19–23 Jan 2026
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Research Park
Asia/Kolkata timezone

Scientific Programme

The scientific program will consist of plenary talks and shorter invited talks. In addition, there will be opportunities for young researchers to present their work. Participation in the conference is by invitation only. If you are interested in participating please write to us at the contact email address provided.

  • Chandrasekhar Lecture

    Joe Silk (IAP, Paris)

  • Plenary speakers

    Ivan Agullo (Louisiana State University, USA)
    Mustafa Amin (Rice University, USA)
    Nicola Bartolo (University of Padova, Italy)
    Matteo Braglia (CERN, Switzerland)
    Nicolas Bernal (NYU, Abu Dhabi)
    Basudeb Dasgupta (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai)
    Rajeev Jain (Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru)
    Jerome Martin (Institut d’ Astrophysique de Paris, France)
    Suvodip Mukherjee (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai)
    Gianmassimo Tasinato (Swansea University, UK)

  • Invited speakers

    Matteo Braglia (CCPP, NYU)
    Pravabati Chingangbam (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru)
    Debika Chowdhury (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru)
    Suratna Das (Ashoka University, Haryana)
    Koushik Dutta (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata)
    Ditimoy Ghosh (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune)
    Tathagata Ghosh (Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Prayagraj)
    Jinn-Ouk Gong (Ewha Womans University, South Korea)
    Rishi Khatri (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai)
    Debaprasad Maity (Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati)
    Supratik Pal (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata)
    Mayuri Rao (Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru)
    Ramkishor Sharma (University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad)

  • Scientific organizing committee

    Fabio Finelli (INAF OAS, Bologna)
    Dhiraj Hazra (IMSc, Chennai)
    Raghuveer Garani (IITM, Chennai)
    Laura Lopez-Honorez (ULB, Brussels)
    L. Sriramkumar (IITM, Chennai)
    Vincent Vennin (LPENS, Paris)

  • Local organizing committee

    Raghuveer Garani (IITM, Chennai)
    L. Sriramkumar (IITM, Chennai)
    Arnab Paul (IITM, Chennai)