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Dates: 12 to 14 November 2009
Venue:
J. N. Tata Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
12 November 2009 (Thursday)
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09.30 - 11.45
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- Inauguration and introduction of fellows
- Release of Special Platinum Jubilee Publications
- Current trends in science
- Directory of Fellows
- Messages by former Academy presidents, and from Royal Society, Third World Academy of Sciences, German Academy of Sciences, Pakistan Academy of Sciences, Bangladesh Academy of Sciences and others
- President's address
D. BALASUBRAMANIAN, L. V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad
When science looks you in the eye
- Special Lecture I
C. N. R. RAO, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore
Emerging India as a great centre of science
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(D. Balasubramanian)
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11.45 - 12.30
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Group photograph, and tea break
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| 12.30 - 13.30 |
Lectures by Fellows/Associates |
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12.30 - 12.50
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HEMALATHA BALARAM, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore
Metabolism in the malarial parasite, Plasmodium falciparum
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12.50 - 13.10
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R. SRIANAND, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune
Cold gas at high redshifts
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13.10 - 13.30
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D. D. DHAVALE, University of Pune, Pune
Iminosugars as glycosidase inhibitors and immunomodulatory agents
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13.30 - 14.30
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Lunch break
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14.30 - 17.00
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Symposium I. Climate change: an Indian perspective
(Convener: J. Srinivasan, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)
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14.30 - 15.00
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J. SRINIVASAN, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Climate change: science, technology and policy
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15.00 - 15.30
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PRAMOD AGGARWAL, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
Climate change and Indian agriculture
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15.30 - 16.00
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Tea break
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16.00 - 16.30
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MALA RAO, Indian Institute of Public Health, Hyderabad
The health impacts of climate change in India
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16.30 - 17.00
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NAVROZ DUBASH, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
What should be India's strategy in the climate negotiations?
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17.00 - 17.30
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Tea break
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17.30 - 18.30
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Public Lecture I
NANDAN NILEKANI (Chairman, Unique Identification Authority of India)
Unique identification project
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19.00 - 20.15
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Cultural programme (Bharathanjali)
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20.15
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Dinner
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13 November 2009 (Friday)
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09.00 - 12.00
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Symposium II. Navigation and communication – what we can learn from insects
(Convener: R. Gadagkar, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)
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09.00 - 09.10
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RAGHAVENDRA GADAGKAR, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Introduction
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09.10 - 09.35
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RÜDIGER WEHNER, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
A neuroethologist's look into the cockpit of an insect navigator
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09.35 - 10.00
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ROHINI BALAKRISHNAN, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Acoustic communication in crickets: from biophysics to behavioural ecology
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10.00 - 10.25
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SANJAY SANE, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore
The aerodynamics of flapping flight
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10.25 - 11.00
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Tea break
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11.00 - 11.25
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DEBASHISH CHOWDHURY, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Ant traffic: marching soldiers or disciplined drivers?
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11.25 - 11.50
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RAGHAVENDRA GADAGKAR, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Communication of social status in a primitively eusocial wasp
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11.50 - 12.00
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Discussion
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12.00 - 12.40
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Special Lecture II
M. R. S. RAO, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore
Genomic and system approaches to understand the biology of cellular differentiation and disease
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12.40 - 14.00
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Lunch break
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Symposium III. Raman spectroscopy
(Convener: S. Umapathy, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)
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14.00 - 14.30
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H. HAMAGUCHI, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Raman spectroscopic view of life
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14.30 - 15.00
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VOLKER DECKERT, Institute for Analytical Sciences, Dortmund, Germany
Raman spectroscopy beyond the diffraction limit
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15.00 - 15.30
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A. W. PARKER, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, UK
Noninvasive structural study behind the surfaces: developments in Raman spectroscopy for chemical and medical analysis
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15.30 - 16.00
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S. UMAPATHY, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Raman spectroscopy from physics to biology
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16.00 - 16.30
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Tea break
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| 16.30 - 17.10 |
Lectures by Fellows/Associates |
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16.30 - 16.50
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V. RAMGOPAL RAO, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai
Polymer-based sensor systems for healthcare and homeland security applications
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16.50 - 17.10
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A. BHARDWAJ, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram
New findings on moon from the SARA experiment on board Chandrayaan-I mission
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17.10 - 17.45
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Tea break
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17.45 - 18.45
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Business Meeting of Fellows
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19.00 - 20.00
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Public Lecture II
MARK TULLY (former Chief of Bureau, BBC, New Delhi)
The need for balance in an unbalanced world
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20.00
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Dinner
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14 November 200 (Saturday)
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Lectures by Fellows/Associates |
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09.00 - 09.20
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JOYDEV CHATTOPADHYAY, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
Prey–predator functional response: current research and paradigm shift
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09.20 - 09.40
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JAYA S. TYAGI, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Unravelling secrets of a sleeping microbe: the curious case of the TB pathogen
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09.40 - 10.00
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SRINIVASAN KESAVAN, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai
Homogenization and optimal control
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10.00 - 10.20
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ARUN K. NANDI, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata
Multifunctional poly(vinylidene fluoride) using supramolecular interactions
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10.20 - 10.50
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Tea break
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10.50 - 11.10
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T. KAVITHA, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Efficient graph algorithms
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11.10 - 11.30
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ANIL GROVER, University of Delhi, New Delhi
Molecular components involved in mounting response to high-temperature stress in rice
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11.30 - 11.50
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CHETAN E. CHITNIS, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi
Rational design of a malaria vaccine
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11.50 - 12.10
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S. SAMPATH, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Interfacial electrochemistry using functionalized surfaces
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12.10 - 12.30
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VIKRAM TRIPATHI, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
NMR as a probe for strongly correlated electron behaviour in mesoscopic devices
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