09.30 - 11.00

Inauguration and Presidenttal address
DIPANKAR CHATTERJI, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Inhibition of bacterial transcription : Action of antibiotics

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11.00 - 12.00

Group photograph and tea break

12.00 - 13.00

Lectures by Fellows/Associates

12.00

BALAJI R. JAGIRDAR, IISc, Bengaluru
Activation of unreactive chemical bonds in small molecules

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12.20

K. V. ADARSH, IISER, Bhopal
Ultrafast light induced effects in amorphous chalcogenide thin films

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12.40

NAHID ALI, IICB, Kolkata
Visceral leishmaniasis: Strategies to combat the disease

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13.00 - 14.00

Lunch break

14.00 - 15.00

Lectures by Fellows/Associates

14.00

P. P. MUJUMDAR, IISc, Bengaluru
Hydrologic impacts of climate change: Quantification of uncertainties

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14.20

S. SHIVAJI, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad
Cold - loving microbes: Biodiversity, genes and genomes

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14.40

K. MANJUNATH, IISc, Bengaluru
Hope probabilities in certain point processes

15.00 - 15.30

Tea break

15.30 - 17.30

Symposium: "X-ray Crystallography"

15.30

T. N. GURU ROW, IISc, Bengaluru
The nature of a chemical bond involving elements in Group 14 - 17 from experimental charge density studies

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16.00

DHANANJAI PANDEY, IIT (BHU), Varanasi
Complementary role of X - ray, neutron and electron diffraction in materials research

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16.30

SHEKHAR C. MANDE, NCCS, Pune
Early Indian contributions to crystallography

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17.00

T. P. SINGH, AIIMS, New Delhi Structural basis for therapeutic applications of innate immunity proteins as protein antibiotics

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17.30

Tea break

18.00 - 19.00

Public lecture
GOPALKRISHNA GANDHI, Former Governor of West Bengal
Who knows India?

09.00 - 09.40

Special Lecture

09.00

R. L. KARANDIKAR, CMI, Chennai
Power and limitations of opinion polls

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09.40 - 10.20

Lectures by Fellows/Associates

09.40

C. V. RAMANA, NCL, Pune
Inspirations from natural products: New catalytic methods by metal complexes

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10.00

ABHA MISRA, IISc, Bengaluru
Carbon nanomaterials and engineering applications

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10.20 - 10.50

Tea break

10.50 - 13.00

Symposium:" Neutrinos and the India . based Neutrino Observatory "

10.50

AMOL DIGHE, TIFR, Mumbai
The world of neutrinos

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11.20

VIVEK DATAR, BARC, Mumbai
Current status and future prospects of neutrino mass measurement

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11.50

D. INDUMATHI, IMSc, Chennai
Neutrino oscillation, global status and role of India - based neutrino observatory

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12.20

N. K. MONDAL, TIFR, Mumbai
India - based neutrino observatory project

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12.50

Discussion

13.00 - 14.00

Lunch break

14.00 - 15.40

Lectures by Fellows/Associates

14.00

NISANTH N. NAIR, IIT, Kanpur
Supercomputers against superbugs: Unveiling the molecular details of antibiotic resistance through multiscale modeling

14.20

B. GOPAL, IISc, Bengaluru
Studies on sigma factor/anti - sigma complexes reveal a molecular rationale for Mycobacterium tuberculosis persistence

14.40

C. VINEETH, VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram
Optical remote sensing of the terrestrial upper atmosphere

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15.00

NIKHIL TANDON, AIIMS, New Delhi
Epidemiology of non - communicable diseases in India. a cross the life course

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15.20

THOMAS J. PUCADYIL, IISER, Pune
Membrane fission: Analyses using novel assay systems

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15.40 - 16.00

Tea break

16.00 - 17.00

Business Meeting of Fellows

17.00

High Tea break

17.30 - 18.30

Public Lecture
D. SUBBARAO, Former Governor, RBI
India - Mega Trends

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19.00 - 20.30

Cultural Programme

09.00 - 09.40

Special lecture
ASHOK JHUNJHUNWALA, IIT, Chennai
Can decentralised solar enable 24x7 power to every home in India?

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09.40 - 13.00

Lectures by Fellows/Associates

09.40

TARUN SOURADEEP, IUCAA, Pune
Hints of 'Beyond Standard Model' cosmology in the cosmic microwave background

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10.00

R. MAHALAKSHMI, IISER, Bhopal
Membrane protein folding and stability: Underlying similarities in bacteria and humans

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10.20 - 10.50

Tea break

10.50

EKNATH GHATE, TIFR, Mumbai
Number theory via representation theory

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11.10

SANTANU MUKHERJEE, IISc, Bengaluru
Controlling stereochemistry at the quaternary center through olefin functionalization and desymmetrization

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11.30

ANNAPURNI SUBRAMANIAM, IIA, Bengaluru
Exploring the nearby galaxies - present and future

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11.50

M. SUBBA REDDY, CDFD, Hyderabad
Canonical vs non - canonical ubiquitination: Control of protein fate

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12.10

NAVEEN GARG, IIT, New Delhi
Approximation algorithms for hard optimization problems

12.30

ANGSHUMAN NAG, IISER, Pune
Colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals with magneto - and opto - electronic properties

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13.00 - 14.00

Lunch