09.30 - 11.00

Inauguration and Presidenttal address
DIPANKAR CHATTERJI, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Stress management, the bacterial way

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11.00 - 12.00

Group photograph and tea break

12.00 - 13.00

Lectures by Fellows/Associates

12.20

AVESH K. TYAGI, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai
Rational design of new functional materials

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12.20

SOURENDU GUPTA, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
Little bangs

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12.40

RAJAN DIGHE, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Hormones, receptors and antibodies

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13.00 - 14.00

Lunch break

14.00 - 15.00

Lectures by Fellows/Associates

14.00

S. A. HAIDER, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad
Meteoroid ablation in the Martianatmosphere: Observation and modelling

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14.20

S. GOPALAKRISHNAN, Indian Institute of Science,
Wave propagation in nanostructures

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12.40

JAYA N. IYER, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai
Tertiary classes - After Chern-Simons theory

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15.00 - 15.30

Tea break

15.30 - 17.30

Symposium: 'Cyber Security and Privacy'

15.30

N. BALAKRISHNAN, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Social media, analytics and national security

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16.00

P. K. AGARWAL, Power System Operation Corporation Ltd, New Delhi
Security challenges for power grid/ smart grid infrastructure

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16.30

GULSHAN RAI, Indian Computer Emergency Response Team, New Delhi
Cyber security threat landscape - Initiatives taken by Government for securing cyber space

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17.00

R. K. SHYAMASUNDAR, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
Towrds a science of cyber security

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17.30

Tea break

18.00 - 19.30

Public lecture
JAYATI GHOSH, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Demographic dividend or ticking time bomb?

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20.00

Cultural Programme

09.00 - 09.40

Special Lecture

09.00

GIRISH SAHNI, CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh
Exploiting enzyme mechanistic insights for the design of improved clot buster (thrombolytic) therapy

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09.40 - 10.20

Lectures by Fellows/Associates

09.40

G. NARAHARI SASTRY, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad
Co-operativity of non-covalent interactions

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10.00

MADAN RAO, Raman Research Institute and National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru
Mechanics of information processing and computation in cells

10.20 - 10.50

Tea break

10.50 - 13.00

Symposium: Food and Nutrional Security

10.50

B. S. DHILLON, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
Innovations for adding value to agriculture

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11.20

V. PRAKASH, JSS Group of Technical Institutions, Mysore
Food and nutrition security from falm to folk

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11.20

T. R. SHARMA, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
Plant genome analysis for accelerated gene discovery

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12.20

RAKESH TULI, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali
Safer GM Crops: opportunities for innovations

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12.50

Discussion

13.00 - 14.00

Lunch break

14.00 - 15.40

Lectures by Fellows/Associates

14.00

SOUVIK MAITY, -Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology,New Delhi
Viruses as a tool for gene expression and silencing in plants

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14.20

SANGITA MUKHOPADHYAY, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad
PPE18 protein functions as a virulence factor during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

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14.40

BHIM SINGH, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi
Power quality problems and their mitigation

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15.00

G. MUGESH, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Deiodination of thyroid hormones

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15.20

KRISHNENDU SENGUPTA, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata
Junctions of topological insulators

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15.40 - 16.10

Tea break

14.10 - 17.30

Business Meeting of Fellows

17.30

Tea break

18.30 - 19.30

Public Lecture
SHIVASHANKAR MENON, National Security Advisor, PMO, New Delhi Science and security

09.00 - 09.40

Special lecture
ANIL KUMAR, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Quantum computation and quantum information processing by NMR: Introduction and recent developments

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09.40 - 13.00

Lectures by Fellows/Associates

09.40

SUBI J. GEORGE, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru
Supermolecular synthesis of functional materials

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10.00

SHARAD S. SANE, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai
Combinatorics of block designs and finite geometries

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10.20 - 10.50

Tea break

10.50

ARUN K. PATI, Harishchandra Research Institute, Allahabad
Weak measurement and quantum correlation

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11.10

VIJAYAKUMAR S. NAIR, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram
Climate implications of soot on snow

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11.30

DEBASHIS MITRA, National Centre For Cell Science, Pune
Host factors in HIV-1pathogenesis and novel strategies targeting the virus

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11.50

THOMAS J. PUCADYIL, Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, Pune
Reconstitution of membrane fission reactions

12.10

KIRTI CHANDRA SAHU, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
Double-diffusive instability in viscosity-stratified flows

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12.10

SUJITH K. GHOSH, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune
Structural dynamism and functional studies of porous co-ordination polymers

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