68th Annual Meeting
Dates: 8 to 10 November 2002
Venue: Panjab University, Chandigarh
Schedule
8 November 2002 (Friday)
10.00 - 11.30
Inauguration and Presidential Address
K. Kasturirangan, Department of Space, Bengaluru
Recent advances in X-ray astronomy
11.30 - 12.15
Group photograph, followed by Tea
12.15 - 13.15
Lecture presentations by Fellows/Associates
12.30 - 13.00
Milind G. Watve, Abasaheb Garware College, Pune
Science where culture matters: a neoclassical approach to explore untapped bacterial diversity
12.45 - 13.15
Umesh Varshney, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Ribosome recycling, the fourth step of protein synthesis in bacteria
13.15 - 14.30
Lunch break
14.30 - 17.10
Symposium - Quantum computing and quantum information
14.30 - 14.40
Anil Kumar, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Introduction and overview of the symposium
14.40 - 15.10
R. Simon, The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai
Classical information theory
15.10 - 15.40
Subhash Chaturvedi, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
Quantum information theory
15.40 - 16.10
Tea break
16.10 - 16.40
K. R. Parthasarathy, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi
Quantum computations and algorithms
16.40 - 17.10
Anil Kumar, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Experimental realizations of quantum computing
18.00 - 19.00
Public Lecture
Mohan Maharishi, Panjab University, Chandigarh
Rasa siddhanta and its social significance
9 November 2002 (Saturday)
09.30 - 10.30
Special Lecture
P. K. Kaw, Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar
Collective modes in a strongly coupled dusty plasma
10.30 - 11.00
Tea break
11.00 - 13.00
11.00 - 11.30
T. G. K. Murty, Indian Space Research Organization, Bengaluru
Optical technologies for space imaging
11.30 - 12.00
Sunil Mukhi, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
The physics of branes
12.00 - 12.30
K. Veluthambi, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai
Fine tuning of Agrobacterium Ti plasmid system for efficient plant genetic engineering
12.00 - 12.30
S. K. Satheesh, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Enhanced aerosol loading over Arabian Sea: natural or anthropogenic?
13.00 - 14.30
Lunch break
14.30 - 17.40
Symposium - From mantle to monsoon: Himalayan geodynamics and climatic change
14.30 - 14.40
Vinod K. Gaur, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru
Introduction to the symposium
14.40 - 15.10
B. N. Goswami, Bengaluru
The Himalayan mountains and predictability of the Indian summer monsoon
15.10 - 15.40
R. R. Yadav, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow
Climate variability in the Indian region: high-resolution proxy records
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 - 17.10
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)
09.30 - 10.30
Special Lecture
S. E. Hasnain, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad
Evolution of biology: Are we ready to play God?
10.30 - 11.00
Tea break
11.00 - 13.00
Lecture presentations by Fellows/Associates
11.00 - 11.30
Y. D. Vankar, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Carbohydrates: much more than mere sources of energy. Synthesis of biologically important carbohydrate molecules
11.30 - 12.00
S. Ramasubramanian, Indian Statistical Institute, Bengaluru
Reflected Markov processes
14.00 - 19.00
Business meeting of Fellows, and sightseeing
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