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Monday, 01 June 2026
Time	Speaker	Title
11:00 to 11:10	Rajesh Gopakumar (ICTS-TIFR, Bengaluru, India)	Welcome remarks
13:45 to 15:15	-	Physics Labs
15:30 to 17:00	-	Physics Labs

Tuesday, 02 June 2026
Time	Speaker	Title
09:00 to 10:30	Shirish Pathare (HBCSE, Mumbai, India)	Theory: Uncertainties
11:00 to 12:30	Shirish Pathare (HBCSE, Mumbai, India)	Theory: Uncertainties
13:45 to 15:15	-	Physics Labs
15:30 to 17:00	-	Physics Labs
17:45 to 18:45	Sumathi Rao (ICTS-TIFR, Bengaluru, India)	Talk: Why you shouldn't stand on a topological insulator to change a light bulb
20:00 to 21:00	-	Problem solving in groups

Wednesday, 03 June 2026
Time	Speaker	Title
09:00 to 10:30	Anwesh Mazumdar (HBCSE, Mumbai, India)	Theory: Working through problems
11:00 to 12:30	Anwesh Mazumdar (HBCSE, Mumbai, India)	Theory: Working through problems
13:45 to 15:15	-	Physics Labs
15:30 to 17:00	-	Physics Labs
17:45 to 18:45	-	Panel discussion: Career pathways for physics students

Thursday, 04 June 2026
Time	Speaker	Title
09:00 to 10:30	Jayanth Vyasanakere (APU, Bengaluru, India)	Theory: How Collatz conjecture reflects onto Physics
11:00 to 12:30	Jayanth Vyasanakere (APU, Bengaluru, India)	Theory: On certain paradoxes in Physics
13:45 to 15:15	-	Physics Labs
15:30 to 17:00	-	Physics Labs
17:45 to 18:45	-	TBA
20:00 to 21:00	-	Problem solving in groups

Friday, 05 June 2026
Time	Speaker	Title
09:00 to 10:30	Shridhar K (APU, Bengaluru, India)	Theory: Scaling and dimensional reasoning
11:00 to 12:30	Shridhar K (APU, Bengaluru, India)	Theory: Scaling and dimensional reasoning
13:45 to 15:15	-	Group Presentations
15:30 to 17:00	-	Synthesis of Results
17:45 to 18:45	Gita Chadha (APU, Bengaluru, India)	Talk: Women in Physics: why so few?

Sunday, 07 June 2026
Time	Speaker	Title
09:00 to 10:30	P K Mohanty (IISER Kolkata, India)	Theory: Noise, Dissipation, and the Meaning of Temperature
11:00 to 12:30	P K Mohanty (IISER Kolkata, India)	Theory: Noise, Dissipation, and the Meaning of Temperature
13:45 to 15:15	-	Physics Labs
15:30 to 17:00	-	Physics Labs
17:45 to 18:45	Akshara Yagnik (Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany)	Talk: Undergrads can also do research

Monday, 08 June 2026
Time	Speaker	Title
09:00 to 10:30	Ranjini Bandhopadhyay (RRI, Bengaluru, India)	Theory: Is Clay a Solid or a Liquid?
11:00 to 12:30	Prerna Sharma (IISc, Bengaluru, India)	Talk: Collective Dynamics of Algal Cells
13:45 to 15:15	-	Physics Labs
15:30 to 17:00	-	Physics Labs
17:45 to 18:45	Poonam Mehta (JNU, New Delhi, India)	TBA
20:00 to 21:00	-	Problem solving in groups

Tuesday, 09 June 2026
Time	Speaker	Title
09:00 to 10:30	Disha Bhatia (APU, Bengaluru, India)	Theory: Guess the solution
11:00 to 12:30	Disha Bhatia (APU, Bengaluru, India)	Theory: Guess the solution
13:45 to 15:15	-	Physics Labs
15:30 to 17:00	-	Physics Labs
20:00 to 21:00	-	Stargazing session

Wednesday, 10 June 2026
Time	Speaker	Title
09:00 to 10:30	-	Group Presentations
11:00 to 12:30	-	Final Synthesis of Results
13:45 to 15:15	-	Exit Test
15:30 to 17:00	-	Closing / Feedback