Cancer suppressor mechanisms that guard the human genome by PROFESSOR ASHOK R. VENKITARAMAN (Jubilee Professor of the Academy; University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK), 2 August 2012, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Power generation from solar photovoltaic concentrators by KIRAN SHAH (Chroma Energy, Pune), 28 February 2012, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Beyond oil and gas: the methanol economy by G. K. SURYA PRAKASH (University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA), 28 February 2012, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Ramanujan as Everyman by PROFESSOR ROBERT KANIGEL (till recently Director, Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA), 30 December 2011, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Recent advances in inorganic–organic framework materials by PROFESSOR ANTHONY K. CHEETHAM (Goldsmiths' Professor of Materials Science, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK), 7 December 2011, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

'The restless universe' – Palomar Transient Factory by PROFESSOR S. R. KULKARNI FRS (John D. and Catherine T. McArthur Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Science; Principal Investigator, Palomar Transient Factory; Director, Caltech Optical Obsrvatories, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA), 29 November 2011, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Recent developments in solid state lighting by PROFESSOR ANTHONY K. CHEETHAM (Goldsmiths' Professor of Materials Science, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK), 7 October 2011, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

How long is 1 metre? From ancient length units to modern concepts in metrology by PROFESSOR KLAUS VON KLITZING (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany), 4 July 2011, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Never reaching a stable steady state: highly dynamic patterning mechanisms and their application to chemotaxis by PROFESSOR HANS MEINHARDT (Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany), 1 February 2011, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Evolution of physical chemistry by PROFESSOR C. N. R. RAO (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore), 20 January 2011, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Chandra: gentleman, scholar and telescope by PROFESSOR ROGER BLANDFORD (Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford, USA), 8 December 2010, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Dharmanand Kosambi: the life and contribution of a Buddhist sociopolitical thinker by Dr MEERA KOSAMBI (Former Professor and Director, Research Centre for Women's Studies, S. N. D. T. Women's University, Mumbai), 18 November 2010, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore

The challenges and opportunities of nanotechnology in China by PROFESSOR CHUNLI BAI (Honorary Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences; Executive Vice-President, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China), 25 October 2010, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Some contact points of mathematics and physics by PROFESSOR H. ARAKI (University of Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan), 8 September 2010, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Photonic band gap materials: engineering light–matter interactions by PROFESSOR SAJEEV JOHN (University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada), 3 January 2008, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

A dialogue on science and mathematics in India by PROFESSOR K. R. SREENIVASAN (The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy), 28 December 2007, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

To the fifth dimension and back by PROFESSOR RAMAN SUNDRUM (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA), 18 December 2007, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

The orphan tsunami of 1700 -- a transoceanic detective story by DR BRIAN ATWATER (US Geological Survey, University of Washington, Seattle, USA), 3 October 2007, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Memory and creativity in physics by PROFESSOR VINAY AMBEGAOKAR (Goldwin Smith Professor of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA), 7 March 2007, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Living with earthquakes by PROFESSOR DAN McKENZIE (Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK), 23 February 2007, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Crystal nucleation and 'anti Van der Waals' liquids by PROFESSOR DAAN FRENKEL (FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands), 25 January 2007, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Science and ethics of stem cell research by PROFESSOR ANNE McLAREN (Gurdon Institute and Wellcome Trust, Cambridge, UK), 28 October 2006, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore

Human impact on atmospheric carbon dioxide and global climate by PROFESSOR JORGE L. SARMIENTO (Princeton University, Princeton, USA), 27 September 2006, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Physics in the world around us by PROFESSOR EDOUARD BREZIN (Laboratoire de Physique Theorique de l'Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France), 15 September 2006, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Dark matter: What is it? Where is it? Can we make it in the lab? by PROFESSOR MICHAEL E. PESKIN (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford, USA), 7 September 2006, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Physics of crystal surfaces and nanofriction near the melting point by PROFESSOR E. TOSATTI (Democritos National Simulation Centre and International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy), 17 July 2006, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Reflections on the legacy of Harish-Chandra by PROFESSOR ROBERT P. LANGLANDS (Hermann Weyl Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA), 20 March 2006, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Brighter than a million suns: the FERMI@Elettra project by PROFESSOR CARLO RIZZUTO (University of Genova and Elettra Laboratory, Trieste, Italy), 1 February 2006, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

A shock wave cosmology by PROFESSOR BLAKE TEMPLE (Department of Mathematics, University of California, Davis, USA), 23 January 2006, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

The arrow of Time by PROFESSOR JOEL L. LEBOWITZ (Center for Mathematical Sciences Research, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, USA), 17 November 2005, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Soap bubbles and crystals by PROFESSOR JEAN TAYLOR (Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York, USA), 19 October 2005, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

What a mild breeze could look like (10 years from now) - developments in weather and climate prediction by PROFESSOR LORD JULIAN HUNT, FRS (Department of Space and Climate Physics and Earth Sciences, and Director of Lighthill Institute of Mathematical Sciences, University College London, London, UK), 22 March 2005, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Human embryonic stem cells: basic and clinical applications by PROFESSOR JOSEPH ISTKOVITZ-ELDOR (Director, Stem Cell Center, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel), 23 February 2005, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore

Science in low earth orbit by PROFESSOR CLAUDE NICOLLIER (Golden Jubilee Distinguished Visiting Professor, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore; ESA Astronaut, CB/NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, USA), 31 January 2005, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

A journey from the centre of the earth by PROFESSOR HERBERT E. HUPPERT (Institute of Theoretical Geophysics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK), 13 January 2005, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Black holes: surprises, puzzles and clues for fundamental physics by PROFESSOR ABHAY ASHTEKAR (Raman Professor of the Academy; Centre for Gravitational Physics and Geometry, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA), 17 December 2004, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Polymer blends - mixing and de-mixing them by PROFESSOR JULIA HIGGINS (Royal Society of London, UK), 16 March 2004, Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Department, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

What impact, if any, has feminism had on science? by PROFESSOR EVELYN FOX KELLER (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, USA), 19 February 2004, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Forensic seismology: earthquakes and atomic energy by PROFESSOR BRUCE A. BOLT (University of California, Berkeley, USA), 11 February 2004, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore

The universe of Hubble space telescope by DR ROBERT WILLIAMS (Raman Professor of the Academy; Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, USA), 22 January 2004, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore

The Standard Model of cosmology, dark matter and dark energy: is it correct? by PROFESSOR J. P. OSTRIKER (Princeton University, Princeton, USA), 9 January 2004, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore

Scary: does it frighten you? by PROFESSOR MARSHALL STONEHAM (Centre for Materials Research, University College London, UK), 8 January 2004, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore

X-rays, synchrotron radiation, and the properties of matter: a continuing revolution by PROFESSOR MARTIN BLUME (The American Physical Society, and Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA), 1 December 2003, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore

Issues in planetary exploration, by PROFESSOR JACQUES BLAMONT (French Space Agency (CNES), Paris, France), 19 November 2003, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore

Atmospheric brown clouds: South Asian and tropical impacts, by PROFESSOR V. RAMANATHAN (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, USA), 28 July 2003, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

The rise and decline of modern science in India, by PROFESSOR RAJESH KOCHHAR (National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, New Delhi), 13 May 2003, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Bose Einstein condensation and quantum coherence, by PROFESSOR PHILIPPE NOZIERES (Raman Professor of the Academy) (Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France), 27 February 2003, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Three visualization systems based on graphics algebra, by PROFESSOR LELAND WILKINSON (SPSS Inc., Chicago, and Northwestern University, Evanston, USA), 5 February 2003, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore

The world of the very small: nano-electronics. nano-photonics and quantum computing, by PROFESSOR ELI YABLONOVITCH (University of California, Los Angeles, USA), 24 December 2002, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Quantum mechanics of geometry and its applications: Big Bang and black holes, by PROFESSOR ABHAY ASHTEKAR (Honorary Fellow of the Academy) (Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA), 4 December 2002, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore

Laser surgery without lasers: harnessing solar energy for a unique operation, by PROFESSOR J. M. GORDON (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Israel), 9 October 2002, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (organized with Indian Institute of Science)

The Big Bang and the seeds of turbulence, by PROFESSOR K. R. SREENIVASAN, Raman Professor of the Academy (University of Maryland, College Park, USA), 8 July 2002, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Crystallization of membrane proteins: routes and achievements, by PROFESSOR HARTMUT MICHEL, Nobel Laureate (Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysics, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany), 22 April 2002, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

J. D. Bernal: his legacy to science and to society, by PROFESSOR ALAN L. MACKAY, FRS (Birkbeck College, London, UK), 3 April 2002, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Quantum information, by PROFESSOR CHARLES H. BENNETT (IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, New York, USA), 26 February 2002, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Does the everyday world really obey quantum mechanics?, by PROFESSOR ANTHONY J. LEGGETT (University of Illinois, Urbana, USA), 25 February 2002, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore

The quantum-mechanical world view: a remarkably successful but still incomplete theory, by PROFESSOR ELLIOTT H. LIEB (Princeton University, Princeton, USA), 24 January 2002, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Current trends in the conservation of biodiversity, by PROFESSOR SIR GHILLEAN T. PRANCE (School of Plant Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK), 10 January 2002, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore

Some extensions of the binomial theorem and applications, by PROFESSOR RICHARD A. ASKEY (University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA), 8 January 2002, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore

Stellar mass black holes, by PROFESSOR E. P. J. VAN DEN HEUVEL (Director, Astronomical Institute, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands), 4 January 2002, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

The search for intelligent life, by PROFESSOR SIR ARNOLD W. WOLFENDALE (Professor of Experimental Physics, The Royal Institution of Great Britain), 3 January 2002, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore

Unexpected connections in mathematics, by PROFESSOR GERALD B. FOLLAND (Department of Mathematics, University of Washington, Seattle, USA), 29 October 2001, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore

The Hubble space telescope: its impact on our understanding of the universe, by PROFESSOR STEVEN V. W. BECKWITH (Director, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, USA), 31 August 2001, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore

Somanatha: representations of an event, by PROFESSOR ROMILA THAPAR (Emeritus Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India), 23 July 2001, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore

Turbulence: a 19th century problem with challenges for the 21st century, by PROFESSOR ITAMAR PROCACCIA (Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel), Raman Professor of the Academy, 22 February 2001, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore>

Quest for unification, by PROFESSOR EDWARD WITTEN (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA), 11 January 2001, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Towards a theory of everything, by PROFESSOR DAVID J. GROSS (Director, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, USA), 3 January 2001, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Molecular biology of the human embryo and its clinical significance, by PROFESSOR R.G. EDWARDS, FRS (Churchill College, Cambridge, UK), 4 December 2000, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore