Raman Memorial Conference - 2023
"Physics at different length scales"
"Remembering Edwin Hubble"

Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman

Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was an Indian physicist. He employed monochromatic light from a mercury arc lamp which penetrated transparent material and was allowed to fall on a spectrograph to record its spectrum. He detected lines in the spectrum which he later called Raman lines. He presented his theory at a meeting of scientists in Bangalore on 16 March 1928, and won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930. In his memory, research students in Physics department of Savitribai Phule Pune University organise Raman Memorial Conference every year.

RMC The Raman Memorial Conference, started in the year 1994, is organized annually by the research students of the Department of Physics, Savitribai Phule Pune University. The two day conference is enriched by scientific talks and discussions. There are five invited talks with oral sessions. The invited talks are delivered by eminent scientists from various fields to promote the interaction between the scientists and the students. The open discussion after each oral presentation and at poster session is a key to self assessment and self understanding. Ever since the event started, it has continuously grown in all aspects. The conference aims to encourage young researchers working in physical sciences and related areas to present their work, interact among themselves and with eminent scientists in relevant fields.

Motivation of RMC

We, at RMC strive to bring together researchers from the broad areas of science to deliver talks, discuss and exchange new ideas on recent advances of different fields. The purpose of this conference is to provide a platform for discussing promising developments in different areas as outlined below. Further, this gathering will enable delegates to establish research collaborations as well as link up for future collaborations.
We anticipate that the Raman Memorial Conference outcome will lead to significant contribution to the current state of knowledge in these up-to-date fields. In the interest of presenting original abstracts as either oral presentations or posters, the organizing committee of the conference invites prospective authors to submit their abstracts.

Authors are invited to submit an abstract. Abstracts should contain no more than 300 words (optionally it may contain 1 Table and/ or one Figure). Abstracts can be submitted for either oral or poster presentation.

Physics at different length scales

The theme of RMC 2023 conference is "Physics at different length scales." The quest of humankind is to unravel the mysteries underlying diverse length scales, be it an atom or the universe. With this inspiration, aiming at the researchers from the different fields we are happy to announce the RMC 2023. The scientific program emphasizes on experimental/theoretical/computational frameworks used to find answers to number of scale-dependent scientific questions.

Although the theme in itself is interdisciplinary and wide enough to cover almost every research topic, to mention a few, the planned sessions include following topics:

• Atoms, Molecules, complex systems and their multiscale modelling
• Thermodynamics
• Soft matter
• Semiconductors
• Spectroscopy
• Astronomy and Astrophysics

RMC 2023 is a platform to bring together researchers from the broad areas of science to deliver talks, discuss and exchange new ideas on recent advances of respective fields.

Eminent Speaker:

Distinguished Prof. Deepak Dhar (IISER Pune) (First Indian scientist who received the "Boltzmann Medal")

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Invited Speakers:

	Topic of talk: 'Dynamic Atomic Force Microscope for Viscoelasticity of Single Folded Domains of Proteins'
Dr. Shivprasad Patil (IISER Pune)
Dr. Roop Mallik (IIT Bombay)
Dr. Amitabha Nandi (IIT Bombay)
Dr. Bijay Kumar Agarwalla (IISER Pune)
Dr. Sachin Jain (IISER Pune)
	Topic of talk: 'Electrochemistry ‘Weds’ Materials Welcome to Celebrate Perfect Match!'
Dr. Santosh Haram (Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune)

Note: Exact schedule of RMC 2023 program is available.

Speaker's Abstract

• Astronomy & Astrophysics
• Biophysics & Bioinformatics
• Catalysis
• Chemical Physics
• Computational Physics
• Density Functional Theory
• Energy Studies
• Fluid Dynamics
• LASER & Optics
• Material Science
• Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
• Non-Linear Dynamics
• Nuclear Physics
• Plasma Physics
• Soft Matter Physics
• Thin Films
• Vacuum Techniques
• Interdisciplinary

Presentation Categories

There are five main categories for presentations:

• Paper (oral) presentation by research students (8 + 2 minutes)
• Ph.D. thesis presentation (20 + 10 minutes)
• Poster presentation(3 + 2 minutes) by:
• Research students
• M.Sc./B.Sc./M. Tech./B.Tech. students
• Panel Discussion

Prizes will be rewarded for best presentations in each category.
There will be a special oral presentation prize for Interdisciplinary Science topics.
All Bhiday Prize applicants are compulsary to opt for oral presentation along with their paper abstract.

Note: The prize certificate will be awarded only to the first author who is the presenting author (poster/oral).