REFRESHER COURSE ON CONTEMPORARY NON-EQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS AND STATISTICAL MECHANICS

REFRESHER COURSE ON CONTEMPORARY NON-EQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS AND
STATISTICAL MECHANICS
REFRESHER COURSE ON CONTEMPORARY NON-EQUILIBRIUM THERMODYNAMICS AND
STATISTICAL MECHANICS
Sponsored by
INDIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, BANGALORE, INDIAN NATIONAL SCIENCE ACADEMY, NEW DELHI AND
THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, INDIA, ALLAHABAD
20 October to 2 November 2010
at
Department of Chemistry, Mahatma Jyotiba Fule Educational Campus,
R T M Nagpur University, Nagpur
A Refresher Course on “Contemporary Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics” for
College/University teachers is being held at the Department of Chemistry, R T M Nagpur University, Nagpur, Maharashtra
from 20 October to 2 November, 2010. The course will cover topics selected mostly from post-graduate/graduate
curriculum in the broad areas of Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics and their applications. The
lectures will be followed by problem solving, discussion sessions and home assignments. Professor D S Ray (Department
of Physical Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata) is the Course Director and Professors
A A Bhalekar and L J Paliwal (of R T M Nagpur University, Nagpur) are the Course Coordinators.
Professors David Jou (UAB, Bellaterra, Spain), Ingo Müller (TU, Berlin, Germany), N Sathyamurthy (IISER, Chandigarh),
C Dasgupta (IISc, Bangalore), Sunil Nath (IIT, Delhi), D Chowdhury (IIT, Kanpur), B L Tembe (IIT, Mumbai), R S Johal
(IISER, Chandigarh), R Venkatesh (BHU, Varanasi), G S Natarajan (LIT, Nagpur), P M Gade (Nagpur University, Nagpur),
S S Dhondge (Nagpur University, Nagpur), A A Bhalekar (Nagpur University, Nagpur), D S Ray (IACS, Kolkata) will be the
resource persons of the course. Some more resource persons may be added later.
Teachers who wish to participate may write giving bio-data mentioning date of birth, qualifications, teaching experience,
and positions held, courses taught to the following:
Professor A A Bhalekar,
“Emeritus Scientist, CSIR” and
Workshop Coordinator
Department of Chemistry
R T M Nagpur University, Amravati Road Campus, Nagpur 440 033 (Maharashtra)
Phone: (0)9371530535, Email: anabha@hotmail.com
Applicants may also indicate particular topics and problems related to the broad areas indicated above which they would
like to get covered or discussed in the Refresher Course to help them improving their delivery in teaching.
Selected outstation participants (up to 20) will be provided with local hospitality and round trip train fare to Nagpur (threetier
AC) by the shortest route. The local participants (up to 10) will also be allowed to participate and provided the
necessary support.
Though the course is primarily meant for College/University teachers, research students who wish to participate may also
apply.
The last date for the receipt of application: 10 August, 2010.