Symposium on Women in Physics: Networking, Innovation, Opportunity and Equity (SWPNIOE)
from
Friday, 11 September 2026 (00:00)
to
Saturday, 12 September 2026 (19:00)
Monday, 7 September 2026
Tuesday, 8 September 2026
Wednesday, 9 September 2026
Thursday, 10 September 2026
Friday, 11 September 2026
08:00
Registration & Breakfast
Registration & Breakfast
08:00 - 09:15
09:15
Inaugural Session
09:15 - 10:15
10:15
Initiatives of the Indian Physics Association (IPA) and Gender in Physics Working Group (GIPWG)
10:15 - 11:10
Room: G210
Contributions
10:15
Some personal reflections
-
Priya Johari
10:25
IPA
-
Srubabati Goswami
10:30
GIPWG
-
Shikha Varma
11:10
High Tea
High Tea
11:10 - 11:40
11:40
Condensed Matter Physics
11:40 - 12:40
Room: G210 B
Contributions
11:40
1
-
Saswati Barman
(
IEM
)
12:00
2
-
Sudeshna Sen
(
IIT (ISM) Dhanbad
)
12:20
3
-
Tanuja Mohanty
(
JNU
)
High Energy Physics
11:40 - 12:40
Room: G210 A
Contributions
11:40
1
-
Mamta Dahiya
(
DU
)
12:00
2
-
Manimala Mitra
(
IoP
)
12:20
3
-
Moon Moon Devi
(
TU
)
12:40
Lunch
Lunch
12:40 - 14:00
14:00
Cosmology, Astroparticle Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics
14:00 - 15:00
Room: G210 A
Contributions
14:00
1
-
Mayuri S Rao
(
RRI
)
14:20
2
-
Arunima Banerjee
(
IISER Tirupati
)
14:40
3
-
Pravabati Chingangbam
(
IIA
)
Soft Matter, Applied Physics and Sustainable Energy Technologies
14:00 - 15:00
Room: G210 B
Contributions
14:00
1
-
Garima Mishra
(
Ashoka University
)
14:20
2
-
Debosmita Banerjee
(
UPES
)
14:40
3
-
Monalisa Halder
(
DSE, WB
)
15:00
Panel Discussion on Best Practices and Code of Conduct
15:00 - 16:30
Room: G210
16:30
Poster Session with Tea
Poster Session with Tea
16:30 - 18:00
18:00
Campus Tour
Campus Tour
18:00 - 19:00
19:00
In-house Cultural Program and Banquet Dinner
In-house Cultural Program and Banquet Dinner
19:00 - 21:00
Saturday, 12 September 2026
08:00
Registration & Breakfast
08:00 - 09:15
09:15
In loving memory of Prof. Rohini Godbole
09:15 - 10:45
Room: G210
Contributions
09:15
Rohini's Contributions to Science - Personal Reflections
-
Anuradha Misra
10:00
Rohini's Contribution to "Women in Science" - Personal Reflections
-
Vandana Nanal
10:45
Gender diversity in India : a personal perspective
10:45 - 11:30
Room: G210
11:30
Tea Break
Tea Break
11:30 - 11:45
Room: Outside G210
11:45
Condensed Matter Physics
11:45 - 12:45
Room: G210 B
Contributions
11:45
1
-
Susmita Saha
(
Ashoka University
)
12:05
2
-
Ipsita Mandal
(
SNIOE
)
12:25
3
-
Pallavi Kushwaha
(
CSIR-NPL
)
High Energy Physics
11:45 - 12:45
Room: G210 A
Contributions
11:45
1
-
Ipsita Saha
(
IIT M
)
12:05
2
-
Swagata Mukherjee
(
IIT Kanpur
)
12:25
3
-
Disha Bhatia
(
APU
)
12:45
Lunch
Lunch
12:45 - 13:45
Room: G Block Atrium
13:45
Cosmology, Astroparticle Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics
13:45 - 14:45
Room: G210 A
Contributions
13:45
1
-
Sharvari Nandkarni Ghosh
(
IIT K
)
14:05
2
-
Sarmistha Banik
(
BITS Pilani, Hyderabad
)
14:25
3
-
Shilpa Kastha
(
SINP
)
Soft Matter, Applied Physics and Sustainable Energy Technologies
13:45 - 14:45
Room: G210 B
Contributions
13:45
1
-
Ranjini Bandyopadhyay
(
RRI
)
14:05
2
-
Snigdha Thakur
(
IISER Bhopal
)
14:25
3
-
Reshma Raveendran
(
SNU
)
14:45
Photo session
14:45 - 15:00
15:00
Panel Discussion on Mentorship and Networking
15:00 - 16:30
Room: G210
16:30
Editorial Session
16:30 - 17:00
Room: G210
Contributions
16:30
An Editorial Talk by Wiley
-
Anushri Gupta
16:45
An Editorial Talk by ACS
-
Deeksha Gupta
17:00
Valedictory Session
17:00 - 17:30
Room: G210
17:30
High Tea
High Tea
17:30 - 18:00