Organising Committees

Patrons
R. A. Mashelkar, Director-General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Deepak Nayyar, Ex-Vice Chancellor, University of Delhi
Arun Nigavekar, Chairperson, University Grants Commission
V. S. Ramamurthy, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology

Chairperson
R. Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Advisor to Government of India

National Advisory Committee
S. Bhattacharya, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
N. Dadhich, InterUniversity Consortium of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune
Sushanta Dattagupta, S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata
P. K. Kaw, Institute of Plasma Research, Gujarat
N. Mukunda, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Amit Roy, Nuclear Science Centre, Delhi
V. C. Sahni, Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore
Bikash Sinha, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata
Ajay Sood, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

International Advisory Committee
Huey-Por Chang, National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan, China
Lakshman Dissanayake, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
A. N. Ellermeijer, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Manfred Euler, University of Kiel, Germany
Igal Gallili, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Rohini Godbole, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Ian Johnston, Sydney University, Australia
Hiroshi Kawakatsu, Kagawa University, Japan
Ernest McFarland, University of Guelph, Canada
Robin H. Millar, University of York, UK
Jon Ogborn, University of London, UK
Roser Pinto, Campus UAB, Barcelona, Spain
T. V. Ramakrishnan, Banaras Hindu University, India
Edward F. Redish, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
Elena Sassi, Universita Fedrico II, Napoli, Italy
Gunnar Tibell, Uppsala University, Sweden
Laurence Viennot, University of Paris, France
Luo Xingkai, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
Dean Zollman, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA

Academic Program Committee

Co-Chairs
S. Rai Choudhury, Department of Physics, University of Delhi
Arvind Kumar, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR, Mumbai

Convener
Pratibha Jolly, Miranda House, University of Delhi

Members
Suresh C. Garg, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi
Ved Goel, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi
A. W. Joshi, Sardar Patel University, Gujarat
A. S. Manekar, National Science Centre, Delhi
Sugata Mitra, Centre for Research in Cognitive Systems, NIIT
Amitabha Mukherjee, Centre for Science Education and Communication, University of Delhi
H. C. Pradhan, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR, Mumbai
Ramakrishna Ramaswamy, Jawahar Lal Nehru University, Delhi
Vijay A. Singh, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR, Mumbai
L. K. Malhotra, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
B. R. Sitaram, Zeal Education Consultancy, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Mayank N. Vahia, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
Vijay S. Varma, Department of Physics, University of Delhi
H. S. Virk, Indian Association of Physics Teachers

Special Session: Nurturing Women in Physics

Program Committee
Rohini Godbole, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Neelima Gupte, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai
Pratibha Jolly, Miranda House, University of Delhi
Sumathi Rao, Harish Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad