Scientific session

  • 09:30 - 09:45   Rajesh Gopakumar (Director, ICTS Bangalore): Welcome remarks
  • 09:45 - 10:30   Bala R Iyer (ICTS Bangalore), C.V. Vishveshwara: Beyond the Black Hole Trail (40+5 mins)
  • 10:30 - 11:15   Amitabh Virmani (Institute of Physics Bhubaneshwar): Stability of the Schwarzschild solution (40+5 mins)
  • 11:15 - 11:30   Coffee break 
  • 11:30 - 12:15   B. S. Sathyaprakash (Penn State, USA): Black Hole Whispers [Remote talk] (40+5 mins)
  • 12:15 - 13:00   Rajesh K Nayak (IISER Kolkata): Frenet–Serret Formalism and its Application in Black Hole Spacetimes  (40+5 mins)

Lunch: 13:00-14:10

Reminiscences session

  • 14:10 - 14:30   Smitha Vishveshwara / Namitha Vishveshwara: To the stars and beyond: Leaves from Vishu's life
  • 14:30 - 14:45   B S Shylaja  (Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium): Vishveshwara and the Bangalore planetarium (15 mins)
  • 14:45 - 15:00   K. Vijay Kumar (ICTS Bangalore): Vishveshwara and the REAP program (15 mins)
  • 15:00 - 15:15   Gujjar B G (Artist)