09.30 - 11.00

Inauguration and President's address
A K SOOD, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Nanotube dynamo and graphene

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11.00 - 12.00

Tea Break

12.00

BHARAT B. CHATTOO, MS University, Baroda
Engineering plants for disease resistance: Challenges and opportunities

12.20

U. RAMAMURTY, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Structural materials for the future: The case of bulk metallic glasses

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12.40

SAMAR K. DAS, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
Metal-oxide based inorganic systems toward practical applications

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13.00 - 14.00

Lunch Break

14.00 - 16.50

Symposium on 'Indian estuaries'

14.00

M. DILEEP KUMAR, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa
Estuaries - An introduction

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14.20

D SHANKAR, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa
Nature of freshwater influx in Indian estuaries

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14.40

S. R. SHETYE, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa
Monsoonal estuaries

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15.00 - 15.30

Tea Break

15.30

V V S S SARMA, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa
Biogeochemistry in estuarine systems

15.50

A. C. ANIL, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa
Influence of monsoon on estuarine ecosystem

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16.10

V. PURNACHANDRA RAO, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa
Impact of mining on suspended materials in estuaries

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16.30

M. D. ZINGDE, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa
Status of pollution in Indian estuaries

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17.00 - 17.30

Tea Break

18.00 - 19.00

Public Lecture
C RAJA MOHAN,Strategic Affairs Editor, The Indian Express, New Delhi
India and the Indian Ocean: In search of a strategic role

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19.30 - 20.30

Cultural Programme

20.30

Dinner

09.00-09.40

Special Lecture
A. K. SINGHVI, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad
Synergistic mutualism between geology and physics: The case of luminescence geochronometry

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0940

SAMRAT MUKHOPADHYAY, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research,Chandigarh
How do proteins misfold and aggregate?

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10.00

N. K. MONDAL, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
Neutrinos: A new window to the Universe

10.20 - 10.50

Tea Break

10.50 - 13.00

Symposium on 'Stem cells in development and regeneration: From the bench to bedside and back'

10.50

SATYAJIT MAYOR, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore
Local and regulated organization of membrane components during stem cell differentiation

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11.20

GEETA K VEMUGANTI, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad
Cell therapy for ocular surface: A successful model of regenerative medicine

11.45

SHUBHA TOLE, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
How stem cells build the brain

12.10

VIDITA A. VAIDYA, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
Adult neural stem cells: Relevance to the treatment of psychiatric disorders

12.35

SHYAMALA MANI, Indian Institute of Science,Bangalore
Stem cells and brain

13.00 - 14.00

Lunch break

14.00 - 15.40

Lectures by Fellows/Associates

14.00

PAWAN DEWANGAN, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa
Marine gas hydrates - an untapped non-conventional energy resource

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14.20

J. NARASIMHA MOORTHY, Indian Institute of Technology,Kanpur
Molecular design for manipulation of organic material properties

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14.40

R. SANKARANARAYANAN, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad
Proofreading during translation of the genetic code

15.00

RAMA GOVINDARAJAN, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research,Bangalore
Vortices in density gradients: Mergers, split-ups and death

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15.20

R. SOWDHAMINI, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore
Distant relationships amongst protein domains

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15.40 - 16.10

Tea Break

16.10 - 17.30

Business Meeting of Fellows (Seminar Hall)

17.30 - 18.00

Tea Break

18.30 - 19.30

Public Lecture
KAUSHIK BASU (Chief Economic Adviser, Govt. of India, New Delhi)
Higher Education and economic development

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09.00 - 09.40

Special Lecture
KANURY V S RAO, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi
The dynamics of host–pathogen interactions in TB infection

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09.40

K. SUBRAMANIAN, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune
Magnetizing the Universe

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10.00

SUDESHNA SINHA, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Chandigarh
Logical stochastic resonance: Exploiting the interplay between noise and nonlinearity to enhance computations

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10.20 - 10.50

Tea Break

10.50

ANURAG KUMAR, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Design and optimization problems in wireless sensor networks

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11.10

AMITABHA MUKHOPADHYAY, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi
Hemoglobin endocytosis in 'Leishmania':A novel target

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11.30

T.S.S.R.K. RAO Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore
An invitation to the geometry og higher dual spaces

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11.50

KALOBARAN MAITY, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
Puzzles in magnetism

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12.10

PARAMJIT KHURANA, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi
Genes associated with embryogenesis and abiotic stress tolerance in wheat

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12.30

SUHRIT GHOSH, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata
To mix or not to mix? Assembly of donor and acceptor chromophores

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