Contemporary Trends in Optics 2017

Contemporary Trends in Optics 2017 (CoOpt-2017) is a two-day conference being organized from 18-19 December, 2017 at the Mohanpur campus of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata (IISER-K). The conference is being jointly organized by the SPIE Student Chapter IISER-K, OSA Student Chapter IISER-K, along with the Center of Excellence in Space Sciences India (CESSI), with support from IISER-K. There will be four technical sessions: (a) Classical optics (b) Biophotonics (c) Quantum optics and (d) Space optics. The lectures in these sessions will be delivered by distinguished researchers from India and abroad. Besides, there will also be sessions for student talks and poster presentations. Prizes will be awarded in both categories.
December is among the best months to visit IISER-K since we have excellent weather. Hope to see you in CoOpt 2017!

Important dates


Registration opens1st Nov, 2017
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Registration closes25th Nov, 2017
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Registration fee payment opens26th Nov, 2017
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Registration fee payment closes5th Dec, 2017
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Conference date 18th-19th Dec, 2017
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Conference Venue Room-G06, Lecture Hall Complex, IISER Kolkata

Invited Speakers


Giovanni Volpe
University of Gothenburg
Sweden

Subhasish Dutta Gupta
University of Hyderabad
India

Fabien Bretenecker
French National Centre for
Scientific Research, Paris
France

Bimalendu Deb
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata
India

Basudev Roy
IIT Madras
India

Saikat Ghosh
IIT Kanpur
India

A.N. Ramaprakash
IUCAA, Pune
India

Shourya Dutta Gupta
IIT Hyderabad
India

Sushil Mujumdar
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
India

Renu John
IIT Hyderabad
India

Shibu K Mathew
Udaipur Solar Observatory, PRL
India

Prashanth C Upadhya
LEOS, ISRO
India

Lakshmi Bala, S
IIT Madras , India
India


Programme Schedule


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SOC and LOC


Scientific Organizing Committee
Ayan Banerjee
Nirmalya Ghosh
Dibyendu Nandi


Local Organizing Committee
Subhrokoli Ghosh
Sudipta Saha
Shuvojit Paul
Amar Deo Chandra
Souvik Sil
Subir Kumar Ray
Shubham Chandel
Ankit Kumar Singh
Athira B. S.
Avijit Kundu
Rohan Eugene Louis
Prosenjit Lahiri
Nabamita Das
Debapriya Pal
Vinay Pareek
Mandira Pal
Antariksha Das
Rajib dey
Aneeth K Arun
Randhir Kumar
Roshan Tiwari

Contact


Email: coopt17@iiserkol.ac.in

Mobile:

Sudipta (+91 9062194553)
Shubham (+91 9564683615)
Subhrokoli (+91 9563045866)
Rohan Eugene Louis (+91 7003913459)

How to reach IISER Kolkata:

IISER Kolkata is located near Haringhata in Nadia district. The nearest local station, Kalyani, is located on the Sealdah-Kalyani main line. One may take a local train from Sealdah or Dumdum station in Kolkata to Kalyani. From there, bus or auto services are available to Gate no. 7 stop towards Bara Jaguli where IISER-K main gate is located. Alternatively, one may take prepaid taxi from airport to Haringhata via National Highway 34. The distance is about 50 km. More details are available here.

Please refer to IISER Kolkata in Google maps here.