Aug 27 2026 to Aug 27 2026 7 p.m.

Price: 999 Book/Buy

Where

The Humming Tree

763 100ft Road, road, near 12th Main Road, HAL 2nd Stage, Junction, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560008 560008

Event Description

Welcome to Pint of View – Bangalore's first-ever community where classroom-styled lectures meet drinks in pubs and bars.

About the lecture

One of the most remarkable scientific discoveries of this century is the detection of gravitational waves—tiny ripples in spacetime predicted by Albert Einstein over a century ago.

Even Einstein occasionally doubted whether they existed in nature, and he never imagined that they would one day be detected. Their discovery has opened an entirely new way of exploring the Universe, allowing us to observe spectacular cosmic events such as the mergers of black holes and neutron stars. In just a decade, hundreds of gravitational-wave signals have transformed our understanding of the cosmos and launched a new era of astronomy.

This lecture will tell the story of this extraordinary discovery, and explore the exciting future of this rapidly growing field.

About the speaker

P. Ajith is an astrophysicist at the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), Bengaluru, where he studies gravitational-wave physics and astrophysics. He has been a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration since 2004 and has contributed to the effort to detect and understand gravitational waves.

His research spans the modelling of gravitational-wave sources, analysis and interpretation of gravitational-wave data, tests of Einstein’s theory of general relativity, gravitational lensing of gravitational waves, and the astrophysics of black holes and neutron stars.

Ajith completed his PhD at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in 2007 and subsequently worked as a postdoctoral scholar there and at Caltech. He is now professor at ICTS, where he is part of the Astrophysical Relativity Group.

Event Details

The Humming Tree, Indiranagar
Thursday, 27 August | 7 PM to 9 PM [Gates open at 6 pm, please try to arrive early, so we complete your check-in in time]

Note: There’s a mandatory cover charge of ₹500 to be paid at the venue upon arriving, redeemable against any F&B.

Seating will be on first-come, first-served basis.

What to Expect:

A 60-minute lecture
30–45 minutes of interactive Q&A
Social mixer and personal Q&As with the lecturer

About Pint of View

Inspired by the successful Lectures on Tap community in the U.S., Pint of View brings this format to India for the first time. It’s where big ideas meet bar tables, and where you enjoy a drink in hand, walking out with a new way of seeing the world.

Book now & develop your own pint of view! 🍻

What's included
Lecture
Additional mandatory cover charge of ₹500 to be paid at the venue upon arriving (redeemable for F&B)
What's not included
Additional F&B orders from the menu
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