Kalachand Sain
WIHG, Dehradun Machine learning for automatic interpretation of subsurface geologic features from 3D surface seismic data Click here for the video
1220 - 1240
Ajaya K Nayak
NISER, Bhubaneswar Room temperature magnetic skyrmion bubbles in centrosymmetric magnets Click here for the video
1245 - 1305
Mohit K Jolly
IISc, Bengaluru Computational systems biology of reversible cell-state switching during cancer metastasis Click here for the video
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 Click here for the video
1425 - 1445
Arvind Sahu
NCCS, Pune Viruses strike back against the complement system Click here for the video
1450 - 1510
Neeldhara Misra
IIT, Gandhinagar Algorithmic aspects of the firefighting problem Click here for the video
1515 - 1530
Short Break
Session 1D: Symposium: “Some applications of probability and statistics”
Organizers: Arup Bose (ISI, Kolkata) and Kapil H Paranjape (IISER, Mohali)
Thomas Pradeu
University of Bordeaux, France Why science needs philosophy Click here for the video
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)
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 Click here for the video
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 Click here for the video
1005 - 1025
Vamsi Pingali IISc, Bengaluru Two stories of PDE arising from differential geometry and physics Click here for the video
1030 - 1100
Short break
Session 2C: Symposium: “Electrochemical Energy Storage and Sustainability”
Organizers: S Sampath (IISc, Bengaluru) and K Vijayamohanan Pillai (IISER, Tirupati)
Sadiqali A Rangwala
RRI, Bengaluru Understanding inter-particle interactions with hybrid traps Click here for the video
1450 - 1510
Shreya Karmakar
Jadavpur University, Kolkata Origin of ruby in chromiferous anorthosites, from the Sittampundi Layered Complex, South India Click here for the video
1515 - 1535
Anirban Basu
NBRC, Manesar Drug repositioning/repurposing: Promising strategy to develop therapy against viral infections Click here for the video
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 Click here for the video
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 Click here for the video
0925 - 0945
Ritu Gupta
IIT, Jodhpur Fluorinated nanomaterials for energy and healthcare applications Click here for the video
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 Click here for the video
1015 - 1030
Short Break
SESSION 3B: Special Lecture
1030 - 1110
Ashok Sahni
Panjab University, Chandigarh A greenhouse explosion of biodiversity Click here for the video