Plenary Speakers

Christian Boehmer (University College London, UK))  is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics of University College London.

His main research interests are in theoretical physics and some continuum mechanics. He is working on various modifications of general relativity and is particularly interested in the underlying mathematical structure of these modifications. He likes theories which can break local Lorentz invariance or diffeomorphism invariance on certain scales.

Naresh Dadhich is presently Emeritus Professor and former Director of IUCAA, Pune.

He had been involved with Professor Jayant Narlikar right from the conception in building IUCAA in late 1980s and early 90s, and previously he was a faculty in Mathematics in University of Poona. His area of interest includes black hole energetics and relativistic astrophysics, and currently gravity in higher dimensions.