kaNita kAnakam 2026
Ramanujam Auditorium, IMSc
Events
Upcoming Programs
IMSc Open Day 2026
Demonstrations and experiments for school students.
Vigyan Pratibha Teachers Workshop I (TN SCERT) 2026-2027
IMSc, Chennai
Quantum Information Processing: From Basics to Applications
Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi
Workshop for UG, PG and PhD aspirants in Physics
Recently Held
Youth Astronomy and Space Congress
Ramanujan Auditorium, IMSc
The Youth Astronomy and Space Science Congress (YASSC) is a flagship annual initiative organized by the Tamil Nadu Astronomy and Science Society (TASS)
Vigyan Pratibha Teachers Workshop I (KV/JNV/AECS) 2026-2027
G Rajasekhar Hall, Room no. 326 & 327 (New Building)
Rivers and a River Curriculum: An Urban Story
Ramanujan Auditorium, IMSc
About a river curriculum being developed for school students by Jeevitnadi.
Foundational Lecture Series on Theoretical Computer Science 2026
Alladi Ramakrishnan Hall
Foundational Lecture Series on Theoretical Physics 2026
Ramanujan Auditorium
Foundational Lecture Series on Mathematics 2026
Alladi Ramakrishnan Hall
Past Events
2026
Youth Astronomy and Space Congress
Ramanujan Auditorium, IMSc
The Youth Astronomy and Space Science Congress (YASSC) is a flagship annual initiative organized by the Tamil Nadu Astronomy and Science Society (TASS)
Rivers and a River Curriculum: An Urban Story
Ramanujan Auditorium, IMSc
About a river curriculum being developed for school students by Jeevitnadi.
Vigyan Pratibha Teachers Workshop I (KV/JNV/AECS) 2026-2027
G Rajasekhar Hall, Room no. 326 & 327 (New Building)
2025
Vigyan Pratibha Teachers Workshop II (KV/JNV/AECS) 2025-2026
Chandrasekhar Hall, Room no. 326 (New Building)
Vigyan Pratibha Teachers Workshop I (Kerala SCERT) 2025-2026
DIET, Sulthan Bathery
Vigyan Pratibha workshop 2025-2026 for Kerala SCERT Wayanad Block Teachers
Vigyan Pratibha Teachers Workshop I (KV/JNV/AECS) 2025-2026
Chandrasekhar Hall, Room no. 326 (New Building)
Classical gravitational wave tails from quantum soft theorem
Ashoke Sen (ICTS, Bengaluru)
Ramanujan Auditorium, IMSc
Alladi Ramakrishnan Centenary Lecture
Gravitational-Wave Astronomy: Today and Tomorrow
Ajith Parameshwaran (ICTS, Bengaluru)
Ramanujan Auditorium, IMSc
Public lecture
IMSc Astro Series
Samir Dhurde (SciPOP, IUCAA)
Anna Centenary Library Amphitheater
IMSc is organising an 'Astro-Series' for the general public on sky-watching and various topics in astronomy
A multi-disciplinary approach to understanding collective cell motion
Philip Maini (FRS, Wolfson Centre for Mathematical Biology, University of Oxford, UK)
Ramanujan Auditorium, IMSc
Dravidians, North and South
Peggy Mohan (Writer-in-residence, Manipal Institute of Technology)
Ramanujan Auditorium, IMSc
In Search of Language X
Peggy Mohan (Writer-in-residence, Manipal Institute of Technology)
Alladi Hall, IMSc
Part of the IMSc Conversation Series.
Trash Talk and Trace the Waste
Adithi Muralidhar (HBCSE) & VR Hari Balaji (Urbaser Sumeet)
Talks about sustainable waste management for institutions and private citizens followed by an Educational game on waste management.
State Level Workshop on Youth Astronomy and Space Science Congress
Chandrasekar Hall, IMSc
Inauguration, workshop and sky watch
Born of Earth: Ceramics, a sustainable alternative for a cleaner environment
IMSc
A workshop on ceramics and science
Ceramics: a conversation between art and science
Evgenia Gladkaya
Alladi Hall, IMSc
Part of the IMSc Conversation Series.
Who Needs the Past ? Rethinking Muziris, ancient India's gateway to the world
P. J. Cherian
ECG Sudarshan Hall
Part of the IMSc Conversation Series.
The AI+AI Project: Using Artificial Intelligence to help Decode the Ancient Indus Script
Omar Khan
Alladi Hall
Part of the IMSc Conversation Series.
2024
Origin, Evolution and Diversity of Amphibians in the Western Ghats
R J Ranjit Daniels, Trustee, Care Earth Trust, Chennai
Ramanujan Auditorium, IMSc
Cancelled
War and Peace: Conflict and Cooperation in a Tropical Insect Society
Raghavendra Gadagkar Professor Centre for Ecological Sciences Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Ramanujan Auditorium, IMSc
Manifesting Love for Wildlife through Photography
Ananth Karthik & Diana Banik
Alladi Hall
Part of the IMSc Conversation Series.
Monsoon Menagerie: A peek at the lesser known biodiversity of the Western Ghats
Second floor, Library, IMSc
A photography exhibition in the IMSc Library
Teachers Workshop II 2024-2025
Chandrasekhar Hall, Room no. 326 (New Building)
Vigyan Pratibha follow-up workshop 2024-2025 for KV/JNV/AECS teachers
Vigyan Pratibha workshop in IIT Palakkad
IIT Palakkad
Vigyan Pratibha workshop conducted for state government teachers from Palakkad Block
Board-gaming for Leisure, Education, and Research
Dr Jyothi Krishnan
Alladi Hall
Part of the IMSc Conversation Series.
Introduction to creating effective social media posts on science and research
TV Venkateswaran, IISER Mohali
NL08 (Library Building), IMSc
A basic-level course for students of higher education, research scholars, working scientists and people interested in science outreach
A Star in Flames: Comet or Fireball?
Ramanujan Auditorium, IMSc
A review of the Tamil classic Purananuru 229
The Magic of Numbers - Finding numerals on ancient temples
Himanshu Prabha Ray
Alladi Hall
Part of the IMSc Conversation Series.
Why all the foreign words? Questioning the plurilingual in the making of poems.
Fióna Bolger
Alladi Hall
Part of the IMSc Conversation Series.
Mathematical Modelling workshop for SCERT
IMSc, Chennai
Teacher training program for TN SCERT higher secondary and undergraduate physics teachers.
Vigyan Pratibha TN SCERT Teachers Workshop I 2024-2025
Chandrasekhar Hall, Room no. 326 (New Building)
Maths Resource Generation Camp 2024
Third Floor Lounge, New Building - IMSc
Two day event for brainstorming and bringing together Maths resources
Understanding the UNFCCC Process: Decoding COP28
T Jayaraman, Senior Fellow, M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation(MSSRF)
Ramanujan Auditorium, IMSc
Public lecture (Part of [Climate Change in India: What do we know and how?](https://www.imsc.res.in/outreach/ClimateChange2024/))
Photography - A language of perspective, process and purpose
Shuchi Kapoor
Alladi Hall
Part of the IMSc Conversation Series.
Science at the Sabha 2024
Anna Centenary Library Auditorium, Kotturpuram
Talks on science for the general public
State level Youth Astronomy and Space Science Congress
Co-organized by Tamilnadu Astronomy & Science Society (TASS)
Living in Science - Scholar or Scribe
Shubashree Desikan
Chandrasekhar Hall
Part of the IMSc Conversation Series.
2023
Women and Work in India: Learning from Claudia Goldin
Dr. Kalaiyarasan A (MIDS)
Ramanujan Auditorium, IMSc
Public lecture on the Nobel Prize in Economics 2023 (Part of Nobel Prize series, co-organized by [TNSF popular lecture series](http://sciencelecture.tnsfchennai.in/))
Women, Science and Media
IMSc, Chennai
IMSc is hosting science communicators and journalists for sessions on topics in science communication, women in science and science journalism
TNSF Lecture series: Nobel Prize in Physics
Dr. Sivarama Krishnan, IITM
Ramanujan Auditorium, IMSc
Conceiving and developing Attosecond optical pulses
Mathematics Toys Workshop
VSS Sastry
Chandrashekar Hall, IMSc
A workshop to develop Mathematics related toys
Illam Thedi Kalvi - Workshop for Volunteers at IMSc
IMSc, Chennai
TN education department program where volunteers conduct activities with children after school hours.
Vaanavil Mandram - IMSc Visit
IMSc, Chennai
150 students (Class 6 to 8) from various parts of Tamilnadu visiting IMSc
Darwin Day 2023
Besant Nagar Beach, Chennai
IMSc and TNSF mark the birthday of Charles Darwin with a public event at Elliots Beach, Chennai.
2022
Vigyan Pratibha workshop in UOC, Kozhikode District, Kerala
UOC (University of Calicut)
Vigyan Pratibha workshop conducted for central government (KV) and state government teachers from Kerala
Vigyan Pratibha TN SCERT Teachers Workshop I 2022-2023
Chandrasekhar Hall, Room no. 318 (New Building)
Foldscope Programs
Thiruparankundram Government School, Madurai
A two day Foldscope training workshop for teachers and middle school students
2021
Physics of complex systems: disordered materials and the earth’s climate
Pinaki Chaudhuri (IMSc) and R. Shankar (rtd. IMSc)
Online
Physical Sciences: Synergy with Mathematics
Prof. R. Chidambaram, DAE Homi Bhabha Chair Professor
Online
Physical Sciences and Mathematics are very closely linked, from high energy physics to condensed matter physics and chemistry. Mathematics is used widely in other areas like nuclear reactor design, artificial intelligence and cyber security. Computational Mathematics is also playing an increasingly important role.
Sensing Heat and Pressure
S Krishnaswamy, IMSc
Online
The 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was jointly awarded to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch. The talk goes into how the discoveries were made and their importance in understanding one of our essential senses
Workshop in Algebra
DS Nagaraj (IISER Tirupati), KN Raghavan (IMSc), P Sankaran (CMI)
Online
Mathematics lecture series
2020
Vigyan Pratibha Regional Workshop (Tamil) 2020
Online
Workshop for maths and science teachers of classes VIII - X
Annular Solar Eclipse: 21 June 2020
Information about the upcoming Annular Solar Eclipse and how to watch it from wherever you are.
Logic for non-persons?
Rohit Parikh, City University of New York, USA
An Annular Solar Eclipse will be visible on the morning of 21 June 2020 in India
2019
Annular Solar Eclipse: 26 December 2019
A list of outreach activities in Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu to view the Annular Solar Eclipse
Teacher's Enrichment Workshop: November 2019
Chandrasekhar Hall, IMSc
A week-long workshop for mathematics teachers of engineering colleges
Teacher's Enrichment Workshop (Engineering) 2019
Chandrasekhar Hall, IMSc
A week-long workshop for mathematics teachers of engineering colleges
Topics in Biology 2019
Ramanujan Auditorium, IMSc
Evolution and Ecology - A series of lectures on topics in biology for college students
Using ancient DNA to understand Indian history
Vagheesh Narasimhan, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Ramanujam Auditorium, IMSc
A public lecture on how the genetic makeup of modern Indian populations came to be.
Enriching Mathematics Education 2019
Software Engineering Lab, Department of CSE, SSN College, Old Mahabalipuram Rd, Kalavakkam, Chennai 603110
IMSc Mathematics workshop for high school teachers
kaNita-kAnakam 2019
Ramanujan Auditorium, IMSc
Mathematics and Science program in Tamil for school children
A Symplectic World View
Dishant Pancholi, IMSc
Ramanujam Auditorium, IMSc
A public lecture on Symplectic Geometry and its applications to the understanding of our physical world
Vigyan Pratibha Chennai Regional Workshop 2019-2020 I
IMSc, Taramani, Chennai
Workshop for central teachers of classes VIII - X
Annular Solar Eclipse Outreach Planning Workshop
Chandrashekar Hall, IMSc
Information about the upcoming Annular Solar Eclipse and how to watch it from wherever you are.
TEW - Linear Algebra and Calculus on Rn
Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai
Teacher's Enrichment Workshop at Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai
Heat waves, cyclones and sea level rise: understanding the recent IPCC report on climate change and its ramifications for India and the world
Dr. Chirag Dhara
Ramanujan Auditorium, IMSc
A public lecture on climate change (part of the TNSF popular Science Lecture Series)
UN International Day of Girls and Women in Science 2019
IMSc
Science outreach initiative for girl students as part of the UN International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Quantum Black Holes
Prof. Atish Dabholkar, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy
IMSc
A public lecture on an encounter between Hawking and Ramanujan (part of the Nag memorial lecture series)
The Stellar Legacy of Prof. Meghnad Saha from Society to the Cosmos
Ramanujan Auditorium, IMSc
A conference on the contributions of Meghnad Saha: from Society to the Cosmos
2018
From the Triangle Inequality to the Isoperimetric Inequality
S. Kesavan, Adjunct Professor, IITM
Sekhar Hall, P. S. Senior Secondary School Mylapore, Chennai
A National Centre for Mathematics (NCM) public lecture to celebrate National Mathematics Day
The Ramanujan Tau Function
Prof. Ram Murty, Queen's University
Ramanujan Auditorium, IMSc
A public lecture to commemorate National Mathematics Day
Teacher's Enrichment Workshop: Nov 2018
Chandrasekhar Hall, IMSc, Taramani, Chennai
A week-long workshop for mathematics teachers of Engineering colleges
Teacher's Enrichment Workshop (Engineering) 2018
Chandrasekhar Hall, IMSc, Taramani, Chennai
A week-long workshop for mathematics teachers of Engineering colleges
Vigyan Pratibha Chennai Region Workshop 2018
IMSc, Taramani, Chennai
Workshop for KV and AECS teachers of classes VIII - X
Enriching Mathematics Education 2018
P.S.Senior Secondary School, 33 Alarmelmangapuram, Mylapore, Chennai 600 004
IMSc Mathematics workshop for teachers of classes XI and XII
Science, Journalism, Media: Communicating Science in a Changing India
Ramanujan Auditorium, IMSc
A workshop on science communucation connecting scientists and journalists
Discovery of Helium from Andhra Pradesh
Dr. Niruj Mohan Ramanujam
Ramanujan Auditorium, IMSc
Lecture celebrating 150th anniversary of fingerprinting the Universe.
Teacher's Enrichment Workshop
Chandrasekhar Hall, IMSc
A week-long workshop for mathematics teachers of Arts & Science colleges
Teacher's Enrichment Workshop
Chandrasekhar Hall, IMSc
A week-long workshop for mathematics teachers of Arts & Science colleges
Teacher's Enrichment Workshop: May 2018
Chandrasekhar Hall, IMSc, Taramani, Chennai
A week-long workshop for mathematics teachers of Arts & Science colleges
Summer School Student Workshop 2018
IMSc
A Mathematics and Science workshop for high school students, organized by graduate students
Towards understanding grassroots India
Dr. Ravi Kuchimanchi, Association for India's Development (AID)
Ramanujan Auditorium, IMSc
Lecture celebrating 150th anniversary of fingerprinting the Universe.
2017
Teacher's Enrichment Workshop
Chandrasekhar Hall, IMSc
A week-long workshop for mathematics teachers of Engineering colleges
Teacher's Enrichment Workshop (Engineering) 2017
Chandrasekhar Hall, IMSc, Taramani, Chennai
A week-long workshop for mathematics teachers of Engineering
Scientists and school education: A discussion
Alladi Ramakrishnan Hall, IMSc
Can disciplinary researchers contribute meaningfully to school education? Should they?
Science Fun, Science Toys
Arvind Gupta, [Arvind Gupta Toys](http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/)
Ramanujan Auditorium, IMSc
Can disciplinary researchers contribute meaningfully to school education? Should they?
Enriching Mathematics Education 2017
Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan School, KK Nagar, Chennai - 78
Mathematics workshop for school teachers
Summer School Student Workshop 2017
IMSc
A 5-day Mathematics and Science workshop for high school students, organized by graduate students
Teacher's Enrichment Workshop, May 2017
Chandrasekhar Hall, IMSc
A week-long workshop for mathematics teachers of Arts & Science colleges
2016
Teacher's Enrichment Workshop: Engineering Mathematics
Chandrasekhar Hall, IMSc
A week-long workshop for mathematics teachers of engineering colleges
Enriching Mathematics Education 2016
Ramanujan Auditorium, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai
Mathematics workshop for school teachers
Teacher's Enrichment Workshop: Algebra and Analysis
Chandrasekhar Hall, IMSc, Chennai
Enriching Collegiate Education, May 2016 - A week-long workshop for mathematics teachers of arts and science colleges
2015
Teacher's Enrichment Workshop: Engineering Mathematics
Chandrasekhar Hall, IMSc, Chennai
Enriching Collegiate Education, November 2015 - A week-long workshop for mathematics teachers of engineering colleges
Enriching Mathematics Education 2015
Ramanujan Auditorium, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai
2-day workshop for mathematics teachers of classes XI and XII
Enriching Collegiate Education 2015
Ramanujan Auditorium, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai
Workshop for college and university mathematics teachers
2014
One Per Cent 2014
Ramanujan Auditorium, IMSc
Mathematics workshop for students of classes XI and XII
Enriching Mathematics Education 2014
Ramanujan Auditorium, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai
2-day workshop for mathematics teachers of classes XI and XII
Aspects of Mathematics
Ramanujan Auditorium, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai
A two-day mathematics programme
2013
Enriching Mathematics Education 2013
Ramanujan Auditorium, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai
A two-day workshop for mathematics teachers in schools
Mathematics: Aspects, Prospects, and a bit of History
Ramanujan Auditorium, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai
Science Academies' Lecture Workshop - A two-day programme for undergraduate and postgraduate mathematics students
2012
History, Aspects, and Prospects of Mathematics in India
Ramanujan Auditorium, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai
A two-day programme for undergraduate and postgraduate mathematics students