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Dates: 21, 22, 23 November 2003
Venue: Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
21 November 2003 (Friday)
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09.00 - 10.30
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Inauguration and Presidential
Address
K. Kasturirangan, Department of Space, Bangalore
Precision positioning: science and applications
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10.30 - 11.00
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Tea break
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| 11.00
- 12.00 |
Lecture
presentations by Fellows/Associates |
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11.00 - 11.30
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Dipankar Bhattacharya, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore
The enigmatic superstrong magnetic fields of neutron stars
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11.30 - 12.00
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Probal Chaudhuri, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
Statistical learning in molecular evolution using distributions of DNA words
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12.00 - 13.30
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Lunch break
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13.30 - 16.30
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Symposium - Nanomaterials and nanoscience
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13.30
- 14.00
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A. K. Sood, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Recent excitements in carbon nanotubes
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14.00 - 14.30
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Murali Sastry, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
New methods for the synthesis of nanomaterials
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14.30 - 15.00
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D. D. Sarma, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Tailoring properties by tuning sizes
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15.00 - 15.30
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Tea break
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15.30 - 16.00
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Arup K. Raychaudhuri, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Playing with small objects: nanolithography and its applications
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16.00 - 16.30
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G. U. Kulkarni, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore
Size-dependent electronic properties of metal nanostructures
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18.15 - 19.15
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Public Lecture
Rakesh Sharma, Automated Workflow Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore
Manned space flight and earth's environment
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22 November 2003 (Saturday)
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09.00 - 10.00
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Special Lecture
J. Gowrishankar, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad
The love triangle between single-stranded RNA and double-stranded DNA: R-loops and their consequences in bacteria
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10.00 - 10.30
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Tea break
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| 10.30
- 12.30 |
Lecture
presentations by Fellows/Associates |
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10.30 - 11.00
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Saraswathi Vishveshwara, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Graph theory and biomolecular structure
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11.10 - 11.30
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S. B. Krupanidhi, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Quantum well infrared photo detectors
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11.30 - 12.00
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Anunay Samanta, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
Fluorescence signalling of molecular environment
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12.00 - 12.30
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Shalivahan, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad
Electrical anisotropy of asthenosphere in a region of window to mantle
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12.30 - 14.00
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Lunch break
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| 14.00
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Symposium
- Emerging trends in communication technologies
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14.00 - 14.20
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N. Balakrishnan, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Introduction and overview
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14.20 - 14.45
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Kumar N. Sivarajan, Tejas Networks India Ltd, Bangalore
Trends in optical networks
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14.45 - 15.15
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K. S. Das Gupta, Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad
Satellite and wireless communication prospects and the future
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| 15.15
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V.
Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai
Connecting rural India - with special emphasis on North East |
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| 15.40
- 16.10 |
Tea
break |
| 16.10
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Bishnu D. Pradhan, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai
From voice telephony to broadband Internet in the rural/remote
environments - a reflection |
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| 16.35
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Gautam Barua, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
The challenges in communication - a perspective from the North-East |
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| 18.30
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Public
Lecture
H. Y. Mohan Ram, University of Delhi, Delhi
Seeds and civilization |
23 November 2003 (Sunday)
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09.00 - 10.00
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Special Lecture
Ashoke Sen, Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad
Search for a unified theory
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10.00 - 10.30
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Tea break
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| 10.30
- 11.30 |
Lecture
presentations by Fellows/Associates |
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10.30 - 11.00
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R. Pitchappan, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai
Genomic diversity and disease susceptibility – Indian scenario
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11.00 - 11.30
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V. Purnachandra Rao, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa
Towards understanding the genesis of phosphorite deposits
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11.45 - 12.45
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Business meeting of Fellows
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