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Dates: 8, 9, 10 November 2002
Venue: Panjab University, Chandigarh
8 November 2002 (Friday)
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10.00 - 11.30
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Inauguration and Presidential
Address
K. Kasturirangan, Department of Space, Bangalore
Recent advances in X-ray astronomy
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11.30 - 12.15
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Group photograph, followed by Tea
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| 12.15
- 13.15 |
Lecture
presentations by Fellows/Associates |
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12.30 - 13.00
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Milind G. Watve, Abasaheb Garware College, Pune
Science where culture matters: a neoclassical
approach to explore untapped bacterial diversity
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12.45 - 13.15
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Umesh Varshney, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Ribosome recycling, the fourth step of protein
synthesis in bacteria
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13.15 - 14.30
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Lunch break
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14.30 - 17.10
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Symposium - Quantum computing
and quantum information
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14.30
- 14.40
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Anil Kumar, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Introduction and overview of the symposium
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14.40 - 15.10
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R. Simon, The Institute of Mathematical Sciences,
Chennai
Classical information theory
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15.10 - 15.40
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Subhash Chaturvedi, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
Quantum information theory
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15.40 - 16.10
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Tea break
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16.10 - 16.40
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K. R. Parthasarathy, Indian Statistical Institute,
New Delhi
Quantum computations and algorithms
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16.40 - 17.10
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Anil Kumar, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Experimental realizations of quantum computing
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18.00 - 19.00
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Public Lecture
Mohan Maharishi, Panjab University, Chandigarh
Rasa siddhanta and its social significance
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9 November 2002 (Saturday)
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09.30 - 10.30
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Special Lecture
P. K. Kaw, Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar
Collective modes in a strongly coupled dusty
plasma
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10.30 - 11.00
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Tea break
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| 11.00
- 13.00 |
Lecture
presentations by Fellows/Associates |
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11.00 - 11.30
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T. G. K. Murty, Indian Space Research Organization,
Bangalore
Optical technologies for space imaging
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11.30 - 12.00
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Sunil Mukhi, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research,
Mumbai
The physics of branes
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12.00 - 12.30
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K. Veluthambi, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai
Fine tuning of Agrobacterium Ti plasmid
system for efficient plant genetic engineering
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12.00 - 12.30
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S. K. Satheesh, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Enhanced aerosol loading over Arabian Sea:
natural or anthropogenic?
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13.00 - 14.30
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Lunch break
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| 14.30
- 17.40 |
Symposium
- From mantle to monsoon: Himalayan geodynamics
and climatic change
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14.30 - 14.40
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Vinod K. Gaur, Indian Institute of Astrophysics,
Bangalore
Introduction to the symposium
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14.40 - 15.10
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B. N. Goswami, Bangalore
The Himalayan mountains and predictability of the Indian summer monsoon
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15.10 - 15.40
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R. R. Yadav, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany,
Lucknow
Climate variability in the Indian region: high-resolution
proxy records
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| 15.40
- 16.10 |
Tea
break |
| 16.10
- 16.40 |
V.
Rajamani, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Geochemistry of Ganga/Yamuna alluvium—changing
Himalayan provenance |
| 16.40
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S.
Krishnaswami, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad
Contemporary silicate weathering rates in the
Himalaya: Impact on CO2 consumption |
| 17.10
- 17.40 |
Peter
Molnar, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
From the mantle to the monsoon, manifested in
the growth of the Tibetan Plateau |
| 18.30
- 19.30 |
Public
Lecture
M. S. Raghunathan, Tata Institute of Fundamental
Research, Mumbai
Artless innocents and ivory tower sophisticates: some personalities on the Indian mathematical scene |
10 November 2002 (Sunday)
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09.30 - 10.30
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Special Lecture
S. E. Hasnain, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and
Diagnostics, Hyderabad
Evolution of biology: Are we ready to play
God?
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10.30 - 11.00
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Tea break
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| 11.00
- 13.00 |
Lecture
presentations by Fellows/Associates |
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11.00 - 11.30
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Y. D. Vankar, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Carbohydrates: much more than mere sources
of energy. Synthesis of biologically important
carbohydrate molecules
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11.30 - 12.00
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S. Ramasubramanian, Indian Statistical Institute,
Bangalore
Reflected Markov processes
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14.00 - 19.00
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Business meeting of Fellows, and
sightseeing
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