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Dr. Arkal Shenoy Research Endowment Award in Mechanical Engineering

The Dr. Arkal Shenoy Research Endowment Award has been instituted in 2023 in the Division of Mechanical Engineering by alumnus Dr. Arkal Shenoy and his wife Dr. Vasanthi Shenoy through endowment to IISc. The Dr. Arkal Shenoy Research Endowment Award is open to all...

The IISc-Kunal Roy and Neelam Roy M.Tech Fellowships

The Kunal Roy and Neelam Roy Fellowships were instituted in 2023 by alumnus Kunal Kanti Roy and his wife Neelam Roy through an endowment to IISc. The fellowships will be awarded annually in the following categories.  The IISc-Kunal Roy and Neelam Roy M.Tech...

Dr Rajan Varadarajan M Tech Top Up Fellowships

The Dr Rajan Varadarajan M Tech Top Up Fellowships have been established by Dr Rajan Varadarajan (IISc Alumna, BE degree in Electrical Communication Engineering (ECE), 1971) to encourage highly talented students to pursue their research. Two fellowships have been...

Lecture | Telling Book-Length Stories

PARASPAR  Invites you to a lecture on Telling Book-Length Stories  Abstract: For storytellers, finding ideas for stories that can span a book is a challenge. In this talk, Anil will talk about the process behind each of his four books–The Edge of Physics...

Nightfall: An Asimov Tribute or How I made it into Wikipedia

Abstract: Nightfall is usually considered to be the best science fiction short story ever written. It is set on the planet Lagash in a system with 5 suns. As a result, there is never any darkness except for one day every 2049 years when a combination of planetary...