Lectures / Talks

1. Physics education through FLOSS - invited lecture at 4 day workshop arranged by Indian Physics Association at Behala College, March 2008.
2. Physics through experiments : some thoughts - invited lecture at one day conference on physics education arranged by the Indian Association of Physics Teachers at the Scottish Church College, December, 2007.
3. The evolution of physics - invited lecture given to beginning undergraduate students at a workshop organised by Science Communicators Forum, at IACS, December, 2006.
4. Gauge fields, action and quantum mechanics - a series of lectures given to undergraduate students at an IAPT organised workshop held at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Sciences, Kolkata, July, 2006.
5. Relativity with a flashlight - invited lecture given as part of the World Year of Physics celebrations held at Asansol Girls College, Asansol, November 2005.
6. Python in the physics classroom - contributed lecture given at the International Conference on Physics Education, 2005 held at New Delhi, August 2005.
7. Relativity with a flashlight - lecture series given at Summer School organized for high school students at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Sciences, Kolkata, May 2005.
8. Computer simulations in the physics classroom - invited lecture given at the Eastern Regional Workshop on " Undergraduate Physics Teaching : Challenges in the Present Scenario", organized by the Indian Physical Society in collaboration with Indian Association of Physics Teachers at the Ramkrishna Mission Residential college, Narendrapur, Kolkata, November 2004.
9. The world of elementary particles - lecture given to middle school students as part of a workshop organized by Jagadish Bose National Science Talent Search, at Kolkata, October 2004.
10. Scalars, vectors and tensors - an informal look at the representations of the SO(3) group and beyond - lecture series given at autumn school for undergraduate students organized at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Sciences, September, 2004.
11. Geometry in physics - from Kepler's laws to Rutherford scattering - lecture series given in the workshop on "The inverse square law and beyond" at Guwahati, Assam, August, 2004.
12. Computers in the Physics classroom - invited lecture given at the Gurudas college, Kolkata, July, 2004.
13. Simulations for physics" - lecture series given at Summer School organized for high school students at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Sciences, Kolkata, May-June 2004.
14. From the BEC to white dwarfs - a brief introduction to thermal physics" - lecture series given at the autumn school for undergraduate students organized at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Sciences, September - October, 2003.
15. Symmetry - lecture series given at Summer School organized for high school students at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Sciences, Kolkata, May-June 2003.
16. The internet as a medium of interaction between the teacher and the taught - lecture given at U.G.C. sponsored one day workshop on "Cyberworld and Education" , organized by the New Alipore College, Kolkata, December 2002.
17. Computers in the physics classroom - lecture given as part of one day workshop on the "Use of computers and in the internet in Physics education, organized by the Indian Association of Physics Teachers, at Kolkata, December 2002.
18. Symmetry in physics - lecture series given at 3 day workshop on "Modern Physics for high school students" , at Kolkata, November 2001.
19. Chaos - lecture series given at 3 day workshop on " Modern Physics for high school students", at Kolkata, November 2001.
20. Developing software to teach quantum mechanics - participant's seminar at "U.G.C. workshop on quantum mechanics" organized at Amolakchand Mahavidyalaya, Yavatmol, Maharashtra, November 2000.
21. Lie algebraic methods in Quantum Optics - Colloquium lecture delivered at the S. N. Bose National Center for Basic Sciences, 5th of October, 1999.
22. Physics education at the turn of the century - delivered as part of the one day Seminar series organized as part of the 26th Physics departmental reunion of the Jadavpur University.
23. Classical approach to Feynman's derivation of Maxwell's laws - delivered as part of the Seminar series organized at the Jadavpur University to celebrate the golden jubilee of Physics departmental reunion.
24. Topology and defects in condensed matter - delivered at the Condensed Matter Physics Research Center, Jadavpur University, 1995.
25. Calculation of the virial coefficients of an anyon system - delivered at the Condensed Matter Physics Research Center, Jadavpur University, 1994.
26. How to derive the Lorentz transformations- delivered as a student participant at the SERC school on "Models and Techniques of Statistical Physics" , Puri,1994.

  Conferences Organised

1. Jointly convened a 3 day workshop on "Modern Physics for high school students", under the aegis of Jagadis Bose National Science Talent Search, at Kolkata, November 2001.
2. Convener of the "2nd AKR gravity seminar" conducted at the St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, March 2004.
3. Joint Workshop Director for the workshop on "The inverse square law and beyond" conducted for high school students of the North-eastern states at Guwahati, Assam under the aegis of Jagadish Bose National Science Talent Search during August, 2004.
4. Was joint convener of 4 day workshop on "Python and the PHOENIX data acquisition system" at the West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata, April 2008.

  Teaching
  (Undergraduate Courses)

1. Waves and vibrations (St. Xavier's College)
2. Quantum mechanics II -Atomic spectra (St. Xavier's College)
3. Thermodynamics (St. Xavier's College)
4. Mathematical physics (St. Xavier's College)
5. Electronics (St. Xavier's College)
6. Simulations for physics (St. Xavier's College)
7. Special theory of Relativity (Jadavpur University)
8. Newtonian mechanics (IISER)
9. Introductory electromagnetism (IISER)
10. Classical Mechanics (St. Xavier's College)
11. In-charge of the undergraduate electronics laboratory of St. Xavier's College during 2002-2005.
12. Actively engaged in the activities of the Indian Association of Physics Teachers aimed at developing innovative experiments aimed at undergraduate physics students.

  (Postgraduate Courses)

1. Quantum field theory (Jadavpur University)
2. Nonlinear optics (Department of Applied Physics, Calcutta University)
3. Mathematical Methods II and Numerical Techniques (S. N. Bose National Center for Basic Sciences)
4. Advanced classical mechanics (S. N. Bose National Center for Basic Sciences)
5. Elementary particle physics (Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur)
6. Advanced electrodynamics (Bengal engineering and Science University, Shibpur)
7. Statistical mechanics (Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur)
8. Quantum mechanics (Lady Brabourne College)
9. Nonlinear dynamics (St. Xavier's College, Kolkata)

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