Wednesday Colloquia

E C G Sudarshan's Life and Work - An Appreciation

by Prof. N. Mukunda (INSA Distinguished Professor, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore)

Wednesday, July 25, 2018 from to (Asia/Kolkata)
at Lecture Theatre ( AG-66 )
TIFR
Description
E C G Sudarshan is widely regarded as the most gifted theoretical physicist of Indian origin in the latter half of the 20th century. This talk will describe his early student years in India, and at the TIFR, before he left for the US in 1955.It will then recount his career as it evolved thereafter , and his decision to settle there. His contributions covering many areas in physics, in each of which he made a distinct mark, will be recalled . In particular, his work on the 'V-A' theory of the weak interactions, and the 'Diagonal Representation' in quantum optics, will be covered in some depth.

Sudarshan maintained strong links with the Indian science and physics communities all his life. From the 1970's onwards, he was at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, and then at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences in Chennai , till 1990. The talk will conclude with an account of this period, and with some remarks on his personality , and his views on life and philosophy.