The second lecture in the Prof. M N Neelakantan Memorial Lecture Series was given by Prof. L. Sunil. Chandran, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Automation, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and an NITC alumnus on the topic Rainbow Colouring of Graphs. He received his BTech from National Institute of Technology, Calicut. He was selected to be a Member of National Academy of Sciences (NASI), India (M.N.A.Sc), 2010 and was awarded with MSR India Outstanding Young faculty Award (2009,2010) by IISc (given for faculty members below the age 40) . With being Selected as Associate of Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore (2009-2012), he received NASI Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee award (2008) by National Academy of Science, India (NASI), Allahabad and was given Infosys Fellowship (1999-2002) by IISc (given for Ph.D students). He has more than fifty Journal Papers and about thirty conference papers published in various national and international conferences.
The lecture was attended by students and faculty members from various departments.