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Dates: 18 – 20 November 2011

Venue:
Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad



P R O G R A M M E

18 November 2011 (Friday)


0930 - 1100

Inauguration and President's address
A. K. SOOD, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Fascinating flow of complex fluids – jamming, order and chaos

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1100 - 1200

Tea break and Group Photograph

1200 - 1300 Lectures by Fellows/Associates

1200

SANDEEP VERMA, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Metal–organic framework on carbon nanotubes: covalent conjugates and catalytic action

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1220

J. N. CHENGALUR, National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Pune
Near-field cosmology with dwarf galaxies

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1240

RAKESH BHATNAGAR, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Recombinant vaccine against anthrax: clone to clinical trials

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1300 - 1400

Lunch Break

1400 - 1500

Lectures by Fellows/Associates

1400

S. K. SATHEESH, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Understanding the black carbon aerosol paradox

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1420

V. RAJSHEKHAR, Christian Medical College, Vellore
Neurocysticercosis: appearances can be deceptive

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1440

A. K. GANGULI, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi
From mercury to oxypnictides: a century of superconductivity

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1500 - 1530

Tea Break

1530 - 1730 Symposium on 'Chemical biology'

1530

SIDDHARTHA ROY, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata
A chemical biology approach to study biological regulatory networks

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1600

RAM VISHWAKARMA, Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu
Chemical biology of glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchors

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1630

R. NAGARAJ, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad
Chemistry of peptide aggregation: relevance to biology

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1700

N. JAYARAMAN, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Interaction of synthetic glycolipid inhibitors of mycobacterial biofilms and motilities with surfactant protein A

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1730 - 1800

Tea Break

1800 - 1900

Public Lecture
SUDHIR KAKAR, Goa
A creative melancholy: the paintings of Rabindranath Tagore

1900

Dinner

2000

Cultural Programme


19 November 2011 (Saturday)


0900-0940

Special Lecture
SAMIR K. BRAHMACHARI, Council of Scientifc and Industrial Research, New Delhi
Open source drug discovery: A model for science 2.0 through crowd sourcing



0940-1020 Lectures by Fellows/Associates

0940

DEBAJYOTI CHOUDHURY, University of Delhi, Delhi
Delayed response and the redundancy of an Inflaton


1000

K. R. GOPIDAS, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram
Nanoparticle-cored dendrimers: Synthesis, characterization and applications

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1020 - 1050

Tea Break

1050 - 1300

Symposium on (a) Recent Trends in High Energy Physics:


1050

SUNANDA BANERJEE, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata
Quest for new physics at the large hadron collider

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1115

SAURABH D. RINDANI, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad
Going beyond the standard model of elementary particle physics

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1140

S. MOHANTY, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad
Standard cosmological model and beyond

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(b) Fundamental Physics Challenges in Plasma Physics:



1205

R. JHA, Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar
Turbulence in fusion plasma

1230

G. RAVINDRAKUMAR, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
High energy density science with laser light

1300 - 1400

Lunch break

1400 - 1540

Lectures by Fellows/Associates

1400

DILIP D. DHAVALE, University of Pune, Pune,
In the search for new drug candidates for type-II diabetes

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1420

ONKAR DABEER, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
Collaborative filters: Fundamental limits and good practices

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1440

B. N. MALLICK, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Neural mechanism of rapid eye movement sleep regulation

1500

RAJESH K. SRIVASTAVA, Banaras Hindu University,Varanasi
Record of short-lived mantle generated magmatic events and their dyke swarms of the Indian shield during precambrian

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1520

C. S. GOPINATH, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
A possible approach to broaden catalytic activity regime: More wine in the old bottle

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1540 - 1610

Tea Break

1610 - 1730

Business Meeting of Fellows (Seminar Hall)

1730

Tea Break

1830 - 1930

Public Lecture
SUDARSHAN IYENGAR, Vice-Chancellor, Gujarat Vidyapith
Science-Social science interface


20 November 2011 (Sunday)


0900 - 0940

Special Lecture
DEVANG V. KHAKHAR, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai
Dense granular flows: Rheology and segregation

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0940 - 1300 Lectures by Fellows/Associates

0940

AYAN DATTA, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram
Catalysis by organogold complexes and gold nanoclusters

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1000

BALARAM GHOSH, Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology, Delhi
MicroRNA with macro-role in asthma

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1020 - 1050

Tea Break


1050

S. R. BARMAN, UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Indore
Ferromagnetic shape memory alloys

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1110

BASUDEB DATTA, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Stacked spheres and lower bound theorem

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1130

SUBROTO MUKERJEE, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Quantum phases of bosons in optical lattices

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1150

NARENDRA M.DIXIT, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Therapeutic engineering


1210

SANJEEV GALANDE, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune
From sequence to consequence

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12.30

D. S. NAGARAJ, The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai
Morphism of varieties

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