Prof. Prakash P. Karat Endowment Lecture – 2024 was held at St Aloysius (Deemed to be University), Mangaluru on Saturday, March 23, 2024 at Sanidhya Hall.

Prof. Arumugam Thamizhavel, Professor, Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research delivered the lecture on the topic “Crystal Growth and Anisotropic Studies of Strongly Correlated Electron Systems and Topological Semimetals”. 

Rev. Dr Praveen Martis SJ, Vice Chancellor, St Aloysius (Deemed to be University), Mangaluru presided over the function. Dr A.P. Radhakrishna, Formerly Head of the Department, St Philomena College, Puttur and Prof. Prakash P. Karat, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Postgraduate Studies in Physics, St Aloysius (Deemed to be University), Mangaluru were the guests of honour. Students, Research Scholars and Professors of Physics attended the lecture. 

To commemorate the tenth lecture, a book containing representative chapters of the previous lectures "Decadal Odyssey in Physics: A Chronicle of the PPK Endowment Lecture Series" is released by the Vice Chancellor during the occasion. Dr Chandra Shekhara Shetty T, Research Co-ordinator was the editor of the book.  

The endowment lecture is organised by the students and admirers of Prof. Prakash P. Karat in association with the department of Physics, St Aloysius (Deemed to be University), Mangaluru.