Colloquium
IIT Palakkad organizes prestigious public lectures as part of the series called "Institute Colloquium". Distinguished personalities from Academia and Industry are invited to speak and interact with the young students and faculty on a topic of contemporary interest. The speakers and the topics covered under the Institute Colloquium in the past are provided below.
- An Au-some cosmic explosion and its implication for 21st century Astronomy by Prof. A. Gopakumar, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai [10 Jan 2018]
- Quantum nature of light and photon by Prof. K Thyagarajan (Retired Professor of Physics, IIT Delhi, New Delhi)Dept. of Physics, Bennett University, Greater Noida, UP [7 Mar 2018]
- Hawking's-genius by Prof. L Sriramkumar (Professor of Physics, IIT Madras) [4 Apr 2018]
- ECG Sudarshan's Life and Work- An appreciation by Prof. N. Mukunda (Retired Professor, IISc, Bangalore) [26 Sep 2018]
- Indian Space Programme: Opportunities and Challenges for Technologists & Entrepreneurs by Dr. Mylswamy Annadurai, Former Director, ISRO Satellite Center [9 Jan 2019]
- Cosmic Dawn: When the first stars and galaxies were born by Prof. Ravi Subrahmanyan, Director, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore [6 Feb 2019]
- Porous Functional Polymers As Separators For Lithium Ion Batteries by Prof. S. Sivaram, Institute Colloquium [15 May 2019]
- Creativity in Science by Prof. Sundar Sarukkai, Professor of Philosophy, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore [27 Mar 2019]
- Grasping Cells by Prof. G. K. Ananthasuresh, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, IISc Bangalore [28 Aug 2019]
- Quadratures in the Complex Plane by Prof. Kaushal Verma, IISc Bangalore [25 Sep 2019]
- Sensor Diversity and Scaling: New Paradigm for Emerging Electronics by Prof. Navakanta Bhat, Centre for Nano Science and Engineering, IISc Bangalore [23 Oct 2019]
- Sustainable Wastewater Management: Challenges and Way Forward by Prof. Ligy Philip, IIT Madras [13 Nov 2019]
- High-Mobility Support in 5G: Challenges and Solutions by Prof. A. Chockalingam, Professor, Department of Electrical Communication Engineering, IISc, Bangalore [12 Feb 2020]
- Archaeo-Genetic Research at the Harappan Site of Rakhigarhi and Its Implication on the History by Prof. Vasant Shinde, Director-General, National Maritime Heritage Complex, Gandhinagar [26 Aug 2020]
- An Early Question by Prof. Eluvathingal D Jemmis, Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore [16 Sep 2020]
- Flow and Mixing of Granular Materials by Prof. Devang Khakhar, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay [21 Oct 2020]
- Cement Hydration and Early-Age Temperature Development in Concrete by Prof. Yunus Ballim, Professor of Civil Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg [18 Nov 2020]
- Human Origin, Health and Disease by Dr. K Thangaraj, Director, The Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) and Chief Scientist, The Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology (CCMB) [25 Nov 2021]
- Artificial Intelligence - Past, Present and Future by Dr. C. Mohan, Distinguished Visiting Professor, Tsinghua University and Former IBM Fellow & Former IBM India Chief Scientist [22 Dec 2021]
- Phonological and morphophonological asymmetries in processing and change by Prof. Aditi Lahiri CBE, FBA, MAE (Language and Brain Laboratory, University of Oxford) [4 March 2022]
- Masks Unmasked: All about N95 and surgical masks, filtration efficiency, use and reuse by Prof. Arnab Bhattacharya, Centre Director, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education; Professor, Dept. of Condensed Matter Physics & Materials Science, TIFR; and Chair, Science Popularization & Public Outreach, TIFR, Mumbai.
