1969 - Annual Report

Abstract

Opening of the New Building: On 20th January, 1969, the Institute moved into its own premises which was opened by Hon’ble Mr. V. R. Nedunchezhiyan, Minister for Education, Government of Tamil Nadu Mr. C. Subramaniam, Patron of the Institute and Dr. Atma Ram, Director General; CSIR were also present at the function. Anniversary Symposium: The Anniversary Symposium in January 1969 was as successful as the previous meetings due to active participation of scientists from various countries. The symposium, seventh in the series, was inaugurated by Dr. Atma Ram, Director-General, CSIR on 20th January. Among the scientists who participated in the symposium were; Marshall H. Stone (USA), O. Lehto (Finland), J. Krzyz (Poland), T. H. Ganelius (Sweden), S. R. Valluri (Bangalore), S. N. Roy Chaudhury (Bangalore), R. Narasimha (Bangalore), Kameswara Rao (Bangalore), R. Sankaranarayanan (Bangalore), V. M. Ghatage (Bangalore), M. V. Arunachalam (Madras), Alladi Prabhakar (Hyderabad), S. K. Srinivasan (Madras), Raj Mahendra (Bangalore), (Late) T. Muthian (Madras), C. R. Narayana Rao (Madras), Y. S. N. Murthy (Hyderabad). B. Ramamoorthy (Madras). Visiting Scientists: As in the previous years, under the visiting scientists programme supported by the Government of Tamil Nadu and the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India, distinguished professors of established reputation as well as younger scientists of great promise have visited the Institute to deliver lectures, participate in seminars, symposia and also to collaborate actively with the members of the Institute in their research work. One day Symposium: A one day symposium on “Computers in science and industry” intended to focus the attention on the uses made of computers now available in Madras and at TIFR, Bombay for solving problems in Nuclear Physics and Fluid dynamics, was held on March 28, 1969. The symposium was inaugurated by Professor Alladi Ramakrishaan and was presided over by Mr. A. P. Jambu- lingam, Principal, Technical Teachers Training Institute, Madras. Among ‘the participants were i Dr. S. Nagarajan (Madras), Mr. M. S. Jayaraman (Madras), Mr. S. Sivaraman (Madras), Dr. V. Devanathan (Madras). Colloquium series: A weekly colloquium on topics of current interest was started this year. As many as 80 lectures were given in tbis series. Publications; The publications of the Institute include research papers based on work carried out by members of our academic staff and the visiting scientists, and MATSCIENCE Reports. The lectures in our Anniversary symposium and Winter seminars are published as a series "Symposia on Theoretical Physics and Mathematics” by the Plenum Press, New York. Volumes I to IX have been published and Volume X is under preparation.