09:30-09:40 Invocation by Srimatha Ramanand
Ceremonial Speeches
09:40-09:45 E. V. Sampathkumaran, Director TIFR
09:45-09:50 Ratan Kumar Sinha, Secretary, DAE and Chairperson, AEC (Speech read out by Spenta Wadia)
09:50-09:55 Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, TIFR & Presidency University, Kolkata
09:55-10:00 David Gross, Nobel Laureate and Chair - ICTS International Advisory Board
10:00-10:05 Roddam Narasimha, JNCASR & Member - ICTS International Advisory Board
10:05-10:10 K VijayRaghavan, NCBS; Secretary, Department Of Biotechnology & Member - ICTS Management Board
10:10-10:15 Andrew Millis, Columbia University & Associate Director for Physics, MPS- Simons Foundation
10:15-10:20 Kris Gopalakrishnan, Co-founder and former CEO of Infosys & Member - ICTS International Advisory Board
10:20-10:25 Michael Atiyah, Fields Medalist and Member - ICTS International Advisory Board
10:25-10:30 Spenta Wadia – Director, ICTS
10:30-10:45 Sapling plantation in the outreach area of the auditorium complex by
Mohsen Alishahiha, Nima Arkani-Hamed, Manjul Bhargava, Mani Lal Bhaumik, Vivek Borkar, Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, Avinash Dhar, NS Gabhane, Michael Green, David Gross, Kris Gopalakrishnan, Kimyeong Lee, Dieter Lüst, Andrew Millis, Roddam Narasimha, Ashoke Sen, Boris Shraiman, Subir Sachdev, E. V. Sampathkumaran, Fernando Quevedo, Cumrun Vafa, K. VijayRaghavan, Spenta Wadia & Bernard de Wit
10:45-11:30 Tea/Coffee
 
Academic Session
Time Speaker Title
Chair: Vivek Borkar, Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, India
11:30-12:00 Boris Shraiman Emergent simplicity of evolutionary dynamics and the possibility of predicting evolutionary future
12:00-12:30 Satya Majumdar Top eigenvalue of a random matrix: Tracy-Widom distribution and third order phase transition
12:30-14:00 -- Lunch
Chair: Fernando Quevedo, ICTP-Trieste, Italy
14:00-14:30 Subir Sachdev Exploring quantum matter in the high temperature superconductors
14:30-15:00 Rajesh Gopakumar Simplifying String Theory
15:00-15:30 Nima Arkani-Hamed Quantum Mechanics and Spacetime in the 21st Century
15:30-16:00 -- Tea/Coffee
16:00-17:15 -- Transport to Christ University, Hosur Road, Bengaluru
17:30-19:30 Manjul Bhargava Public Lecture: Poetry, Drumming and Mathematics
Venue: Christ University Auditorium
20:00 -- Dinner