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{\large {\it Subhashis Nag Memorial Endowment Lecture}}\\
{\it  by} \\
{\bf Prof. Dennis P. Sullivan}
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The first Subhashis Nag Memorial Endowment Lecture will be 
held as per details given below:
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Speaker: & Professor ~Dennis~P.~Sullivan\\
~& Graduate ~Center, ~CUNY, ~New ~York, ~U.S.A\\
Title: & String ~Topology\\
Date/time: & Monday, ~23rd ~December, ~2002 ~at ~11:30~ hrs\\ 
 Venue: & Ramanujan ~Auditorium, ~IMSc.\\ 
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{\bf About the speaker:}\\
Professor Dennis Sullivan is an eminent mathematician who has 
made fundamental contribution in  
the areas of topology, complex geometry, and dynamical systems.  
He occupies the Albert Einstein Chair in Science at Graduate 
Center, CUNY, since 1982. He had collaborated with Prof. Subhashis Nag.

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{\bf About The Subhashis Nag Memorial Endowment Lectures:} \\ 
Subhashis Nag Memorial Endowment Lectures was instituted early this year  
through the generous contribution of Mrs Sutapa Nag, widow of 
Prof. Subhashis Nag.  It aims to promote research in mathematical 
sciences by inviting to the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, 
an eminent mathematical scientist, one each year, to deliver a series of 
lectures. The first of these lectures will be designated  
the Subhashis Nag Memorial Endowment Lecture. 

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{\bf About Prof. Subhashis Nag:}\\
Professor Subhashis Nag was born on 14th August 1955.  He obtained his 
Ph.D. from Cornell University, New York. He  
joined the Institute of Mathematical Sciences  
in 1991.  He worked in the area of complex analytic geometry, particularly, 
Teichm\"uller theory and its relations to string theory. 
He won the coveted S.S.Bhatnagar award but,  
unfortunately, he died, on 22nd December 1998, before the actual award 
ceremony.  
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