0900 - 0930

Registration

0930 - 1100

Ram Ramaswamy
JNU, New Delhi
The Uses Of Chance

1100 - 1115

Venue: Swatantrata Bhawan
Group Photograph

1200 -1220

Sanjay Kumar
BHU, Varanasi
DNA inspired physics

1225 - 1245

S M Yusuf
BARC, Mumbai
Low-dimensional spin systems and quantum magnetism

1400 - 1420

Swati Tripathi
BSIP, Lucknow
Multiproxy studies on dung of endangered Sangai (Rucervus eldii eldii ) and Hog deer (Axis porcinus) from Manipur, India: Implications to paleoherbivory and paleoecology

1425 - 1445

Debanjan Bhowmik
IIT Delhi, New Delhi
Hardware implementation of neural network algorithms, based on machine learning and neuroscience models, using spintronic devices as non-volatile memory elements

1515 - 1535

A K Ganguli and Giridhar Kulkarni
Introduction

1540 - 1600

K Vijayamohanan
CECRI, Karaikudi
Battery materials for electric vehicles: Today and tomorrow

1605 - 1625

A K Tyagi BARC, Mumbai
Rational design of materials with tailored functionalities

1630 - 1650

Bikramjit Basu
IISc, Bengaluru
Biomaterialomics: Data-driven accelerated pathways for next generation biomaterials

1655 - 1715

Kanishka Biswas
JNCASR, Bengaluru
Low thermal conductive chalcogenides for high performance thermoelectric energy conversion

1720 - 1730

Discussion

1745 - 1845

Geshe Ngawang Samten
Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Varanasi
Public Lecture: Buddhism and science

1915 - 2015

Smt N Rajam and group
Cultural Event: Concert - Three generations on the violin

0900 - 0940

Imran Siddiqi
CCMB, Hyderabad
GM crops in the Indian context: Looking back, looking forward

0940 - 1000

Aninda J Bhattacharyya
IISc, Bengaluru
Electrochemical energy storage via batteries: Prospects and limitations

1005 - 1025

Deepa Agashe, NCBS, Bengaluru
Host–microbial associations in a changing world

1050 - 1115

Alok Bhattacharya
JNU, New Delhi
Genetics and biology of neuromuscular disorders: Unmet scientific need

1120 - 1145

D Balasubramanian
L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad
Translational research approach: Primary congenital glaucoma - Prevalence, genetics and collaboration between scientists and clinicians for successful treatment

1150 - 1215

Bhudev C Das
Amity University, Noida
Public health genomics to innovative targeted therapeutic approaches for relapse-free survival of cancer patients

1220 - 1245

C S Yajnik
KEM Hospital Research Centre, Pune
Early life origins of diabetes in Indians

1250 - 1300

Discussion

1400 - 1420

Bhisma K Patel
IIT, Guwahati
Fluorescent, AIEgen and cytotoxic behaviour of annulated polcyclic heteroaromatics

1425 - 1445

S Dayananda
University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
Organophosphate hydrolase (OPH) exists as part of Ton complex in Sphingobium fuliginis ATCC27551 and plays a role in active transport of nutrients across energy deprived outer membrane

1450 - 1510

Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty
IIT, Kharagpur
Diffusion, growth, and elasticity in batteries - A mathematical modelling perspective

1515 - 1535

Srubabati Goswami
PRL, Ahmedabad
Discovering CP violation in the lepton sector: Challenges and possibilities

1600 - 1730

Venue: Senate Hall, Swatantrata Bhawan
Business Meeting of Fellows

1800 - 1900

Shabana Azmi
Mumbai
Changing faces of women in Hindi cinema

0900 - 0920

Suvendra N Bhattacharyya
IICB, Kolkata
Importance of cellular organelles in controlling miRNA-mediated gene expression in mammalian cells

0925 - 0945

N B Ramachandra
University of Mysore, Mysuru
Impact of copy number variations in genome organization, evolution and diseases

0950 - 1010

Riddhipratim Basu
ICTS, Bengaluru
Large scale geometry of randomly growing interfaces

1045 - 1105

P Dastidar
IACS, Kolkata
From serendipity to designing molecular gels for drug delivery

1110 - 1130

Jayanth Vyasanakere
Azim Premji University, Bengaluru
Cold fermions in artificial gauge fields

1135 - 1155

Anish Ghosh
TIFR, Mumbai
An introduction to some aspects of ergodic theory

1200 - 1240

Vijay Chandru
IISc, Bengaluru
The sciences of the artificial: Promise and reality

09:00 am- 10:00 am

Inauguration

10:00 am - 10:30 am

Prof V.K. Gaur
CSIR-Fourth Paradigm Institue, Bangalore
First principles approaches to address fundamental problems in Planetary Sciences Research, Education and Practice

11:00 - 11:30 am

Prof J.N. Goswami
PRL, Ahmedabad
Origin of the Solar System

11:30 am - 12:00 pm

Dr M.Rajeevan
MoES
Earth Science Services for Societal and Economic Benefits

12:00 - 12:20 pm

Dr. V.C. Thakur
Formerly of Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun
Seismotectonics of the Himalaya: Plate boundary and wedge thrust earthquakes

12:20 - 12:40 pm

Dr. R.N.Singh
IIT-Gandhinagar
Rise of earth system science

12:40 - 01:00 pm

Dr. B.R.Arora
Formerly of Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun
Seismotectonic and Seismogenesis of Earthquakes in the Himalaya: Constraint from Electrical Resistivity Imaging

01:00 - 01:20 pm

Prof K.S.Krishna
University of Hyderabad
Crustal architecture and Moho topography beneath the eastern Indian and Bangladesh margins - new insights on rift evolution

02:00 - 02:45 pm

Visit to the laboratories of the Department of Geology, BHU

03:00 - 05:30 pm

Editorial Board meeting of the Journal of Earth System Science at Committee room of Director’s office, Institute of Science, BHU [Only for editorial board members]

06:30 - 08:30 pm

Cruise on the River Ganges (Dinner) : All delegates and their spouses/accompanying persons are requested to be ready at their guesthouses by 5:45 pm (sharp). Vehicles will pick you up and take you to Assi ghat where the wonderful journey begins! Ganga aarti can be seen from frontal (river) side.

09.30 - 09:50 am

Prof S.K. Bhowmick
IIT-Kharagpur
Pulsed Tectonic Patterns in Early Earth Hot Orogens: Insights from Diffusion Chronometry

09:50 - 10:10 am

Prof Saibal Gupta
IIT-Kharagpur
Mars in India?

10:10 - 10:30 am

Prof R. Bhutani
Pondicherry University
Origin and evolution of land: Clues from radiogenic isotopes

10:30 - 10:50 am

Dr. Arkoprovo Biswas
Banaras Hindu University
Self-Potential method: In quest for subsurface mineral exploration

11:15 - 11:35 am

Prof M.M.Sarin
Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad
Carbonaceous aerosols from biomass burning emissions in Northern India: Implications to atmospheric radiative forcing and climate

11:35 - 11;55 am

Prof S.K.Bhattacharya
Formerly of Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad
Variation in oxygen isotope ratio of waters from Himalayan Rivers: decrease in snow/glacier melt contribution during 2002 to 2004

11:55 - 12:15 pm

Dr. A.K.Sahai
IMD, New Delhi
Challenges and Advances in Subseasonal Prediction

12;15 - 12:35 pm

Dr V.V.V.S.Sarma
CSIR-NIO, Vizag
Modification of coastal waters due to atmospheric deposition pollutants

12:35 - 12:55 pm

Dr. Abhijit Mukherjee
IIT-Kharagpur
Delineating groundwater security of India

12:55- 1:15 pm

Dr. C. Gnanaseelan
IITM, Pune
Tropical Indian Ocean warming and its impact on the regional climate

1:15 - 1:35 pm

Dr. Rajib Maity
IIT-Kharagpur
Temporal evolution of hydroclimatic teleconnection and long-lead prediction of Indian summer monsoon rainfall using a time varying model

2:15 - 2:35

Dr Riddhi Singh
IIT-Bombay
Estimating spatio-temporal variations of surface water availability at regional scales: challenges and opportunities

2:35 - 2:55

Dr Kedovikho Yhoshu
Nagaland University, Kohima
Lunar surface morphology and its dating

2:55 - 3:15

Dr Arvind Singh
Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad
High Rates of Nitrogen Fixation in the Arabian Sea

3:15- 3:35

Dr. Nabajit Hazarika
Nagaland University, Lumami
A methodological crossover for flood risk assessment

04:00 - 04:30 pm

Valedictory Function (Profs Ram Ramaswamy, President IASc; R.Bhatnagar VC, BHU Chairpersons)

1^st November 2018

09:00 - 09:30 AM

Registration

09:30 - 09:45 AM

Welcome and Introduction

09:45 - 10:30 AM

Prof. Paul Weiss
Plenary Talk 1

10:30 - 11:15 AM

Prof. Swagata Dasgupta
Plenary Talk 2

11:45 - 01:00 PM

Short Lectures by Invited Delegates

02:00 - 02:45 PM

Prof. Anne Milasincic Andrews
Plenary Talk 3

02:45 - 03:30 PM

Prof. Sandeep Verma
Plenary Talk 4

03:30 - 04:00 PM

Coffee and Tea Break

04:00 - 05:00 PM

Short Lectures & Panel Discussion

05:00 - 06:00 PM

Prof. C.N.R. Rao
Special Lecture