C. V. Raman, 1888-1970

Prof. Yuan T. Lee, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry (1986), President of the Academia Sinica, Taiwan on 'Understanding Molecular Collisions' at 12 noon Thursday, September 23, 2004, at Somany Hall, ASSOCHAM House, 47 Prithviraj Road. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1986/lee-bio.html

Prof. Gerard 't Hooft, Nobel Laureate in Physics 1999, Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands, on 'Black Holes and Elementary Particles', Tuesday, January 7, 2003 at 6.00 p.m. at the Auditorium, SCOPE Complex, Lodi Road New Delhi. H. E. Mr. Peter F.C. Koch, Ambassador, Royal Netherlands Embassy was the guest of honour. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1999/thooft-autobio.html

Prof. Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Nobel Laureate in Medicine and Physiology 1996, Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Z? Switzerland, on 'Antiviral Immunity and Vaccines', Monday, November 25, 2002 at 6.30 p.m. at the Auditorium, SCOPE Complex, Lodi Road New Delhi. H.E. Dr. Walter B. Gyger, Ambassador, Royal Netherlands Embassy was the guest of honour. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1996/zinkernagel-autobio.html

Prof. Ahmed H. Zewail, (Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 1999), Linus Pauling Chair, Professor of Physics & Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, USA, on 'Time's Mysteries and Miracles', Tuesday, October 22, 2002 at 7.00 p.m. at the IIT Seminar Hall. H.E. Dr. Kheir-Eldin Abdel Latif, the Egyptian Ambassador-designate was the guest of honour. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1999/zewail-autobio.html

Prof. Stephen Hawking CH, CBE, FRS, delivered the Albert Einstein Lecture 2001 on "Predicting the Future: From Astrology to Black Holes" on January 17, 2001. The holder of the Lucasian Chair of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge, England, Prof. Hawking visited the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, on a Sarojini Damodaran Fellowship to participate in the Strings 2001 conference. His talk, to a capacity audience of about 4000 at Siri Fort Auditorium, was a phenomenal success. Special arrangements were made for disabled access as well as sign-language translation for the hearing-impaired. The lecture is included in his book The Universe in a Nutshell. Stephen and Elaine Hawking were received by the President of India Mr. K. R. Narayanan at his official residence, the Rashtrapati Bhavan, for a 45-minute meeting, which was widely noted in the national press. For the first time, the issue of disabled rights came into public focus and special ramps were put up at Delhi's historic monuments. (Collaboration: The Taj Mahal Hotel, Discovery Channel, and Indian Airlines). http://www.hawking.org.uk/

Prof. Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (1997 Physics Nobel Laureate) of Ecole Normale Sup鲩eure, Paris on "Manipulating Atoms with Light" at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, on January 12, 1999, in collaboration with Embassy of France, Department of Physics, IIT Delhi and School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1997/cohen-tannoudji-autobio.html

Dr. Raja Ramanna (Founder-Director, National Institute for Advanced Studies, Bangalore and nominated M.P. Rajya Sabha) on "From Waves and Particles to Continuity and Discreteness", IIC, New Delhi, 6.30 p.m., December 30, 1998, chaired by Prof. A.N. Mitra of INSA. (Collaboration: India International Centre) http://www.iisc.ernet.in/currsci/oct252004/1152.pdf