Physical Sciences

Optical phenomena visible to everyone abundantly illustrate important ideas in science and mathematics. The phenomena considered include rainbows, sparkling reflections on water, green flashes, earthlight on the moon, glories, daylight, crystals, and the squint moon. The concepts include refraction, wave interference, numerical experiments, asymptotics, Regge poles, polarization singularities, conical intersections, and visual illusions.

Black holes are fascinating objects which pose interesting puzzles for quantum physics. Studying these puzzles we are led to quantum mechanical models that describe special black holes as seen from the outside. Extrapolating from these descriptions we are lead to the idea that entanglement can create geometric connections or wormholes. Moreover, quantum teleportation can be interpreted as travelling through the wormhole.

The course contents of this training include the following: Distribution of Glaciers and snow cover, Climate, Morphology of glaciers, Transformation of snow to ice, Paleo glaciation, Distribution of temperature in glaciers, Flow and sliding of glaciers, Glacier Mass Balance, Ice and Snow ablation, Fundamentals of remote sensing, Optical properties of snow and ice, and Response of glaciers to climate change.

The IISc at Challakere Campus offers a great opportunity for the university and PG college faculties teaching MSc physics. This is a three weeks (21 days) residential training program equivalent to UGC refresher courses approved by the MHRD, Govt. of India.

Workshops consist of Pedagogic style lectures and Hands-on-training or Demonstrative experiments at various Institutes (Five Institutes in Bhubaneswar and two Institutes in Bengaluru).