Silicon:A Case Study of Technology Transfer
Prof A R Vasudev Murthy, Indian Institute of Science
2 Mar 1988

Neural Networks
Dr M Vidyasagar, Director, Centre for Artificial Intelligence & Robotics
28 Feb 1991

Science in the 21st Century
Acad G I Marchuk, Dept.of Numerical Mathematics, Moscow
28 Feb 1992

Cauvery and its Geological Path
Dr B P Radhakrishna, President Geological Society of India
1 Mar 1993

Dr S Bhatnagar - Some Rambling Thoughts
Prof S Ramaseshan, Emeritus Scientist, RRI
21 February 1994

Einstein's Equivalence Principle and New Forces in Nature
Prof Ramanath Cowsik, Director, Indian Institute of Astrophysics
28 Feb 1995

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles - The Promise and the Prospects
Dr K G Narayanan, Director, ADE
28 Feb 1996

The Aerodynamics of Weather
Prof R Narasimha, Director, NIAS
28 Feb 1997

Development of Modern Physics
Prof N Mukunda, Centre for Theoretical Studies, Indian Institute of Science
2 Mar 1998

Deterministic Chaos
Prof N Kumar Director, Raman Research Institute
4 Mar 1999  

Information Science and Technology for the 21st Century
Prof N Balakrishnan, Chairman, Super Computer Education & Research Centre, IISc.
28 Feb 2000

The Bhuj Earthquake: What Can We Learn From It?
Prof Vinod K Gaur, Honorary Emeritus Scientist, C-MMACS & Distinguished Professor, IIA, Bangalore
2 Mar 2001

Structural Genomics: A New Initiative on Form and Function of Proteins.
Prof M Vijayan, Associate Director, Indian Institute of Science,
28 Feb 2002

From Discovery to Design.
Prof S Ranganathan, Department of Metallurgy, Indian Institute of Science
28 Feb 2003

Life of Wings
Prof Madhav Gadgil, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science
2004

Joys of Drug Design and Discovery in the Era of Information Technology.
Prof Javed Iqbal, FASc, FNA, Distinguished Research Scientist & Head, Discovery Chemistry, Discovery Research, Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.
2005

The Units of Darwinian Natural Selction - When should players sacrifice themselves for the sake of their team?
Prof R Gadagkar, Chairman, Centre for Contemporary Studies and Professor, Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc.
28 Feb 2006

COSMOS and Culture
Prof C V Vishveshwara Emeritus Director, Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bangalore

28 Feb 2007

The Working of the Human Brain - Molecules and Networks to Behaviour.

Prof Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath, Director of National Brain Research Centre (NBRC), Gurgaon, Haryana

28 Feb 2008

Creativity and Entrepreneurship in Education

Prof H P Khincha, Vice Chancellor, Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belgaum 

27 Feb 2009

Prof Rohini M Godbole, Centre for High Energy Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore the chief guest spoke on Probing the sub-femtoworld at the Large Hadron Collider(LHC).

28 February 2012