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SUMMARY:Physics Colloquium
DESCRIPTION:Dear All\, \nThe Department of Physics invites you to a colloquium on "EINSTEIN & HIS FAMOUS EQUATION   E = mc2" by Prof. Ajoy Ghatak\, Honorary Professor at Optics & Photonics Center\, IIT Delhi. \nAbstract: The equation E = mc2 is probably the most famous equation. Einstein derived this equation in his Year of Miracles (1905). In this lecture\, by considering a few examples\, we will try to understand what exactly it means– and its consequences including as to how a star like our Sun was created. We will also give a simple derivation of the equation E = mc2 . The talk will be based on his recent book EINSTEIN\, E = mc2and THE ATOM BOMB – recently published by VIVA Books. \nAbout the Speaker: Prof. Ajoy Ghatak is currently Honorary Professor at Optics & Photonics Center\, IIT Delhi. During Jan 2021- Dec 2022\, he was the President of The National Academy of Sciences\, India – the oldest Science Academy in India. He did his MSc from Delhi University and PhD from Cornell University. He is a Fellow of OPTICA (formerly OSA) and SPIE. He has authored several books including his undergraduate text on OPTICS which has been translated to Chinese and Persian. He is recipient of several awards including the 2003 OSA Esther Hoffmann Beller Award and the  2008 SPIE Educator award which was in recognition of “his unparalleled global contributions to the field of fiber optics research\, and his tireless dedication to optics education worldwide..” and also the  CSIR 1979 S S Bhatnagar award. He received the OSA 2020 Sang Soo Lee award for his seminal role in the development of fiber optics and guided wave photonics and for pioneering optics education in India  and the 2021 SASTRA-G N Ramachandran Award for Excellence in Physics .   \n  \nWe look forward to your active participation.
URL:https://www.ashoka.edu.in/event/physics-colloquium/
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SUMMARY:VSAC Seminar| Brain-Inspired Pattern Recognition
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URL:https://www.ashoka.edu.in/event/vsac-seminar-braininspired-pattern-recognition/
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SUMMARY:Economics Department Weekly Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Title: Adaptation for Hire \n  \nAbstract: Rainfall shocks are an important source of risk in agriculture. Groundwater irrigation can mitigate these shocks but it requires investment in irrigation infrastructure\, which is expensive\, and many farms are too small to justify buying it. In our data\, ownership rises from 35 percent among marginal farmers to 67 percent among large farmers. Small farmers instead rely on rental markets for water. Rental expands access but raises the cost of irrigation. In a dry year\, renters' irrigation spending rises by Rs1\,030 per hectare\, twice the increase for owners. We develop a model of groundwater markets and use it to study the impact of a subsidy for well ownership. We find that the subsidy is poorly targeted because most recipients already access groundwater through rental markets. For these farmers\, the subsidy replaces rented irrigation services with owned infrastructure rather than expanding access.
URL:https://www.ashoka.edu.in/event/economics-department-weekly-seminar/
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