Chennai:Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) is launching the Subra Suresh Distinguished Lecture series that will feature lectures by Nobel Laureates and globally-renowned speakers from various walks of life. According to sources, the speakers will also deliver a science talk, which will be open to all members of the public. It is learnt that Prof Didier Queloz, awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics for ‘spectacular discovery that kick-started the rise of exoplanet research,’ will deliver the inaugural address of the Subra Suresh Distinguished Lecture series in Chennai on October 20, an event that would be open to everyone.
The topic of Prof Didier Queloz’s address to the public is ‘Exoplanets and the search for life in the universe.’ Those interested in attending the event have been asked to register through the special link made available for the purpose. The Subra Suresh Distinguished Lecture series was launched in honour of one of its most illustrious alumni of IIT Madras Prof Subra Suresh, a distinguished alumnus awardee (1997), President and a distinguished university professor at the prestigious Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
This new lecture series has been made possible by a generous gift from another illustrious alumnus of IIT Madras Senapathy ‘Kris’ Gopalakrishnan, Chairman of Axilor Ventures, Bengaluru, and co-founder of Infosys. Highlighting the importance of this initiative, Prof Mahesh Panchagnula, Dean (Alumni and Corporate Relations), IIT Madras, said, “We are delighted to launch the Subra Suresh lecture series supported by the generosity of Kris Gopalakrishnan. This series will bring the best speakers from all over the world to India, with the motivation to bring a broad perspective of science to researchers and laypeople.”