School of Physical Sciences

National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar

SPS Day 2026

8th edition of the annual physics exposition of the School of Physical Sciences, NISER

Two days of scientific talks, student presentations, and conversations across the School of Physical Sciences.

Day 01 · Friday 6 November 14:30 – 19:00 Day 02 · Saturday 7 November 09:30 – 17:30

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Day 01 · Friday

November 2026

14:30 – 19:00
Venue Pathani Samanta Auditorium, NISER (except the poster session)
  1. 14:30 – 14:45

    Inauguration

    Director's address

    Opening
  2. 14:50 – 15:10

    Subhasish Basak

    SPS@20

    Talk
  3. 15:10 – 15:30

    Subhankar Bedanta

    Unexpected Spin Phenomena in Organic–Ferromagnetic Heterostructures

    Talk
  4. 15:30 – 15:50

    Hirendra Nath Ghosh

    Understanding the Coherent Phonon Dynamics in Lead-Free Perovskites

    Talk
  5. 15:50 – 16:10

    Tapan Mishra

    Talk
  6. 16:10 – 16:30

    Najmul Haque

    Talk
  7. 16:30 – 17:00

    Flash Talks

    Session 1 · 6 November

    Individual talk start times (IST)
    Time Presenter
    16:30Arjun R
    16:33Tanmoy Pati
    16:36Hemant Lohumi
    16:39Subhadeep Mandal
    16:42Sarjeeta Kalubhai Gami
    16:45Dipanwita Mondal
    16:48Sawan
    16:51Syed Jaffri
    16:54Dr Madalasa Mandal
    Flash Talks
  8. 17:00 – 19:00

    Posters and Demos

    Venue: Third Floor, NISER Library

    Posters
End of Day 01 19:00
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Day 02 · Saturday

November 2026

09:30 – 17:30
Venue Pathani Samanta Auditorium, NISER
  1. 09:30 – 09:50

    Kush Saha

    Talk
  2. 09:50 – 10:10

    Ashok Mohapatra

    Exploring quantum phenomena with time slits

    Talk
  3. 10:10 – 10:30

    Tuhin Ghosh

    Talk
  4. 10:30 – 10:50

    Anamitra Mukherjee

    Talk
  5. 10:50 – 11:10

    Sanjay Swain

    Amazing story of a telescope made of ice

    Talk
  6. 11:15 – 11:40

    Break

    Break
  7. 11:45 – 12:05

    Shovon Pal

    Talk
  8. 12:05 – 12:50

    Panel discussion on Artificial Intelligence

    Special session

    Special
  9. 12:50 – 14:00

    Lunch Break

    Lunch
  10. 14:00 – 14:20

    Colin Benjamin

    Quantum Noise, Josephson Diodes, Quantum Walks, and Social Dilemmas: Four Ways to Think Differently About Science

    Talk
  11. 14:20 – 14:40

    A. V. Anil Kumar

    Talk
  12. 14:40 – 15:00

    Amaresh Jaiswal

    Talk
  13. 15:00 – 15:20

    Subhasish Basak

    Talk
  14. 15:20 – 15:40

    Break

    Break
  15. 15:45 – 16:05

    Tirthankar Banerjee

    Behind contraction waves: a dance of hierarchical defects

    Talk
  16. 16:05 – 16:25

    Pulak Banerjee

    Loops, Legs, And Logarithms

    Talk
  17. 16:30 – 17:30

    Flash Talks

    Session 2 · 7 November

    Individual talk start times (IST)
    Time Presenter
    16:30Joyeta Saha
    16:33Nabendu Mondal
    16:36Aditi Rath
    16:39Milan Ghorui
    16:42Payal Swami
    16:45Aldrin B E
    16:48Swayang Priya Mahanta
    16:51Bhuvneshwari Sharma
    16:54Saket Narendra Telang
    Flash Talks
Programme concludes by 17:30