Added 2026 team and Open Day 2026 page

_config.yml

@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ collections:
   events:
     output: true
     # permalink: /events/:title/
+  open_day:
+    output: true
 
 defaults:
   - scope:

_data/team/2026.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+year: 2026
+convenors:
+  - name: "Avik Das"
+    bio:
+    email: avikdas@iisc.ac.in
+    picture: "/assets/img/team/2026/avik.webp"
+
+  - name: "Sameer Rajput"
+    bio:
+    email: sameerr@iisc.ac.in
+    picture: "/assets/img/team/2026/sameer.webp"
+
+  - name: "Vidhi Chauhan"
+    bio:
+    email: vidhic@iisc.ac.in
+    picture: "/assets/img/team/2026/vidhi.webp"
+
+  - name: "Vinay Kaushik"
+    bio:
+    email: vinaykaushik@iisc.ac.in
+    picture: "/assets/img/team/2026/vinay.webp"
+
+volunteer-team-name: "Core Team"
+
+volunteers:
+
+  - name: "Dhritishman Dutta"
+    email: dhritishmand@iisc.ac.in
+    picture: "/assets/img/team/2026/dutta.webp"
+
+  - name: "Kaustav Prakash Sarma"
+    email: kaustavs@iisc.ac.in
+    picture: "/assets/img/team/2026/kausty.webp"
+
+  - name: "Ritabrata Saha"
+    email: ritabratas@iisc.ac.in
+    picture: "/assets/img/team/2026/rito.webp"
+
+
+
+  # - name: "Volunteer 1"
+  #   email: volunteer1@example.com
+    # picture: 

_events/2026-02-16-mock-thesis-presentation.md

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+---
+title: Mock Thesis Presentation
+layout: post
+slides: /assets/files/MockMidsemThesisPresentationsSchedule.PDF
+---
+
+
+<!--more-->
+
+We are excited to announce mock thesis presentation by our 4th Year Undergraduate seniors. The presentations would be held at F-08A from 6.30 pm on 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 February. 
+The first presentation will be held today at 6.30 pm at F-08A. 
+This is an opportunity to  witness how a thesis presentation is done, and get a taste of how actual research is carried out.
+
+The content would be fairly advanced but everyone is welcome to join, the process itself is worth experiencing.

_lectures/cosmology/2026-03-03-cosmo-lec-1.md

@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ Date: **3rd March, 2026 (Tuesday)**
 Time: **9:30 PM**  
 Venue: **F-08A, OPB**
 
-> Problem set can be found in [this folder](https://indianinstituteofscience-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal/vidhic_iisc_ac_in/IgCvRZXjX5IySpMaytx8UyjXAVX1qPGlUbcTTOX1D5xbCyw?e=slUQGS).
+> Problem set, lecture notes and video of the lecture can be found in [this folder](https://indianinstituteofscience-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal/vidhic_iisc_ac_in/IgCvRZXjX5IySpMaytx8UyjXAVX1qPGlUbcTTOX1D5xbCyw?e=slUQGS).

_lectures/cosmology/2026-03-11-cosmo-lec-2.md

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+---
+title: Cosmology - Lecture 2
+author: Jay Yadav
+layout: post
+image: /assets/img/posts/cosmo_2/poster.webp
+# topic: "Cosmology"    
+---
+
+
+<!--more-->
+
+We continue our lecture series on Cosmology, just from where we left. The second lecture is scheduled at 9:30 PM on 11th March (Wednesday) at F-08A, OPB. Join us for an exciting session while the cosmic microwave background beckons you.
+
+## Details of the session:  
+Speaker: **Jay Yadav (4th Year UG)**  
+Date: **11th March, 2026 (Wednesday)**  
+Time: **9:30 PM**  
+Venue: **F-08A, OPB**
+

_lectures/hep-group/index.md

@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ title: HEP Group
 | Introduction to QCD: Non abelian gauge lagrangian, namely Yang Mills Path integrals, and a brief introduction to the Fadeev Popov method | Abhishek Kundu | [Notes](https://indianinstituteofscience-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/vidhic_iisc_ac_in/IQACecYve2-sSYED4fuT6k-0AYuABX1JN3GAtqCNHONAsqA?e=BIVKDY) |
 | Chern Simons | Aman Goyal | [Notes](https://indianinstituteofscience-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/vidhic_iisc_ac_in/IQDixQGdJuuzTLS-wvVELtGWAfQb8DVN3gKHMaazqPtqILc?e=jLYL5i) |
 | Causal Set Theory | Nikshay Chugh |  |
+| Partition functions in quantum gravity (in curved spaces) | Aditya Panikkar | |
 
 

_open_day/open-day-2025.html

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+---
+layout: page
+title: Open Day 2025
+permalink: /open-day-2025/
+year: 2025
+image: /assets/img/open_day/2025/gallery/team.webp   
+order: 7
+---
+
+<section>
+    <h2 class="section-title">Posters</h2>
+    <div class="image-board">
+        {% assign open_day_posters = site.static_files | where_exp: "file", "file.path contains '/assets/img/open_day/2025/posters/'" %}
+        {% for poster in open_day_posters %}
+          <img src="{{ poster.path }}" alt="{{ poster.name }}">
+        {% endfor %}
+    </div>
+</section>
+
+<section>
+    <h2 class="section-title">Gallery</h2>
+    <div class="image-board">
+        {% assign open_day_images = site.static_files | where_exp: "file", "file.path contains '/assets/img/open_day/2025/gallery/'" %}
+        {% for image in open_day_images %}
+          <img src="{{ image.path }}" alt="Open Day Image">
+        {% endfor %}
+    </div>
+</section>

_open_day/open-day-2026.html

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+---
+layout: page
+title: Open Day 2026
+permalink: /open-day-2026/
+year: 2026
+image: /assets/img/open_day/2026/gallery/team2.webp   
+order: 7
+---
+
+<section>
+    <h2 class="section-title">Posters</h2>
+    <div class="image-board">
+        {% assign open_day_posters = site.static_files | where_exp: "file", "file.path contains '/assets/img/open_day/2026/posters/'" %}
+        {% for poster in open_day_posters %}
+          <img src="{{ poster.path }}" alt="{{ poster.name }}">
+        {% endfor %}
+    </div>
+</section>
+
+<section>
+    <h2 class="section-title">Gallery</h2>
+    <div class="image-board">
+        {% assign open_day_images = site.static_files | where_exp: "file", "file.path contains '/assets/img/open_day/2026/gallery/'" %}
+        {% for image in open_day_images %}
+          <img src="{{ image.path }}" alt="Open Day Image">
+        {% endfor %}
+    </div>
+</section>

_sass/open-day.scss

@@ -13,4 +13,36 @@
 //     .open-day {
 //         columns: 1;
 //     }
-// }
+// }
+
+.open-day-item {
+  width: 100%;       /* banner spans the page width */
+  margin: 40px 0;
+}
+
+.open-day-item a {
+  text-decoration: none;
+  color: inherit;
+  display: block;
+}
+
+.open-day-item img {
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 350px;          /* banner height - adjust */
+  object-fit: cover;      /* crop nicely like a banner */
+  border-radius: 10px;    /* optional */
+  display: block;
+}
+
+.open-day-item p {
+  text-align: center;
+  font-size: 1.4rem;
+  margin-top: 10px;
+  font-weight: 600;
+}
+
+.open-day-item {
+  list-style: none;
+  padding-left: 0;
+  margin-left: 0;
+}

open-day.html

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+---
+layout: page
+title: Open Day
+permalink: /open-day/
+order: 4
+---
+
+    <p>Spring has set in, college midsemester exams are over, and National Science Day just passed by. The Indian Institute of Science has opened its doors for science enthusiasts, amateurs and skeptics, children and adults alike. Welcome to the haven of curiosity and wonder!
+<br>
+IISc hosts its Open Day every year, allowing the public to roam the campus, exploring experiments, concepts, quizzes, games and competitions. The exhibitions are set up by students and faculty members, who interact with and explain to the inquisitive minds eager to listen.
+<br>
+On this occasion, the UG Physics Club presents its own platter of relishing exhibitions and experiments. From levitating superconductors in liquid nitrogen, to hypnotizing patterns made out of falling sand, from detecting muons using alcohol, to bright fringes produced by electron beams. The Ensemble Open Day exhibitions are a huge success among the public, and hopefully leaves the guests in awe of the wonders Physics has to offer.
+<br>
+The list of the experiments performed each year is given, followed by the pictures of our volunteers and conveners in action!</p>
+
+{% assign years = site.open_day | sort:"year" | reverse %}
+{% for page in years %}
+  <li class="open-day-item">
+      <a href="{{ page.url }}">
+          <img src="{{ page.image }}" alt="{{ page.year }}">
+          <p>{{ page.year }}</p>
+      </a>
+  </li>
+{% endfor %}

team.html

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 title: Team
 permalink: /team/
 order: 2
-picture: /assets/img/open_day/gallery/team.webp
+picture: /assets/img/open_day/2025/gallery/team.webp
 ---
 {% for object in site.data.team reversed %}
 {% assign obj = object[1] %}