15Mon
Coordinator: Prof. Arnab Bhattacharya
https://badal.hbcse.tifr.res.in/index.php/s/AWkPg9c9JdF9fdk
16Tue
Coordinator: Centre Director's Office
As part of the faculty recruitment process, Prof. Kolahal Bhattacharya will be delivering two seminars, first on June 16, 2026 at 2:30 PM and second on June 17, 2026 at 2:30 PM both in Room G1 (M.B.), HBCSE. The details of which are as follows:
Prof. Kolahal Bhattacharya (Ph.D. 2015, TIFR) is currently an Assistant Professor at the St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata.
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
Physics Pedagogy Beyond the Textbook -- Inspirations from Academic Research
In this talk, I describe my journey of exploring physics beyond traditional textbooks to gain greater insight. It is well-known that intuition and heuristics are very powerful methods for learning Physics. A difficult topic often appears simpler when we see it in the light of something we know. This has been my technique, earlier as a student and now as a teacher. The common undergraduate-level Physics syllabus is a relatively unexplored domain where such methods can be very useful in the teaching-learning process. Such perspectives can sometimes also lead to research explorations, which should be one of the aims of education in general. In this talk, I will describe my experience in this journey, which I have often shared with undergraduate students whom I have mentored.