Indian National Science Academy Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi Anniversary General Meeting National Institute of Oceanography, Goa 19-21 December, 2014 Programme Friday, 19 December, Venue : Cardium 09.30 am – 09.45 am Inauguration (Dr SWA Naqvi, FNA, Dr SR Shetye, FNA, Dr S Rajan, Director, NCAOR, Goa and Professor R Gadagkar, FNA) Remarks by Dr SWA Naqvi, FNA and Professor R Gadagkar, FNA 09.45 am – 01.05 pm Mini-Symposium on Reconciliation of Marine and Terrestrial Records of Summer Monsoon Variability during the Holocene (Convener: Dr SWA Naqvi, FNA) 09.45 am – 09.55 am Introduction to Climate Change Using Terrestrial and Marine Records by Dr SWA Naqvi, FNA 09.55 am – 10.15 am Holocene Monsoon variability derived from Speleothems by R Ramesh, FNA 10.15 am – 10.35 am Precipitation Variability in the Western Himalaya during the Past Millennium: Causes and Consequences of Extreme Events by Ram R Yadav, BSIP, Lucknow 10.35 am – 10.55 am Mid-Holocene Climate and Cultural Responses: A Case Study from Western India by Vandana Prasad, BSIP, Lucknow 10.55 am – 11.15 am Monthly-scale Paleoclimate Records from Scleractinian Corals of the Lakshadweep Islands Inferred from Isotopic and Trace Elemental Proxies by S Masood Ahmad, NGRI, Hyderabad 11.15 am – 11.45 am Tea Break 11.45 am – 12.05 pm Solar Forcing and the Summer Monsoon Precipitation Variability: Centennial Scale Record since Mid-Holocene by Manish Tiwari, NCAOR, Goa 12.05 pm – 12.25 pm Evidence for ~5 kyr BP Event in the Marine and Terrestrial Records from Asia and Adjoining Sea by Rajeev Saraswat, NIO, Goa 12.25 pm – 12.45 pm Abrupt Indian Summer Monsoon Event Recorded in Sediment Cores from the Eastern Arabian Sea by Pratima M Kessarkar, NIO, Goa 12.45 pm – 01.05 pm Abrupt changes in Summer Precipitation in India since MIS 3 by Anil K Gupta, FNA 01.05 pm – 02.00 pm Lunch 02.00 pm – 05.00 pm Mini-Symposium on The Impact of Genomic Instability on Aging and Cancer (Convener: Professor K Muniyappa, FNA) 02.00 pm – 02.30 pm Genomic and System Approaches to Understand the Biology and Clinical Management of Glioblastoma Multiforme by Professor MRS Rao, FNA 02.30 pm – 03.00 pm Understanding Complex Biological Events in Sporadic Breast Cancer – in vivo and in vitro Studies by Professor RNK Bamezai, FNA 03.00 pm – 03.30 pm Chromatin Structure and Ionizing Radiation Signaling by Professor Tej K Pandita, The Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, USA 03.30 pm – 04.00 pm Tea Break 04.00 pm – 04.30 pm Mechanisms of Maintenance of Nuclear and Mitochondrial Genomes by RecQ helicase family members by Professor Sagar Sengupta, NII, New Delhi 1 04.30 pm – 05.00 pm Telomere and Telomerase: Their Implications in Human Health and Disease by Professor K Muniyappa, FNA 05.00 pm – 05.45 pm The Kalpathi Ramakrishna Ramanathan Medal Lecture (2008) on Emergence of Quantitative Weather and Climate Forecasts in India by Professor BN Goswami, FNA 06.30 pm Cultural Programme 07.30 pm Dinner – Hosted by Director, NIO Saturday, 20 December, 2014 08.00 am – 09.00 am Office Bearers Meeting (For members only) Venue : Training Hall 09.00 am – 11.30 am Council Meeting (For members only) Venue : Training Hall 11.00 am – 11.30 am Tea Break (for participants other than Council Members) Venue : Cardium 11.30 am – 12.15 pm Special Lecture on The Rise of Informational Thinking in Science by Professor Sahotra Sarkar, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA 12.15 pm – 01.00 pm Dr Jagdish Shankar Memorial Lecture (2009) on Modelling Molecules and Materials through Density at Different Length Scales by Dr Swapan K Ghosh, FNA 01.00 pm – 02.00 pm Lunch 02.00 pm – 02.45 pm The Satyendranath Bose Medal Lecture (2009) on Particle Physics beyond the Higgs Boson through the Higgs Portal by Professor Rohini M Godbole, FNA 02.45 pm – 03.30 pm The Kalpathi Ramakrishna Ramanathan Medal Lecture (2011) on Inspirers and Inspirations by Dr K Krishnamoorthy, FNA 03.30 pm – 04.00 pm Tea Break 04.00 pm – 04.45 pm The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Medal Lecture (2013) on Health and Wellbeing in the Changing Urban Environment- A Systems Approach by Professor Indira Nath, FNA 04.45 pm – 05.30 pm The Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis Medal (2008) on Playing Dice with the Universe: Algorithms for a Random Environment by Professor VS Borkar, FNA 05.30 pm – 06.30 pm Anniversary Address on The Evolution of Social Life in Animals by Professor R Gadagkar, FNA, INSA 06.30 pm – 07.30 pm Public Lecture on ISRO's Mission to Mars driven by Science or Technology? by Shri AS Kiran Kumar, Director, Space Applications Centre, Department of Space, Ahmedabad 08.00 pm Dinner – Hosted by Director, NCAOR Sunday, 21 December Venue : Cardium 09.00 am – 09.30 am Anniversary General Meeting (For Fellows only) 09.30 am – 10.00 am Tea Break 10.00 am – 10.20 am Brief address by Professor SC Lakhotia, FNA and Professor V Rajamani, FNA 10.20 am – 01.00 pm Felicitations: All are Welcome Induction of Fellows Presentation to awardees of INSA Medal for Young Scientists, Young Historian of Science Award and INSA Teachers Award Felicitation of outgoing Council members 01.00 pm – 02.00 pm Lunch & Departure 02.30 pm APEX Committee Meeting for INSPIRE Faculty Fellows (For members only) Venue: Training Hall 2
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