69th Annual Meeting
Dates: 21 to 23 November 2003
Venue: Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
Schedule
21 November 2003 (Friday)
09.00 - 10.30
Inauguration and Presidential Address
K. Kasturirangan, Department of Space, Bengaluru
Precision positioning: science and applications
10.30 - 11.00
Tea break
11.00 - 12.00
Lecture presentations by Fellows/Associates
11.00 - 11.30
Dipankar Bhattacharya, Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru
The enigmatic superstrong magnetic fields of neutron stars
11.30 - 12.00
Probal Chaudhuri, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
Statistical learning in molecular evolution using distributions of DNA words
12.00 - 13.30
Lunch break
13.30 - 16.30
Symposium - Nanomaterials and nanoscience
13.30 - 14.00
A. K. Sood, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Recent excitements in carbon nanotubes
14.00 - 14.30
Murali Sastry, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
New methods for the synthesis of nanomaterials
14.30 - 15.00
D. D. Sarma, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Tailoring properties by tuning sizes
15.00 - 15.30
Tea break
15.30 - 16.00
Arup K. Raychaudhuri, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Playing with small objects: nanolithography and its applications
16.00 - 16.30
G. U. Kulkarni, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru
Size-dependent electronic properties of metal nanostructures
18.15 - 19.15
Public Lecture
Rakesh Sharma, Automated Workflow Pvt. Ltd, Bengaluru
Manned space flight and earth's environment
22 November 2003 (Saturday)
09.00 - 10.00
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
10.00 - 10.30
Tea break
10.30 - 12.30
Lecture presentations by Fellows/Associates
10.30 - 11.00
Saraswathi Vishveshwara, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Graph theory and biomolecular structure
11.10 - 11.30
S. B. Krupanidhi, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Quantum well infrared photo detectors
11.30 - 12.00
Anunay Samanta, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
Fluorescence signalling of molecular environment
12.00 - 12.30
Shalivahan, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad
Electrical anisotropy of asthenosphere in a region of window to mantle
12.30 - 14.00
Lunch break
14.00 - 17.00
Symposium - Emerging trends in communication technologies
14.00 - 14.20
N. Balakrishnan, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Introduction and overview
14.20 - 14.45
Kumar N. Sivarajan, Tejas Networks India Ltd, Bengaluru
Trends in optical networks
14.45 - 15.15
K. S. Das Gupta, Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad
Satellite and wireless communication prospects and the future
15.15 - 15.40
V. Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai
Connecting rural India - with special emphasis on North East
15.40 - 16.10
Teabreak
16.10 - 16.35
Bishnu D. Pradhan, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai
From voice telephony to broadband Internet in the rural/remote environments - a reflection
16.35 - 17.00
Gautam Barua, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
The challenges in communication - a perspective from the North-East
18.30 - 19.30
Public Lecture
H. Y. Mohan Ram, University of Delhi, Delhi
Seeds and civilization
23 November 2003 (Sunday)
09.00 - 10.00
Special Lecture
Ashoke Sen, Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad
Search for a unified theory
10.00 - 10.30
Tea break
10.30 - 11.30
Lecture presentations by Fellows/Associates
10.30 - 11.00
R. Pitchappan, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai
Genomic diversity and disease susceptibility – Indian scenario
11.00 - 11.30
V. Purnachandra Rao, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa
Towards understanding the genesis of phosphorite deposits
11.45 - 12.45
Business meeting of Fellows
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In remembrance
The Academy regrets to report the passing of: