Programme Schedule

2 July 2020 (Thursday)

Presided over by: Dr K Kasturirangan

1400 - 1410: Welcome remarks by Professor Partha Majumder, President, Indian Academy of Sciences

1415 - 1430: Introductory remarks by Dr K Kasturirangan

1435 - 1515: Vikram Sarabhai: His vision for the development of atomic energy in India, Lecture by Ravi B. Grover, Homi Bhabha National Institute

1520 - 1600: Vikram Sarabhai - Space pioneer, Lecture by A. S. Kiran Kumar, Former Chairman ISRO

1605 - 1640: Vikram Sarabhai using Science & Technology for Development, Lecture by Kartikeya Sarabhai, Director, CEE, Ahmedabad

3 July 2020 (Friday)

Presided over by: Prof Partha Majumder, the President of the Indian Academy of Sciences
Session 1A - Special Lecture

0925 - 1005: Ashutosh Sharma

DST, New Delhi
DST@50: The brave new world: science and scientists in the new millennium
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Session 1B: Inaugural Lectures by Fellows/Associates

1010 - 1030: Navin C. Khanna

ICGEB, New Delhi
Dengue diagnostics made easy

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1035 - 1055: Manas Kulkarni

ICTS, Bengaluru
Family of long-ranged models: collective behaviour and dynamics
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1100 - 1120: Brief Break

Session 1C: Inaugural Lectures by Fellows/Associates

1120 - 1140: S K Bhowmik

IIT, Kharagpur
Pulsed tectonic patterns in early Earth hot orogens: constraints from diffusion chronometry along non-linear P–T paths
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1145 - 1205: V K Nandicoori

NII, New Delhi
Cellular redox poise in M. tuberculosis is modulated by a novel actinomycetes-specific transcription factor
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1210 - 1230: Saket Saurabh

IMSc, Chennai
Coping with (NP) hardness
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1235 - 1255: K M Sureshan

IISER, Thiruvananthapuram
Covalent and non-covalent polymers: syntheses and applications
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1300 - 1430: Lunch Break

Session 1D - Symposium : “Pathogen outbreaks: cause, spread and control”

Chairperson: Saumitra Das

1430 - 1500: Saumitra Das

NIBMG, Kalyani
RNA viruses: invasion strategies
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1500 - 1530: Shahid Jameel

The Welcome Trust/DBT India Alliance, New Delhi
Emergence of new viruses
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1530 - 1600: Gagandeep Kang

CMC, Vellore
Progress and pitfalls in COVID 19 vaccine development
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1600 - 1630: Raghavan Varadarajan

IISc, Bengaluru
The Covid-19 vaccine landscape
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1630 - 1700: Brief Break

Session 1E - Public lecture

1800 - 1900: Soumya Swaminathan

World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland Preparing for pandemics
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4 July 2020 (Saturday)

Presided over by: Prof Partha Majumder, the President of the Indian Academy of Sciences
Session 2A - Special Lecture

0925 - 1005: T V Ramakrishnan

IISc, Bengaluru
PW Anderson: an epochal figure in physics
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Session 2B - Inaugural Lectures by Fellows/Associates

1010 - 1030: Runa Antony

NCPOR, Goa
Biogeochemical processes on glacier and ice sheet surfaces
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1035 - 1055: Rajeev Ranjan

IISc, Bengaluru
Tuning of the structural and microstructural instabilities in ferroelectrics for design of high-performance actuators and development of new functionalities
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1100 - 1120: Brief break

Session 2C - Inaugural Lectures by Fellows/Associates

1120 - 1140: Rinti Banerjee

IIT, Mumbai
Biomaterial strategies to overcome barriers for drug delivery
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1145 - 1205: Rajanish Giri

IIT, Mandi
Investigating the folding of Zika Virus Proteins: implications for viral pathogenesis and inhibitor discovery
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1210 - 1230: Bikramjit Basu

IISc, Bengaluru
Bench to bedside: crossing the barrier
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1235 - 1255: Pooja Devi

CSIO, Chandigarh
Engineered materials and devices for water pollutants detection
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