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