, TIFR, 8th TAA- National Science Day, Public Lecture, February 28, 2009, 4 p.m., Homi Bhabha Auditorium, TIFR.
22nd TAA Public Lecture: Journey from quarks to the cosmos and back, Speaker: Prof. Ramanath Cowsik, Director, McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, 8th TAA-JRD Tata, Public Lecture, July 29, 2008, 5 p.m., Homi Bhabha Auditorium, TIFR.

2012 - 2015

35th TAA Public Lecture: "Weaving Intellectual Property Rights in Management of Creativity, Knowledge Creation, Innovation and Commercialization", Speaker: Prof. Prabuddha Ganguli, MHRD IPR Chair Professor, Tezpur University, Assam and CEO, Vision-IPR, Mumbai, 14th TAA-JRD Tata, Public Lecture, July 28, 2014, 5 p.m. TIFR Lecture Theatre. [Download pdf]
34th TAA Public Lecture: Solar System Studies and Planetary Exploration, Speaker: Prof. J. N. Goswami, Director, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, 13th TAA-National Science Day Public Lecture, February 27, 2014, 5:15 p.m., TIFR Lecture Theatre.
33rd TAA Public Lecture: "Brain gain: A personal view of fundamental research in India", Speaker: Prof. Subir Sarkar, Head, Particle Theory Group, Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford, UK, 13th TAA-JRD Tata, Public Lecture, July 26, 2013, 4 p.m., TIFR Lecture Theatre.
32nd TAA Public Lecture: We have found a new boson: What does it mean? Speaker: Prof. Rohini Godbole, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, 12th TAA- National Science Day Public Lecture, February 28, 2013, 5 p.m., TIFR Lecture Theatre.
31st TAA Public Lecture: A Glimpse into the Foundations of Mathematics, Speaker: Prof. Nitin Nitsure, School of Mathematics, TIFR, 12th TAA-JRD Tata, Public Lecture, July 27, 2012, 5 p.m., TIFR Lecture Theatre.
30th TAA Public Lecture: The Middle Kingdom: Deterministic Chaos, Speaker: Prof. Ram Ramaswamy, The Vice-Chancellor, Central University of Hyderabad, 11th TAA- National Science Day Public Lecture, February 28, 2012, 4 p.m., Homi Bhabha Auditorium, TIFR.