1965 - Annual Report

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Anniversary symposium: The Third Anniversary Symposium of the Institute was held during January 3-12, 1965. Professor Victor Weisskopf, Director General, CERN, Geneva, delivered the Introductory address, ‘ on the present state of elementary particle physics.’ The following resident visiting scientists, members of the academic staff of the Institute and invited lecturers from some institutions in India participated in the symposium. Professor M. H. Stone, U.S.A.; Professor C. De Dominies, France; Dr. K Dietz, Geneva; Dr. L. A. P. Balazs, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research; Dr, J. Lukierski, Poland; Dr. J. J. De Swart, Holland; Professor Alf Sjolander, Sweden; Professor R. Blankenbecler, U.S.A.; Professor P. T. Landsberg, U. K.; Professor A. N. Mitra, Delhi University; Dr. Virendra Singh, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research; and Professor Harish Chandra, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, U.S.A., participated in the symposium. Summer School: The second Matscience Summer School organised at Bangalore from August 17th to September 4th, 1965 was inaugurated by Mr. M. Bakthavatsalam, Chief Minister of Madras. The Chairman of the Board of Governors, Mr. R. Venkataraman, presided over the inaugural function. Approximately fifty lectures were delivered by twelve invited lecturers: six from outside India, one from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay and the rest from Madras. Lecturers from the educational institutions in Madras and Bangalore availed themselves of this opportunity to attend the Summer School. Visiting scientists: As in the preceding years under the visiting scientists programme supported by the Government of Madras and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, distinguished professors of established reputation as well as younger scientists of great promise have visited the Institute to deliver lectures, participate in seminars, symposium and the summer school and also to collaborate actively with the members of the Institute in their research work. Matscience-IIT seminar: A new feature of the year was the inauguration of the Matscience —I. I. T. Seminars under the joint auspices of Matscience and the Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Techonology, Madras. Publications: The publications of the Institute include research papers based on work carried out by members of our academic staff and the visiting scientists, Matscience Reports and seminar lectures. The monthly report on recent experimental data are being published regularly.