85th Annual Meeting
Dates: 8 to 10 November 2019
Venue: University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
Schedule
8 November 2019 (Friday)
0900 - 0930
Registration
Inauguration & Presidential Address [DST Auditorium]
1100 - 1140
Group Photograph and Tea break
Lectures by Fellows / Associates [Zakir Hussain Lecture Hall Complex]
Chairperson: Mustansir Barma, TIFR, Hyderabad
1140 - 1200
Sharp Inequalities and related problems
Sandeep Kunnath, TIFR-CAM, Bengaluru
1205 - 1225
Coordination driven ‘Soft’ materials for photocatalytic H2 production and CO2 reduction
Tapas K Maji, JNCASR, Bengaluru
1230 - 1400
Lunch (Gurubaksh Singh Maidan, University campus)
Lectures by Fellows/Associates [Zakir Hussain Lecture Hall Complex]
Chairperson: Tarun Kant, IIT, Mumbai
1400 - 1420
Molecular insights into asymmetric catalysis – From rationalization to predictions
Raghavan B Sunoj, IIT, Mumbai
1425 - 1445
Wave packet enriched finite element for coupled multiphysics wave propagation problems
Santosh Kapuria, IIT, New Delhi
1450 - 1520
Tea break
Symposium: Plant–Pathogen Interactions [Zakir Hussain Lecture Hall Complex]
Chairperson: Rajeev K Varshney, ICRISAT, Hyderabad
1520 - 1545
Chitooligosaccharides and immunity in plants
Appa Rao Podile, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
1545 - 1610
Oilseed mustard diseases – mapping of resistance-conferring loci and gene identification
Deepak Pental, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi
1610 - 1635
Plant–pathogen interactions for leaf rust and spot blotch diseases of wheat: A transcriptome and epigenome analysis
Pushpendra K. Gupta, CCS University, Meerut
1635 - 1700
GM crops developed conferring resistance to plant pathogens, special reference to rice and jute
Swapan K Datta, University of Calcutta, Kolkata
1700 - 1725
A tale of plant–pathogen interactions in groundnut for determining the quality of seed for human health
Rajeev K Varshney, ICRISAT, Hyderabad
1725 - 1735
Discussion
1735 - 1800
Tea break
Public lecture [DST Auditorium]
Chairperson: Shekhar C Mande, CSIR, New Delhi
1800 - 1900
Indian Dance: Science of the Art
Sonal Mansingh, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, New Delhi
1900 - 2000
Cultural Programme – Sankalp se Siddhi rendered by Kamakhya Kalapeeth, CICD Repertory group, New Delhi
Sonal Mansingh
2000 - 2200
Dinner – Gurubaksh Singh Maidan, University campus
9 November 2019 (Saturday)
Special Lecture [Zakir Hussain Lecture Hall Complex]
Chairperson: Partha P Majumder, NIBMG, Kalyani
0900 - 0940
Science, and Technology in India, in the Anthropocene
K VijayRaghavan, Principal Scientific Adviser, Govt of India, New Delhi
Lectures by Fellows/Associates [Zakir Hussain Lecture Hall Complex]
Chairperson: SSC Shenoi, INCOIS, Hyderabad
0940 - 1000
Why do we fail to model biogeochemistry of Bay of Bengal?
V V S S Sarma, NIO, Visakhapatnam
1005 - 1025
Carbo-/Hetero-annulations and cyclization reactions of tert-propargyl alcohols
Srinivasarao Yaragorla, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
1030 - 1045
Tea brea
Symposium: ECG Sudarshan: Physics, Person and Times [Zakir Hussain Lecture Hall Complex]
Chairperson: Rohini M Godbole, IISc, Bengaluru
1045 - 1050
Opening remarks
Rohini M Godbole
1050 - 1110
Weak interactions and Sudarshan
Debajyoti Choudhury, University of Delhi, Delhi
1110 - 1130
ECG and evolution of open quantum systems
Subhash Chaturvedi, IISER, Bhopal
1130 - 1150
Sudarshan and the heralding of nonclassical optics
R. Simon, IMSc, Chennai
1150 - 1210
The quantum Zeno effect
Anu Venugopalan, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi
1210 - 1230
ECG through the eyes of younger generation
Shiraz Minwalla, TIFR, Mumbai
1230 - 1250
Sudarshan’s life and work − memories from a long association
N. Mukunda, Bengaluru
1250 - 1300
Discussion
1300 - 1400
Lunch break
Lectures by Fellows/Associates [Zakir Hussain Lecture Hall Complex]
Chairperson: Veena K. Parnaik, Hyderabad
1400 - 1420
Feasibility of therapeutic protein production in milk of large animals to increase its affordability
Subeer S Majumdar, NIAB, Hyderabad
1425 - 1445
Thrombosis at high-altitude: Translational success stories
Mohammad Z Ashraf, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
1450 - 1510
Do the fundamental constants change with time?
Nissim Kanekar, NCRA, Pune
1515 - 1535
Growing to a shape: genetic basis of planar growth in leaves
Utpal Nath, IISc, Bengaluru
1540 - 1600
Tea break
1600 - 1730
Business Meeting of Fellows and Special General Body Meeting [Zakir Hussain Lecture Hall Complex]
1730 - 1800
Tea break
Public Lecture [DST Auditorium]
Chairperson: Ram Ramaswamy, IIT, Delhi
1800 - 1900
What does the Constitution really mean?
Justice J. Chelameswar, Former Judge, the Supreme Court of India
1930
Dinner - Gurubaksh Singh Maidan, University campus
10 November 2019 (Sunday)
Lectures by Fellows/Associates [Zakir Hussain Lecture Hall Complex]
Chairperson: A S Raghavendra, UoH, Hyderabad
0900 - 0920
Role of microtubules in mitochondrial dynamics and partitioning
Vaishnavi Ananthanarayanan, IISc, Bengaluru
0925 - 0945
Pollution particles influence rainfall suppression and high temperature extremes in the Indian region
Chandra Venkataraman, IIT, Mumbai
0950 - 1010
N-Heterocyclic carbene complexes of cobalt: Application in catalytic borylation reaction
Geetharani K, IISc, Bengaluru
1015 - 1045
Tea break
Lectures by Fellows/Associates
Chairperson: S R Shenoy, TIFR, Hyderabad
1045 - 1105
Statistical analysis of functional data
Anirvan Chakraborty, IISER, Kolkata
1110 - 1130
Stochastic approximation algorithms with set-valued maps
Shalabh Bhatnagar, IISc, Bengaluru
1135 - 1155
Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria for abiotic stress tolerance and agricultural sustainability
Charu Lata, NISCAIR, New Delhi
Special Lecture
Chairperson: Imran Siddiqi, CCMB, Hyderabad
1200 - 1240
Artificial intelligence: Hype and substance
Manindra Agrawal, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
1245 - 1400
Lunch
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