ATMW Geometric Group Theory (2011)
| Venue: | Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali |
| Dates: | 16 May - 21 May, 2011 |
| Convener(s) | Speakers, Syllabus and Time table | Applicants/Participants |
| Name | Amit Kulshrestha | Inder Bir S. Passi |
| Mailing Address | Indian Institute of Science Education and Research MGSIPA Complex, Sector 26, Chandigarh - 160 019. |
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research MGSIPA Complex, Sector 26, Chandigarh - 160 019. |
Speakers and Syllabus
| Speaker | Lectures | Detailed Syllabus |
|---|---|---|
| Professor Valeriy Bardakov | 6 | Braids and Braid Gropus, Knots and links, Homomogical Representation of Braid Groups (First thre chapters of 'Braid Groups' by Kassel and Turaev (GTM 247, Springer). |
| Mathematics Faculty at IISER Mohali and Professor Andrei Vesnin | 6 + 6 | Asymptotic Group Theory: Two lectures series, one each on Geometric and Analytic proof of Gromov's Theorem on polynomial growth of groups and further recent developments in this direction. |
Details of Guest Lectures
| Speaker | Affiliation | Detailed Syllabus |
|---|---|---|
| Professor N.S.N. Sastry | Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore | TBA |
| Professor M.S. Raghunathan | Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. Mumbai | TBA |
| Professor Anant R. Shastri | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai | TBA |
| Professor B. Sury* | Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore | TBA |
| Professor Siddhartha Gadgil | Indian Institutte of Science, Bangalore | TBA |
| Professor T. N.Venkataramana | Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. Mumbai | TBA |
* Yet to confirm
Selected Participants
| Sr.No | Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abhijit Pal | RBC College, West Bengal |
| 2 | Ajay Kumar | IISER Mohali |
| 3 | Ali Akbar Kamaludheen | Government College, Chittut, Palakkad |
| 4 | B. Jayaram | Kalasalingam University |
| 5 | Bhavya Chauhan | IIT Delhi |
| 6 | Bipul Sharma | M. C. College, Barpeta, Assam |
| 7 | Biswajit Ransingh | NIT Rourkela |
| 8 | Brajesh Sharma | University of Allahabad |
| 9 | Debabrata Adhikari | IIT Patna |
| 10 | Dilpreet Kaur | IISER Mohali |
| 11 | Gunjan Khurana | Indraprastha College, Delhi |
| 12 | Harpreet Grover | GNDU, Amritsar |
| 13 | Kamalaksha Mahatab | IMSc, Chennai |
| 14 | M Sundarakannan | Kalasalingam University |
| 15 | Mubeena T. | IMSc Chennai |
| 16 | P. Chella Pandian | Bharathidasan University |
| 17 | Parvesh Kumari | IIT Delhi |
| 18 | Preetinder Singh Sandhu | IISER Mohali |
| 19 | Rajat Kanti Nath | HRI, Allahabad |
| 20 | Rangrao Bhamare | New Arts, Commerce and Science College, Ahmednagar |
| 21 | Riyas P. Mustafa | Sir Syed College, Taliparamba, Kerala |
| 22 | Shalini Gupta | Panjabi Univeristy Patiala & IISER Mohali |
| 23 | Shelly Garg | IISER Mohali |
| 24 | Shiv Parsad | IISER Mohali |
| 25 | Shubhabrata Das | ISI Kolkata |
| 26 | Sonica Anand | IISER Mohali |
| 27 | Soumen Sarkar | ISI Kolkata |
| 28 | Swagata Sarkar | ISI Kolkata |
| 29 | Sweta Mishra | IIT Delhi |
| 30 | Vandana Rajpal | Mata Sundari College, Delhi |
Selected candidates may book their train tickets to Chandigarh/Mohali (SAS Nagar).
An e-mail invitation will be sent soon to all the selected candidates.
How to reach the venue: IISER MOHALI
- By Air:Arrive at Chandigarh airport. There are lots of connecting flights from Delhi/Mumbai to to Chandigarh.
- By Train:Nearest railway stations are
- Chandigarh (Station Code: CDG, 14 Km from IISER)
- Ambala (Station Code: UMB, 50 Km from IISER)
- Mohali (Station Code: SASN, 1 Km from IISER): There are very few connections to Mohali. One useful connection from Delhi is Una Jan-Shatabdi (Train No. 12057)
- From Airport/Chandigarh Railway station to IISER: Take a Radio taxi (phone numbers: 0172-4141414, 0172-4646464) to Phase-IX, Mohali. Ask the driver to locate the Philips factory (marked by flag B in pictures). On reaching Philips, keep moving in the same direction till you hit a dead end near a nala. From there you take a right turn. After 100 meters IISER is at your left. Distance between Philips and IISER is about 1 Km, between Airport and IISER is about 9 Kms and between Chandigarh Railway station and IISER is about 15 Kms. Mohali Railway station (called Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar station or SAS Nagar station) is just 1 km from IISER.
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