Programme Schedule

12th November 2021 (Friday)

Session 1A: Presidential Address
1000 - 1100
Partha P. Majumder
NIBMG, Kalyani
Genes as a guide to human history and culture
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1100 - 1130
Short Break
Session 1B: Lectures by Fellows/Associates (Chair: Umesh Waghmare, JNCASR, Bengaluru)
1130 -1150
Neena Gupta
ISI, Kolkata
On separable A2 and A3 – forms
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1155 - 1215
Kalachand Sain
WIHG, Dehradun
Machine learning for automatic interpretation of subsurface geologic features from 3D surface seismic data
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1220 - 1240
Ajaya K Nayak
NISER, Bhubaneswar
Room temperature magnetic skyrmion bubbles in centrosymmetric magnets
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1245 - 1305
Mohit K Jolly
IISc, Bengaluru
Computational systems biology of reversible cell-state switching during cancer metastasis
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1305 - 1400
Lunch Break
Session 1C: Lectures by Fellows/Associates (Chair: Renee M. Borges, IISc, Bengaluru)
1400 - 1420
R Chandrasekar
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
Mechanophotonics - An approach towards all-organic photonic integrated circuits
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1425 - 1445
Arvind Sahu
NCCS, Pune
Viruses strike back against the complement system
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1450 - 1510
Neeldhara Misra
IIT, Gandhinagar
Algorithmic aspects of the firefighting problem
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1515 - 1530
Short Break
Session 1D: Symposium: “Some applications of probability and statistics” Organizers: Arup Bose (ISI, Kolkata) and Kapil H Paranjape (IISER, Mohali)
1530 - 1610
Mustansir Barma
TIFR, Hyderabad
Dynamics of extremes
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1610 - 1650
Rajesh Sundaresan
IISc, Bengaluru
Statistical principles in the design of serosurveys
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1650 - 1730
Rahul Roy
ISI, Delhi
Walking randomly for 100 years
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1730 - 1800
Short Break
Session 1E: Public Lecture
1800 - 1900
Thomas Pradeu
University of Bordeaux, France
Why science needs philosophy
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Panel Discussion: “Why do we need data science and statistics to count deaths during a pandemic?” Organizers: LS Shashidhara (Ashoka University, Sonepat) and Satyajit Mayor (NCBS, Bengaluru)
1915 - 2015
LS Shashidhara/Satyajit Mayor
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Arvind Subramanian
Brown University, USA


Prabhat Jha
Centre for Global Health Research, University of Toronto, Canada


S Rukmini
Independent Journalist, Chennai


Panelists
Madhuchhanda Bhattacharjee
School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Hyderabad


Murad Banaji
Mathematics, Middlesex University, UK


Moderators
Mukund Thattai
NCBS, Bengaluru


Gautam Menon
Ashoka University, Sonepat


13th November 2021 (Saturday)

Session 2A: Special Lecture
0900 - 0940
Spenta Wadia
ICTS-TIFR, Bengaluru
Black holes, information paradox and quantum entanglement
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Session 2B: Lectures by Fellows/Associates (Chair: Umesh Waghmare, JNCASR, Bengaluru)
0940 - 1000
Dipshikha Chakravortty
IISc, Bengaluru
Life in a vacuole: Why Salmonella prefers to stay in a vacuole
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1005 - 1025
Vamsi Pingali
IISc, Bengaluru
Two stories of PDE arising from differential geometry and physics
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1030 - 1100
Short break
Session 2C: Symposium: “Electrochemical Energy Storage and Sustainability” Organizers: S Sampath (IISc, Bengaluru) and K Vijayamohanan Pillai (IISER, Tirupati)
1100 - 1110
Introduction
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1110 - 1135
Ashish Lele
CSIR-NCL, Pune
Green Hydrogen for India’s Green Future
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1135 - 1200
SA Ilangovan
VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram
Supercapacitor (-battery) to supercabattery: An innovative energy storage system
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1200 - 1225
Amartya Mukhopadhyay
IIT, Mumbai
Stress-induced degradation of electrode materials in alkali metal-ion batteries
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1225 - 1250
N Kalaiselvi
CSIR-CECRI, Karaikudi
Various aspects of lithium batteries
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1250 - 1300
Conclusion
1300 - 1400
Lunch Break
Session 2D: Lectures by Fellows/Associates (Chair: Renee M. Borges, IISc, Bengaluru)
1400 - 1420
Sanjeev Khosla
CDFD, Hyderabad
Epigenetic Inheritance
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1425 - 1445
Sadiqali A Rangwala
RRI, Bengaluru
Understanding inter-particle interactions with hybrid traps
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1450 - 1510
Shreya Karmakar
Jadavpur University, Kolkata
Origin of ruby in chromiferous anorthosites, from the Sittampundi Layered Complex, South India
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1515 - 1535
Anirban Basu
NBRC, Manesar
Drug repositioning/repurposing: Promising strategy to develop therapy against viral infections
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1540 - 1710
Business Meeting of Fellows
1710 - 1730
Virtual Group Photograph Session for Fellows
Session 2E: Public Lecture
1800 - 1900
Arunabha Ghosh
Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), New Delhi
From energy transition to energy revolution: India’s journey to energy security
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14th November 2021 (Sunday)

SESSION 3A: Lectures by Fellows/Associates (Chair: VA Raghunathan, RRI, Bengaluru)
0900 - 0920
Vivek Agarwal
IIT, Mumbai
My contributions to research on solar PV technology
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0925 - 0945
Ritu Gupta
IIT, Jodhpur
Fluorinated nanomaterials for energy and healthcare applications
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0950 - 1010
Anjan K Banerjee
IISER, Pune
Induction of aerial and belowground tubers in potato: A classic example of developmental plasticity and modulation of plant architecture
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1015 - 1030
Short Break
SESSION 3B: Special Lecture
1030 - 1110
Ashok Sahni
Panjab University, Chandigarh
A greenhouse explosion of biodiversity
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