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102 Indian Science Congress 2015
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Indian Science Congress Association

PROGRAMME
Public, Plenary, Special Sessions
Sectional Programmes
Hosted by
University of Mumbai

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PART – I

Public, Plenary, Special Sessions

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Table of Contents
SYMPOSIA PROGRAMME OF 03 JANUARY 2015 ....................................................... 13
Inaugural Session ................................................................................................................. 13
Inauguration of Exhibition ................................................................................................... 13
Mars Mission ....................................................................................................................... 13
International Academies’ Speakers...................................................................................... 13
Mathematics and Computing ............................................................................................... 14
Public Outreach Session ...................................................................................................... 15
Plenary Session .................................................................................................................... 16
Evening Public Lecture ........................................................................................................ 16
SYMPOSIA PROGRAMME OF 04 JANUARY 2015 ....................................................... 17
Session: Science & Interface ............................................................................................... 18
Session: Recent Progress and Future Prospective for Stress Tolerance in Plant ................. 19
Session: Science and Technology in SAARC Countries ..................................................... 20
Session: Nutrition & Health ................................................................................................. 21
Plenary Session .................................................................................................................... 21
Session: Emerging Frontiers in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and its Applications ........... 22
Session: Ancient Sciences through Sanskrit ........................................................................ 23
Session: Advances in Computation of Electronic Structure ACES-2015 ........................... 24
Session: Mega Science Projects in Astronomy .................................................................... 25
Session: Environmental Health ............................................................................................ 26
Session: Number Theory...................................................................................................... 27
Clean India ........................................................................................................................... 27
Evening Public Lecture - I ................................................................................................... 28
Evening Public Lecture - II .................................................................................................. 28
SYMPOSIA PROGRAMME OF 05 JANUARY 2015 ....................................................... 29
Session: Biodiversity Conservation-Current Issues and Way Forward ............................... 30
Session: Tribal People's Health: Challenges for Science and Technology .......................... 31
Session: Holistic Approach to Atomic Energy- Present and Future .................................... 32
Session: Space Science and Space Technology ................................................................... 32
Session: Internet 2025 - its impact on Research and Higher education ............................... 33
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Session: GM Crops - the use of Modern Biotechnology in Agriculture.............................. 34
Session: Health & Development .......................................................................................... 34
Session: Application of Mathematical Modeling to Societal Issues .................................... 35
Session: Soft Matter ............................................................................................................. 35
Session: Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) Skill Development . 36
Session: Evening Public Lecture - I ..................................................................................... 37
Session: Evening Public Lecture - II .................................................................................. 37
Session: Evening Public Lecture - III ................................................................................. 37
SYMPOSIA PROGRAMME OF 06 JANUARY 2015 ....................................................... 38
Session: The Dynamic Earth and its Near and Far Environment: New Paradigms ............. 39
Session: Climate Change and Society: Past, Present and Future ......................................... 40
Session: Agricultural Statistics ............................................................................................ 41
Session: Targeting translational & post translational modification in health & diseases .... 42
Session: Clean Energy systems for the future...................................................................... 43
Session: Disaster Management ............................................................................................ 44
Session: Urban Development ............................................................................................... 45
Session: Future of the Past ................................................................................................... 46
Session: Aquaculture and Marine Biotechnology for Human Health ................................. 47
Session: High Energy Physics in 2014 ................................................................................ 48
Session: Challenges for Education in Modern India............................................................ 49
Plenary Session: Innovate and Make in India ...................................................................... 50
Panel discussion on Focal Theme ........................................................................................ 50
SYMPOSIA PROGRAMME OF 07 JANUARY 2015 ....................................................... 51
Session: Science and Technology for Inclusive Development ............................................ 52
Session: Tissue Banking & Tissue Engineering .................................................................. 53
Session: Employment of Technologies for Counter Terrorism Operations ......................... 53
Session: Recent advances in Cancer Biology ...................................................................... 54
Session: Research needs in the field of Environmental Sciences ........................................ 54

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SECTIONAL PROGRAMMES ........................................................................................... 55
Agriculture and Forestry Sciences ........................................................................................... 56
Animal, Veterinary, and Fishery Sciences ................................................................................ 61
Anthropological and Behavioural Sciences (including Archaeology, Psychology, Educationand Military Sciences) .............................................................................................................. 80
Chemical Sciences .................................................................................................................... 85
Earth System Sciences ............................................................................................................. 88
Engineering Sciences................................................................................................................ 96
Environmental Sciences ........................................................................................................... 98
Information and communication science and technology (Including Computer Science) ... 105
Materials Science ................................................................................................................... 110
Mathematical Sciences (including Statistics) ......................................................................... 121
Medical Sciences including Physiology .................................................................................. 126
New Biology (Including Biochemistry, Biophysics, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology) . 131
Physical Sciences .................................................................................................................... 137
Plant Sciences ........................................................................................................................ 140
Science Communicator’s Meet .............................................................................................. 144

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Schedule of Saturday, 3rd January, 2015
Time
09:00 am to 11:30 am
11:30 am to 12:00 Noon
12:00 Noon to 12:45 pm
12:50 pm to 01:30 pm
01:30 pm to 02:30 pm

02:30 pm to 04:30 pm

03:00 pm to 05:00 pm

05:00 pm to 06:15 pm
06:15 pm to 07:00 pm
07:00 pm to 08:00 pm
07:30 pm to 09:00 pm

Programme
Inaugural Session
Exhibition-Inaugural Session
Plenary Session: Mars Mission
 K Radhakrishnan
Plenary Session: International Academies Speakers
 Chunli Bai
 Romain Murenzi
LUNCH
Plenary Session: Mathematics and Computing
 S R S Vardhan, Abel Prize (2007)
 Subhash Khot, Rolf Nevanlinna Prize (2014)
 Manjul Bhargava, Field Medalist (2014)
 Madhu Sudan, Rolf Nevanlinna Prize (2002)
Public Outreach Session:
 Chair: Minister of Science & Technology, Co-chair: Principal Scientific Advisor, GoI,
 Panelists : All Secretaries & Chairpersons of Science
Departments
 Randy Schekman, Nobel Laureate
 Sabeeha Merchant, Univ of California, Berkeley, USA Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Laureate
Cultural Program
Dinner

Venue
Main Pandal (MP)MMRDA Ground
Main Pandal (MP)Main Pandal (MP)Alkesh Dinesh Modi Auditorium (ADMA)

Main Pandal (MP)Sports Complex (SPC)
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Schedule of Sunday, 4th January, 2015
Parallel Session→
S.No./ Timing ↓11:15 to 11:30 am

11:30 am to 01:30 pm

03:30 pm to 5:15pm
5:30 pm to 6:15 pm
6:15 pm to 7:00 pm

I
Venue: KKBS-001

II
Venue: ADM

III
Venue: PMB-9A

IV
Venue: NS-118

V
Venue: GT-001

09:15am -10:00 am
Ada E Yonath
Nobel Laureate

09:15 am to11:15 am
Science andTechnology in
SAARC
Countries

10:15 am to 01:30
pm
Recent Progress
and Future
Prospective forStress Tolerance in
Plants

10:15 am to 01:30
pm
Nutrition & Health

09:15 am to11:15 am
Science &Interface

10:15 am to 01:30 pm
Emerging Frontiers in
Nuclear Magnetic
Resonance and its
Applications

TEA BREAK
Mega Science
Projects in
Astronomy

VI
Venue: SRC114
10:15 am to
01:30 pm
Environmental Health

VII
Venue: SPC
9:30 am to
01:30 pm
Ancient
Sciences
through Sanskrit

TEA BREAK
11.30 am to 01.30
pm
Number Theory
Venue: DB-204

Advances in
Computationof Electronic
Structure
ACES-2015

Clean India
R A Mashelkar
Venue: Main Pandal (MP)Evening Public Lecture
Atsuto Suzuki
Paul Nurse, Nobel Laureate
Venue: Sports Complex (SPC)

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Schedule of Monday, 5th January, 2015
ParallelSession→I
Venue: ADM

S.No./ Timing ↓09:15 am to11:15 am
11:15 amto 11:30 am
11:30 am to
01:30 pm
2:30 pm to 4:30
pm

4:30 pm to 6:45
pm

Biodiversity
ConservationCurrent Issues
and Way
ForwardII
Venue: CDD009

III
Venue: GT-001
Holistic Approachto Atomic EnergyPresent and Future

Health &Development

IV
Venue: PMB-9A

Space Science andSpace Technology

V
Venue: NS-118

VI
Venue: SPC

Internet 2025 - its
impact on Researchand Higher education

Tribal People's
Health: Challenges
for Science andTechnology

TEA BREAK

Application ofSoft Matter
Special Plenary
Mathematical
SessionModeling toSocietal Issues
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) for Human Skill Development
Chaired by R Chidambaram
VENUE: Sports Complex (SPC)
Evening Public Lectures :VII
Venue: SRC-114

GM Crops- theuse of Modern
Biotechnology
in Agriculture Bernard Bigot Abhay Ashtekar Robin Warren, Nobel Laureate (Physiology/Medicine 2005)
VENUE: Sports Complex (SPC)

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Schedule of Tuesday, 6th January, 2015
Parallel Session→
S.No./ Timing ↓09:15 am to 11:15
am
11:15 amto 11:30 am
11:30 am to 01:30
pm
02:30 pm to
04:30 pm
03:00 pm to
05:30 pm
5.30 pm to7.30 pm

I
Venue: Nano (NS118)

The Dynamic
Earth and its Nearand FarEnvironment: New
Paradigms

II
Venue: KKBS-001

III
Venue: GT-001

Agricultural
Statistics
Climate Change
and Society:
Past, Present andFutureIV
Venue: ADM
TargetingTranslational & Post
Translational
Modification in
Health and Diseases
TEA BREAK

V
Venue: PMB-9A

VI
Venue: SRC-114

VII
Venue: SPC

Urban Development

Future of The
Past

Clean Energy
systems for the
futureAquaculture andMarineHigh Energy
Biotechnology for
Physics in 2014
Human Health
Challenges to Education in Modern India
Venue: Nehru Centre
Make In India
Venue: Main Pandal (MP)Panel discussion on Focal Theme : Science & Technology for Human Development
Chair : S B Nimse (General President)
Venue : Pherozshah Mehta Hall (PMB-9A)
All Sectional Presidents and Senior Academicians are invited to participate in this panel discussion.
DisasterManagement

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Schedule of Wednesday, 7th January, 2015
Parallel Session→
S.No./ Timing ↓I
Venue: Fort Campus

09:15 am to 11:15 am
11:15 am to 11:30 am
11:30 am to 01:30 Pm

IIVenue: ADM

Tissue Banking & Tissue Engineering
9:30 am to 01:30 pm
Science and Technology for
Inclusive Development

III
Venue: PMB-9A

Employment of Technologies for Counter
Terrorism Operations
TEA

Recent advances in Cancer Biology

Research needs in the field ofEnvironmental Sciences

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SYMPOSIA PROGRAMME OF 03 JANUARY
2015
Saturday, January 3, 2015, 09:00 – 11.30 am
Venue : Main Pandal (MP)Inaugural Session

Saturday, January 3, 2015, 11:30 – 12.00 noon
Venue : Main Pandal (MP)Inauguration of Exhibition

Saturday, January 3, 2015, 12:00 – 12.45 pm
Venue : Main Pandal (MP)Plenary Session

Mars Mission
Chairman

Pramod Kale

Speaker

K Radhakrishnan
Chairman, Indian Space Research Organization“Mars Mission”
Liaison Officer: S K Ukarande
Saturday, January 3, 2015, 12:50 – 01.30 pm
Venue : Main Pandal (MP)Plenary Session

International Academies’ Speakers
Chairman

M BarmaSpeakers

Chunli Bai
President, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The World Academy of Sciences TWAS-for theadvancement of science in developing countries
Romain Murenzi
Executive Director, TWAS, The World Academy of Sciences TWAS - for the advancement of sciencein developing countries, Strada Costiera, Trieste, Italy

Liaison Officer: Anuradha Misra

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Saturday, January 3, 2015, 02:30 pm to 04:30 pm
Venue : Alkesh Dinesh Modi Auditorium (ADM)
Plenary Session

Mathematics and Computing
Convener

S R S Vardhan

Speakers

S R S Vardhan

Chairman: S B Nimse

Abel Prize (2007), Dept. of Mathematics, New York University USA“Entropy and Probability”
Manjul Bhargava
Field Medalist (2014), Dept. Mathematics, Princeton University , USA"Recent Advances in Number Theory "Subhash Khot
Rolf Nevanlinna Prize (2014),Dept. of Computer Science, New York University, USA“Frontiers in Theoretical Computer Science”
Madhu Sudan
Rolf Nevanlinna Prize (2002), Microsoft Research New England, One Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02142, USA“Reliable Meaningful Communication”
Liaison Officer: Sudhir Ghorpade

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Saturday, January 3, 2015, 03:00 pm to 05:00 pm
Venue : Main Pandal (MP)Public Outreach Session
ChairmanDr. Harsh Vardhan
Minister of Science & Technology, Government of India

Convener

R Chidambaram
Principle Scientific Advisor to the Government of India

Speakers

All Secretaries of Science Departments
K VijayRaghavan
Secretary, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India andSecretary, Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India

K Radhakrishnan
Chairman, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)V M Katoch
Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

Shailesh Nayak
Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences and Chairman, Earth Commission

R K Sinha
Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), and Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission

P S Ahuja
Director-General , Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)S Ayyapan
Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE) andDirector General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)

Avinash Chander
Secretary, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)

Coordinator

Shailesh Nayak
Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences and Chairman, Earth Commission

Liaison Officer: A K Srivastava

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Saturday, January 3, 2015, 05:00 pm to 06:15 pm
Venue : Sports complex (SPC)
Symposium

Plenary Session
ChairmanN K Ganguly

Speakers

Randy Schekman
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2013
Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, USA“How cells export proteins”
Sabeeha Merchant
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, USA“Selective sub-cellular visualization of trace metals identifies dynamic sites of Fe and Cu
accumulation in Chlamydomonas”
Liaison Officer: D C Kothari

Saturday, January 3, 2015, 06:15 pm to 07:00 pm
Venue : Main Pandal (MP)Evening Public Lecture
ChairmanAnil Kakodkar

Speakers

Muhammad Yunus
Nobel Peace Prize (2006)

Liaison Officer: Shubhada Joshi

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SYMPOSIA PROGRAMME OF 04 JANUARY 2015

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Sunday, January 4, 2015, 9:15 am – 11.15am
Venue : Green Technology Auditorium (GT-001)
Symposium
Session: Science & Interface
Convener

Haiwon Lee

Speakers

Jae-Kyung Kim

ChairmanRajpal S Hande

Member of Parliament, South Korea

Haiwon Lee
President of Korea Nanotechnology Research Society, Seoul“Talent mobility and global research networking in science and technology”

Kyung-Ho Shin
Director General of Technology Policy Research Institute/Korea Institute of Science and Technology,
Seoul“Bridge program for the crystallization of science and technology”

Paul Jeong
Director General, Institute of Science & Technology Management, Christ University, Bangalore“Science business showcase in Korea : PE-IGCC”

Michiel Kolman
Senior Vice President, Global Academic Relations“India’s Research Performance compared to peers with specific focus on the Rankings ofthe Indian Institutions”

Coordinator

H Muthurajan

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Sunday, January 4, 2015, 10:15 am – 01.30 pm
Venue : Phirozshah Mehta Bhawan (PMB-9A)
Symposium
Session: Recent Progress and Future Prospective for Stress Tolerance in Plant
ConvenerC S Nautiyal

Speakers

Asis Datta

ChairmanC R Bhatia

Emeritus Professor, National Centre for Plant Genome Research, New Delhi“Genetic Engineering for Stress Tolerance and Nutritional Enrichment of Crops”

A S Raghvendra
Coordinator, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad“Photorespiration is a Part of Plant Response to Abiotic Stress”

J P Khurana
Coordinator & Head, Dept. of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi“Functional Genomics for Identifying Genes Associated with Abiotic Stress Response inRice”

L C Rai
Coordinator & Head, Dept. of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi“Unveiling Arsenic Toxicity in Anabaena PCC7120 through Proteomics, Genomics andBioinformatics”

M V Rajam
Head and Coordinator, Department of Genetics, Delhi University, New Delhi“Engineering Biotic Stress Tolerance in Tomato by RNA Interference”

P S Ahuja
Director General, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, New Delhi“Role of Anti-Oxidant Genes in Imparting Stress Tolerance in Plants”

Coordinator Sasikumar Menon

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Sunday, January 4, 2015, 09:15 am – 11.15 am
Venue : Alkesh Dinesh Modi Institute (ADM)
Symposium
Session: Science and Technology in SAARC Countries
Convener

Rajiv K Saxena

Speakers

A M Mubarak (Sri Lanka)

Chairman

R Gadagkar

Vice President of the National Academy of Sciences“Technology Capacity-Building, Promotion and Management of Innovation”

Quazi Abdul Fattah (Bangladesh)
Fellow, Bangladesh Academy of Sciences

V M Katoch (India)
Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

Sameer M Dixit (Nepal)
Country Director & Public Health Biomedical Scientist, Center for Molecular Dynamics, Nepal“Science and Technology in SAARC Region for the future: Lessons from Nepal”

R K Saxena
Vice President, South Asian University, New Delhi“Need for a forum for biologist and biotechnologists in South Asia”

Coordinator Sanjay Deshmukh

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Sunday, January 4, 2015, 10:15 am – 1.30am
Venue : Nano (NS-118)
Symposium
Session: Nutrition & HealthConvener
Speakers

Prabhakar Ranjekar
Gabriel Fernandes

ChairmanR. Ramamurthy

Health Science Center, Department of Medicine, San Antonio, TX, USA“Protective Role of N-3 Fatty Acids during Health and Disease”

Anil D Kulkarni
Professor of Surgery, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, TX, USA"Immunonutrition, Functional Foods, and Global Health projects in resource limited
settings”

Umesh Kapil
Department of Human Nutrition, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi“Current Evidence of Successful Food Fortification Program in India”

A Laxmaiah
Sr. Deputy Director, National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research, Hyderabad“Dietary Risk Factors for Non Communicable Diseases”

Sadhana Joshi
Head, Dept of Nutritional Medicine, BharatiVidyapeeth Deemed University, Pune

“Maternal Nutrition and its effect on health in the next generation”

Harish Pant
Distinguished Senior Scientist, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National
Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA“Novel peptides ameliorate neurodegenerative disease and prolong life in Alzheimer's andmotor neuron disease in model mice”

Arvind Kumar Shukla
Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh“Micronutrients and human/animal health: A way out through soil-plant system”

Coordinator Laxmi Menon
Sunday, January 4, 2015, 09:15 am – 10.00 am
Venue : Kavi Kusumagraj Bhasha Sankul (KKBS-001)

Plenary Session
ChairmanSpeakers

Geetha Bali
Ada E Yonath
Nobel Laureate (Chemistry 2009)
The Martin S. and Helen Kimmel Professor of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot, Israel“Ribosomes, Resistance to Antibiotics and Origin of Life”

Liaison Officer: A V Karnik
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Sunday, January 4, 2015, 10:15 am – 01.30 pm
Venue : Kavi Kusumagraj Bhasha Sankul (KKBS-001)
Symposium
Session: Emerging Frontiers in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and its Applications
Convener & Chairman: R V Hosur
Speakers

P K Madhu
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai“Probing Amyloid- fibrils and transient oligomers with solid-state NMR”

Ashish Arora
Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow“Solution structures and dynamics of Actin Depolymerization Factors/Cofilins andhomologous proteins”

Hanudatta S Atreya
NMR Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru“Fast NMR spectroscopy for probing structure and dynamics of biomolecules”

T S MaheshIndian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune

“Nuclear Spins as Quantum Testbeds: Progress and Prospects”

Subhash Khushu
Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences (INMAS), New Delhi" New Frontiers in NMR Imaging: Application to Cognitive Neuroscience"

Pushpa Mishra
Department of Chemical sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai“Structure and Dynamics of Plasmodium falciparum P2 homo-tetramer”

Himanshu Singh
Departments of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai“Visualization of green micro-alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii by Nuclear Magnetic
Resonance”

R V Hosur“Concluding remarks”

Coordinator

Neeraj Agarwal

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Sunday, January 4, 2015, 9:30 am – 01.30 pm
Venue : Sports Complex (SPC)
Symposium
Session: Ancient Sciences through Sanskrit
Convener & Chairperson: Uma Vaidya
Speakers

Uma Vaidya
Vice Chancellor, Kavikulaguru Kalidasa Sanskrit University

Prakash Javadekar
Union Minister of State, Information and Broadcasting (Independent Charge), Environment, Forest andClimate Change (Independent Charge) and Parliamentary Affairs

Vijay Bhatkar
Founder Chancellor, Multivarsity and National President, Vijnana Bharati

Gauri Mahulikar
Associate Professor and Head, Department of Sanskrit, University of Mumbai“Ancient Indian Sciences”

Ashok S Nene
Professor of Civil Engineering (Retd), VNIT Nagpur“Engineering Applications of Ancient Indian Botany”

Veena Londhe
Ex. S.A. Dange Professor, Department of Sanskrit, University of Mumbai“Neuro Science of Yoga: Understanding the Process – Part A”

Leena Phadke
Associate Professor, Smt Kashibai Navale Medical College, Pune

“Neuro Science of Yoga: Understanding the Process – Part B”

Captain Bodas1 and Ameya Jadhav2
1

Retired Principal, Pilot Training Centre
Lecturer, Swami Vivekanand International School and Junior College

2“Ancient Indian Aviation Technology”

Ashwin Sawant“Advances in surgery in ancient India”

Asawari Bapat
Visiting Faculty, Department of Sanskrit, University of Mumbai“Scientific Principles of Ancient Indian Architecture and Civil Engineering”

Rahul V Altekar
Consultant“Scientific Principles of Ancient Indian Architecture and Civil Engineering”

Binny Sareen
Spiritual Counseling & PR & Media at Global Hospital“Science and Spirituality”

Coordinator Gauri Mahulikar

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Sunday, January 4, 2015, 11:30 am – 01.30 pm
Venue : Green Technology Auditorium (GT-001)
Symposium
Session: Advances in Computation of Electronic Structure ACES-2015
Convener & Chairman : S R Gadre
Speakers

Kimihiko Hirao
RIKEN, Advanced Institute for Computational Science, Minatojima-minami, Chuo, Kobe, Japan“The K Computer and Computational Chemistry”

Stefan Grimme
Chair of Theoretical Chemistry, Mulliken Center for Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn,
Germany“Quantum Chemistry for Supramolecular Complexes”

Walter Thiel
Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Mulheim an der Ruhr, Germany“Chemistry with the Computer”

H Bernhard Schlegel
Professor of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA“Computational simulation of molecules interacting with intense laser fields: A new
frontier in chemistry and physics”

Shridhar R Gadre
Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India

Coordinator

Sanjeev Chacko

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Sunday, January 4, 2015, 11:30 am – 01.30 pm
Venue : Alkesh Dinesh Modi Institute (ADM)
Symposium
Session: Mega Science Projects in Astronomy
Convener & Chairman: Ajit Kembhavi
Speakers

Abhay Ashtekar
Director, Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos, Pennsylvania State University Park, PA, USA“The Very Early Universe Origin of Space, Time and the Large Scale Structure”

Yashwant Gupta
Dean, GMRT Observatory & Senior Professor, National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA), Tata
Institute of Fundamental Research, Ganeshkhind, Pune

“Square Kilometre Array : The Radio Telescope Mega-Project”

S Seetha
Space Science Office, ISRO Headquarters, Antariksh Bhavan, Bengaluru“ASTROSAT: the large Multiwavelength Indian Satellite Mission”

Tarun Souradeep
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune

“LIGO-India: An Indian adventure in Gravitational wave astronomy”

Eswar Reddy
Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Koramangala, Bangalore“India's Participation in the Thirty Meter Telescope International Observatory”

Ajit Kembhavi
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune

Coordinator Gargi Shaw

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Sunday, January 4, 2015, 10:15 am – 01.30 pm
Venue : Shankar Rao Chavan Auditorium (SRC-114)
Symposium
Session: Environmental HealthConvener

P K Seth

Speakers

V M Katoch

Chairman

V M Katoch

Secretary, Department of Health & Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi

Habibullah Saiyed
Ex. Director, Former Director National Institute of Occupational Health (ICMR), Ahmedabad“Male Reproductive Development Effects of Endosulfan and Lead in School Children”

ATK Rau
Consultant – Pediatrics, M S Ramaiah Memorial Hospital, MSRIT Post, Bangalore“Environmental Toxins and Child Health – Where are we today?”

D N Guha MazumderProf. & Head, Dept. of Medicine & Gastroenterology, (Retd.), Institute of Post Graduate Medical
Education & Research (IPGME&R), Kolkata“Effect of Drinking Arsenic-Contaminated Water in Children”
Kannan Krishnamurthi
Principal Scientist, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nehru Marg, Nagpur“Evaluation of endocrine disruptors (pesticides), their influence on environmental healthusing exposure and effect biomarkers”

P K Seth
CEO, Biotech Park, & Former Director, Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow

Coordinator Jayaraj Nair

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Sunday, January 4, 2015, 11:30 am – 01.30 pm
Venue : Dept. of Mathematics, Dynaneshwar Bhawan, 2nd Floor Seminar Hall (DB-204)
Symposium
Session: Number Theory
Convener

J K Verma

ChairmanSpeakers

M Ram Murty

Ravi Rao

Queens Research Chair, Head, Dept of Mathematics & Statistics, Ontario, Queen's University, Canada“Mathematics and Technology”

Dinesh Thakur
Department of Mathematics, University of Rochester, USA“Automata and Number theory”

Mahesh Kakade
Department of Mathematics, Kings College, London

Holowinsky Roman
Department of Mathematics, Ohio State University, USA"Advancements in applications of the delta-method in Number Theory"

Coordinator Rajendra P Deore
Sunday, January 4, 2015, 03:30 – 05.15 pm
Venue : Main Pandal (MP)SessionClean India
Convener & Chairman : R A Mashelkar
Speakers

Sudheendra Kulkarni
Chairman, Observer Research Foundation, Mumbai

Rajeev Kher
CEO, 3S & Sara Plast Pvt Ltd, Pune

“Sustainable sanitation solutions for Rurban and transient India”

Pradeep LokhandeFounder, Rural Relations, Pune

Swapnil Chaturvedi
CEO, Samgra, Pune

“Psychology and Technology for Clean(er) India”

Coordinator Gautam Gawali

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Sunday, January 4, 2015, 05:30 – 6:15 pm
Venue : Sports Complex (SPC)

Evening Public Lecture - I
Chairman

S KailasSpeakers

Atsuto Suzuki
Director General, The High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Japan

Coordinator D C KothariSunday, January 4, 2015, 06:15 – 07.00 pm
Venue : Sports Complex (SPC)

Evening Public Lecture - II
ChairmanNaresh Chandra

Speakers

Paul Nurse
Nobel Laureate (Physiology/ Medicine 2001)
London Research Institute, London“Controlling the Cell Cycle”

Liaison Officer: Puneet Misra

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Monday, January 5, 2015, 09:15 – 01.30 pm
Venue : Alkesh Dinesh Modi Auditorium (ADM)
Symposium

Session: Biodiversity Conservation-Current Issues and Way Forward
Convener

R Rammurthi

Speakers

Hem Pande

ChairmanR C Sobti

Chairman, NBA, Chennai“Overview of Biodiversity Governance in India”
R Ramamurthi
ISCA EC Member, INSA Scientist, S. V. University, Tirupati“Aichi targets and Education for Sustainable Development”
J K Mishra
Department of Ocean Studies and Marine Biology,Pondicherry University“Marine Biodiversity: Its Promises and Strategies for their Conservation”
W S Lakra
Central Institute of fisheries Education, Mumbai“Aquatic Biodiversity Conservation : Issues And Strategies”
S Subramaniyan
Member, NBA, Chennai“Traditional Knowledge and SHG”
Krishna Dronamraju
Michele Wambaugh, Foundation for Genetic Research, Houston,TX, USA“Conservation of Biodiversity “hot spots” with special reference to Remote Sensing”
Pudur Jagadeeswaran
Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton TX76203,USA“Unity in Biodiversity: Genome-Wide Knockdowns in Zebrafish to Study Thrombocyte
Function”
Paramjit Singh
Director, BSI, Kolkata“Plant Scape Issues in India And Conservation Strategies”
Coordinator

S S Barve

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Monday, January 5, 2015, 09:15 – 11.15 am
Venue : Sports Complex (SPC)
Symposium

Session: Tribal People's Health: Challenges for Science and Technology
Convener

Abhay Bang

Speakers

Neeru Singh

Chairman

Snehlata Deshmukh

Director, National Institute of Research in Tribal Health (NIRTH), Jabalpur“High priority diseases in ST population awaiting solutions”
Chander Shekhar
International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai“Population and Health Situation of India's Scheduled Tribe Population: Opportunities andChallenges in 21st Century”
A Laxmaiah
Scientist –F & Head, Division of Community Studies, National Institute of Nutrition, ICMR Hyderabad“Nutritional problems in tribal population in India and awaiting solutions”
Abhay Bang
Director, SEARCH, Gadchiroli, Maharashtra“Tribal Friendly Health Care : Taking health sciences to the tribal people”
Vivek Sawant
Managing Director, Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Limited, Pune

“How to bridge the educational gap in ST population using IT ?”V M Katoch
Secretary, Dept of Health Research, Govt. of India and Director General ICMR, New Delhi“A Research Agenda for the Scientists”
Coordinator

Jytosana Dongerdive

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Monday, January 5, 2015, 09:15 – 11.15 am
Venue : Green Technology Auditorium (GT-001)
Symposium

Session: Holistic Approach to Atomic Energy- Present and Future
Convener & Chairman: Anil Kakodkar
Speakers

S P Sukhatme
Professor Emeritus, Indian Institute of Technology, Powai“India's Future Needs of Electricity”
Shekhar Basu
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai“Applications of Atomic Energy in Service of the Nation”
Dhiraj Bora
Director, Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar, Gujarat“Fusion – An alternate source of energy”
R K Sinha
Department of Atomic Energy

Bernard Bigot
Chairman, French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission

Arunabha GhoshCouncil on Energy, Environment and Water

Coordinator

Nainesh Patel
Monday, January 5, 2015, 09:15 – 11.15 am
Venue : Phirozshah Mehta Bhawan (PMB-9A)
Symposium

Session: Space Science and Space Technology
Convener
Speakers

K Sivan
S Arunan

Chairman

D Narayan Rao

Project director, Mars orbiter mission, Project director, ISAC

“Mars orbiter mission”
M Nageswara Rao
Project director, IRNSS Space Segment & GSAT 14 Spacecraft, ISAC“IRNSS -Indian regional navigation satellite system”
S Somanath
Project Director, GSLV MkIII & Deputy Director, VSSC

“Beyond GSLV – Future Space Transportation Systems & Capabilities”
P G Diwakar
Dy. Director, NRSC, Hyderabad“Space based inputs for management of natural resources: present scenario and future
requirement”
T Srinivas Kumar
Scientist, ESSO-INCOIS, Hyderabad“Space applications – Oceans”
Coordinator

Anil Raghav

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Monday, January 5, 2015, 09:15 – 11.15 am
Venue : Nano Centre (NS-118)
Symposium

Session: Internet 2025 - its impact on Research and Higher education
Convener & Chairman : Ashok Kolaskar
Speakers

Kevin L Thompson
Division of Advanced Cyber infrastructure, National Science Foundation, USA“International Research and Education Networking at the U.S. National Science Foundation”
Bijendra Nath Jain
Vice-Chancellor, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani“The role of ICT in improving quality of instruction and in expanding opportunities for higher
education in India”
Stephen Wolff
Washington, DC 20036, USA“The Internet, Reloaded”
Shefali S Dash
Deputy Director General, National Informatics Centre, Department of Electronics & Information
Technology, Government of India“Internet Revolution 2025: Are we ready yet?”A S Kolaskar“Case Studies of Internet Impact on Research and Education”
Bharat Bhasker
Professor, IT & Systems, Indian Institute of Management Lucknow“Impact of Digital Technology on Society”
Coordinator

R Srivaramangai

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Monday, January 5, 2015, 9:15 – 01.30 pm
Venue : Shankar Rao Chavan Auditorium (SRC-114)
Symposium

Session: GM Crops - the use of Modern Biotechnology in Agriculture
Convener

Asis Datta

Speakers

Bryan Delaney

ChairmanR S Paroda

Global Industry Affairs and Regulatory, USA“Safety Assessment of Intractable Proteins from Genetically Modified Crops”
Miguel Ángel Gómez Lim
Cinvestav, Unidad, Irapuato, Mexico

Dilip Kumar
Chief Technical Adviser for FAO

Deepak Pental
Department of Genetics, University of Delhi

Swapan Kumar Datta
Deputy Director General (Crop Science), Division of Crop Science, Indian Council of Agricultural
Research (ICAR), New Delhi

Anupam Verma
INSA Sr. Scientist, Indian Agriculture Research Institute, New Delhi

Coordinator

Bina Punjabi
Monday, January 5, 2015, 9:15 – 11.15 am
Venue : C.D. Deshmukh Bhavan (Psychology Dept.,) (CDD-009)
Symposium

Session: Health & Development
Convener
Speakers

Sandeep Kumar

Chairperson

Manju Shrama

Sandeep Kumar
Director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhopal“Health and Development – Executive Summary”
Vijayshil Gautam
Professor and Head, Trauma and Emergency Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences AIIMS, Patna“Road Safety & Trauma Prevention”
K Srinath Reddy
President, Public Health Foundation of India“Non Communicable Diseases - A Threat to Health and Sustainable Development”
Narendra Kumar Arora
Executive Director - International Clinical Epidemiology Network, India

Coordinator“Economic Development And Child Health – Executive Summary”
Padma Deshmukh
Monday, January 5, 2015, 11:30 – 01.30 pm
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Venue : Green Technology (GT-001)
Symposium

Session: Application of Mathematical Modeling to Societal Issues
Convener

KarmeshuSpeakers

Y Narahari

Chairperson

Aparajita Ojha

Department of Computer Science and Automation, Indian Institute of Science, Banglore“Can we realize social goals in a modern society consisting of self-interested agents?”
Anirban Chakraborti
School of Computational and Integrative Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi“Opinion formation in the society using the kinetic exchange models”
Shalabh Bhatnagar
Department of Computer Science and Automation, Indian Institute of Science, Banglore“Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Algorithms for Traffic Signal Control”

Aparna Mehra
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi“Multicriteria decision making methods in sustainability of building projects”
Coordinator

Ancy Jose

Monday, January 5, 2015, 11:30 – 01.30 pm
Venue : Phirozshah Mehta Bhawan (PMB-9A)
Symposium

Session: Soft Matter
Convener & Chairman: Devang Khakhar
Speakers

Shankar Ghosh
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai“Driven granular matter self organizes by auto tuning of friction through switching
between rolling and sliding”
Rajesh Ganapathy
International Centre for Materials Science, JNCASR, Bangalore“Grain Boundary Dynamics in Colloidal Crystals”
P B Sunil Kumar
Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai“Membrane conformational changes induced by proteins”
Devang Khakhar
IIT Mumbai

Coordinator

Shubha Pandit

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Monday, January 5, 2015, 2:30 pm – 04.30 pm
Venue : Sports Complex (SPC)
Symposium

Session: Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) Skill Development
Convener

Milind Pimprikar

Speakers

R Chidambaram

Chairman

R Chidambaram

Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India“Integrating STEM Innovation with emerging industry needs”
Milind Pimprikar
Chairman, CANEUS (Canada-Europe-US-Asia-Africa) Organization on Micro-Nano Technologies for
Aerospace & Energy Applications, and Centre for Large Space Structures & Systems, Canada

Kristian Breton
Director Education and Public Programs, New York Academy of Sciences“International perspective: the Global STEM Alliance and lessons learned”
S P Kochhar
Chief Executive Officer (CEO), TSSC, Skill Development Agency

Jamshyd N Godrej
Chairman and Managing Director of Godrej & BoyceR S Mani
Senior Technical Director – National Knowledge Network“Indian Innovation perspective on building quality institutions and creating a pool of highly
trained professionals”
Anil Sahasrabudhe
Director, College of Engineering, Pune

Wayne Grant
Director, Education, Intel Corporation, California, USA

Drew Rosen
Sr. Director, Cisco System, California, USA

Deepak Thombre
Executive Coach, Dalmia Bharat Group

Coordinator

Vijay Thombre

Monday, January 5, 2015, 04:30 pm to 05:15 pm
Venue : Sports Complex (SPC)
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Session: Evening Public Lecture - I
Chairman

R K Sinha

Speakers

Bernard Bigot
Chairman of the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)

Liaison Officer: Ameeya Bhagwat

Monday, January 5, 2015, 05:15 pm to 06:00 pm
Venue : Sports Complex (SPC)
Symposium

Session: Evening Public Lecture - II
Chairman

Ajit Kembhavi

Speakers

Abhay Ashtekar
Institute for Gravitational Physics and Geometry at Pennsylvania State University“Gravitation and the Cosmos 100 Years after Einstein's Discovery of General Relativity”
Liaison Officer: Radha Srinivasan

Monday, January 5, 2015, 06:00 pm to 06:45 pm
Venue : Sports Complex (SPC)
Symposium

Session: Evening Public Lecture - III
ChairmanRajan Welukar

Speakers

Robin Warren
Nobel Laureate (Physiology/Medicine 2005)
Royal Perth Hospital, Australia

Sharad Shah
Gastroenterologist, Breach Candy Hospital, Mumbai
Liaison Officer: A K Srivastava

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Tuesday, January 6, 2015, 09:15 am – 01.30 pm
Venue : Nano (NS-118)
Symposium
Session: The Dynamic Earth and its Near and Far Environment: New Paradigms
Convener & Chairman: S Gurubaran
Speakers

Nat Gopalswamy
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA“Earth-Affecting Solar Eruptions”

V K Gaur
Distinguished Professor CSIR-CMMACS,NAL Belur Campus, Bengaluru“Earthquake Hazard Assessment in the Indian Continent and A Critique of the VAN Method”

Prasad Subramanian
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune

“Living with our Star, the Sun”

Lucie Rolland
Physicienne Adjointe, Geoazur/ Observatoire de la Cote d’ Azur, University of Nice, France“Ionospheric Seismology: Monitoring Earthquakes and Tsunamis from Space”

Joanna HaighProfessor of Atmospheric Physics, Co-Director Grantham Institute – Climate Change and Environment
Imperial College London, London“Solar Variability and Climate”

S K Tandon
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur“Climate-Energy CO2 Challenges and the CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage) Debate”

Coordinator

Geetha Menon

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Tuesday, January 6, 2015, 09:15 – 11.15 am
Venue : Kavi Kusumagraj Bhasha Sankul (KKBS-001)
Symposium
Session: Climate Change and Society: Past, Present and Future
Convener

Dhruv Sen Singh

Speakers

S RajanDirector, National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Goa“Do the polar regions influence the Indian Monsoon?”A D Singh
Micropaleontology & Paleoceanography, Center of Advanced Study in Geology, Banaras Hindu
University, Varanasi“Impacts of climate variability on marine biota over the last thirty millennia: An evaluationfrom the Arabian Sea records and its future implications”

Dhruv Sen Singh
Professor in Geology, Centre of Advanced Study in Geology, University of Lucknow“Impact of Climate Change on Glaciers and its Consequences on Society”

Netramani Sagar
CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad“Effects of sea surface temperature changes on live scleractinian corals of the Lakshadweep
Archipealago: Implications of regional Climate variability”

Pradeep Srivastava
Scientist, Wadia Institute of Himalaya Geology33 GMS Road, Dehradun“Records of long term climate change from the Rivers of Himalaya”

Rajesh Agnihotri
Radio and Atmospheric Science Division (RASD),National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi“Indian monsoonal rainfall variability during a global warming era: An overview”

Coordinator

Indu Anna George

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Tuesday, January 6, 2015, 09:15 – 11.15 am
Venue : Green Technology Auditorium (GT-001)
Symposium
Session: Agricultural Statistics
Convener

Umesh Sood

Speakers

Ajay Mehra

ChairmanRajan Welukar

Director General, National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO)“Indian Statistical System”

V K Gupta
National Professor, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)

Prajneshu
Emeritus Scientist, Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics (IASRI)

Umesh C Sud
Director, Indian Society of Agricultural Statistics (IASRI)

Coordinator

Rajendra P Deore

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Tuesday, January 6, 2015, 09:15 – 11.15 am
Venue : Alkesh Dinesh Modi Institute (ADM)
Symposium
Session: Targeting translational & post translational modification in health & diseases
Convener

Manoj Kumar Chakrabarti

Speakers

Sufi M Thomas

Chairman

Rajendra A Badawe

Kansas City Departments of Otolaryngology and Cancer Biology, The Kansas University Medical Center,
Kansas City,USA“Head And Neck Cancer Therapy: Finding The Right Hammer To Crack A Tough Nut”

Michael Henry
Professor, Molecular physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa, USA“High Throughput Screening for Compounds Selectively Cytotoxic for an EMT-like Phenotype
in Prostate Cancer Cells”

Nanjoo Suh
Department of Chemical Biology, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University , NJ, USA“Targeting breast cancer stem cells for inhibition of cancer progression”

Animesh Dhar
Cancer Biology, Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, USA“Histone Lysine Demethylase 3A: A Novel Epigenetic Target for Pancreatic Cancer”

Manoj K Chakrabarti
Director Grade Scientist & Head, Division of Pathophysiology, National Institute of Cholera & EntricDiseases, Calcutta

Shrikant Anant
Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Kansas University Cancer Center, Kansas
University Medical Center, Kansas City, USA“RNA Binding Protein RBM3: A Novel Therapeutic Target for Intestinal Tumorigenesis”

Tomoo Iwakuma
Department of Cancer Biology, University of Kansas Cancer Center, University of Kansas Medical
Center, Kansas City, USA“Targeting oncogenic mutant p53 for cancer therapy”

Paramita M Ghosh
VA Northern California Health Care System, Sacramento, CA, USA“Targeting Translation-Related Signaling Pathways in Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer”

Coordinator

Amita Athavale

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Tuesday, January 6, 2015, 09:15 – 11.15 am
Venue : Phirozshah Mehta Bhawan(PMB-9A)
Symposium
Session: Clean Energy systems for the future
Convener & Chairman: D C Kothari
Speakers

A Miotello
Dipartimento di Fisica,Università degli Studi di Trento,Italy“On the development of a hydrogen-based energy system”

Walter Merida
Director, Clean Energy Research Centre, The University of British Columbia, Canada“The Hydricity Age: renewable sources in the transition to sustainable energy systems”

Ram B Gupta
Associate Dean for Research, and Professor, School of Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University“Clean Energy for a Growing and Prospering World”

Rajiv Dusane
Dean (International Relations) &Professor, Department of Metallurgical Engineering &Materials
Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai, Mumbai“Sunlight + Thin Film Silicon = Green Energy”

Satish Ogale
Chief Scientist and Coordinator, Centre of Excellence in Solar Energy, National Chemical laboratory,
Pune“Engineered nanomaterials for next generation solar energy harvesting and storage

devices”

S K Gupta
Distinguished Scientist and Head, Technical Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay,
Mumbai“Novel strategies to improve conversion efficiencies of organic and dye sensitized solar
cells”

Coordinator

Pravin Walke

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Tuesday, January 6, 2015,11:30 – 01.30 pm
Venue : Green Technology (GT-001)
Symposium
Session: Disaster Management
Convener

S S Thigale

ChairmanSpeakers

Shailesh Nayak

Shailesh Nayak

Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences & Chairman, New Delhi“Use of Technology for Disaster Reduction - Indian Context”

Harsh Gupta
Former Secretary, Dept. of Ocean Development, National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad“Earthquakes in the Himalayan Region and Earthquake Scenarios”

N P Kurian
Director, National Centre for Earth Science Studies, Thiruvananthapuram“Technology for Coastal Disaster Risk Reduction – Indian Context”

Alok Avasthy
Commandant, 5th Bn, NDRF, Pune

“Technology: Back bone of National Disaster Reduction Force”

S S Thigale
Former Head, Geology Department, University of Pune

“Technology for Awareness & Preparedness Processes in Disastrous areas”

M P Singh
Former Head, Geology Department, Lucknow University

V Subramanyan
Former Professor of Geology, IIT Bombay“Surviving Earthquakes, Landslides and Floods in Mumbai”

O P Singh
Director General, National Disaster Response Force, New Delhi“Technology for Disaster Reduction”

Coordinator

Shivram S Garje

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Tuesday, January 6, 2015, 09:15 am – 1:30pm
Venue : Shankar Rao Chavan Auditorium (SRC-114)
Symposium
Session: Urban Development
Convener

Krithi Ramamritham

Speakers

Amita Bhide

Chairman

Swadheen S Kshatriya

School of Habitat Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai

Gopal Naik
Centre of Excellence for Urban Development, IIM Bangalore

Nisha Singh
JS & Mission Director, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) , New Delhi

Chetan Vaidya
Director, School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), New Delhi

Sunil H Nesarikar
Chief Fire Officer, Mumbai

Arun Bamne
Executive Health Officer, Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai

Bharat Bhushan
Professor, Environmental Planning, Dean (Academic) and Secretary, YASHADA

Jit Bajpai
Earth Institute, Columbia University, New York

Krithi RamamrithamHead, Centre for Urban Science and Engineering, IIT, Powai

Coordinator

Kavita Laghate

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Tuesday, January 6, 2015, 9:15 am – 01.30 pm
Venue : Sports Complex (SPC)
Symposium
Session: Future of the Past
Convener

Mayank N Vahia

Speakers

Vasant Shinde

Chairman

Vasant Shinde

Director, Deccan College, Pune

“New questions in archaeology”

Shanti Pappu
Sharma Research Centre, Chennai“Tools, Techniques and Time: Multiple Approaches to the Study of South Asia's Prehistoric
Past”

Mayank Vahia
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai“Future labs for archaeology”

K S Saraswat
Birbal Sahani Insititue, Lucknow“Archaeobotany and Old and New World Relations”

Rakesh Tiwari
Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India“Need for Scientific Archaeology”

Kurush Dalal
Department of Extramural Studies, Mumbai University“Excavations and new technologies”

Coordinator

G A Meshram

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Tuesday, January 6, 2015,11:30 am – 01.30 pm
Venue : Alkesh Dinesh Modi Institute (ADM)
Symposium
Session: Aquaculture and Marine Biotechnology for Human HealthConvener

W S Lakra

Speakers

M Vijay Gupta

Chairman

K C Pandey

Assistant Director General World Fish Center (Retd), Hyderabad“Sustaining Contribution of Aquaculture to Food Security and Nutrition in Growing Global
Population: The challenges”

K Sunil Mohamed
Principal Scientist & Head Molluscan Fisheries Division Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute,
Kochi, Kerala“Future of India's Marine Fisheries”

P Jayasankar
Director, Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture Kausalyanga, Bhubaneswar“Research and Development in Genetic Improvement – Journey from Black Box approach to
Genomics”

Maroti A Upare
Consultant World Bank, FAO. Mumbai“Aquaculture Technology Management for Development of sustainable Livelihood Experiences in India and Vietnam ”

I S Bright Singh
Cochin University of Science & Technology, Kochi, Kerala“Biotechnological Interventions in Aquatic Animal Health in Perspective of Human Health:
Options and Challenges”

Arun S Ninawe
Advisor (Scientist 'G'), Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi“Sustainable livelihood options for nutritional and food security through Aquaculture andMarine Biotechnology”

S N Ogale
Former Consultant to World Bank & TATA Power Company for Mahasheer Conservation, Pune

“Pioneering efforts in Cage Culture, & Ranching for restoration of Mahseer Sanctuary In
Indrayani River at Dehu, Dist : Pune ( M. S.)”

Coordinator

B L Jadhav

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Tuesday, January 6, 2015,11:30 am – 01.30 pm
Venue : Phirozshah Mehta Bhawan (PMB-9A)
Symposium
Session: High Energy Physics in 2014
Convener

G Rajshekhran

Speakers

G Rajasekaran

Chairman

K Kasturi Rangan“A Crisis in Fundamental Physics”

Shrihari Gopalakrishna
Theoretical High Energy Physics, The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai“Standard Model and Beyond”

Naba K Mondal
Project Director, India-based Neutrino Observatory, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai“India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) Project”

Sunil Mukhi“String Theory and Quantum Gravity”

Srinivas Krishnagopal“Laser Plasma Accelerators”

Coordinator

Anuradha Misra

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Tuesday, January 6, 2015, 2:30 pm – 04.30 pm
Venue : Hall of Harmony, Nehru Centre, Worli, Mumbai
Symposium
Session: Challenges for Education in Modern India
Convener & Chairman: Anil Kakodkar
Speakers

Ved Prakash
Chairman, University Grant Commission

Varun Sahni
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi“Technology Vision 2035 – Education”

Sanjay G Dhande
Former Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur“Education for Global Leadership in Technology”

H C Pradhan“Science and Mathematics Education – Perspectives and Prospects”

Vivek Sawant
Managing Director and C.E.O., M.K.C.L., Pune

“Technology for Large-scale Access to holistic Education”

Pandit Vidyasagar
Vice Chancellor, Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded“Revitalization of Teaching Learning Process”

Coordinator

H C Pradhan and Aniket Sule

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Tuesday, January 6, 2015,03.00 pm – 05.30 pm
Venue : Main Pandal (MP)Symposium
Plenary Session: Innovate and Make in India
Convener & Chairman: Vijay Bhatkar
Speakers

Ravi Pandit
Chairman and Group CEO, KHIT, Pune

Vijay Bhatkar
Pune

Pramod Choudhary
Executive Chairman, Praj Industries Ltd

Anil Datar
Director General (Armament & Combat Engineering Cluster), DRDO, Pune

Pawan Goenka
President & ED, Automotive and Farm Equipment Sector Mahindra Group

Coordinator

Prachi Gharpure

Monday, January 6, 2015, 05:30 pm to 07:30 pm
Venue : Pherozshah Mehta Hall (PMB-9A)

Panel discussion on Focal Theme
Science & Technology for Human Development
Chairman

S B Nimse (General President)
All Sectional Presidents and Senior Academicians are invited to participate in this panel
discussion

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Wednesday, January 7, 2015, 09:30 am– 01.30pm
Venue : Fort Campus
Symposium
Session: Science and Technology for Inclusive Development
Convener & Chairman: Anil Kakodkar
Speakers
Swadheen S Kshatriya
Chief Secretary, Govt. of Maharashtra

Arun Firodia
Chairman of Kinetic Group of Companies, India“How to promote Innovation”

Charudatta Mayee
Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi“Farm Technologies that brought Inclusive Development in Maharashtra”

Girish G Sohani
Bharatiya Agro Industries Foundation (BAIF), Pune

“Emergent Needs and Strategies that Work for Rural India”

G D Yadav
Vice Chancellor, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai“Challenges and Opportunities for Building World Class Innovation Institutes in
Maharashtra”

Brajamohan Misra
Principal Adviser, Department of Economic and Policy Research, Reserve Bank of India,
Mumbai“Farmer's Suicides - Raising the Issues for Possible Causes”

Coordinator

Rohan Fernandes

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3 – 7 January 2015

Wednesday, January 7, 2015, 09:15 – 11.15 am
Venue : Alkesh Dinesh Modi Institute (ADM)
Symposium
Session: Tissue Banking & Tissue Engineering
Convener

Ashok Kolaskar

Speakers

Rony Thomas

Chairman

Shashi Bala Singh

President & Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Regenerative Medicine Virginia Beach, VA, USA“New Frontiers in Tissue Engineering and its life saving applications”

Raj Manda
Director, Research DCI Donor Services Tissue Bank, Nashville, TN, USA“Allograft advantage – empirical evidence based medicine”

Scott A Brubaker
CTBS, Chief Policy Officer, American Association of Tissue Banks, Virginia, USA“Hot Topics in Tissue Banking: Enhancing Quality & Safety of Allograft Tissue forTransplantation”

Astrid Lobo Gajiwala
Head, Tissue Bank & Member, Institutional Ethics Committee, Tata Memorial Hospital, Dr. Ernest
Borges Road, Mumbai“Establishing a Tissue Bank at the Tata Memorial Hospital”

Coordinator

Varsha Kelkar-Mane

Wednesday, January 7, 2015, 09:15 – 11.15 am
Venue : Phirozshah Mehta Bhawan (PMB-9A)
Symposium
Session: Employment of Technologies for Counter Terrorism Operations
Convener & Chairman: Maj. Gen. K B Kapoor
Speakers

Maj Gen (Retd) K B Kapoor, VSM
Rear Adm (Retd) V S Chaudhari, NM
Air Cmde (Retd) T Chand
Col C Madhwal
Col Amit Sinha

Coordinator

Mridul Nile

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Wednesday, January 7, 2015, 11:30 am – 01.30 pm
Venue : Alkesh Dinesh Modi Institute (ADM)
Symposium
Session: Recent advances in Cancer Biology
Chairperson : Shubhada V Chiplunkar
Speakers

Salil K Das
Professor of BiochemistryDept. of Biochemistry and Cancer BiologyMeharry Medical College, USA“Role of Translocator Protein in Breast Cancer Progression”

Dipak K Banerjee
Professor Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico, USA“Glycotherapy for Breast Cancer”

Dinesh K Daftary
Dental Section, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai“Oral pre-cancer”

Coordinator

Sunita Shailajan
Wednesday, January 7, 2015, 11:30 – 01:30 pm
Venue : Phirozsha Metha Bhawan (PMB-9A)
Symposium
Session: Research needs in the field of Environmental Sciences

Convener & Chairman: Rakesh Kumar
Speakers

Virendra Sethi
Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Mumbai

Shyam Asolekar
Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Mumbai

Deepak Kantawala
Environmental consultant

R N Singh
Former Director, CSIR-NEERI

Bittu Sehgal
Editor, Sanctuary Asia Magazine

U C Mishra
Director, Health, Safety and Environment Group, BARC

Janki Andharia
Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Coordinator

P M Dongre

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PART – II

SECTIONAL PROGRAMMES

Hosted by
University of Mumbai

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SECTION
Sectional President:

Agriculture and Forestry Sciences
Dr. S. K. Mahapatra
ICAR-National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, New Delhi

Sectional Local
Secretary
Sectional Recorder:

Dr. Anil Patil
J.S.M. College, Alibag, Maharashtra:

Dr. Krishna Gopal Mandal
ICAR-Directorate of Water Management, Bhubaneswar, Odisha

January 04, 201514.30 - 18.30
Venue
Presidential Address(30 min)::Dr. S. K. Mahapatra
Principal Scientist, National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning(ICAR) Regional Centre IARI Campus, New Delhi

Platinum Jubilee
Lecture(30 min):Special lecture on thesubject of Regional
Importance (20 min):18.00 – 17.20

Green Technology“Soil Resource Based Land Use Planning for Sustainable
Agricultural Production”
Dr. S.K. Singh,
ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Nagpur“Large Scale Land Resource Inventory (LRI) towards MicroLevel Land Use Planning”
1) Rakesh Kumar Ghosh, Rajahmundry
2) Somsubhra Chakraborty, Kolkata
3) Sanjeev Kumar, Meerut
4) Dibyendu Chatterjee, Medziphema
5) Istkhar, Meerut6) Arpana Rai, Mumbai

SECTIONAL COMMITTEE ELECTION

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January 05, 201514.30 – 18.15
SYMPOSIUM & INVITED LECTUTRES,ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND
CONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS:Green Technology

Venue

SYMPOSIUM : Natural Resource Management for Enhancing andSustaining Agricultural Productivity
14.30 – 16.30
INVITED LECTUTRES
Dr. A.M. Johnston
Vice President, Asia and Africa, IPNI, Canada“Food Security – The Agricultural Challenge”

Dr. Weeravate Utto
Asstt .Professor Packaging Technology Faculty of Agriculture, Ubon Ratchathani University, Thailand“Active Packaging Technologies for Horticultural Products”

Prof. S.K. Sanyal
Former Vice Chancellor, BCKV, Kolkata“Nutrient Mining with Special Reference to Potassium in Soil-Crop Management Practices”
Dr. Dipak Sarkar,
Former Director, ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Kolkata“Knowledge Based Land Resource Management for Sustained Agriculture”

Dr. Kaushik Majumdar
Director, International Plant Nutrition Institute, South Asia Program, Gurgaon“Precision Agriculture: Being Relevant in Smallholder Production Systems in South Asia”
Dr. D.L.N. Rao
Project Coordinator, ICAR-IISS, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh“Microbial, Biochemical and Genomic Indicators of Soil Biological Quality”
Dr. U.K. Behera,
IARI, New Delhi“Conservation Agriculture : A New Paradigm of Resource Management for Sustainable
Agriculture”
Prof. K. Jeevan Rao
PJTSAU, Hyderabad, Telangana“Environmental Impacts of Nutrient Recycling and Climate Change”
Prof. Asim Biswas
McGill University, Canada“Quantifying Soil Spatial Variability for Sustainable Resource Management”

16.30 – 18.15
Venue
Ashok K. Patra:

Invited Lectures/Oral Prasentation
Green Technology

IISS, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh“Enhancing Soil Biodiversity and its Stability through Diversified Agriculture”
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H. Pathak
IARI, New Delhi“Enhancing Resilience of Indian Agriculture to Climate Change”

P.S. Brahmanand
ICAR-Directorate of Water Management, Bhubaneswar, Odisha“Water Resource Management for Enhancing and Sustaining Agricultural Productivity”

R.K. Sharma
GBPIHED, Mohal-Kullu, Himachal Pradesh“Effects of Soil Properties and Altitudes on Storage of Soil Organic Carbon in Apple Orchardsof an Indian Himalayan Watershed”

T. K. Das
IARI, New Delhi“Conservation Agriculture for Rice-Based Cropping Systems in the North-Western IndoGangetic Plains: Effect on Crop Productivity, Water And Energy Productivity, Carbon
Sequestration And Green House Gases Emissions”

T. J. Purakayastha
IARI, New Delhi“Development of Soil Health Card for Efficient Management of Soil”

Ranjan Bhattacharyya
IARI, New Delhi“Carbon and Nitrogen Retention Potential of Conservation Agricultural Practices under a RiceWheat Cropping System in the Western IGP”

Shamila Kalia
ICFRE, Dehradun“Deterrant Effects of Some Botanical Products on the Oviposition of the Major Pest Plecoptera
reflexa Guenee on Dalbergia sissoo”

Soumitra Das
Director-India (ZNI), New Delhi“Zinc in Food and Nutritional Security”

Amit Kar
IARI, New Delhi“Economics of Use of Bio-fertilizers on Profitability of Rice and Wheat Crops”

January 06, 201514.30 – 18.15

Venue

SYMPOSIUM & INVITED LECTUTRES,ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND
CONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS:Green Technology

SYMPOSIUM : Natural Resource Management for Enhancing andSustaining Agricultural Productivity
14.30 – 16.30
INVITED LECTUTRES
K.C. Bansal, ICAR-NBPGR, New Delhi“Role of Plant Genetic Resources in the Wake of the Variable Climate”
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Asit B. Mandal, ICAR-CRIJAF, Barrackpore“Towards a Paradigm Shift to Attain Farm Prosperity Through Deployment of Conventional
and Frontier Science in Crop Genetic Modulation”

Thongbam P.D., ICAR Research Complex for North East Region, Umiam, Meghalaya“Evaluation of Nutritional Quality and Protein Variations in Seeds of Selected Rice Genotypesof Meghalaya”

Yogesh Prasad Rajbhar, SVPUAT, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh“Grow Medicinal Plants : For Health & Benefit”

A. R. Rao, IASRI, New Delhi“An Approach to the Development of a Core Set of Germplasm using Mixture of Qualitativeand Quantitative Data”

T. V. Ramana Rao, Sardar Patel University, Gujarat“Optimization of Edible Coating Formulations for Improving Post-Harvest Quality and Shelf
Life of Phalsa (Grewia asiatica L.)”

Jyotsna Devi, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam“In vitro Plantlet Regeneration from Nodal Segments of Piper longum L. – A Medicinal Plant”

Jasdeep Chatrath Padaria, ICAR-NRCPB, New Delhi“Development of Herbicide”

16.30 – 18.15

Poster/Oral Session

Venue:
Green Technology
Kuldeep Singh, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh“Use of Fertilizers and Management of Soil Health for Sustaining Agricultural Productivity”

T.K. Sen, ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Nagpur“Carbon Sequestration Potential of Soils under Major Land Use Systems of Eastern Vidarbha
Region of Maharashtra, India”

Shiva Dhar, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi“Performance of Wheat and Residual Fertility under Organic and Inorganic Fertilization”

K.G. Mandal, ICAR-DWM, Bhubaneswar, Odisha“Water Resource Management in a Medium Irrigation Command and Integrated Crop-Fish
Farming”

A. Basumatary, AAU, Jorhat, Assam“Soil Test based Fertilizer Recommendations under Integrated Plant Nutrition System for ricerice Cropping Sequence in Inceptisols of Assam”

C. Chandrahasan, TNVASU, Chennai“Organic Farming – An Essentiality for Agricultural Farming in India”

Irani Mukherjee, IARI, New Delhi“Microbial Degradation of Bifenthrin by Bacillus megaterium and Pseudomonas putida under
Aerobic Condition”
Hemant K Gupta, HPSCSTE, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh“Sustainable Utilization of Different Plant Bioresources and Their Market Potential in Indian
Himalayas: A Case Study”

Sanjeev Kumar, Working Plans Circle, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand“Initiatives in Herbal Agroforestry for Rural Livelihoods through Sustainable Management ofMedicinal Plants”
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Ratul Datta, Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, Government of WB, Kolkata“Soil Survey, Land Slide, Awareness to Farmers about Latest Science and Technology for
Human Development and Role of Media”

Venue
14.30 – 16.30
Sujay Rakshit

January 07, 2013
Green Technology
Oral Presentation Session-II

ICAR-DSR, Hyderabad“Post-flowering Drought Response of Sorghum Genotypes”

S.V.S. Gandadhara Rao
Agricultural Research Station, Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh“Evaluation of Black gram Cultures for Yield and Resistant to Yellow Mosaic Virus”

Aparna Sen
Lady Brabourne College, Kolkata“Development of a Good Biofertiliser: Isolation and Characterisation of Microorganisms with
Plant Growth Promoting Properties having Applications in Bioremediation, Collected from
Soil Samples around Coastal Area of West Bengal”

H. R. Gautam
YSUHF, Solan, Himachal Pradesh“Botanicals and Cow Urine for the Management of Post-Harvest Fungal Rots of Apple”

Sujatha Patta
IARI, New Delhi“Standard Technology for Enhanced Tomato Hybrid Seed Productivity”

Abhay Shendye
Swasti Agro &BioproductsPvt Ltd., Pune

“Isolation of Beneficial Oligotrophic Endophytes from Leaves of Punicagranatum: Bio-Control
Agents for Bacterial Blight Caused Byxanthomonas Axonopodis Punicae”

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SECTION
Sectional President
Sectional Local
Secretary
Sectional Recorder:::

Animal, Veterinary, and Fishery Sciences
Prof. M. K. Jyoti
Prof. B. L. Jadhav
University of Mumbai
Prof. Kalyani Pandey
January 04, 201514.30 - 18.00
Venue
Presidential Address(30 min):

Akhilesh Dinesh Modi InstituteProf. M. K. Jyoti
Shivaji Chowk, Nanak Nagar, Jammu“A Myopic View Of Synergism Between Science And
Technology, Biodiversity And Human Welfare”

Platinum Jubilee
Lecture(30 min):

Invited Lecturers:

Dr. Ramvijay Singh Salaria
Prof. in Zoology, GGM Science College, Jammu“Parasitism And Human Welfare: Challenges And
Opportunities”
Keshaw Prasad Tiwari
School of Veterinary Medicine, St. George’s University, west Indies“Immunohistochemical Detection Of P53 Tumor Suppressor
Protein In Round Cell Tumors Of Dogs In Grenada, West
Indies”
Devendra Agrawal

Young Scientist
Award
Presentations/Invited
Lectures17.00– 17.30:

1. Bodhisattwa Banerjee, Shillong
2. Vishnu Nair M S, Kollam,
3. Madkar Ambadas, Bareilly
SECTIONAL COMMITTEE ELECTION

January 05, 201514.30 – 19.30

Venue

SECTION & INVITED LECTUTRES,ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND
CONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS:
Akhilesh Dinesh Modi Institute(Auditorium)
Section-1: Animal Behavior & wild Life

14.30 – 15.30
INVITED LECTUTRES
Prof. R.C. Sharma
Prof. A.K. Upadhyay
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Venue:
Bhaumik A. and S.B. Prasad

Oral Session –I
Akhilesh Dinesh Modi Institute(Auditorium)“Studies on Betulinic Acid-Mediated Antitumor Activity and Apoptosis in Murine Ascites
Dalton’s Lymphoma”

Deshbhratar Shantaj, Mahaley Jyotsna, Deshbhratar Shantaj,Raut sonali , Hile Vijay K.and
Bhiwgade Dayanand A.
“Comparative Account Of Ultrastructural Changes In The Interhaemal Membrane Of The
Short-Nosed Fruit Megachiropteran Bat, Cynopterus Sphinx Gangeticus During Early(Trilaminar, Neural Groove) & Full-Term Stages Of Development.”

Kanaujia Amita, Mukesh Kumar, Adesh Kumar, Sonika Kushwaha and Akhilesh Kumar“Nesting And Breeding Behaviour Of Asian Open-Bill (Anastomus Oscitans) In Nawabganj Bird
Sanctuary, Unnao District, Uttar Pradesh, India”

Kumar Ashit, Parashar P, Dubey A.K., Dwivedi U.S, Rani P. and Tiwari“A Comprative Assessment Of Some Sperm Function Parameters In Mobile Phone Users And
Non-Users Human Subject”

Kumari Meena , Seema Langer and D.N.Sahi“Anthropogenic Disturbances Affecting The Population Of House Sparrow (Passer Domesticus)
In Jammu Region (J&K)”

Rajpurohit, L.S., Sangram Choudhary, Goutam Sharma and Devilal“Study Of Man-Monkey Conflict In Jodhpur With Special Reference Of Hanuman Langur”

Sharma Goutam, Devi Lal and L.S. Rajpurohit“Habitat And Resource Utilization By Striped Hyena (Hyaena Hyaena Linn) And Golden Jackal(Canis Aureus) In South Western Rajasthan”

Shri Prakash and Sunil Kumar“Studies On The Nesting Behavior Of Sarus Crane (Grusantigone Antigone, Linn. 1758) Around
Alwara Lake, District Kaushambi, (Uttar Pradesh), India”

Singh Babita and Ramesh Singh“Seasonal And Sexual Variation In Cell-Mediated Immunity In Garden Lizard (Calotes
Versicolor)”

14.30 – 17.30
Concurrent Poster Session –II
Venue:
Akhilesh Dinesh Modi Institute(Room No-6)
Dsnga Milind and Manik Dange“Bird Of Amrit Sagar, Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh, India”

Koul Sakshi ð and D.N.Sahi“Rose-Ringed Parakeet (Psittacula Krameri) - A Prey To Anthropogenic Activities In Jammu
Region (J&K)”

Vineet Kumar, S. H. Talekar and D. T. Fefar“Dermal Squamous Cell Carcinoma In A Rock Dove (Columba Libia”

Section 2: Aquatic biology & Fishery
14.30 – 15.30
INVITED LECTUTRES
Prof. H. S. Sehgal
Prof. B.D. Joshi

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Oral Session –2
Venue:
Akhilesh Dinesh Modi InstituteAsaikkutti A., P. Saravana Bhavan, T. Muralisankar, V. Srinivasan and M. Karthik“Optimization Of Ph, Temperature And Incubation Time For Activities Of Digestive Enzyme In
Juveniles Of The Freshwater Prawn Macrobrachium Rosenbergii”

Joshi B.D., Namita Joshi and Induja Mishra“Aberrations In The Structure Of The Erythrocytes Of The Fish Heteropneustes Fossilis Due To
Haematozoans”

Joshi B.D.
“Lakeeutrophication Andits Assessment By Indicatorparameters”

Joshi B.D. and Sandeep Rawat“On Some Selected Physico- Chemical Properties Of A Few Sewage Drains Falling In Western
Ganga Canal At Haridwar: With Special Reference To Assess The Dilution Impact”

Bahuguna S.N., Shurveer Singh1 and Anita Rawat Rana
“Study Of Reproductive Pattern In Crab Potamon Looense Un, 1904 From Himalayan Aquatic
Environment, Uttarakhand”

Bhadula Sushil and B.D. Joshi“Impact Of Sewer Drains On The Water Quality Of Ganga Canal At Haridwar”

Bharathi Ravikrishnan, M.G.Ragunathan and J.Jayanthi“Hemocyte Profiling From The Hemolymph Extracted From Infected Ozitelphusa Sensex
Sensex”

Bhattacherjee A. and P.K. Mohanty“Sustainable Marine Fisheries Resources Management”

Bhavan P. Saravana, S. Mohammedsiddiq, T. Muralisankar, N. Manickam and V. Srinivasan“Effects Of Seeds Of Medicinal Herbs, Syzygium Cumini, Phylanthus Emblica, Azadirachta
Indica And Ricinus Communis On Growth Promotion In Macrobrachium Malcolmsonii”

Biswal Gobinda Ch., Siddhartha Pati1, Bisnu P. Dash, Anil Chatterji2 and Bikash K. Panda“Hatching And Captive Rearing Of Horseshoe Crab Tachypleus Gigas Trilobite Larva Of Odisha
Coast”

Chand G.B. and Rizwan Ahmad“Attenuation Of Pops Induced Hepatic Anomalies In Fish By Aqueous Fruit Extract Of Emblica
Officinalis: Ultrastructural & Serological Study”

Choudhury M. G. and N. Saha
“Differential Expression Of Neuronal And Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthases And Nitric Oxide
Production During Exposure To High Environmental Ammonia In The Air-Breathing Catfish,
Heteropneustes Fossilis”

Debabrata Das“The Science Of Fish Gender And Prospective Inland Fisheries”

Devi Aarti and Arti Sharma“Anthropogenic Impact On The Ecology Of Ban Ganga Stream, Katra With Reference To
Abiotic And Biotic Components.”

Devi L.M., C. M. Thabah, S. Dey and R. N. K. Hooroo“Micro Structure Analysis Of Gill In Hylaranaleptoglossa Hatchling With Reference To
Alteration Of Ph”

Anjoo Dhar and Seema Langer“Effect Of Feed Restriction On Compensatory Growth And Body Composition In Fingerlings Of
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Labeo Rohita (Ham.)”Gandotra Roopma and Sweta Gupta“Influence Of Freezing On The Proximate And Microbial Quality Of Raw And Steamed Muscle
Of Cyprinus Carpio(Linn.) During Storage Conditions (-12±2ºc).”

Jain Seema, Manu Varma and Shubhra Mathur“Sem Study Of Otoliths Of Channa Species In Relation To Taxonomy”

Jamkhedkar Suruchi and B. L. Jadhav“Genetic Characterization Of Lamellidens Corrianus Usingtype - I And Type - Ii MolecularMarkers”

Kaur Rupinder“Sepia Shell – A Low Cost Biosorbent For Treatment Of Industrial Waste Waters”

14.30 – 17.30
Venue

Concurrent Poster Session –II:

Akhilesh Dinesh Modi InstituteSection-3: Entomology & Parasitology

14.30 – 15.30
INVITED LECTUTRES
Sr. Regina Mary R.
Prof. U.C. Goswami
15.30– 18.00
Oral Session –I
Venue:
Akhilesh Dinesh Modi InstituteAgarwal Juhie and Savita Rani
“Hypersensitivity Reaction (Iv): Cell Mediated Immunity Induced By Helminth Allergen Of
Gastrointestinal Nematode (Ascaridia Galli) In Gallus Domesticus”

Ali Amrin and Nirupama Agrawal“Studies Of Some Dactylogyrid Monogenoideans On The Basis Of Morphological as Well as
Molecular Methods”

Choudhary Kirti and Nirupama Agrawal“Molecular Phylogeny Of Diplstomulum Hughes,1929 (Digenea: Diplostomatidae) From Fresh
Water Fish Based On Partial 28s RDNA”

Fartade Asawari, Amol Thosar, Sapna Lohat and Sunita Borde“Evaluation Of Ptychobothridean Cestodes Using Random Amplified Polymorphic Dna (Rapd)
Markers From Fresh Water Fishes In Godavari Basin M. S., India”

Kumari, Gautam Neelam Ramakant and A. M. Saxena.
“Morphological Study Of Pallisentis (Acnathocephala:Quadrigyridae) Of Fresh Water Fishes Of
U.P. Using Scanning Electron Microscopy”

Gupta Madhvi and J.S.Tara“Life Cycle Of Spodoptera Litura (Fabricus), A Serious Defoliator Of Mango (Mangifera Indica)
From Jammu (J&K, India)”

Gupta Ruchie* and J.S. Tara“First Report On The Infestation Dynamics Of Euproctis Scintillans Walker(Lepidoptera:
Lymantridae) On Apple (Malus Domestica Borkh) And Its Relation With ImportantWeather
Factors In Jammu, India”

Kovendan Kalimuthu1, Balamurugan Chandramohan1, Kadarkarai Murugan1 and Savariar
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Vincent2“Green Synthesis Of Silver Nanoparticles Using Leaf Extract Of Psychotria Nilgiriensis Against
Malarial
Vector, Anopheles Stephensi And Dengue Vector, Aedes Aegypti”

Kumar Jeewesh and S. K. Singh“Insect Pests And Diseases’ Dynamics In Chickpea, Cicer Arietinum L. Vis-À-Vis A-Biotic
Factors”

Kumar Rashmi, Chandan Kumar and Prianka“Fungal Infection In Some Economically Important Fresh Water Fishes In Ganga River Near
P.M.C.H In Patna District Of Bihar.”

Saxena A.M.1, Satish Chandra, AkanshaTandon and Sneh Lata Gautam“To Kill Or Safe These Hyperactive Creatures”

Sharma Kamana and Sangeeta“Malarial Parasite Identification, Comparison Of Different Techniques”

Sharma Sheetal1, J. S. Tara and Sanjay Bhatia“Bionomics Of Hyposidra Talaca Walker (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), A Major Defoliating Pest
Of Teak (Tectona Grandis) In Jammu, J&K”

Singh Bibhuti Dutta“Bioefficacy Of Neem Products Against Pyrilla Perpusilla (Homoptera : Lophopidae) : A
Sugarcane Pest In Rampur Rudra, District, Chapra (Saran), Bihar (India)”

Singh Ranvijay“Diversity And Ecology Of Metazoan Parasites Of Channa Gachua (HAM) Of Lake Mansar,
Jammu”

Sinha B. K. and Amita Hembrom“Colonization Pattern And Community Structure Of Collembola (Insecta: Apterygota) In Post
Mining Sites Of Jharkhand, India”

Tripathi Amit , Saroj Rajvanshi and Nirupama Agrawal“Monogenoidea On Exotic Indian Freshwater Fishes. 2. Range Expansion Of Thaparocleidus
Caecus And T. Siamensis (Dactylogyridae) By Introduction Of Striped Catfish Pangasianodon
Hypophthalmus (Pangasiidae)”

Upadhyay A.K.
“Prevalence Of Campylobacter From Different Species In Uttarakhand And Its Antibiogram”

14.30 – 17.30
Concurrent Poster Session –II
Venue: Akhilesh Dinesh Modi InstituteAswathy Rajan1 and UpmaBagai1“Antimalrial Potential Of Arsenicum Album Against Plasmodium Berghei Infection - An In
Vitro And In Vivo Study”

Bhattacharjee Koutilya“Non-Specific Immune Response Of Duttaphrynus Himalayanus Against Bacterial Pathogen:
What An Efficiency”

Bipin K.C., Sooryadas S., Deepthy B.J., Sreenish Krishna B. K., Aswathy P. and Lekshmi
J. Das.
“Management Of Staphylococcus Infected Scrotal Abscess In A Dog Using Natural Honey As
Topical Dressing”

Bora Gayotree Agni and Prasanna Kr. Dutta“Biology, Conservation And Use Of Ant Species Oecophylla Smaragdina In North East India”
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Chandel B.S.
“Herbal Products: An Ecofriendly Approach For S. Litura Management”

Deepa C.K*., Darsana U**, Sujith S#, Priya M N$ and Sreedevi, R**.
“Invitro Efficacy Various Extracts Of Mallotusphillipensisleaf And Flower Against
Amphistomes

Kalia Preeti1, Neelima R Kumar1 and Kusum Karjai2“In- Vitro Antibacterial Efficacy Of Different Extracts Of Honey Bee Propolis On
Salmonella Typhimurium.

Kanaujia Amita and Sonika Kushwaha“Ectoparasites Of Critically Endangered Long-Billed Vultures, Gyps Indicus In Bunelkhand
Region, India”

Karmakar Poulomee“Studies On The Effect Of Thermostable Direct Hemolysin Of Vibrio Parahaemolyticus On The
Down Regulation Of Cell Proliferation In Human Colon Carcinoma Cell Line, With The
Involvement Of Protein Kinase C In The Mechanism Of Action”

Kumar J. Siva, J. Jayanthi and M. G. Ragunathan“Population Dynamics Of Emerita Asiatica (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) In Relation To Sand
Organic Carbon In The Kovalam Beach, East Coast, Kanchipuram District Of Tamilnadu, India”

Kumar Jeewesh and S. K. Singh“Integrated Pest Management Of Pod Borer, Helicoverpa Armigera Hubner In Chickpea”

Lohat Sapna, Amol Thosar,Ganesh Misal and Sunita Borde“Biochemical Studies Of Nematodes In Gallus Gallus Domesticus”

Mahalakshmi P., J. Jayanthi, M. G. Ragunathan, Joe K. Kizhakudan“Isolation And Charecterisation Of Bacterial Communities In Live Infected Indian Sand
Lobster” Thenus Unimaculatus With Epizootic Shell Disease.

Mahapatra Susmita, Sujogya Kumar Panda and Gunanidhi Sahoo“Aerobic Bacteria Isolated From The Gastrointestinal Tracts Of Haplobatrachus Tigerinus
Tadpoles”

Rashid Sadia“Oxidative Stress In Response To The Large Stomach Worm Haemonchus Contortus In Capra
Hircus.”Raja: Rathod P.P., N. A. Manwar, R. P. Joshi and I. A.
“Visual Deception In Oviposition Site Selection In Female Dragonfly Bradinopyga Geminata(Rambur) Libellulidae : Anisoptera”

Pd. Singh Singh Bibhuti Dutta and Gajendra“Effect Of Different Herbal And Synthetic Pesticides On Emmalocera Depressella (Lepidoptera:
Pyralididae) Of Sugarcane Pest In Rampur Rudra, District, Chapra (Saran), Bihar (India) “Singh Pushpa“Studies On The Functional Anatomy Of Malpighian Tubule Of Platycorynus Peregrinus(Coleptera : Crysomelidae)”

Sunita and Vinay Kumar“Statistical Analysis On The Insect- Pests Infestation In Guava (Psidium Guajava. L)”

Talukdar Sankar, Ayan Mondale@ and Debomay Chanda*“A New Distribution Of Spider From India: Taxonomy And Zoo-Geography Of A Salticid Spider
Chrysella Lauta Thorell, 1887, From Rice & Forest Ecosystem Of West Bengal”

Tara J. S. and Ramnik Kour
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“Biology And Morphometric Studies Of Aquatic Bug, Sphaerodema Molestrum(Hemiptera:Belostomatidae) From Jammu (J & K, India)”
Vairale Amit B.
“Control Of Cotton Pest With The Help Of Spiders In The Akola District, Maharastra State.”

Vidya Pradhan and Yeshwant Kamble“Malaria Incidence In Aurangabad City: A Case Study”

Ruchika Bhutyal, Sanjay Bhatia and Seema Langer“A Record Of Invasive Alien Insects, Their Distribution And Host Plants Of Kishtwar District,
J&K, India”

January 06, 201514.30 – 19.30
SECTION & INVITED LECTUTRES,ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND
CONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS:
Akhilesh Dinesh Modi InstituteSection-1: Fish Symposium/ ABF

Venue
14.30 – 15.30

INVITED LECTUTRES
Prof. K. K. Sharma
Prof. K.V. JayachandranProf. Sarkar Biplab
15.30– 17.30
Oral Session –I
Venue:
Akhilesh Dinesh Modi InstituteKoul Meenakshi and Roopma Gandotra“Influence Of Vacuum Packaging And Long Term Storage On Some Quality Parameters Of
Rohu Fillets During Frozen Storage.”

Kour Sarbjeet and Shiwali Gupta“Seasonality Of Invertebrate Fauna Inhabiting Lower Shiwalik Stream, Philodinavus
Paradoxus- The First Report”

Kumar Shailendra, A. Nath, Priyanka Asem Kumar and J.K. Singh“Comparative Analysis Of Arsenic Detection In Water By Field Test Kit And Hgaas Methods”

Mahesh R. and Saravana Kumar A.
“Application Of Remote Sensing To Study The Relation Between Fish Assemblage Structure
And Their Habitat”

Nathiya V., P. Saravana Bhavan, N. Manickam, V. Srinivasan and T.
Muralisankar“Administration Of Medicinal Herbal Extract (Cyanodon Dactylon) As Dietary Supplement To
Improve The Growth Of The Freshwater Prawn Macrobrachium Rosenbergii”

Parihar Dalbir Singh and Roopma Gandotra“Effects Of Varying Levels Of Fish Oil On The Growth Performance, Body Composition Of Catla
Catla Fry (Ham.)”

Serajuddin M.
“Genetic Diversity In Sustainable Fisheries Management”
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Sharma Arvind Kumar“Susruta Contribution To Ichthyology : 400 Bc”

Sharma Chhavi and Seema Langer“Cyclomorphosis In Daphnia Similis In Relation To Wate Quality Dynamics.”

Sharma K. K., Sarbjeet Kour and Neha Antal“Sediment Characterization Of A Sub-Tropical Perennial Pond Of Jammu (J&K) In Relation To
Its Macrobenthic And Bacterial Fauna.”

Shukla Anuradha and J.P. Shukla“Integrated Fish Farming: A Current Need In Lakes Of Eastern U.P. With Special Reference To
Marhani Lake, Basti (U.P.) In Scarifying The Rural Poverty”

Singh Sunder“Physical, Chemical & Microbiological Properties Of Ground Water: A Case Study Of Town
Deeg (Bharatpur) Rajasthan”

Sujeetha M, Sharmila S, Ragunathan M.G. and Jayanthi J.
“Determination Of Ace Inhibiting Activity From Certain Extracts Of Some Crustaceans”

Thabah C.M., L. M. Devi, S. Dey and R.N.K.Hooroo“Differential Effects On Growth And Development Of Hyla Annectans Tadpoles In Response To
Food Types”

14.30 – 17.30
Concurrent Poster Session –II
Acharya Gayatri and Prafulla K. Mohanty“Comparative Haematological Profile Of Male And Female Walking Cat Fish, Clarias
Batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758)”

Awasthi Madhu, Ankur Kashyap and M. Serajuddin“Morphometric Variation And Length-Weight Relationships Of Colisa Lalia (Dwarf Gourami)
Between The Two Sub-Populations Of Uttar Pradesh”

Bairagya Chandra Narayan, Golam Ziauddin, C. K. Jana and D. Ghorai“Fish Seed Production In Single Integrated Two-In-One Chamber “Bundh-Cum-Hatching PoolOf Chandra Hatchery””

Brahman Lavkush Kumar, Ramesh Chandra and H. N. Khare“Efficacy Of Indigenous Larvivorous (Cypriniformes) Fish Against Culex Quinquefasciatus In
Chitrakoot Climat”

Bharti V.S., A. B. Inamdar , C. S. Purusothaman and V.K.Yadav“Characterization Of Phytoplankton By Biomarker Pigments In Powai Lake Of Mumbai City Of India”

Chawla Deepti and Anil K. Tyor
“Trends And Functional Appraisal In The Morphology Buccopharyngeal Cavity- Key Innovation
In Cyprinid Fishes”

Das Susmita and A.K. Patra“Studies On The Anatomical Pecularities And Conditionalfactor Of Female Indian Major Carp,
Labeo Rohit(Hamilton )”Das Susmita and A.K. Patra and Rekha Das“Observations On The Allometry And Conditional Factor Of Indian Major Carp, Labeo Rohita (Hamilton )”Deshmukh N.Z, and Nikam S.V.
“Study Of Freshwater Ciliates From Nasik, Ms. India.”

Dhanaji Ahirrao Kiran“Body Praportions And Water Percentage Of The Fresh Water Snail, Thiara Lineata”.
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Dutta Prasanna Kr., Labanya Kakati and Gayotree Agni Bora“Study On The Productivity Of Wetland Ecosystem In Jorhat District, Assam.”

Gupta Vaini and Roopma Gandotra.
“Comparative Evaluation Of Shelf Life Of Raw And Cooked Fish Muscles Of Labeo Rohita
Under Refrigerator Conditions 4±1ú C.”

Hassan, Syed Shabih and R. K. Sinha“Seasonal Diversity Of Zooplankton In The River Ganga In And Around Patna Regio”

Syed Shabih Hassan“Ecology And Fisheries Of Nangal Lake In Punjab (India)”Hazarika Sultana“The Study Of Periphyton And Macro-Benthic Diversity Their Co-Relation With PhysicoChemical Parameters Of Wetlands Of Upper Stretches Of River Brahmaputra,
Assam,India.”

Jayaprabha N. S., Purusothaman and M. Srinivasan“Length Weight Relationship Of Coral Reef Associa Fishes In Cuddalore, Southeast Coast Of
India”

Kaur Harjeet and K.K.Sharma“Ichthyofaunal Diversity In Some Lentic Water Bodies Of Jammu.”

Kour Rupinder*, Sanjay Bhatia and K. K. Sharma“Documentation Of Aquatic Invasive Alien Plant Species Of Lake Surinsar, Jammu, J&K.”

Kumari Ritu and Roopma Gandotra.
“Effect Of Varying Dietary Protein Levels On Growth, Feed Conversion Ratio (Fcr) And Feed
Conversion Efficiency (Fce) Of Juveniles Of Labeo Rohita (Ham.).”Manhas Priya and Seema Langer“Seasonal Changes In The Biochemical Composition And Caloric Content Of Paratelphusa
Masoniana, An Edible Fresh Water Crab Of Jammu Region Of J&K State (India).”

Nagawanshi M.
“Dna Ratio In Different Tissues In L. Marginalis From Godavari River Paithan”
Pal S. R., Anjali Srivastava, D. Raha, Sujata Dutta Pandey, Anita Shukla, Bijan Bala and P. N.
Pandey“Status Of Water Quality Of Subarnarekha River At Jamshedpur (Jharkhand)”Pradhan Vidya S., Vishal Ladniya, Mohammad Moaviyah Moghal and J.D. Shaikh“Fresh Water Crab (Barytelphusa Cunicularis) Extraction And Its Application”

Rathod Nutan“Seasonal Variation Of Trace Metals In Liver And Muscles Of Freshwater Fishes From The
Mehrun Lake –Jalgaon”

Rizwan- uz- zaman and Roopma Gandotra.
“Food And Feeding Of Garra Gotyla Gotyla In The Jhajjar Stream Of River Tawi In Jammu
Region.”Rout Jasmin, Susmita Mahapatra and Gunanidhi Sahoo“Diet Of Anuran Tadpoles From Temporary Ponds In Northern Odisha”
Saba Neelam and Wahied Khawar Balwan“Cytogenetic Analysis Of Krez Frog, Chrysopoa Sternosignata From Jammu And Kashmir”

Saravanan S., Mujeebunisha M., Divya V., Vasanthakumar D. and Arun, D.
“Alterations In Chemical Components Of Vermicompost After Probiotic Supplementation”
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Sharma Arti and Meenu Sharma“Association Of Macrobenthic Invertebrates With Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia Crassipes) In A
Subtropical Stream Of J&K.”

Sharma K. K., Sarbjeet Kour and Kunal Sharma“Diversity Of Zooplankton In Surinsar Lake, J&K.”

Sharma K. K., A. Sharma and V. C. Mohan“Comparative Accounts Of Merestic Count And Morphometric Measurements Of Golden
Mahseer (Tor Putitora) Among Chenani Hydroelectric Dam, Jhajjar Stream And Dansar
Stream. (J&K) India.”

Sharma Poonam and Roopma Gandotra“Current Status Of Fish Fauna In Sunderbani Stream, A Hill Stream Of District Rajouri (J&K)
With Special Reference To Commercially Important Species”

Shinde Neha, Shrutika Sirsilla and Yasmin Khan
“What Can We Learn About Regeneration From The Zebrafish”

Singh Brajesh Kumar, Trilok Kumar Singh, Soni Sahay, B.K.Dayal, Ganesh Prasad andNarendra Srivastava“Study On Heavy Metal Contemination In The Water Of Flood Feed Tributoryof Koshi, Dah
River In Bhagalpur District(Bihar)”

Singh Sunder“Assessment Of Fluoride Content, Ph And Tds In Potable Water Of Towndeeg (Bharatpur): An
Environmental Concern”

Sinha Rajesh Kumar, Ashish Kumar and Ejaz Jawaid“Study On The Cellular Structure And Functional Aspects Of The Olfactory Organ Of Ompok
Bimaculatus (Ham.)”

Sreelekshmy S. G., M.T.P. Miranda and F. G D. Cruz
“ Utility Of Biomarkers In The Marine Catfish Arius Nenga A Common Food Fish Of Kerala For Environmentaassessment”

Subashini M., Mujeebunisa, M. Saravanan S., Divya V., VasanthakumarD. and D. Aruna“Influence Of Sevin, Lactobacillus Sporogenes And Essential Microbes Supplementation On
Certain Biochemical Parameters Of Eudrilus Eugeniae (Kinberg) During Regeneration .”Tiwari Vidyanand and S.P. Trivedi“Chlorpyrifos-Induced Changes In Micronuclei Induction Of Channa Punctatus: An
Ameliorative Role Of Rouwolfia Serpentine Root Extract”

Zodape Gautam V.and Anant P. Argekar“Isolation And Characterization Of Bioactive Compound From Methanolic Extract Of CrabAtergatis Integerrimus (Lamarck) Of West Coast Of Mumbai (India)”

Section 2: Faunal Diversity
14.30 – 15.30
INVITED LECTUTRES
Prof. J.S. Tara
Dr. Sarabjeet Kour
15.30– 17.30
Oral Session –2
Venue:
Akhilesh Dinesh Modi InstituteAhmad Bashir and Vinoy K. Shrivastava“Protective Role Of Saffron Against Zearalenone Induced Toxicity On Morphology Of Female
Mice Mus Musculus”
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Anamika“Histopathological Impact Of Profenofos On The Kidney Of Fresh Water Air- Breathing Fish
Channa Gachua.”

Anand Puja1, Preety Sinha1, A. Nath, Aseem Kumar Anshu and Shailendra Kumar“Arsenic Induced Renal Toxicity And Its Correlation With High Lipid Peroxidation In Swiss
Albino Mice”

Bhardwaj Jitender Kumar and Priyanka Saraf“Light And Electron Microscopic Analysis Of Malathion Induced Cytotoxicity In Ovarian Antral
Follicles Of Goat(Capra Hircus)”

Bini Anupriya and Devendra Kumar Singh“Picroliv Prevents Thioacetamide Induced Fulminant Hepatic Failure By Modulating TgfÂ/Smad Signaling Cascade”

Chakraborty and Suman Bhusan“Oral Administration Of Basella Alba Leaf Methanol Extract And Genistein Enhances The
Growth And Nonspecific Immune Responses Of Nile Tilapia”

Chandel B. S. and Rajeev Trivedi“Aphicidal Responses Of Naturally Occurring Plant Extracts Against Green Peach Aphid Myzus
Persicae Sulz. (Aphididae : Hemiptera) “Ganaie Hilal Ahmad and Md. Niamat Ali“Genotoxicity Testing Of Phorate, Dimethoate, Thiometon And Methyl-S-Demeton By Using
Cyprinus Carpio Micronucleus Assay”

Gupta Madhvi and J.S. Tara
“Life Cycle Of Spodoptera Litura (Fabricus), A Serious Defoliator Of Mango (Mangifera Indica)
From Jammu (J&K, India)”

Gupta Tejishtha Y. , B. L. Jadhav , Amitkumar A. Patil1 and Nitin D. Jadhav“Evaluation Of Phytochemical And Wound Healing Potency Of Ethanolic Leaves Extract Of
Eclipta Alba (Linn) Hassk In Streptozotocin Induced Rats.”

Javed Hina
“Toxic Levels Of Arsenic In Environment And Human Health:A Review”

Joshi Namita and Priya Chaudhary“Seasonal Changes In Fungi, Microbial Biomass And Chemical Parameters In Forest Soil”

Joshi Namita and Priya Chaudhary“Litter Decomposition And Nutrient Mineralization Pattern In A Subtropical Forest Ecosystem”

Joshi Namita and Meha Bora
“Heavy Metal Uptake Capacity Of Some Plant Species For Phytoremedial Application”

Kaur Gurumeet and K.P.Mishra“Histopathological Change On Ovary Of The Fish Channa Punctatus Exposed To Sub-Lethal
Concentration Of Chlorpyriphos 50% + Cypermethrin 5% Ec”

Kirubha P., Sathya M., Rajeshwari V., Sumaiya M., Elango M .and Sakti Shree K.
“Alleviation Of Diethylnitrosoamine Induced Changes In Testis Function By Aqueous And
Ethanolic Pomegranate Peel Extract In Albino Rats.”

Kumar Ritesh and B.K.P. Mishra“Behavioural And Morphological Changes Induced In The Freshwater Fish, Clarias Batrachus
Exposed To Chlorpyrifos 50% + Cypermethrin 5% Ec.”

Kumar Shailendra Nath, A., Priyanka, Asem Kumar and J.K. Singh“Comparative Analysis Of Arsenic Detection In Water By Field Test Kit And Hgaas Methods”

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Kumar Vivek and S.P.Trivedi“Ameliorative Effect Of Curcumin Against Hexavalent Chromium (Cr (Vi)) Genotoxicityin
Channa Punctatus”

Maheshwari Shweta and Anish Dua“Mercuric Chloride Induced Alterations In The Fin Epithelium Of An Air Breathing Fish, Channa
Punctatus(Bloch)”14.30– 17.30
Venue

Concurrent Poster Session –II:
Akhilesh Dinesh Modi InstituteSession 3: Environmental Biology Toxicology

14.30 – 15.30
INVITED LECTUTRES
Prof. H. S. Sehgal
Prof. B.D. Joshi
15.30– 17.30
Venue
Gokul B. Kale:

Oral Session –2
Akhilesh Dinesh Modi Institute“Biodiversity And Habitat Association Of Spiders In Dnyanganga Wildlife Sanctuary Of Botha”
Forest In Maharashtra

Jyoti D. Vora
“Insight Into The Biochemical Link Between Biodiversity And Nutraceuticals”

Anil Kumar P.
“Faunal Diversity Of Zooplankton In Coringa Mangrove Back Waters Of Kakinada Bay”
Mahapatra B. K., U. K. Sarkar and W. S. Lakra“Fish Biodiversity Of Sundarbans - Current Status, Potentials, Threats & Management Issues”
Manickam N., P. Saravana Bhavan, T. Muralisankar, V. Srinivasan, P.
Santhanam, K. Vijayadevan, P. Chitrarasu, A. Jawahar Ali and K. Altaff“Biodiversity And Seasonal Variation Of Zooplankton In The Panchapalli Reservoir,
Dharmapuri District, Tamil Nadu, India”

Mitra Santanu“Fresh Water Crab Of Indian Himalaya, Its Diversity, Distribution, Threats And Conservation”

Mukherjee Parnashree“Numerical Analysis Of Biodiversity Of Zooplankton Population In A Contaminated Fish
Cultured Pond Of Central India Using Association And Relative Abundance Index.”

Quasim Shazia and Virendra Prasad Uniyal“Systematics And Distribution Of Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) In Nanda Devi Biosphere
Reserve, Western Himalaya, India”

Ray Shailendra and Nirupama Agrawal“Systematic Placement Of Kaurma (Chatterji, 1936) Based On Morphology And MolecularTechnique”

Saxena A.M., K.G. Bajpai, Rahul Gupta, Samta Johri3 and Ramakant“A New Species Of Genus Raosentis (Datta, 1928) From Fresh Water Fish Mystus Vittatus”

Sharma Goutam and Archana Gaur
“Avifauna Of Machiya Safari Biological Park Of Jodhpur (Rajasthan)”Singh Pranav, Navneet Swami, Jitendra Singh Rana, Nisha, Manju Prakash Gusain andPage 72 of 148

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Om Prakash Gusain“Morphological Taxonomy Of Ephemeroptera Along An Altitudinal Gradient In River
Alaknanda Of Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarakhand (India)”

Verma Amit Kumar and Nirupama Agrawal“Taxonomic And Molecular Studies Of Family Capsalidae, Baird 1853, Parasites Of Indian
Marine Fishes”

Verma Jyoti and Nirupama Agrawal“Genus Cornudiscoides Kulkarni, 1969 (Monogenoidea:Dactylogyridae) And Its Species
Richness”

14.30 – 17.30
Concurrent Poster Session –II
Venue:
Akhilesh Dinesh Modi InstituteDeshmukh and Ujjwala Shivaji“Studies On Some Orb-Weavers Of The Genus Neoscona (Araneae: Araneidae) From Outskirts
Of Amravati (M.S.) India.”

Hembrom Amita and Braj Kishore Sinha“A Report On Pseudoscrpion (Pseudoscorpionide,Haekel) From Reclaimed Coal Mine Spoil Of
Kathara, Jharkhand, India”

Kanaujia Amita, Ashish Kumar, Adesh Kumar, Shivangi Mishra, Sonika
Kushwaha, Akhilesh Kumar and Daya Shanker Sharma“Butterfly Fauna Of Kukrail Reserve Forest, Lucknow Uttar Pradesh, India”
Kanaujia Amita, Adesh Kumar, Sonika Kushwaha and Akhilesh Kumar“A Biodiversity Hub: Sandi Bird Sanctuary, Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh, India”

Mote Ashok and Hemlata Wankhede“On A New Species Of The Genus Tylocephalum, Linton, (1890) From The Intestine Of Marine
Fish. Dicerobatis Eregoodoo.”

Nikam S.V., S.C. Lokhande, T.A. Sontakken and Mahadev Kale“Comparative Study On Prevalence Of Free Living Protozoa Of Soil And Water From Godawari
Basin Paithan”

Patil G. P. and T. G. Deshmukh“Conservation Of The Economically Important Air Breathing Catfish, Clarias Batrachus (Li N.)
Through Artificial Breeding”

Patole S. S.1, Patil M. U., Bauskar Madhusudan and D. Jadhav S. S.
“Studies On Freshwater Fish Fauna Of District Dhule In Northern Maharashtra, India.”

Pawar B. A., A. K. Pandarkar, V. K. Vikhe, D. V. Lokhande and S. K. Aher
“Diversity Of Molluscan Fauna Of Pravara River In Relation To Pollution, Ahmednagar District,
Maharashtra”

Purusothaman S., N. Jayaprabha and K. Sakthivel“Environmental Influence On The Trawl Catches In Cuddalore And Parangipettai, Southeast
Coast Of India”

Ravikiran N.K., R. S. Kulkarni and Sharanappa Padashetty“Fish Fauna Of Kurikotta Bridge Bennithora River, Gulbarga District Of Karnataka.”

Shirbhate Milind V. and Amrita M. Shirbhate“Diversity Of Spiders From The Family Thomisidae Inhabiting Forest Of Katepurna Sanctuary,
Akola, India”

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Sivakumar J.1, J. Jayanthi2 and M. G. Ragunathan2“Population Dynamics Of Emerita Asiatica (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) In Relation To Sand
Organic Carbon In The Kovalam Beach, East Coast, Kanchipuram District Of Tamilnadu, India”

Verma Dharm Raj, Tabrez Ahmad, Sandeep Bajpai, Jitendra Kumar Bharti, Sangita
Mishra and U.B. Singh“Fish Faunal Diversity Of Historical Tara-Tal At Saugahana Village District Bahraich (Uttar
Pradesh)”January 07, 201514.30 – 19.30
SECTION & INVITED LECTUTRES,ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND
CONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS:
Akhilesh Dinesh Modi Institute

Venue

Section-1: Environmental Biology Toxicology
14.30 – 15.30
INVITED LECTUTRES
Prof. B. N. Panday
Prof. G.K. Kulkarni
15.30– 17.30
Oral Session –I
Venue:
Akhilesh Dinesh Modi InstituteMitter C.S. , B.L. Jadhav and Pratik Dhavan“Screening Of Methanol Soluble Bioactive Compounds In Thespsia Populnea Soland Ex
Correa”

Nandi S.1, Mohamed Farma and P.S.P. Gupta, Shiv Kumar Tripathi1“Plasma Concentrations Of Tsh, T3, T4, Igf-I And Insulin In Normal And Metabolic Stressed
Ewes”

Panneerselvam C., S. Vivek , K. Murugan and J. S. Hwang , K. Kovendan, D.Amerasan“Green Synthesis Of Silver Nanoparticle Using Acalypha Indica Leaf Extract And Its Larvicidal
Activity Against Malaria And Dengue Vectors”

Paul R. and S. N. Ramanujam“Glutathione Redox Status In Some Tissues Of Copper And Cadmium Induced Air-Breathing
Catfish, Heteropneustes Fossilis (Bloch)”Prasad Rajendra, A. S. Mishra and Naresh Girdhar“Soil- Water- Plant-Animal Interrelation Ship Of Micro Minerals In Meerut District Of Uttar
Pradesh”

Prasad Rajesh and Sunil P.Trivedi“The Effluent Effects Of Reliance Thermal Power Plant On Fresh Water Fishes In Garra River”

Ratn Arun and Sunil P. Trivedi“Transcription Factor Evaluation Of Molecular Links In Dichlorvos Induced Oxidative Stress,
Inflammation, Carcinogenesis And Its Chemoprevention By Herbal Plants In Fish, Channa
Punctatu”

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Sahoo D.D. and T.C Kara
“Effect Of Cadmium On Pro-Oxidant And Antioxidant Status In Different Age Groups Of Male
Common Indian Toads, Bufo Melanostictus”

Satpathi Manisha, Pramod Kumar Sinha and Ravinder Singh“Acute Toxicity Study Of Dioctyl Phthalate On Haematological Parameter In Freshwater Fish,
Clarias Batrachus (Linn.”

Sharma Poonam and Rambir Singh“Curcumin And Quercetin Ameliorate Cypermethrin And Deltamethrin Induced Male Sterility
In Wistar Rats By Upregulating Activity Of Pituitary Gonadal Hormones And Steroidogenic
Enzymes”

Sharma Shelly and Pooja Chadha“In Vivo Evaluation Of Genotoxicty Induced By Chlorpyrifos(Organophosphate Pesticide) Using
Single Cell Gel Electrophoresis”

Shukla Aparna and Prabhu N. Saxena“Modulatory Response Of Eucalyptus Tereticornis And Liv. 52 On Vanadium IntoxicatedLipoproteins In Rat”

Singha H. Ashalata and Meenakshi Bawari“Neurotoxic Effect Of Sub-Lethal Concentrations Of Malathion On Freshwater Fish, Channa
Punctatus (Bloch).”Somaiah K. and K. Sunita“Studies On The Biochemical Responses In The Tissues Of Freshwater Fish Labeo Rohita
Exposed To The Organophosphate Pesticide Phenthoate”

Tiwari Vidyan and and S.P. Trivedi“Chlorpyrifos-Induced Changes In Micronuclei Induction Of Channa Punctatus: An
Ameliorative Role Of Rouwolfia Serpentine Root Extract”

Tiwari Mohit, D.N.Saksena and N.S.Nagpure“Acute Toxicity Levels And Ethological Responses In Labeo Rohita (Ham.) After Cypermethrin
Exposure”

Trivedi Rajeev and B.S. Chandel“Bioactivity Of Momordica Charantia, Menth Piperata Andocimum Bosilicum Extracts
Against, Dysdercus Cingulatus Fabr.”

Usmani Nazura and Mehjbeen Javed“Evaluation Of Activities Of Transaminases, Phosphatase And Kinase In Fish
Channapunctatuson Exposure To Sugar Mill Effluent”

Yadav Shankar, Rajesh Kumar, Deepmala Gupta and Madhu Tripathi“Effects Of Subchronic Exposure To Fluoride On Antioxidant Defence System And
Malondialdehyde Levels In Cat Fish (Heteropneustis Fossilis) Bloch”

14.30 – 17.30

Concurrent Poster Session –II

Venue:
Akhilesh Dinesh Modi Institute
Avinashe A.M. and G.P. Patil“Toxic Effect Of Selenium Dioxide On The Histophysiology Of Testis Of Air Breathing Fish,
Channa Punctatus (Bloch)”Baruah Indira“Toxicological Impact Of The Malathion Exposure On The Vital Organs Of Monopterus Cuchia(Ham- Buch)”
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Bora Meha* and Namita Joshi“A Study On Foliar Physiological Response Of Certain Tree Species To Seasonal Dust Load
Accumulation”

Borkar Archana and Shaila Mane
“Safety Practices In Pesticide Industries”

Chamaraju, A.K. Thathoo and Agarwal S and Agarwal S“Physico-Chemical Characterization Of Molasses Based Distillery Effluents.”

Davne P.M., Khillare, Y.K and More V.R“The Impact Of Zinc On Liver Cholesterol Levels Of Fish Thynnichthyes Sndkhol”

Divya V., Saravanan S., Mujeebunisha M., Vasanthakumar D. and D. Aruna.
“Effect Of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Supplementation On Certain Aspects Of Carbohydrate
Metabolism In Eudrilus Eugeniae Kinberg Grown In Coffe Ground Waste.”

Erande Sopan L.
“Impact Of Phosphomidon In Summer Season On Protein Alteration In Fresh Water SnailViviparus Bengalensis”

Gulati Alka and R. K. Shanna“Effect Of Vitamin C And Vitamin E Supplementation On Malathion Induced Changes In Goat
Testicular Antioxidant Enzyme Activity And Dna Damage In Vitro”

Gupta Ragni and Amita Kanaujia“Impacts Of Pesticides On Black Kites, Milvus Migrans Govinda In Bundelkhand Region Of
India”

Gupta Ragni and Amita Kanaujia“Cobalt Chloride Hepatotoxicity And Its Amelioration By Panax Ginseng In Rattus Norvegicus”

Ruchie and J.S. Tara“First Report On The Infestation Dynamics Of Euproctis Scintillans Walker (Lepidoptera:
Lymantridae) On Apple (Malus Domestica Borkh) And Its Relation With Important Weather
Factors In Jammu, India”

Kumar Ajeet and Om Prakash Singh“Studies Of Toxicity Of Antifeedancy Of Neem Against Aceria Litchil (Litch Mite) In Bihar”

Kumar Ajeet and Om Prakash Singh“Studies Of Toxicity Of Antifeedancy Of Neem Against Aceria Litchil (Litch Mite) In Bihar”

Kumar Vasantha D., Mujeebunisa M., Saravanan S., Divya V. and Aruna D.
“Methomyl Induced Biochemicals Changes In The Gills Of Fresh Water Fish Cirrhinus Mrigala(Hamilto)”

Kumari Suchitra and Rakesh Mohan“Pollution Status Of North Karanpura Coalfield (Jharkhand)”Kumari Arti and A.P. Mishra“Histopathological Effect Of Pesticide Chlorantraniliprole On The Detoxifying Organ, Liver Of
Channa Gachu”

Kumari Poonam and Bindu Kumari Singh“Mitochondrial Dysfunction Involved In Ovarian Toxicityof Mice Caused By Endosulfan And
Protective Effects Of Amla”

Muralidharan Leena“Cytometrc Alterations In The Blood Cells Of Cyprinus Carpio (Linn) Exposed To Fenthion”

Pahwa Kanika and Anil K. Tyor
“Evaluation Of Oxidative Stress In African Catfish (Clarias Gariepinus) From River Yamuna In
Delhi Region”
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Pandit D.N., Satish Kumar and P. Kumari“Determination Of A Relatively Ideal Median Tolerance Limit (Lc50) In An Indian Catfish,
Clarias Batrachus (Linn.) For Cupric Sulphate”

Priya M. N, Darsana U., Sreedevi, R., Sujith S and Deepa C. K
“Anthelmintic Activity Of Different Extracts Of Ocimum Sanctum Against Fasciola Hepatica”

Priyanka A. Nath, Shailendra Kumar, Aseem Kumar Anshu and Richa Chauhan“Oral Cancer And Consumption Of Smokeless Tobacco”

Satheesh Kumar P.,Thamilarasi P. and Aruna D“Effect Of Lotus (Nelumbo Nucifera Gaertn) Fresh Petal Extract On Some Haematological And
Antioxidant Activity In Male Wistar Albino Rats”

Sathya M., Rajeshwari V., Kirubha P., Sumaiya M. and Sakthi Shree K“Effect Of Aqueous And Ethanolic Pomegranate Peel Extract On Diethylnitrosamine Induced
Hepatocellular Carcinogenesis In Albino Rats.”

Sharma Zarna and Hemalatha Ramachandran“Effect Of Video Games On Executive Function And Working Memory”

Sheikh Muzafar Ahmed, Manju Tembhre, Qaisar Jehaan“Restorative Potential Of T. Officinale Leaves Against Carbon Tetrachloride Induced
Hepatopathy In Rats”

Shivachandra S. B., A Kuma. ,N. N. Mohanty and R. Yogisharadhya“Immunogenicity Analysis Of Recombinant Vacj Outer Membrane Lipoprotein Of Pasteurella
Multocida In Mouse Model”

Shukta J.P. and Anuradha Shukla“Emerging Environmental Carcinogens: A Preliminary Survey”
Behera Sidhartha Sankar, Jayakrushna Das, M.R. Senapati, M. Behera, M. Praharaj and
S. Pradhan“Unusual Case Of Fibrosarcoma In A Dog And Its Surgical Management”

Sujith S.,Sreedevi R., Darsana U., Deepa C. K and Shynu M, Priya M.N“Invitro Anthelmintic Activity Of Vitexnegundo Leaf Extracts Against Ova And Third Stage
Larvae Of Haemonchuscontortus”

Sumaiya M., Sathya M., Rajeshwari V., Kirubha P. and Sakthi Shree K.
“Allevation Of Diethylnitrosamine Induced Carcinogenesis In Liver, Kidney, Testis By Solanum
Trilobatum”

Trvedi S. S. and Vimlesh Singh“Bioefficacy Of Certain Herbal Protectants Against Rhizopertha Dominica Fabr.”

Section 2: Environmental Biology Toxicology
14.30 – 15.30
INVITED LECTUTRES
Prof. A. K. Thiruvenkadan
Prof. S.S. Kamavisdar

Dr. B.K. Barun
15.30– 17.30
Oral Session –II
Venue:
Akhilesh Dinesh Modi Institute
Bhardwaj Rahul, Mohd Matin Ansari, Mehtab S. Parmar, Vikash Chandra
and G. Taru Sharma“Mesenchymal Stem Cell Conditioned Media As A Novel Embryo Culture Media For Quality
Buffalo (Bubalus Bubalis) Embryo Production In Vitro”
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Deepthi B. V., Poornachandra Rao K. and Sreenivasa M. Y
“Antifungal Activity Of Lab Inhibiting Fusarium Species In Animal And Poultry Feed Mixtures”

Gugjoo Mudasir Basir, Amarpal H.P. Aithal, P. Kinjavdekar, A.M. Pawde, T. B.
Shivanarayanan, M. M. Ansari, V.Chandra, G. Sai Kumar and G. Taru Sharma“Evaluation Of Collagen And Laminin Gels With Mesenchymal Stem Cells For Repair Of
Articular Cartilage”

Gulati Baldev R., Rajesh Kumar, Niharika Mohanty, Taruna Anand and Prem S. Yadav“Application Of Stem Cells In Equine Medicine: Current Status And Future Perspectives”
Gupta Tejishtha Y., Dr. B. L. Jadhav Amitkumar, A. Patil, Nitin and D. Jadhav“Evaluation Of Phytochemical And Wound Healing Potency Of Ethanolic Leaves Extract Of
Eclipta Alba (Linn) Hassk In Streptozotocin Induced Rats.”

Hiremath S.S“Use Of Pineapple Residue As A Silage With Paddy Straw Feed Supplement For Dairy Cattle –A Field Study.”

Jain Sushma and Maheep Bhatnagar“Effect Of Certain Medicinal Plant Extract On Growth Factors And Neurotransmitters In Rat
Brain.”

Khatoon Sabiha and Mohammad Khalid Saifullah“Analysis And Characterization Of Proteases Released By
Biliaryamphistomegigantocotyleexplanatum, Infecting Indian Water Buffalo, Bubalusbubalis”

Kumar Neeti, B. L. Jadhav and Preeti Patel“Genetic Variation Among Non Descriptive Cow Populations Of Marathwada Region(Maharashtra) Using Type Ii Molecular Marker”

Mathur A.K. and Rajendra Prasad“Reproductive Performance Of Postpartum Frieswal Cows Fed Individually Under Farm
Conditions.”

Mohanapriya M, Jayanthi J. and Ragunathan M. G
“Evaluation Of Free Radical Scavenging Activityfrom The Flower Extract Of Hybanthus
Enneaspermus (Linn.) F. Mull”

Nandi S., Mohamed Farman, Girish Kumar V., Shiv Kumar Tripathi, P.S.P. Gupta“Plasma Concentrations Of Tsh, T3, T4, Igf-I And Insulin In Normal And Metabolic Stressed
Ewes”

Prasad Madhu D., Rajyalakshmi M. and JagadishNaik M.
“Ameliorative Potential Of Aqueous Leaves Extract Of Syzygium Cumini (L) AssociatedMetabolic Alterations In Alloxan Induced Diabetic Rats”

Sharma Rekha, Sonika ahlawat, A maitra, Manoranjan Roy, S. Mandakmale and M. S. Tantia“Genetic Diversity In Indian Goat: A Valuable Asset For Polymorphism Scanning Of
Reproductive Trait Candidate Gene (Aa-Nat)”

Shukla Rakesh Kumar“A Study On Prevalence Of Anaplasma Sp. In Bovines Of Saunkhor Area Of Gorakhpur Distt(Uttar Pradesh)“Verma Archana, I.D.Gupta, Indrasen Chauhan, Ramesh K.Singh, Bharat Kumar, Sourabh
Sulabh Sourabh and R. S. Gandhi“Variability In Candidate Genes For Mastitis In Murrah Buffaloes”

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Tauseef Ahmad Malik, Azra N. Kamili, M.Z. Chishti, Syed Tanveer, Shazia Ahad and R.K. Johri“Synergistic Effect Of Berberine And Amprolium While Treatment Of Chicken Coccidiosis”

Tiwari Keshaw Prasad, Muhammad Iqbal Bhaiyat, Alfred Chikweto, Allison Inga, Ravindra
Nath Sharma and R.V.S. Pawaiya“Immunohistochemical Detection Of P53 Tumor Suppressor Protein In Round Cell Tumors Of
Dogs In Grenada, West Indies”

Udehiya Rahul Kumar, Amarpal, H.P. Aithal, P. Kinjavdekar, A.M. Pawde and G. Taru
Sharma“Bone Marrow Mononucleated Cells Versus Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells
For The Repair Of Segmental Bone Defects In Rabbits”

14.30 – 17.30
Concurrent Poster Session –II
Venue:
Akhilesh Dinesh Modi InstituteAnsari Mohd Matin, Vikash Chandra, Amarpal and G. Taru Sharma“Secretory Profile Of Canine Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells”

Asaf V.N. Muhasin, Bharat Bhushan, Manjit Panigrahi, J.P. Gupta, Amod
“Kumar, Sanjeev Ranjan, Pushpendra Kumar, G.K. Gaur and Deepak Sharma Association Of
Snp Rsl09492835 Located On Mbll Gene With Mastitis In Vrinda V Ani Crossbred Cattl”

Behera Sidhartha Sankar, Jayakrushna Das, M. R. Senapati, Monalisa Behera and P. Nanda“A Case Of Colo-Rectal Cacinoma And Its Management By Surgical Resection In Dog”

Gade Nitin E., Pratheesh M.D., Amar Nath, Pawan K. Dubeyand G. Taru Sharma“Ex Vivo Expansion And Culture Of Buffalo Adipose Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells”

Kumar Vineet, Anil K. Gangwar and Naveen Kumar“Evaluation Of The Murine Decellularised Dermal Matrix As A Biological Mesh In Dogs”
Muralidharan J. and V. Ramesh Saravanakumar“Effect Of Supplementation On Carcass Scores And Sensory Evaluation Scores Of Off Season
Mecheri Lambs”

Rajpurohit L.S, Sangram Choudhary, Goutam Sharma and Devilal“Study Of Man-Monkey Conflict In Jodhpur With Special Reference Of Hanuman Langur”

Sahu Subhasish, L. K. Babu, Devender Bidhan, Vishal Sharma andAnuradha Kumari“Effect Of Different Level Of Pre Partum Concentrate Supplementation On The Growth
Performance Of Kids In Extensive System”

Saraf Priyanka and Jitender Kumar Bhardwaj“Methoxychlor Induced Apoptosis In Antral Follicles Of Goat (Capra Hircus) Ovary In Vitro”

Shivachandra S. B., A. Kumar, N. N. Mohanty and R. Yogisharadhya“Immunogenicity Analysis Of Recombinant Vacj Outer Membrane Lipoprotein Of Pasteurella
Multocida In Mouse Model”

Bipin K.C.1, Sooryadas S., Deepthy B.J., Sreenish Krishna B. K., Aswathy P. and Lekshmi J. Das“Management Of Staphylococcus Infected Scrotal Abscess In A Dog Using Natural Honey As
Topical Dressin”

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SECTION
Sectional President
Sectional Local
Secretary
Sectional Recorder::

Anthropological and Behavioural Sciences (including
Archaeology, Psychology, Education and Military Sciences)Prof. Anup Kumar Kapoor
Prof. Gautam Gawali:

Dr. Rakesh K. Srivastava, Associate Professor & HeadJanuary 04, 201514.30 - 17.00
Venue
Presidential Address(30 min)

C. D. Deshmukh Bhavan:

Prof. Anup Kumar Kapoor
Former Vice-Chancellor, Jiwaji University, Department of Anthropology,
University of Delhi, Delhi

Platinum Jubilee
Lecture(30 min):

Memorial Award
Lecture (30 min):

“Anthropology and Behavioral Sciences: An Adamantine
Approach for Human Development”
Prof. Soumendra Mohan Patnaik
Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi; Delhi“Technology, Networking and Contemporary AnthropologicalResearch”
Prof. Gautam Gawali
Department of Applied Psychology and Counselling Centre, University of
Mumbai, Mumbai“Technology, Equality and Power: A Discourse on Conditionsof Peace”

Young Scientist
Award Presentations
17.20 – 17.40:

1) Sujeet Pratap, Varanasi
2) Abhishikta Ghosh Roy, Kolkata
3) Monika Saini, Delhi
SECTIONAL COMMITTEE ELECTION

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January 05, 201514.30 – 19.30
SYMPOSIUM & INVITED LECTUTRES,ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND
CONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS:
C. D. Deshmukh Bhavan

Venue

SYMPOSIUM : Role of Bio-Cultural Anthropology for Human
Development
14.30 – 16.00
INVITED LECTUTRES
Barun Mukhopadhyay
Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata“Biocultural Dimensions of Elderly Health: Some Options for Healthy Aging”

G. Gandhi
Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar“Bioethics and Medical Genetics”

H. LaminSchool of Human and Environmental Sciences, Shillong“The Impact of Globalization And Modernity on Tribal Youth of North –East India”

Rashmi Sinha
Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi“Role of Anthropology in Combating Obesity”

Subha Ray
University of Calcutta, Kolkata“Biocultural Perspectives of Menopause: Some Anthropological Observation”

Nilika Mehrotra
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi“Role of Anthropology in Disability, Rehabilitation and Social Justice”

Shefali Pandya
University of Mumbai, Mumbai“Life Skills Education as a Bridge to Human Capabilities for School Dropouts : A Mixed
Methods Research”

Udai Pratap Singh
University of Lucknow, Lucknow“Tracking Bio-cultural Pathways to Human Populations”

Shaunak Shrinivas Kulkarni
Pune University, Pune

“Biological Adaptations in Human Dentition: Life Style and Dental Variation”

Subir Biswas
West Bengal State University“Anthropology’s Contribution to Public Health”

P. Venkatramana
Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi“Role of Anthropology in Nation Development: An Indian Context”
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Renu Tyagi
SPIESR, Ahmadabad“Socioeconomic Participation of Elderly & Development: A Prospective Approach”

16.00 – 17.45
Venue
Parallel Session I
Parallel Session II

Concurrent Poster/Oral Session –I:
C. D. Deshmukh Bhavan:
Presentation of Contributed Research Papers in Anthropology,
Archaeology, Home Science and Military Science:
Presentation of Contributed Research Papers in Psychology and
Education
January 06, 201514.30 – 19.30
SYMPOSIUM & INVITED LECTUTRES,ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND
CONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS:
C. D. Deshmukh Bhavan

Venue

SYMPOSIUM : Enhancement of Human Development Through Behavioral
Sciences
14.30 – 16.30
INVITED LECTUTRES
K. Kodanda Reddy
Sri Venkateswara University Tirupathi“Metabolic Profile and Body Fat Distribution in Diabetic Hypertensives and Normotensives”

Ranjeeta Kumari
Central Forensic Science Laboratory Navi Mumbai“The Development and Application of “Forensic Science” in “Human Truth Testing” and“Crime Investigation””

N.K. Saksena
Kanpur“Anthropology and Behavioral Sciences: An Interdisciplinary Understanding in Human
Development”

Abdullah A. Ashraf
Guwahati University, Guwahati“Cultural Developments in India’s North East through the Traditions of Stone Age (Prehistoric
Northeast on Anthropo-Archaeological Perspective)”

Rajesh K. Gautam
H.S. Gour University, Sagar“Correlates and Determinants of Human Development Index”

Sushil Kumar Goel
Sri Rameshwar Dham, 102, A.K. Gopalan Nagar, Khatipura, Jaipur“Positive Thinking for Health, Happiness and Harmony”

Abhik Ghosh
Department of Anthropology Panjab University, Chandigarh“Ethical Considerations in Development: The Anthropologist as Subversive”
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Manoj Kumar Singh
Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi“Acheulian Culture of Kondapeta , Andhra Pradesh”

Arun Patwari
Associate Professor & Head of the Department/Research Centre for Defence Science, Hindu College, Moradabad“Computer Science and Technology for Defence Development”

M. Narayanaswamy
Department of Education, Bangalore University, Bangalore“A Study of Leadership Behaviour of School Heads In Relation To Academic Performance ofSecondary School Students”

S. Jibonkumar SinghHead, Department of Anthropology, Manipur University, Manipur“Obesity: A Public Health Issue”

Anjali KuraneHead, Department of Anthropology, Pune University, Pune

“Anthropology and Human Development: Opportunities & Challenges”

16.30 – 19.30
Venue
Parallel Session I::

Parallel Session II:

Poster/Oral Session –I
C. D. Deshmukh Bhavan
Presentation of Contributed Research Papers in Anthropology,
Archaeology, Home Science and Military Science
Presentation of Contributed Research Papers in Psychology and
Education
January 07, 201514.30 – 19.30
SYMPOSIUM & INVITED LECTUTRES,ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND
CONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS:
C. D. Deshmukh Bhavan

Venue

SYMPOSIUM-III : Anthropology and its Allied Human Development: A
Future14.30 – 16.30
INVITED LECTUTRES
Dr. Y.C. Simhadri
Vice Chancellor, Patna University, Patna“Youth, Criminal Tribes: DNA –An Anthropological Analysis”
Prof. Vasudha Kamat,
VC, SNDTWU, Mumbai“Learning Technologies: For Teachers and Learners of Today and Tomorrow”
Dr. Sudarsan Dash
Senior Program Manager, United States-India Educational Foundation, New Delhi“Fulbright-Nehru Fellowship Opportunities in the U.S.”
Dr. Satish Chandra Kumar
Associate Professor, Department of Applied Psychology and Counselling Centre, University of Mumbai“Building Psychological Capital to Enhance Organizational Performance”
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Dr. Meenal Dhall
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi“Anthropology: Essential for Human Development”
Dr. Ajeet Jaiswal
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry“Child Labour and Indian Carpet Industry”
Dr. Rahul Patel
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Allahabad, Allahabad“Hypertension and Life-Style Changes Among The Jaunsarese Of Uttarakhand”
Dr. K. K. N. Sharma
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Dr. Harisingh Gour Viswavidhyalya, Sagar“Tribal Health: Anthropological Perspective”
Prof. Rajni Dhingra
Head, Department of Home Science, University of Jammu“Effect of Armed Conflict On Children’s Behavior”
Prof. Subhadra Mitra Channa
Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, Delhi“Anthropology: The Science of Humanity or a Humane Discipline?”
Prof. H. C. Srivastava
Retired Professor and Head, Department of Development Studies, The International Institute for Population
Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai“Fertility Transition and Preferences among the Scheduled Castes and Tribes in India”

16.30 – 19.30
Venue
Parallel Session I::

Parallel Session II:

Poster/Oral Session –I
C. D. Deshmukh Bhavan
Presentation of Contributed Research Papers in Anthropology,
Archaeology, Home Science and Military Science
Presentation of Contributed Research Papers in Psychology and
Education

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SECTION
Sectional President
Sectional Local
Secretary
Sectional Recorder:::

Chemical Sciences
Prof. Ananda Prakash Mishra
Prof. A. K. Srivastava
Department of Chemistry, University of Mumbai
Prof. Ranjana Aggarwal
January 04, 201514.30 - 17.00
Venue
Presidential Address(30 min)::Green Technology
Prof. A. P. Mishra
Dept. of Chemistry Dr. H.S. Gour Central University, Sagar, India

Prof. Daya Shankar Pandey
Dept. of Chemistry Faculty of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

Platinum Jubilee
Lecture(30 min):Young Scientist
Award Presentations:

17.00 – 17.43“Supramolecular Inorganic Gels”
Prof. Daya Shankar Pandey
Dept. of Chemistry
Faculty of Science, Banaras Hindu University“India Supramolecular Inorganic Gels”

1) Prabhat K. Singh, Mumbai
2) Shilpi Ghosh, Delradun
3) Saikat Kumar Seth, Purba Medinipur
SECTIONAL COMMITTEE ELECTION

January 05, 201514.30 – 18.15
SYMPOSIUM & INVITED LECTUTRES,ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND
CONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS:Green Technology

Venue

SYMPOSIUM
14.30 – 16.30
INVITED LECTUTRES
Prof. Girjesh Govil
INSA Honorary Scientist, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Navy Nagar, Mumbai“Nuclear Magnetic Resonance(NMR) a journey from molecules to living systems.”
Prof. Ganesh Pandey
Director, CBMR Molecular Synthesis Laboratory, Centre of Biomedical Research, Sanjay Gandhi PGIIMS Campus,
Raebareli Road, Lucknow“Complex Natural product Structures a Driving Force for Innovations in Organic Chemistry”

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Dr. Patrick J. Baker
Director, Weapons & Materials Research Laboratory, US Army Research Laboratory, MD, USA“Basic Research in Emerging Sciences – A vision for Potential US India Collaboration”
Dr. K. S. Rangappa
Dept. of Studies in Chemistry, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore“Design and Development of Synthetic Heterocyclic Small Molecules as Drug Seeds to Prevent
Cancer.”Dr. Shashi P. Karna
Weapons and Materials Research Directorate, US Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen, MD (USA)“Bio-Nano Interface : Fundamental Understanding and Potential Applications”

16.30 – 18.15
Venue

:

Poster/Oral Session –I
Green Technology

Dr. Surendra Prasad
School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Science, Technology and Environment, The University of theSouth Pacific, Private Mail Bag, Suva,“Fiji Micellerkinetic investigation of ligand exchange reaction leading to analytical method
development”
Prof. K. K. Mishra
Dept. of Chemistry RD university, Jabalpur (M.P.).

“Nanocatalysis in the Oxidation of Some Bioactive Sulphydryl Substrates;”Dr. Anshu Dandia
Centre of Advanced Studies, Department of Chemistry, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur“Appraisal of catalytic activity of nanocatalysts towards the environ-economic synthesis ofpharmaceutically imperious heterocycles”
Prof. Neeraj Sharma
Department of Chemistry, Himachal Pradesh University, Summer Hill, Shimla“Chemistry and Biology of Hydroxamic Acids- An Intriguing Family of Bioligands”
Dr. Surya Prakash Singh
CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Tarnaka, Uppal Road, Hyderabad“Materials for Sustainable Energy: Development of 3rd Generation Excitonic Solar Cells”

January 06, 201514.30 – 18.00
SYMPOSIUM & INVITED LECTUTRES,ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND
CONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS:Green Technology

Venue

SYMPOSIUM
14.30 – 16.30
INVITED LECTUTRES
Dr. Rajeev Jain
School of Studies in Chemistry of Chemistry, Jiwaji University, Gwalior“Voltammetric Sensors in Pharmaceutical Analysis in Solubilised Systems”

Prof. Sushil K. Pandey
Department of Chemistry, University of Jammu, Jammu

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“New Generation Disubstituted Diphenlydithiophosphates of Transition and Non-Transition
Metals”

Dr. Ram T. Pardasani
School of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy, Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer, Rajasthan“multicomponent synthesis of library of Spiroheterocycles : A green route to pharmaceuticals
and healthcare”

Prof. M.M.Salunkhe
Vice Chancellor, Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University, Nashik“Some novel methodologies for synthesis of novel hybrids of some biomolecules”

Dr. D. Ashok
Department of Chemistry, Osmania University, Hyderabad“Greener Synthesis of Bis-Heterocyclic compounds and Evaluation of their antimicrobial andantioxidant activitie”

16.30 – 18.00
Venue
Dr. R. S. Ningthoujam:

Poster/Oral Session –I
Green Technology

Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai“Nanomaterials for light emitting display and cancer therapy applications”

Dr. C.S. Mathela
Department of Chemistry, Kumaun University, Nainital“Scope of Natural Products in Drug Discovery”

Dr. R. N. Yadava
Natural Products Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Dr. H. S. Gour Central University, Sagar M.P.

“Studies on Potential Allelochemicals from Indigenous Medicinal Plants”

Dr. Raj Ranjan Jha
Department of Chemistry, Ranchi University“Chemical Analysis of Hydrogeochemical Samples”

Dr. Sushil K Gupta
School of Studies in Chemistry, Jiwaji University, Gwalior“Structural Studies of Biologically Significant Schiff base Complexes”

Dr. Vineet Kumar
Chemistry Division, Forest Research Institute Dehradun“Natural polysaccharides: structural studies and derivatisation”
D.N Tripathi, DRDO Kanpur“Development of Ilastomeric Seals for Defeance Application”

Venue
14.30 – 16.30
Anish C Pandey

January 07, 2013
Green Technology
Lecture/ Oral Presentation Session

Jiwaji University“Atmospheric pollution and chemistry of medicinal flora “

S.Sharma
Magadh University“Abnormal magnetic moment of Ni(II) complexes”

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SECTION
Sectional President
Sectional Local
Secretary
Sectional Recorder

Earth System Sciences::

Prof. K.L.Shrivasava
Prof. Rajiv Mishra:

Prof. Pankaj Srivastava
January 04, 201514.30 - 16.00
Venue
Presidential Address(30 min):

New Lecture Complex
Prof. K.L.Shrivasava
J.N.V. Univ. Jodhpur

Platinum Jubilee
Lecture(30 min):Foreign Speaker’s
Lecture:“A New Type of Uranium Deposit Prospects in the IndianDesert.”Prof. Rajesh K. Srivastava
CAS in Geology, BHU, Varansi“Kerguelen Plume Induced Mantle Derived Early Cretaceous
Ultramafic-Alkaline-Carbonatite Complexes from the Shillong
Plateau, North Eastern India : Evidence for Multiple
Magmatic Instrusions.”

Prof. (Dr) R.Mishra
Mcmaster University, Hamilton, Canada.

“Water Quality and Community Health: From Detection To
Development Through Science, Technology And Partnership.
India-Canada Joint Research Project”:

1. Kartik Bera Midnapore
2. Ishya Devi Jammu
Young Scientist
3. KV Subrdmanyam Kerala
Award Presentations
4. Prakash Kumar Singh Mumbai
5. S.S. Prijith Thiruvanantpuram
17.20 – 17.40
SECTIONAL COMMITTEE ELECTION

January 05, 201514.30 – 18.00
Lectures/ORAL PRESENTATIONSANDCONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Venue
14.30 – 16.00

New Lecture Complex
Oral Presentation Session

Dr. K.L. Rai,
Former Head, ISM“Adoption Of United Nations framework Classification Of Mineral Resources In India:
Current Status, Constraints And The Way Forward.”
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Ram S. Sharma.
“Geodynamic Evolution of Himalaya.”

RSN Sastri.
“Geochemical Exploration Strategies.”

B. K. Bhadra,“Snowmelt Runoff Modeling and its Implications in Hydropower Potential Assessment inDhauliganga Catchment of Pithoragarh District, Uttarakhand.”

14.30 – 16.00

Concurrent Poster Session

Dr. V. Subramanyan“The Seismic Scenario Of Mumbai”
Dr. R.K.Bajpai“Geological Challenges In Permanent Disposal Of Radioactive Wastes In India: An Overview”
DR. P. Kundal“Geological Investigation And Mapping Of Basaltic Terrain Of Shirpur Taluka, Dhule District,
Maharashtra Using High Resolution Cartosat-I Data”

Neeraj Srivastave“Economic deposition of emerald near village Kaliguman, Tehsil Amet, District Rajsamand ofRajasthan, India”

Kumari Anjali“Prospect of utilisation of low grade limestone deposit in cement industry - A case study ofsiliceous limestone of Patratu area, District-Ramgarh, Jharkhand”
Arun Kumar Khan
“Heat capacity at constant volume of NaCl crystal under high pressure”

Neeraj Srivastave“Prospect & constrain of small scale mines of Rajasthan, India ”

R.G. Goswami“Mineral exploration in ultramafic terraines of Rajasthan”
16.00 – 17.30
Venue
Pratap Singh Parihar:

Oral Presentation Session
New Lecture Complex“Prospects of mineral prospecting in India”

B.K.Sahu“Malanjkhand polymetallic copper sulhide porphyry deposit, Madhya Pradesh, India: Review
and future prospect”

Seema Gupta“Thermo-Elastic properties of (MG1-XFEX)SIO3 Perovskite under high pressure”

Pratik Kumar Singh“Changing in Hydrological Cycle"- An Important Issue on Climate Earth System”
Dewashish Kumar“New evidence of gold, nickel-copper sulphide mineralization inferred from geological andgeophysical dataset in mafic gabbro-pyroxenite complex, central India”

Agarwal and Chandra Prakash“Evidences of neotectonic activity around Tanakpur-Champawat area, Kumaun Lesser
Himalaya”
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16.00 – 16.40
Venue
Vinod Chandra Tewari:

Concurrent Poster Session
New Lecture Complex“Himalayan Speleothems as proxy for the past climatec change and paleomonsoon”

S.K.Nag,“Deciphering groundwater quality for irrigation and domestic purposes – A GIS based casestudy of Suri I and II Blocks, Birbhum District, West Bengal, India”

Atul Kumar Varma“Hydrocarbon generation potential of selected borehole coal and shale samples from Jharia
basin, Jharkhand.”Muhsin M“Radiosonde observations of turbulence in the troposphere and lower stratosphere over Indian
monsoon region.”

K. SINGH“Characteristic study of solar activity during SolarCcycle”

Devesh Khandelwal“Hydro-geochemical study of high fluoride in ground water with help of G.I.S. application: a casestudy of Kishangarh, District Ajmer, Rajasthan”

Deepak J. Pandya“Application of cow urine , butter milk and blue green algae to decrease the salinity andimprovement of soil environment”

16.40
Venue

:

Oral Presentation Session
New Lecture Complex

Dr. Naresh Kochhar“The Malani Supercontinent”
Dr. Joydip Mukhopadhyay“Bif-Hosted Iron Ores Of The Paleo-Mesoarchean Iron Ore Group, Singhbhum Craton: An
Insight Into The Recent Advances In The Understanding Of Iron Ore Genesis”
Dr. P.S.N.Murthy“Phosphorous Problem In The Iron Ores With Special Reference To Donimalai Iron Ore
Deposits Of Bellary District, Karnataka State, India”
Upendra Kumar“A Comparative study of Nitrogen status of three varieties of Paddy”
P.M.Natarajan,“Restrain Population to Sustain Human Civilization”
More B. C“Indigenous knowledge for weather forecasting in Dhule District of Maharashtra (India)”
Sandhya“Change in land use land cover dynamics in Indira Gandhi Canal Command Area a case studyof Anupgarh and Vijayanagar Tehsils”

16.40

Concurrent Poster Session

Trilochan Singh“Hydropower Development in the Himalaya : Constraints and Challenges,with emphasis on
Geological Investigations”
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Shiv Singh Rathore et.al.
”Journey of the Jodhpur city since its foundation through Water Impounding Structures”
Dr.D.Panda“Geomorphological evolution of the Rushikulya Basin”
Sudhakr Gummadi“Study of irrigation water quality with reference to Coastal Andhra Pradesh, India”
T.M.Varat“Village and Social Transformation”
Gangadhara Rao“Impact of manganese mining activities on surface and sub-surface water quality andmanagement in Vizianagaram District, Andhra Pradesh”
M.H. Ranebennur“Inhabitable Planet Earth”
Krishna Mohan Agrawal“Moon Forms When Axis Tilts”

January 06, 201514.30-18.00
Lectures/ORAL PRESENTATIONSANDCONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Venue
14.30 – 16.00
Dr. O. P. Varma

New Lecture Complex
Oral Presentation Session“Sustainability Of Mineral Resources Conundrum”

Dr. G. Parthasarathy“Mineral Physics And Geochemistry Of Meteorites”

Dr. T. N. Jowhar“P-T Paths From Gibbs Method And Its Applications”

Dr. M. E. A. Mondal“Modern Trends And Challenges Of Classification And Genesis Of Granitic Rocks”
Arvind Solanki et.al.
“Effect of Environmental Factors on malaria among tribal population of Betul district (M.P.)
India”

S. R. Jakhar“Zootecus insularis (Ehrenberg, 1831), a useful tool to delineate path of palaeochannels andto determine their age in Western Rajasthan”

Arvind Kumar“On the study of the spatial variations in agricultural productivity in Jharkhand State”

J.Bhagatv“Growth of mining industries and environmental damages in Damodar Basin Region”

M. Devachandra Singh“Crustal deformation studies across the frontal Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis using Global
Positioning System (GPS)”
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Concurrent Poster Session

Prof. V K Verma“On Voyage And Future Of Earth Science Education In India”
Dr. Devesh Walia“Radon And Active Tectonics In The Shillong Area”
Dr. G. D. Bairag“Behavioral Study Of Changes In Aerosol Optical Thickness (Aot) At Bhopal In Central India”
Dr. Anil M. Pophare“Groundwater Resource Dev And Management In Suketi River Basin, Himachal Himalaya,
India”
G. D. Bairagi“Spectral behavior of Aerosol Optical Thickness (AOT) at Bhopal in Central India”
Pradip Kumar Bhuyan“Export efficiency of atmospheric black cabron and trace gases over North East India”
Deepali Gadkari“Multitask GIS for Urban Governance”
B. S. MANJARE“Geomorphometric analysis using GIS and Remote Sensing techniques in some part of Wardha
river basin, Maharashtra, India”
R.S.Muduli“Formation of Mother Earth”

16.00 – 17.30
Venue

Two Parallel Sessions
New Lecture Complex
Oral Presentation Session

Dr. Rimjhim Bhatnagar“Early Warning Of Desertification”
Dr. Beena Tripathi“Lithostratigraphy, Deformation History And Tectonic Framework Of Imbricate Zones In The
Frontal Part Of Kashmir Nappe, Doda Area Of Kashmir”
Dr. Arun Kumar“Evaluation Of Seismic Hazard Potential Along Active Naga-Disang Thrust Belt In Ne India”

S.S. Hangaragi“Application of Remote Sensing Technology for assessment of landuse and land cover change
analysis for sustainable development: A case study of Sandur Taluk of Bellary District of
Karnataka”

Sanjay Verma“Earth System Science and Indian Development”

Vadde Ramesh“Identification of Various Lithologies and their Quntitative Analysis using Remote Sensing &GIS, Vaddadi Area, Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh”

Atul Aditya Pandey“Morpho-Tectonic evaluation of Kosi River basin Bihar using Remote Sensing data”

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Concurrent Poster Session
New Lecture Complex

Venue

Dr. M.M. Saxena“Mining And Canal Irrigation- Serious Threats To The Ecology Of The Rajasthan Desert”
Dr.V.K. Sharma“Climate Change And Burgeon Geo-Hazards”
Dr. P. K. Kathal“An Overview On The Discordant Radiochronology And Biochronology,Lower Vindhayn
Supergroup (Lvs), Central India”
Dr. Aresh Vikram Singh“Upgradation Of Lignite Mining Waste Into Marketable Carbonaceous Fuel By Wet Sieving
Technique

R.K. Chingkhei“Estimation of evapotranspiration using Remote Sensing and GIS”

Tamilelakkiya.M“Role of Remote Sensing and GIS for identifying the human-elephant conflict vulnerable area,in the fragmented landscape - A case study of Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri Districts,
Tamilnadu”

Kamal Kant Sharma“Tectonic evolution of Barmer sedimentary basin of North-Western Indian Shield”

V.S. Parihar“New report of Arumberia Banksi (ediacaran affinity) mat structures from the Girbhakar
sandstone of Marwar Supergroup, Bhopalgarh area, Jodhpur, Western Rajasthan, India”

16.40
Venue
Dr. R.N. Sharma

Two Parallel Sessions
Oral Presentation Session
New Lecture Complex“Dynamics Of Human Rights And The Environment”

Dr. Arun Vyas
“Fluoride Contamination In Groundwater Of Nagaur District, Rajasthan And Health Hazards:
A Review”

Dr. Jakhar Sukesh“Basin Analyis Of Neo- Proterozoic Sandstone Around Bidasar (Churu), Rajasthan, India”

Dr. Anita Pande“Geomorphic Evolution, Land Use/Cover Status And Hazardous Geomorphic Processes In
Central Lesser Himalaya”

V.S. Parihar“Thalassinoides and its associated trace fossils from Girbhakar sandstone of Marwar
Supergroup, Bhopalgarh area, Jodhpur, Rajasthan”

Sinam Reema Chanu“Ground Penetrating Radar to estimate sediment thickness in Punem lake, Manipur”

Ansuya Bhandari et.al“Miocene rodentia from Dharmsala Group in Kangra Valley, Himachal Pradesh, a step
forward in the past Coeval Himalayan faunal records”
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B.N. Tiwari et.al“Exotic Murid rodent parapodemus sp. from Middle Siwalik of Mohand, District Saharanpur,
as Harbinger of Micropaleontological Studies in the region”

P.M.Natarajan“Sharing the excess Indian water resources with the people of the Nation is not a sin but a
boon”

16.40
Venue

Concurrent Poster Session
New Lecture Complex

Dr. R.S.Rawat“Homogenization Experimental Studies Of Alkali Feldspars From The Northwestern Himalayan
Granites, India”
Dr. Ramanathan,“Introducing Microbiology In The Indian Earth System Science Curriculum: A Game Changing
Decision”
Dr. Sushmitha Baskar“Speleothems From Krem Mawsmai, Meghalaya, India: Some Biogenic Evidence”
Dr. Atul Kumar Varma“Hydrocarbon Generation Potential Of Selected Borehole Coal And Shale Samples From Jharia
Basin, Jharkhand”

Divya Prakash“Regional metamorphism and zonal division of Darjeeling-Mangpu Region, Eastern Himalaya,West Bengal”

Ganapathi Rao .P, Reddy“GRADISTAT: A grain size distribution and statistics package for the analysis of unconsolidated
sediments of Nagavali River Estuary, East Coast of India, Andhra Pradesh”

T. Bharathi Mohan“Water transfer by tangential line method”

Ashok Kumar Sinha“Water resourcs: Adversity and solutions”

January 07, 201514.30-18.00
Lectures/ORAL PRESENTATIONSANDCONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Venue
14.30 – 16.00
Anup Kumar, et.al

New Lecture Complex
Oral Presentation Session“Groundwater quality assessment in Loharu Block, Bhiwani district, haryana using GIS”

Deepak J. Pandya“An investigation into water quality assessment and some activity based project work withreference to ecological significance”

Patil S.P. et.al“Analysis of morphometry of Amravati River, Maharashtra, India”
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Edmund K. Mawkhiew“Vertical Electrical Sounding technique to delineate aquifer zones in the hard rock terrainaround Jowai Town, West Jaintia Hills District, Meghalaya”

Sunanda. I. Kittali“Assessment of wetland resources for sustainable development of Belgaum District of
Karnataka: Using multispectral satellite data”

Padmini Pani
“Quantitative and spatial assessment of fluvial erosion in relation tomorphometric properties: A case study ofParvati River Basin”

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SECTION
Sectional President
Sectional Local
Secretary
Sectional Recorder::

Engineering Sciences
Prof. Atul Sitaram Padalkar
Prof. Rajiv Mishra:

Prof. Pankaj Srivastava
January 04, 201514.30 - 17.30
Venue
Presidential Address(30 min)
Platinum Jubilee
Lecture(30 min)

New Lecture Complex:

Founder and Principal, Flora Institute of Technology, Off National Highway
4, Pune:“Engineering and Technology for Development of India”
Dr. Anand DeshpandeFounder, Persistent Systems Limited, Pune:
Young Scientist
Award Presentations
17.20 – 17.40

Dr. Atul S. Padalkar

1.
2.
3.
4.

“How could technology be the Bramhastra for
India’sDevelopment?”
Debarghya Chakraborty, Kharagpur
U. Ashok Kumar, Hyderabad.
Shveta Mahajan, Chandigarh.
Dhanya C. T. New Delhi.

SECTIONAL COMMITTEE ELECTION

January 05, 201514.30 – 17.30
SYMPOSIUM & INVITED LECTUTRES,ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND
CONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS:New Lecture Complex

Venue

SYMPOSIUM
14.30 – 16.00
INVITED LECTUTRES
Mr. Pramod ChoudhariFounder, Praj Industries Limited“Different Technologies for “Clean Ganga” Project”
Prof. R. K. Khandal
Vice Chancellor, Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow“Emerging Trends in Technical Education in India vis-à-vis Sustainability and Growth”
Dr. Mohan Khedkar
Vice Chancellor, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University“Efficient Solar Power System: Need of the day”
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January 06, 201514.30 – 17.30
SYMPOSIUM & INVITED LECTUTRES,ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND
CONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS:New Lecture Complex

Venue

SYMPOSIUM
14.30 – 16.00
INVITED LECTUTRES
Dr. Chandan Chowdhury
Managing Director, Dassault Systemes India“Accelerating the Growth of Indian Economy by Leveraging Scientific Software andApplications”

Sudarsan Dash
“Fulbright-Nehru Fellowship Opportunities in the U.S”

Dr D. Datta
Scienctist-H and Head of Computational Radiation Physics Section of Health Physics Division of Bhabha Atomic
Research Centre, Mumbai“Development of Intelligent Computational Tools for Management of Water Quality and its
sustainability ”

January 07, 201514.30 – 16.00
SYMPOSIUM & INVITED LECTUTRES,ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND
CONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS:New Lecture Complex

Venue

SYMPOSIUM
14.30 – 16.00
INVITED LECTUTRES
Dr. Mohan Godse
Senior Vice President, Endurance Pvt. Ltd., Pune.

“Opportunities and Challenges for Indian Auto Suppliers Sustainable Growth”
Dr. Shraddha Ingale
Professor , P.G. Dept. of Mathematics, New Arts, Comm. & Sci College, Ahmednagar (MS) India“Application of Generalized(Fuzzy) Measures in Risk Analysis”

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SECTION
Sectional President
Sectional Local
Secretary
Sectional Recorder::

Environmental Sciences
Dr. Kashinath Bhattacharya
Dr. Rakesh Kumar:

Smt. Maitree G. Tiwari
January 04, 201514.30 - 18.00
Venue
Presidential Address(30 min)

New Lecture Complex:

Professor & Former Head, Department of Botany, Visva-Bharati University,
Santiniketan West Bengal

Platinum Jubilee
Lecture(30 min):Young Scientist
Award Presentations:

17.20 – 17.40

Dr. Kashinath Bhattacharya“Atmospheric Biopollution with Reference to Pollen Allergyand Human Health”
Dr. P. P. Dhyani
Director, GBPIHED, Kosi-Katarmal, Almora, Uttarakhand“Climate Change Impacts on Himalayan Biodiversity:
Conservation and Development Implications”

1) Nivedita Chaudhary, Varanai2) N.R. Das, New Delhi
3) Debanjana Sengupta, Kolkata
SECTIONAL COMMITTEE ELECTION

January 05, 201514.30 – 17.30
SYMPOSIUM & INVITED LECTUTRES,ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND
CONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS:New Lecture Complex

Venue

SYMPOSIUM: Assessment and Mitigation of Environmental Pollution for
Better Livelihood
14.30 – 16.00
INVITED LECTUTRES
Prof. S. T. Tilak
Emeritus Professor, Former Dean & Head, Marathawada University, Aurangabad“Relevance of Aeromycology to Biodeterioration and Crop Diseases”
Dr. Santosh Kumar Tiwari
GE Healthcare, GE BE Pvt. Ltd. No. 60, Export Promotion Industrial Park, Whitefield, Bangalore“Nanotechnology and its impact on environment”
Dr. Bagyanarayana Gaddam
Department of Botany, Osmania University Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh“Mitigation of Environmental Pollution-Simple Solutions For Better Living”
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16.00 – 17.45
Venue

Poster/Oral Session –I:

New Lecture Complex

Dr. S. B. Jogdand,
Associate Scienctist, Department of Botany, Yashwantrao Mohite College, Bharati Vidyapeeth, Pune

“Eco-friendly Environmental Dynamics of House Dust Mites and their Role in Manifestation ofAllergy”
Dr. K.S.Ramchander Rao
Prof. & Head, Dept. Of Biotechnology, Hyderabad“Nanotechnology, Environment and Pollution: An Objective Approach”
Dr. Paromita Chakraborty
SRM Research Institute, SRM University, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu

“Atmospheric Emission of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in India: Implications for Health Risk
Assessmen”
Dr. G.Panduranga Murthy
Mandavya First Grade College, (Affiliated to University of Mysore), M.C.Road, Mandy“Providing safe (fluoride free) and sufficient drinking water to economic growth - A Pilot
stud”
Dr. Anil K Dwivedi
Department of Botany, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur , U.P.

“Risk Over Water Resource”
Dr. Allam Vijaya Bhasker Reddy
Dept of Botany, University College of Science, Saifabad, Hyderabad, Telangana state“Airborne Allergy: Solutions From The Aerobiolog”

16.00 – 17.45
Concurrent Poster/Oral Session –I
SYMPOSIUM: Assessment and Mitigation of Environmental Pollution for Better Livelihood
Venue:
New Lecture Complex
Dr. Anil K. Raina
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Jammu, Jammu“Phytodiversity – distributional pattern and priorities for conservation in Chenab Valley,
Jammu and Kashmir”

Dr. R. N. Yadava
Department of Chemistry, Dr. H. S. Gour Central University, Sagar M.P.

“Study of Diuretic Active Plants”

Dr. Prasanjit Mukherjee
Plant Taxonomy and Ecology Research Lab, Dept of Botany, KKM College, Pakur“Studies on Status of Aquatic and Semi Aquatic Angiospermic Biodiversity of Jharkhand(India) and their Conservation”

Dr. B. P. Mishra
Department of Environmental Science,Mizoram University,Aizawl Mizoram“Integrated research on impact of sandstone quarry on plant diversity, soil fertility and riverwater quality in Mizoram, North East India”

Dr. Chowdhury Habibur Rahaman
Department of Botany, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan“Ethnobotany as a research tool for conservation and management of plant resources : The
Quantitative approaches”
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Dr. Asis Kumar Nandi
Department of Botany & Forestry, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore West Bengal“Aphrodisiac herbs Chlorophytum spp. - their occurrence, diversity and conservation in thestate of West Bengal”

14.30 – 17.30
Venue
P.P. Dhyani & R.S. Rawal

Poster/Oral Session
New Lecture Complex

G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, Almora“Strengthening Trans-boundary Cooperation for Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable
Development in the Himalayan Region”

Arup Kumar Mitra, Ayan Chandra, Adrika Raybarman, Kazi Atikur Rahman, Russel Miranda
Vincent, Sayantani Chatterjee & Upasana Sen
St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata“ Isolation and Characterisation of Lignin-Degrading Fungus from Coir”

Anamica Das, Debosmita Kundu, Devleena Bandopadhyay, Gopinath Chattopadhyay, Prasun
Roy Raju Mandal & Pinky Banerjee
St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata“Isolation and characterization of dye degrading bacteria from Kasba, Kolkata”

Asha Gupta
Manipur University, Imphal“Sacred Groves of Manipur, In-Situ Centres of Biodiversity Conservation”

Ravindra K. Joshi and Ranbeer S. Rawal
G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, Almora“Development of Pollination Management Plan in mustard agro-ecosystem of West Himalaya”

14.30 – 17.30
Concurrent Poster/Oral Session
Venue
New Lecture Complex
Tanmoy Basak & Kashinath Bhattacharya,
Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan.

“Identification of IgE reactive proteins from pollen of Spathodea campanulata -an avenue treeof West Bengal”

Fauzia Siddiqui, P.K. Tandon & S. Srivastava
Department of Botany, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, Institute of Environment & Sustainable Development,
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi“Arsenic impacts the oxidative status and antioxidant responses in Ocimum tenuiflorum L”

Kaushiki Goswami, Gargi Dinda, Atanu Mitra & Dipankar Halder,
Jadavpur University, Kolkata, Sree Chaitanya College, Habra“Vitamin C (L-Ascorbic Acid) Mediated Copper Nanoparticle Synthesis and Assessment of Its
Antibacterial Activity”

R. NathU.G.C.- D.A.E. Consortium for Scientific Research, Indore“Electrets In Air Pollution Control and Measurement”

Debarati Dey & Swati Gupta Bhattacharya, Bose Institute, Kolkata“Aeromycological monitoring in Kolkata with the study of the allergenic significance ofCurvularia pallescens”

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January 06, 201514.30 – 17.30
SYMPOSIUM & INVITED LECTUTRES,ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND
CONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS:New Lecture Complex

Venue

SYMPOSIUM: Assessment and Mitigation of Environmental Pollution for
Better Livelihood
14.30 – 15.30
INVITED LECTUTRES
Prof. Sunirmal Chanda
Former Chairman, Dept. of Botony, Bose Inst., Kolkata“Global Warming and Climate Change - Myth or Reality ”
Dr. Soli Arceivala
Ex-Director, NEERI, Mumbai“Why Green Technologies are Good for India’s Economy and Environmen”

13.30 – 17.45
Venue

Invited Speaker:

New Lecture Complex

Dr. Narayan Chandra Mandal
Department of Botany, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan,West Bengal“Mechanism of Degradation of a herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid by a strain of
Pseudomonas putid”
Dr. Arup Kumar Mitra
P.G.Department of Microbiology, St.Xavier’s College, Kolkata“Dynamism of Airborne Aspergillus spp”
Dr. Bihari SinghP. G. Department of Environmental Sciences, A. N. College, Patna, Bihar, India“Use of Constructed Wetland Based System for Waste Water Treatment”
Dr. Sanjoy Misra
Department of Chemistry, Ranchi University, Ranchi, Jharkhand“Contamination of Sugar by the Corrosion of Metallic Container”
Dr. Raj Ranjan Jha
Department of Chemistry,Ranchi University Ranchi“Comparative study of the natural and synthesized material for defluoridation”
Dr. A.K. Pandey,
Department of Biological Sciences R. D. University, Jabalpur“Municipal Solid Waste Leachate Management in Jabalpur City”

Oral Session
Venue
New Lecture Complex
Subarna Bhattacharyya, Debleena Mukherjee, Paushali Sarkar, Sreya Ghosh
Jadavpur University, Kolkata, Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata“Studies on airborne indoor fungi at a heritage building in Kolkata, West Bengal, India”

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Sanjeev Kumar Tiwari and Jayanta Kumar Saha
University of Burdwan, Burdwan“Judicial Activism and Protection of Environment in India: A Critical Analysis”

Kushan Chowdhury, Neeraja Marathe, Parijat Das, Prateeka Borar, Sowptika Pal , Arup Kumar
Mitra & Sudeshna Shyam Chowdhury
St.Xavier’s College, Kolkata“Isolation of a novel microbe capable of degrading azodye”

Mahua Das
The Bhawanipur Education Society College, Kolkata.

“Bio-chemical degradation in marine ecosystem by trawl netting in West Bengal offshore”

Md. Nazrul Islam,
Kolhan University, Chaibasa.

“Fuel Cells:Ecofriendly an Alternative source of energy”

14.30 – 15.30

Concurrent Poster/Oral Session –I

SYMPOSIUM: Documentation, Utilization and Conservation of Biodiversity for
Inclusive Development

Venue

:

New Lecture Complex

Dr. M.G. Tiwari
Department of Botany, Deoghar College, Deoghar, S.K.University, Jharkhand“Ecological studies of Bakhira lake at Sant Kabir Nagar (U.P.), India”

Venue
Dr. Punarbasu Chaudhuri

Oral Session
New Lecture Complex

Dept. of Environmental Science, University of Calcutta, Kolkata“Diversity and Conservation of Mangroves: Initiatives from Indian Sundarban”
Dr. J.L. Tarar
Dept. of Environmental Science, Institute of Science, Nagpur“Studies on Algal Flora of Some Potable and Non-potable Water Bodies in &around Nagpur
City, Maharashtra”
Dr. Subrata Mondal
Department of Botany, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan“Pollination Biology and Conservation of Bio-resources”
Dr. Ratul Datta
Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, Government of West Bengal, Kolkata“Human Development Study and Environment with Role of Media In Today’s World in Last
Decad”
Dr. Nimai Chandra Barui
Department of Botany, Bethune College, Kolkata“Diversity of mangrove plants in relation to palaeoenvi- ronment during Quaternary Period in
Bengal Basin”
Dr. Srinivas Ankanagari
Dept of Genetics, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana State“Light Signal Transduction Cascade in Higher Plants - A Complex Coordinated Multiple
Pathways, Networks and Integrated Circuits Orchestrate Photomorphogenic Response”

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January 07, 201514.30 – 16.00
SYMPOSIUM & INVITED LECTUTRES,ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND
CONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS:New Lecture Complex

Venue

SYMPOSIUM: Assessment and Mitigation of Environmental Pollution for
Better Livelihood
14.30 – 15.00
INVITED LECTUTRES
Dr. M.C. Mahata
Retd. Prof. of Zoology, Ranchi Univesity, Ranchi, Jharkhand“Some Environmental Issues of dwindling Food Security in the State of Jharkhand, India”
Dr. Santanu Mukherjee
Forschungszentrum Jülich,Institut für Bio- und Geowissenschaften IBG-3 Agrosphäre, 52428 Jülich, German“Biomixtures for Prevention of Point Source Pollution of Pesticide”

Dr. Abhishek Kumar Awasthi, Maitree G. Tiwari & A.K. Pandey,
Department of Biological Sciences R. D. University, Jabalpur, India“Sustainable Approach for Management of Municipal Solid Waste Leachate”
Dr. Suguna Madala
Department of Chemistry, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, A.P.

“Removal of Manganese (II) from aqueous solutions by using novel composite chitosan
biosorbent”
Dr. Kamal Kishor Singh & Bihari Singh
Associate Professor ,PG. Dept of Chemistry, Dept of Environmental Science A.N. College, Patna“Study of Some Fluorosis Affected Adult, Child Dental Caries and Their Bmi Value in Nawada
Districts Of Bihar”
Dr. Swati Gupta Bhattacharya
Department of Plant Biology, Bose Institute, Kolkata“Present Status of Pollen Allergy in India”

Oral Presentation Session
Venue
New Lecture Complex
S.K.Dash, B.B.Kar, A.K.Rathe and P.S.Mukherjee
KIIT University, Bhubaneswar,CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar.

“Preparation, characterization and strength evaluation of pelletized lightweight fly ash
aggregate”

Arti Joshi and Subrat Sharma
G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment & Development, Almora“Multi-sensor satellite observations can predict influence of climate change on Himalayan
plants”

Biswajyoti Bikomiya Deori, Panna Deb and Hilloljyoti Singha, Assam University, Sichar“Traditional management of Pan Jhum by the Khasi tribe in Barak Valley, Assam”

Usha Bajpai
University of Lucknow , Lucknow“Using Renewable Energy For Clean Environment and Better Livelihood”
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Sunita Kumari, Priyanka Singh, Pratima Tiwary & Kumar Kaushalendra
V K S University, Ara Maharaja College, Ara, S P Jain College, Sasaram, Shershah College, Sasaram,“Increasing use of metals like Arsenic, Mercury and Lead is warning for health andenvironment”

Ravindra K. Joshi and Ranbeer S. Rawal
G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, Almora“Development of Pollination Management Plan in mustard agro-ecosystem of West Himalaya”

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SECTION
Sectional President
Sectional Local
Secretary
Sectional Recorder::

Information and communication science and technology(Including Computer Science)Prof . Aparajita Ojha
Prof . Prachi Gharpure:

Dr. Arun D. Gangrade

January 04, 201514.30 - 17.00
Venue
Presidential Address(30 min):

PDPM IIITDM, Jabalpur“The Era of Extreme Multimedia Applications and Secure
Communication: Emerging Field of Visual Cryptography”
H. P. Dikshit, Honorary Chairman, EPCO Institute of Environmental:

Invited Lecture

New Lecture Complex
Aparajita Ojha

Studies, MP Govt. Bhopal

Young Scientist
Award Presentations(each 10 min
presentation + 5 min
Q and A):

School of Computer and Systems
Sciences (SC&SS)
JNU, New Delhi:

17.20 – 17.40“ICT Enabled Interventions for Human Resource
Development”
Parallel Session 1
Parallel Session 2
Venue:
Venue:
Karmeshu
Prabhat Ranjan“Statistical Characterizationof Spiking Patterns in
Neuronal Dynamics:
Emergence of Power law
behaviour and Bimodality”

Executive Director, TIFAC, New Delhi“Application of Network
Embedded System to Nationaland Societal Areas”

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Platinum Jubilee
Lecture(30 min)14.30 – 17.30

Venue
15:15 – 16.45:

January 05, 2015
Manindra Agrawal
IIT Kanpur“The P <> NP Hypothesis”

SYMPOSIUM & INVITED LECTUTRES,ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND
CONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS:New Lecture Complex
SYMPOSIUM: Trends in Computer Vision

14.30 – 15.00
INVITED LECTUTRES
P. K. Biswas
Head, Computer & Informatics Centre, IIT Kharagpur“Creation and Processing of 3-D Images”
Pritee Khanna,
PDPM IIITDM Jabalpur“Advances in Medical Imaging and Image Analysis”
N. S. Chaudhary
Director, VNIT Nagpur & Professor, IIT Indore“Information Technology and Computer Science and Engineering: Mega-Trends”

16.45 – 17.45
Venue
S. K. Jayanthi, M. Nithya

Oral Presentation Session
New Lecture Complex“Automatic Car License Plate Detection System Using Diagonal Edge Segmentation”

Aadesh M Bagmar, M.A.Zaveri“Real-Time Facial Expression Recognition using Eigen Faces”

Manish T. Wanjari, Mahendra P. Dhore“Implementing Document Image Segmentation Using Region Based Methods”

Dr. G. M. Nasira, Mrs. P. Banumathi“Design of Levenberg-Marquardt based Artificial Neural Network Identifier for Fabric Image
Defect”

Concurrent Invited Lectures/Oral Presentations
Venue
New Lecture Complex
14.30 – 15.00
Oral Prasentations
Swapna Banerjee, Arun Kumar Chakraborty“Preservation and Conservation - the Science in Library and Information Science”

Ranjit Kumar Das, Rasmita Mohanty“E-book, need of the hour in Academic Library: Analytical study”

Arun Kumar Chakraborty, Ranjan Kumar Maji, Shyamal Kumar Roy Choudhury“An Ontology Based Cloud Computing Framework for efficient sharing of e-resources between
consortia members”
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Rajneesh, M.S. Rana
“Citation Analysis of Computer Science Literature”

16.45 – 17.45
Oral Presentation Session
Venue
New Lecture Complex
Vrushali V.Gaike, Nazneen Akhtar, Savita A.Lothe, P.D.Deshmukh“Breast Cancer Diagnosis: Analyzing Image Mining Techniques on Mammogram”
Lothe Savita, A.Gaike Vrushali, V.Deshmukh Prapti D“Visual Enhancement of Mammogram Image using Discrete Fourier Transform”
S. Sridevi M. Sundaresan“Challenges in Plaque Layer Analysis with Intravascular Ultrasound Images Based on
Shape Parameter Measurements”
Dr. M. Sundaresan Boopathy. D“Digital Watermark Security Model for Data Storage In Public Cloud Model”
January 06, 201514.30 – 16.00
SYMPOSIUM & INVITED LECTUTRES,ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND
CONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS:New Lecture Complex

Venue

SYMPOSIUM: Graph and Geometric Algorithms and Their Applications
14.30 – 15.30
INVITED LECTUTRES
Subir K. Ghosh,School of Technology and Computer Science, TIFR, Bombay“Computing a Maximum Clique in Visibility Graphs”

Vasudeva Varma
IIIT Hyderabad“Automatic Summarization of Textual Documents”

Saket Saurabh
Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Taramani, Chennai“Coping with NP-hardness with Parameters”
Nitya Karmakar
Macquarie City Campus(MQC), Faculty of Business and Economics, Macquarie University, Sydney - Australia“Technology, Knowledge and Innovation: Keys for Human and Economic Developments”
15.30 – 17.45
Invited Lectures/Oral Presentation Session
Venue
New Lecture Complex
K.Swapna,M.S. Prasad Babu, B. Jogeswara Rao“Clustering of ILPD Dataset with K-Means, Hierarchical and DBSCAN Algorithms”

Shailaja Rego,Naresh Kumar,“Study of Impact on growth of rural Telecom in India based on consumer spending pattern andimplemented Government policies”

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G.T.Prabavathi ,V. Thiagarasu“Detecting Overlapping Communities in Complex Networks Using Multi-Label Propagation”

V. R. Dhawale, J. A. Tidke, S. V. Dudul“Development of Efficient Algorithm for Classification of Pollen Grain Using Computational
Intelligence Approach”

S. Kanchana, Antony Selvadoss Thanamani“An Enhanced Approach on Multiple Imputation of Missing Values Using Supervised Learning
Technique”

Mayank Aggarwal, Nishant Kumar“Scheduling Algorithms affecting QoS of Cloud Environment”

Anjali M Burande“Soft Computing Diagnostic System for Osteoporosis in Indian Women”

Venue
14.30 – 15.30

Concurrent Invited Lectures/Oral Presentations
New Lecture Complex
Session: ISCA- IEEE Session

Aiyappan Pillai
IEEE Bombay Section,Member ISOC & Owner/ICT Consultant at Congruent Services“An Overview of IEEE Global and IEEE Bombay Section”

B. Satyanarayana
Technical Activity Chair, IEEE Bombay Section & TIFR, Bombay“Relevance of IEEE standards in accelerating the technology deployments”

S.N. Islam
Division of Computer Applications, IASRI, New Delhi“Management of Seed Spices through Expert System: An ICT initiative in Agriculture”

15.30 – 17.45
Oral Presentation Session
Venue
New Lecture Complex
Rahul Khokale Mamesh Mathankar“Intelligent Natural Language Interface for Web-based Information Retrieval”

Deepak L. Waikar“SMART Education Model for Human Capital Development of Smart Cities”

A. K. Walunj, Madhuri Salunke, A. D. Shaligram“Reliability and In- time Delivery Transmission of Light Illumination Data with Wireless Sensor
Network”

M. Thiyagarajan, Chaitanya Raveendra, V. Thiagarasu“Use of Logic Programming and XML Documents in Web Service”

Poonam Prasad, Smita Parse“A recent Trend in Open Source Software’s Technologies”

Poonam M. Rokade, R. R. Manza“Population based Assessment of Prevalence of Diabetic Retinopathy: Indian Scenario”

Sumesh Sood, Arvind Kalia, Hardeep Singh“A Metric Framework for Reengineering Process with a Case Study”

G. Padmavathi, L.S. Sindhuja“Artificial Immune System and its applications to Computer Security - An Overview”

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January 07, 201514.30-15.15

Venue
14.30 – 14.30

INVITED LECTUTRES,ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND
CONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS:New Lecture Complex
INVITED LECTUTRES

P. N. Singh
Principal, GIST (Engg. College), Rayagada, Odisha“Metamorphosis Images – Better Application of Genetic Algorithms”
14.30 – 15.15
Oral Presentation Session
Venue
G. Padmavathi, J. Saranya“A Survey on Various Intrusion Detection Systems and Security Approaches in Cloud Computing”

Gyan Singh Yadav, Aparajita Ojha
“A Fast and Lossless Data Hiding Scheme Using Gray Scale Images”

Rajkumar Yadav, Sucheta Yadav“A Robust Approach for Digital Watermarking in Frequency Domain”

S.K. Jayanthi, K. Sridevi, J.P. VishnuPriya“Medical Image Watermarking in Dual Domains Using LSB and Additive Techniques”

Venue
14.30 – 14.30

Concurrent Invited Lectures/Oral Presentations
New Lecture Complex
Invited Lecture

K. K. Saini
Director-General, CCLS Group of Institutes, Rohtak, Haryana“Algorithm for latest Multi-Applications on Wireless Sensor Network Information Comm.
Industry Based Systems”

14.30 – 15.15
Shivani Yadav

Oral Presentation Session“A New Image Steganography Technique for Hiding Data Using Logical and Operation”

S. Revathi, A. Malathi“An Effective Analysis for Intrusion Detection Based On Neuro Fuzzy Inference System Using
Real Time Network Data”

Yuvaraj K. S., Prasanavenkatesan R.
“Social Applications and Security Issues In Cognitive Radio Network”

Nidhi Sandal, AvinashKumar“Visualisation of Patent Datasets for Technology Mappin”

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SECTION
Sectional President:

Materials Science
Dr. Arvind Kumar Saxena,
Outstanding Scientist & Director,
Defence Materials & Stores Research & Development Establishment,
Defence R & D Organisation, Govt. of India, Ministry of Defence, Kanpur

Sectional Local
Secretary:

Prof. D. C. Kothari
Professor of Physics and I/C Director ,Dept. of Nanosciences and Nanotechnology,
University of Mumbai, Mumbai

Sectional Recorder:

Dr. Ashish Kumar
Assistant Professor ,Department of Chemistry, Agra College, U.P

January 04, 201514.30:00 – 17:20
Presidential Address(30 min):

Platinum Jubilee
Lecture(30 min):Special lecture on
the subject ofRegional Importance(20 min):17.20 – 17.40

Dr Arvind Kumar Saxena,
Director , DMSRDE, Kanpur“Multi-Functional Materials for Sustainable Development”

Dr A.K. Tyagi
Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
Mumbai - 400 085, India“Design of New Functional Materials: Chemical andCrystallographic Insights”

Prof. Antonio Miotello- Foreign Speaker
Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Trento, I-38123 Povo (Trento), Italy“New photocatalytic coatings assembled with nanoparticles,
core-shell and urchin nanoparticles to purify water”

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January 05, 201514.30 – 17.30
SYMPOSIUM & INVITED LECTUTRES,ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND
CONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS:National Center for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology

Venue
14.30 – 15.30

SYMPOSIUM
15.45 – 16.00
INVITED LECTUTRESS. Manocha
University School of Basic & Applied Sciences, G.G.S. Indraprastha University, New Delhi 110075“Development of Mesoporous nanoparticles Inorganic Materials for sorption of toxic ions”

Bhuvanesh Gupta
Bioengineering Laboratory, Department of Textile Technology Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi“Innovative World of Bioengineering & Human Healthcare”

Arvind Dixit
Department of Chemistry, V.S.S.D. College, Kanpur“Studies on the Structural Properties of Multifunctional Polyphposphazene Elastomers”

14.30 – 17.00

Concurrent Poster Session –I(P-001 to P-30)
Venue:
National Center for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology
A.Rubia Juliet and S.Amsamani
Department of Textiles and Clothing,Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for
Women,Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India“A Comparative Study on Analyzing the Anti-Bacterial Efficiency of Leaf, Stem and Root
Extracts of Pisoniagrandis – A Pre-Study for Wound Healing Bandages”

Datta Kakde, Vinod Barote, C. M. Kale, and Ashok Pandit
Yeshwantrao Chavan College, Sillod, Dist- Aurangabad, (M.S.) India- 431112
Santnyaneshwar College, Soygaon, Dist- Aurangabad (M.S.) India- 431120
Indraraj College, Sillod“A study of Effect of V2O5 on Structural and Electrical Properties on System
Ni0.3Cu0.2Zn0.5Fe2O4xV2O5”

Dr. Shad Husain
Assistant Professor Department of physics Shia P.G. College Lucknow“An Application of Coupled Clusters Expansion to generate the complete ground state due ton-n interaction”

Vasudeo Kulkarni, Sampat Suryawanshi
Department of Physics Hutatma Rajguru Mahavidyalaya, Rajgurunagar Pune (MS) India 410505
Department of Chemistry Hutatma Rajguru Mahavidyalaya, Rajgurunagar Pune (MS) India“Biosynthesis of Copper Nanoparticles”

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Neelam Pundhir and Jaiswar Gautam
Department of Chemistry, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Agra - 282002, India.

“Comparative effect of BaCO3 Nanoparticles on Thermal stability of Poly (vinylidene
fluoride) polymer”

Vineeta Nigam Sandeep Kumarand Mritunjay Kumar Pandey
Defence Materials and Stores Research and Development and Establishment, G T Road, Kanpur-13, India“Compatibilising effect of polyphophazene on high performance nanocomposites of
PEEK/PEI/functionalised carbon nanotubes”

Abhijit A Nalawade
Samundra Institute of Maitime Studies, Lonavala-410405“Corrosion Behaviour of Stainless Steel Grade-316L Cargo Tanks in Various Concentration of
Sulphuric Acid”

Abhai Kumar, Sanjoy Kanojia, Debmalya Roy and Kingsuk Mukhopadhyay
Nanoscience and Technology Division, Defence Materials and Stores R & D Establishment (DRDO), GT Road,
Kanpur“Design and modification of arc discharge system for continuous encapsulation of fullerene
into nanotube”

D. Kumar,Vandana Rajput, R.P. Singh
Centre of Research for Chemical Sciences, Post Graduate Department of Chemistry,
Post Graduate Department of Physics SMS Govt. Model Science College, Jiwaji University, Gwalior“Designing of biological active novel material: s-benzyl β-n (o-nitrophenyl methyl)
methylenedithiocarbazate”

Rohit K. Mahdule, Kakde A, Wakde G, Shingade B& Sarkar N
Institute of Science, Nagpur-440001(MS), India
Dr. Ambedkar College ,Nagpur-440010(MS), IndiaNKS Model College, Karanja, Wardha-442203 (MS),India
BMV Amgaon, Gondia-441902, (MS), India“Effect of simultaneous substitution of Ca-Ba-La in Sr-M Hexagonal ferrites on
Thermoelectric and Dielectric parameters”

L. Ammayappan, M.Bhowmick, S. Debnath, D.P.Ray, R.K.Ghosh, S.D.Gupta, S.Chakraborty,
D.Mondal, S.Islam and P.K. Ganguly
ICAR-National Institute of Research on Jute and Allied Fibre Technology
Regent Park, Kolkata2- ICAR-Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology Adenwala road,
Matunga(East), Mumbai National Institute of Research on Jute and Allied Fibre Technology, 12 Regent Park,
Kolkata“Effect of sodium hydroxide treatment and weave structure on mechanical properties of
jute: unsaturated polyester based polymeric composites”

J.S. Ashwajeet, T.Sanakarappa, R.Ramanna, T. Sujatha, G.B. Devidas, M. Prashant Kumar, N.
Nagaraja and B.Vijaya Kumar
Department of Physics, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga, Karnataka 585106, India.
Department of Physics, Government First Grade College, Aurad, Bidar (Dt), Karnataka, India.
Department of Physics, Prouda Devaraya Institute of Technology, Hospet, Karnataka, India
Department of Physics, RYM Engineering College, Ballary, Karanakta, India“Electrical Conduction in Borophosphate glasses doped with transition and alkali ions”

Gauri Shankar, Naresh Kumar and Manish Kumar
University Deptt.of Physics, L.N.Mithila University, Darbhanga
Lecturer in Physics, Govt. Resi. OBC+2 Girls H/S, Darbhanga“Electromagnetic interaction between a carbon nanotube and plasmonic nano particle”
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Bhuvan Bhasker Srivastava
Department of Physics,Shia P.G. College (An associated college of University of Lucknow), Lucknow, U.P., India“Electron Paramagnetic Resonance and Optical Absorption study of VO2+ doped in
Cadmium Ammonium Sulphate Hexahydrate”

Rajivekumar, Anita Rani, Ram Mehar Singh
Department of Physics, HCTM Technical Campus, Kaithal (Haryana) India
Department of Physics, University College Kurukshetra,
Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra (Haryana) India
Department of Physics, Ch. Devi Lal University, Sirsa (Haryana) India“Elemental Analysis of Five Rupee and One Pound Coin with EDXRF Technique”

Shashank Sripad, S .Jayanth Kumar, and Anjana Jain
Principal Scientist Materials Science Division National Aerospace Laboratories Bangalore“Development and Characterization of polyvinylidene fluoride-polyaniline films for
improved dielectric properties”

S. G. Badheand S. N. Helambe
P.G. and Research center, Dept. of Electronics, Deogiri College, Aurangabad, India“Estimation of some electrical parameters of food Preservative Potassium Meta-Bisulphateusing TDR technique”

Resmi.G and Dr.S.Amsamani
Department of Textiles and Clothing,Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for
Women,Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.

“Evaluation of the synergistic effect of chitosan and Siam weed extracts treated spun laceviscose non-woven fabric for antimicrobial activity”

Durga Prasad Gogoi
Associate professor and H.O.D.Department of Physics, Namrup College, Assam“Fabrication of ZnO and Mn: ZnO nanostructures and their possible application in design of
Biological marker”

Srinath B S and Ravishankar Rai V“Gold salt concentration dependent extracellular nanoparticles synthesis usingEnterobacteraerogenes and Klebsiella pneumonia”

Digonta Pd Gogoi, Lipika Gogoi, Sabita Jha and Sumbit Chaliha
Dept. of Physics, Bahona College, Jorhat-785101, India“Growth of nanocrystalline CdSe thin films by CBD method”

Sumbit Chaliha
Dept. of Physics, Bahona College, Jorhat-785101, India“Influence of substrate temperature on optical properties of thermally evaporated ZnSe thinfilms”

Sheo K. Mishra, Indra bahadur, Akhilesh Tripathi, K.C. Dubey and R. K. Shukla
Department of Physics, University of Lucknow, Lucknow-226007, India
Shia P.G. College, Lucknow-226007, India“Investigation of Photoconductivity in Sm-doped ZnO Powder Prepared by Simple Heat
Treatment Technique”

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N.N.Waghule, D.R.Shengule, P.S.Aghav, S. J. Shukla, A.A.Pandit, P.P.Khirade, K.M.Jadhav
Department of Physics, Bhagwan Mahavidyalay, Ashti, Beed, (MS) India.
Vivekanand Arts,Sardar Dalipsing Commerce & Science College, Aurangabad.
P.G. and Research Centre, Deogiri College, Aurangabad.Dist. Aurangabad.
Yashwantrao Chavan College, Sillod, Aurangabad, (MS) India.
Department of Physics, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad“Investigations of structural properties of magneto-electric composites
xCoMn0.2Zn0.2Fe1.6o4 + (1-x) BaTiO3”

Srividhya J. Iyengar, Mathew Joy, Chandan Kumar Ghosh, Swapankumar Ghosha
Advanced Clay & Traditional Ceramics Division, CSIR-Central Glass & Ceramics Research Institute, Kolkata
School of Material Science & Nanotechnology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata“Magnetic, X-ray and Mössbauer Studies on Magnetite Nanocrystals fabricated throughaqueous route”

Tanveer Hasan, Sayed Hasan Mehdi
Deptt. of Physics, Shia P.G. College, Lucknow,India
Deptt. of Chemistry, Shia P.G. College, Lucknow,India“Molecular Structure, Vibrational Spectra of 4b, 9b-dihydroxy-7,8-dihydro-4bH-indeno[1,2b] Benzofuran-9,10(6H,9bH)-dione, Using Density Functional Theory”

Rachana Sharma
School of Studies in Chemistry and Biochemistry, Vikram University, Ujjain (M.P.),India“Nano structured Biopolymeric Drug Delivery System”

S. Gokul Raj, G. Ramesh Kumar
Department of Physics VelTech University, Avadi, Chennai-600062. India.
Department of Physics, University College of Engineering Arni, Anna University Chennai, Arni

“Nanocrystalline Yttrium iron garnet (Y3Fe5O12) for High frequency Oscillator Applications”

Nishant Kumar, K.C. Dubey and Anchal Srivastava
Department of Physics, University of Lucknow, Lucknow-226007, India
Department of Physics, Shia P.G. College, Lucknow-226020, India“Optical Properties of Mg Doped ZnO Nanocrystals”

Arvind Kumar Verma and R.K Shukla
Department of Physics, University of Luck now, Luck now, 226007, Uttar Pradesh, India“Optical Studies of available and prepared Cadmium Sulphide powder”

16.00 – 17.30

Oral Presentation Session-I:
National Center for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology

C. Dohare, N. Mehta
Glass Science Laboratory, Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi- 221005, INDIA“Behaviour of a.c. conduction and density of defect states (DOS) in chalcogenide glassy
Se98-xAg2Inx (x=0, 2, 4, 6) system”

A Banerjee, S Dhar, S Acharyya, D Dattac, N Nayak
Proof and Experimental Establishment, Chandipur, Balasore, Odisha.
Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal.
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, West Bengal“Behaviour of typical high strength armour steel under ballistic impact conditions”

R. Kadrekar, S. Gupta, N. Patel, A. Miotello and D.C.Kothari
Department of Physics and National Centre for Nanosciences & Nanotechnology, University of Mumbai,
Vidyanagari, Santacruz (E), Mumbai 400098, India.

“Co-Ni-B as an efficient electrocatalyst film for HER in neutral solutions”

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S K Ghosh, R Bhattacharyya
Department of Jute and Fibre Technology, University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Department of Jute and Fibre Technology, University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India“Design and engineering of bituminized jute paving fabric for potential application ingeotechnical constructions”

Abhishek Kourav, R. C. Mishra, Sanjay ChaudharyCentral Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology, Lucknow“Design and structural analysis of two wheeler fueltank cover of Polycarbonate, Polyphenylene Oxide, Polyphenylene Sulfide engineering
plastics materials”

M. Yadav, R. Fernandes , N. Patel , D.C. Kothari
Department of Physics, University of Mumbai, Vidyanagari , Santacruz (E), Mumbai-400098.

“Efficient removal of Organic pollutants of water by nano-sized TaON photocatalyst”

ShashankSripad, S .Jayanth Kumar, and Anjana Jain
Principal Scientist Materials Science Division National Aerospace Laboratories Bangalore“Energy Storage & Management in Supercapacitors for application in Piezoelectric microgenerator based Energy Harvesting Systems”

Satyendra Singh
Department of Physics, University of Allahabad, Allahabad-211002, U.P., India“Fabrication of Hierarchical Zinc Stannate Thin Film And Its Application As Liquefied
Petroleum Gas Sensor”

Mritunjay Kumar Pandey,Sandeep Kumar and Vineeta Nigam
Defence Materials Stores and Research and Development Establishment, (DMSRDE) Kanpur“Synthesis and Characterization of polyphosphazene using new catalyst combination and its
derivatives”

Neeru Tiwari, Debmalya Roy, N. K. Tripathi and Kingsuk Mukhopadhyay
Nanoscience and Technology Division, Defence Materials and Stores R & D Establishment (DRDO), GT Road,
Kanpur“Fabrication of multifunctional polymeric nanocomposite membrane for efficient water
purification”

January 06, 201514.30 – 17.30
PANEL DISCUSSION, ORAL PRESENTATIONSANDCONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Venue:
National Center for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology
16.00 – 17.30
Oral Presentation Session-II
K. Umakantham K, Sri Rama Murty, K.S.N Murt, K. Chandhra Mouli
Lmbmrsi, ISCA (l-17803) Dept. of ECE, E S. Group of Institutions K.L.University Andhra University, Gonna Institueof IT & SC Vizianagaram. (Dist.) Guntur.(Dist.) Visakhapatnam.(Dist.)“Futuristic ceramics - defence applications - leading
to mems devices”

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T.P.Yadavand and O.N. Srivastava
Hydrogen Energy Centre, Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, India“Nano-materials for hydrogen energy and claimant change”

Kalpna Jain, Shyam Kishor, Kh. S. Singh, Ida Josefesson, Michael Odelius and Lavanya M
RamaniahDepartment of Physics, D. J. College, Baraut, U.P.-250611.
Department of Chemistry, J. V. College, Baraut, U.P.-250611.
Fysikum, Albanova University Center, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, SwedenHigh Pressure and Synchrotron Radiation Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai“Quantum Dots Sensitized with Multiple Fluorescein Dyes: A First Principles Density
Functional Theory Study”

Brahmananda Chakraborty and Lavanya M. RamaniahHigh Pressure & Synchroton Radiation Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai“Room Temperature Ferromagnetism in Ca doped SnO2 – a First Principles DFT study”

Amit Saraiya, Santosh Kumar Tripathi and Kingsuk Mukhopadhyay
Nanoscience and Technology Division, Defence Materials and Stores R & D Establishment (DRDO), GT Road,
Kanpur“Selective Study of Al doped ZnO Gas Sensor”

Dibyendu S. Bag, Akanskha Dixit and Anil Kumar
Defence Materials and Stores Research and Development Establishment DMSRDE P. O., G. T. Road, Kanpur“Smart Stretchable hydrogels of Chemically and Physically Crosslinked Copolymers of Naacrylate, Acrylamide and HEMA”

M. K. Deore
Department of Physics, Arts, Science and Commerce College, Ozar (Mig) – 422 206, India.

“Studies on Gas Sensing Performance of CuO –ZnO Heterojunction”

N. S. Pradhan, S. K. Dubey, B. K. Panigrahi and K. G. M. Nair
Department of Physics, University of Mumbai, Vidyanagari, Mumbai, India
Materials Science Division, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, India“Study the Optical and Magnetic (Opto-Magnetic) Properties of Manganese Implanted
Gallium Nitride”

Debmalya Roy, Neeru Tiwari, Amit Saraiya and Kingsuk Mukhopadhyay
Nanoscience and Technology Division, Defence Materials and Stores R & D Establishment (DRDO), GT Road,
Kanpur“Tailors make the physical and chemical properties of 1-D nanostructured materials byselective passivation using ceramic precursor”

Archana Gupta and Megha Agrawal
Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Engineering & Technology, M.J.P. Rohilkhand University, Bareilly,
India“Vibrational Spectroscopic Studies (FT-IR, Raman) and DFT Calculations of 4-(6-Methoxy-2Naphthyl)-2-Butanone”

14.30 – 17.30
Concurrent Poster Session –II
Soma Mukherjee, Md Golam Masud, Dilip K Modak and B. K. Chaudhuri
Department of Physics, Guru Nanak Institute of Technology, Panihati, Sodepur, Koltak-114.30“Polaronic hopping conduction in ionic xLi2SO4-2(1-x)*RLi2O.B2O3+ glasses”

A.P. Praharaj, D. Behera, T. K. Bastia and P.Mohanty
School of Applied Sciences (Chemistry), KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India“Poly (vinylpyrollidone) coated Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes for the preparation of BisGMA
nanocomposites: A study of mechanical and corrosive properties”
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Krishna Pratap Singh, Anuradha Mishra and Arvind Kumar Saxena
Defence Materials Stores and Research and Development Establishment, (DMSRDE) Kanpur
Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida“Preparation and Characterization of Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Resin”

Lipika Gogoi, Sabita Jha, Jeena Das and S. Chaliha
Dept. of Physics, Bahona College, Jorhat-785101, India“Preparation of Nanocrystalline PbSe films by CBD Technique and Its Characteization”

S.Amsamani and M.Amsaveni
Department of Textiles and Clothing,
Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India“Role of Sanitary Napkins in Feminine Hygiene”

Jyotindra Kumar, Ashutosh kumar, Pappu Paswan, Chandan kumar Singh, Dr. Manish Kumar
Research Scholar, L.N.Mithila University, Darbhanga, ISCA India Research Scholar, L.N.Mithila University,
Darbhanga. Lecturer,polytechnic college chapra
M.Sc (physics).LNMU, Darbhanga OBC Residential Girls High School, Darbhanga“Some Aspects of material based antennas for Research and Developments”

Meher Wan, Punit Dhawan
Physics Department, University of Allahabad, Allahabad -211002, India“Sono-chemical Synthesis of Nickel Oxide Nanoparticles Based Ethylene Glycol Nanofluids andtheir Thermal Conduction Properties”

S.K.Tripathi
Department Of Chemistry,V.S.S.D. College,Kanpur“Studies on Physico-Chemical Characteristics Of Blend Of Epoxidized Novolacs And CarboxylTerminated Polybutadiene (Ctpb)”

Sunita Bhaskar and Dharm Pal Singh
Department of Chemistry, Dr. B.R.Ambedkar University, Agra - 282002, India“Studies of zinc oxide / polyacrylic acid core-shell nano particles”

Abrar Ahamad, K.N.Pandey, Vishal Verma, R. M. Mishra
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology, Lucknow-226008, India“Studies on Nanocomposites based on Polyetherimide (PEI) and Silicone rubber Reinforced
with montmorillonite Nanoclay (MMTs)”

Shalini Saxena, K. N. Pandey and R. M. Mishra
Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology Lucknow“Studies on Silicon Carbide Foam using Hybrid Organic- Inorganic Polymer Resin Matrix”

Alpana Kumari and M. P. Yadav
Dept. of Physics, l. N.M.University Darbhanga“Study of Carbon Nanotube and Their Performance”

Suneet Kumar Misra, Narendra Kumar Pandey, Vandna Shakya and Akash Roy
Sensors and Materials Research Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India“Study of Characterization and Humidity Sensing Application of Al2O3 Doped ZnO
Nanomaterials”
V. K. Singh, P. C. Gope, Ankita Bisht, and Sunanda Biswas
Associate Professor, Professor, P. G. Scholar,Junior Research Fellow College of Technology, G.B.P.U.A & T,
Pantnagar.

“Study of mechanical and physical properties of jute fiber-almond shell particle based
composite”

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Subhra Gantayat, Dibya Ranjan Rout, Gyanaranjan Prusty, Sarat K Swain
School of Applied Science (Physics), KIIT University, Bhubaneswar-751024, India
Department of Chemistry, Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla, Sambalpur“Study of Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Epoxy Composites Reinforced by Graphite
Platelets”

K. Umakantham k. Sri Rama Murty dr. A. Arjuna Rao P.Narasimha Reddy
Lmbmrsi, Isca (l-17803) asst, dept. of ece professor & principal snsrt vedic metallurgical, Miraclees group of
institutions miracle e s group of institutions research centr gonna institute of it & sc vizianagaram. (dist.)
vizianagaram. (dist.) prakasam. (dist.)visakhapatnam. (dist.)“Study of nano copper powder and its alloys for industrial applications”

Sohini Sen, Piyali BasakSchool of Bioscience and Engineering, Jadavpur University“Synthesis and characterization of Polyurethane matrix for drug delivery applications”

M.R.Patil, P.P.Khirade, S.D.Birajdar, A.V.Humbe, P.K.Gaikwad, K.M.Jadhav
Department of Physics, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad (MS)“Synthesis of copper ferrite nanoparticles by sol-gel auto-combustion method: effect of metal
nitrate to fuel ratio on structural properties”

Km. Meenu and Dibyendu S. Bag
Defence Material and Stores Research and Development Establishment DMSRDE, P.O., G. T. Road, Kanpur-208013,
INDIA“Synthesis of Functional PMPS Copolymers and Evaluation of theirOptical andPhotoluminescence Properties”

S.S.Mahajan H.P.Gaikwad
Department Of Physics,Jaysingpur College, Jaysingpur“Synthesis of Single-crystal α-MnO2 nanotubes by ahydrothermal method for Supercapacitor
application”

R P Singh , Vandana Rajput , D. Kumar , A.S. ChauhanCentre of Research for Chemical Sciences, Post Graduate Department of Chemistry,
Post Graduate Department of Physics SMS Govt. Model Science College , Jiwaji University, Gwalior“Tailering of some novel biological active compounds: propiophenone schiff base of smethyl dithiocarbazate and it transition metal complexes”

S.P. Singh and Jeet Singh
Department of Physics, Govt. Degree College, Mainpuri (UP), INDIA“Temperature Dependence of Elastic Properties of Mg2SiO4”

Debahuti Goswami, Kakoli Doloi and Bulumoni Kalita
Department of Physics, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh , Department of Physics, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh –786004, Assam, India“Theoretical studies of transition metal doped aluminium clusters for hydrogen storage”

Rita A. Gharde, Manisha G. Bhave, Madhavi S. Pradhan, Sangeeta Y. Thakare, Santosh A.
Mani, Jyoti R. Amare, Jessy P.J.
Department of Physics, University of Mumbai“Thermal analysis of liquid crystal mixtures”

Anjali Chhonkar, Sonam Rathore and Dharmpal Singh
Department of Chemistry, Dr. B.R.Ambedkar University, Agra - 282002, India.

“Thermal Study of SnSO4 nanoparticle on poly(vinylidene fluoride) polymer”

V. K. Singh, Mayank Agrawal and Sunanda Biswas
College of Technology, G.B.P.U.A & T, Pantnagar“Thermo-mechanical characterization of modified epoxy resin”
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P.K. Dhawan, Meher Wan
Department of Physics, University of Allahabad, Allahabad- 211002, India“Ultrasonic and Elastic Properties of ZnO Nanowires”

Ninad G. Khare and Ashwini K. Srivastava
Department of Chemistry, University of Mumbai, Vidyanagari, Santacruz (East), Mumbai“Green solvothermal biosynthesis of Silver nanoparticles using Ficus racemosa linn leaf
extract.”

Ramna Tripathi and Akhilesh Kumar
Department of Physics, THDC-Institute of Hydropower Engineering & Technology, Tehri, Uttarakhand, India
Department of Physics, Govt. Girls P. G. College, Rajajipuram, Lucknow, U.P, India“Characterization and optical study of ii-vi semiconductor nanoparticles”

Jyoti Prakash Singh T. H. Goswami, Anurag Srivastava and A. K. Saxena
DMSRDE, GT Road Kanpur“Semiconducting polymeric materials and their Nano Composite for
OptoelectronicApplication”

Archana Singh, Satyendra Singh, R.R. Yadav and Poonam Tandon
Department of Physics, University of Lucknow, University Road, Lucknow“Growth of zinc ferrite aligned nanorods for liquefied petroleum gas sensing”

Alok Kumar Srivastava, Kingsuk Mukhopadhyay and Ashutosh Sharma
Defence Materials and Stores R & D Establishment (DRDO), GT Road, Kanpur-208013, India
Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur-208016, India“Nature inspired approach to dry electrodes for long term biopotential recording”

Mehraj Ud din Sheikh, Gowhar Ahmad naikoo, Molly Thomas and Farid Khan
Nanomaterials discovery laboratory,Department of chemistry,Dr. Hari Singh Gour Central University, Sagar“Fabrication and characterization of silver sponges using Triton X-100 as a sacrificial template
and their catalytic performance against reduction of p- nitrophenol”

S.R. Bhattacharyya
Department of Physics, Suri Vidyasagar College, Suri, Birbhum-731101, W.B., India“PLD grown Silicon suboxide thin films for Si based microelectronics”

Veena H.Joshi, N.N. Sardesai, A.R.Ingle
Faculty, Physics Department, Bhavans H. Somani college, Chowpatty, Mumbai“Preparation, characterisation, dielectric and magnetic properties of Ba0.8Fe0.1Li0.1TiO3 andBa0.6Fe0.2Li0.2TiO3 Perovskites”

U. V. Khadke, S. S. Kulkarni and R.G.Sonkawade
Department of Physics, Bheemanna Khandre Institute of Technology. Bhalki INDIA
Department of Physics, KLS Gogte Institute of Technology, Belgaum Karnataka INDIA
Dean of the School of Physical Sciences and Head of the Department of Applied Physics at
Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow INDIA“Effect of solvents on the Acoustic parameters of ferroelectric polymer (PVDF) solutions”

Nand Lal
Department of Chemistry, V.S.S.D. College, Kanpur“Physical and mechanical effect of loading of modified silicates fillers on bromobutyl rubber(BIIR) nanocomposites”

R. M. Belekar , P. S. Sawadh, R. K. MahaduleArvindbabu Deshmukh Mahavidyalaya, Bharsingi, Distt- Nagpur, Maharastra, B. D. College of Engineering,
Sevagram, Distt- Wardha, Maharastra, Institute of Science, Nagpur, Maharastra“Nano-composite Cerium-alumina: Advanced material for catalytic support”

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January 07, 201314.30:00 – 16:00
Venue:
National Center for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology
14.30 – 15.30
Oral Presentation Session-II
J. K. Quamara and Sohan Lal
Department of Physics National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra-136119, India“Spectroscopic and TSD current analysis of Ni –ion irradiated liquid crystalline polyurethane”

Virendra Kumar, Shrihari Shinde, S K Nema, H Muthurajan
Armament Research and Development Establishment, Pashan Pune, National Centre for Nanoscience&
Nanotechnology, University of Mumbai, Mumbai“Novel Semiconducting Material for High Precision, Reliable Safe Igniters”

S. Gupta, H. Muthurajan, N. Patel, D.C. Kothari
Department of Physics and National Centre for Nanosciences & Nanotechnology, University of Mumbai,
Vidyanagari, Santacruz (E), Mumbai“Development of advanced instrumentation for characterizing Catalytic materials used for
Hydrogen Generation”

T. Balaji, Santhosh Kumar, S.M.Rahul, B.Abishek Narayan,G.Swaminathan
UG Student,Professor, Department of mechanical engineering, Sri Sairam Engineering College Chennai.

“Study on mechanical and sintering of hybrid Al/SiC/Flyash/Alumina composite”

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SECTION
Sectional President

Mathematical Sciences (including Statistics):

Prof. Ajay Kumar
Head, Department of Mathematics, University of Delhi

Sectional Local
Secretary
Sectional Recorder:

Prof. Rajendra P. Deore
Head, Department of Mathematics, University of Mumbai:

Dr. Rashimi Verma
Department of Mathematics, Mata Sundari College, University of Delhi

January 04, 201514.30 - 18.30
Venue
Presidential Address(14.30-15.15):

Department of Mathematics, Dnyaneshwar Bhavan
Ajay Kumar
Department of Mathematics, University of Delhi

Platinum Jubilee
Lecture (15.15-16.15)
16.30 -18.30
16.30-17.00:“Grothendieck Inequality”
Prof. Sudhir Ghorpade
Head, Department of Mathematics, IIT, Bombay

Session I: History of Mathematics
Prof. S. G. Dani ( Chair)
Department of Mathematics, IIT, Mumbai

17.00-17.30

Prof. Michel Danino

17.30-18.00

Prof. K. Ramasubramanian

Department of Mathematics, IIT Gandhinagar
Department of Mathematics, IIT Bombay.

Prof. M.S. Sriram

18.00-18.30
17.20 – 17.40

Department of Mathematics, University of Madras, Chennai

SECTIONAL COMMITTEE ELECTION
January 05, 201514.30 – 16.00
SYMPOSIUM & INVITED LECTUTRES,ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND
CONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS:
Department of Mathematics, Dnyaneshwar Bhavan

Venue

SYMPOSIUM: Recent Advances in Fluid Mechanics
14.30 – 15.00
INVITED LECTUTRES
Prof. B. S. Bhadauria (Chair)
Department of Mathematics, BHU , Varanasi“Quantification of heat and mass transfer under modulation”
Prof. Tapan Sengupta,
High Performance Computing Laboratory , Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kanpur

Prof. Rama Govindrajan
JNCASER
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Dr. Madhumita Gangopadhyay,
Department of Mathematics, University of Mumbai

Forign Speakers
Prof. Mofiz uddin Ahmed
Professor & Former Chair, Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, BRAC University, 66 Mohakhali,
Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh

Prof. Jai Kumar
Department of Mathematics,TIFR, Mumbai

17.05-18.35
Venue
Session Chairman

Oral Presentation Session(Applied Mathematics):
Department of Mathematics, Dnyaneshwar Bhavan:
Dr. B. S. Desale
Department of Mathematics, University of Mumbai

Ramdas B. Sonawane“Approximation of exact control problem for wave equation with bilinear control by optimal
control problem”

J.A. Nanware“Existence result for nonlinear initial value problems involving the difference of two monotonefunctions”

Sanjeev Sharma and Manoj Sahni“Elastic - Plastic Analysis of Thin Rotating Disc. Having Variable Thickness and Variable Densitywith Edge Loading”

P. Prakash and S. Harikrishnan“Oscillation of certain nonlinear fractional partial differential equation with damping term”

Sumitha“Two phase batch arrival retrial queue with impatient customers, server breakdown andmodified vacation”

V.K. Mishra, B. Ishwar
P.I. DST Project“Stability of Triangular Equilibrium Points in the Photogravitational Elliptic Restricted Three
Body Problem with Poynting-Robertson Drag”

Vijay Kumarand Nikky Kumari“Stability of the Equilibrium position of the centre of mass of an extensible cable connectedsatellites system in the elliptic orbit under the influence of perturbative forces”
V.G.S. Naidu and P. Kanakadurga Devi, S. R. Koneru“A Front Tracking Method for Two Phase Classical 1-D Stefan Problem”

Bhawani Rani Das“A Study of the Conditions Regarding Constrained motion of Twin Satellites with Reference to
the Oblateness of the Earth and Air Drag in Circular Orbit of the Centre of Mass”

Dishant Pandya“Admissibility of fractional power in a class of solutions for anisotropic strange stars”

Mira Choudhury“Radiation effects on MHD flow underlying an axisymmetric spreading surface withtemperature dependent viscosity”

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Concurrent Symposium Invited Lectutres and Oral Presentations

Venue
14.30 – 16.00
Organizer:

Department of Statistics, Tilak Bhavan:

SYMPOSIUM : Actuarial Science
Prof. Sheela Mishra
Department of Statistics, University of Lucknow

Prof. J. K. Wani, (Chair )University of Calgary , Canada

Prof. G. P. Patil
USA

Prof. Makarand V. Ratnaparkhi
Wright State University

Dr. Vinod Kumar KuttierathHead, Research , Institute of Actuaries of India, Mumbai

Prof. R. L. Shinde
NMU, Jalgaon

17.05-18.35
Venue
Session Chirman

Oral Presentation Session(Statitics)
Department of Statistics, Tilak Bhavan
Prof. R. L. Shinde
Department of Mathematics, NMU, Jalgaon

Prasanta Paul and Ashok K. Nanda“Some Ordering and Ageing Properties of (α, β) Past Entropy”
Babulal Seal and Parimal Hor“Developing a method for variable selection : Through multiple regression in dirichlet case”
K. S. Bhanu, C.P. Cholkar and M.N. Deshpande“Coin Tossing : A new result”
Dr. Hukum Chandra“Disaggregate level Crop Yield Estimation using Small Area Estimation Techniques”
Anjum Ara and M.K. Ahmad“Economic wealth index and its comparison with human development Index : A study of fourstates”
Sanchayita Sahu and Babulal Seal
“Developing a method of estimation from estimates of exponential family of curved
exponential family”
Jiteder Kumar M. S. Kedyan S.C. Malik“Probabilistic analysis of 1 2-out-of-2 redundant system with two cold standby units”
Suresh Chander Malik“Stochastic Analysis of a System Reliability Model with Priority to Preventive Maintenanceover Repair”

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January 06, 201514.30 – 16.00
SYMPOSIUM & INVITED LECTUTRES,ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND
CONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS:
Department of Mathematics, Dnyaneshwar Bhavan

Venue

SYMPOSIUM: Harmonic Analysis and Banach Algebras
14.30 – 16.00
INVITED LECTUTRES
Prof. Ranjana Jain
Department of Mathematics, University of Delhi

Prof. Surabhav Srivastava
Department of Mathematics, ISER, Bhopal

Prof. Suparna Sen
Department of Mathematics, ISI, Kolkata

Prof. Ashisha
Department of Mathematics, IIT Indore

Forign Speakers
Prof. Svetlin Georgiev,
Department of Differential Equations, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Sofia "St Kliment
Ohridski" Sofia, BulgariaProf. Marcello Lucia,
City University , New York17.05-18.30
Venue
Session Chairman::

Oral Presentation Session(Analysis)
Department of Mathematics, Dnyaneshwar Bhavan
Prof. Jyotshana. Prajapat
Department of Mathematics, University of Mumbai

Jay Prakash Singh and M.S. Devi
“On 3- Dimensional P-Sasakian Manifolds”

Ram Lalit Roy“The Tensor algebra for the space”

K. Manickam“Superconvergence of finite element methods for solving fourth order semilinear optimal
control problems”

Sainkupar Mn Mawiong“On the Continuation Property of Conley Index”

C. Selvaraj“On multivalent functions associated with fixed second coefficient and the principle ofsubordination”

S. B. Singh, Satyakam, Mithilesh Kumar“The study of common fixed point theorem involving two pairs of weakly compatible mappings”

K. Sivakamasundari and K. Meena“Properties of ∆* - Open Sets in Topological Spaces”

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A. Anguraj“Existence of mild solutions of random impulsive partial integro-differential equations”

P.N. Agrawal and A. Sathish Kumar“Bivariate q-Bernstein-Schurer-Kantorovich Operators”

S.K. Tiwari and D.K. Bhatt“On the Degree of Approximation By (C 1) ʌ-Means of the Fourier Series”

Ashwani Kumar Sinha and M. M. Bajaj“As Solutions of Equations Involving Nuclear Operators Arising Geometry of Banach Spaces”

17.05-18.30
Venue
Session Chairman

Concurrnet Presentation Session(Algebra)::

Department of Mathematics, Ranade Bhavan
Dr. K. F. Pawar
Department of Mathematics, NMU, Jalgaon

Daya Shankar Gupta“Ramanujan's Circle Inspirors, Patrons and Mentors”
Susil Kumar Jena
“Method of Infinite Ascent Applied on A2+ nB4 = C3”
Bhavale Ashok Nirutti“Posets dismantable bydoubly rreducibles”
Tejeshwari Thakur“An ID-based Key-Expsosur Free chameleon hashing under schnorr signature”
Hare Krishna Yadav“Role of Peano's Arthimetic And its Set-Theoretic Structure”
Ankur Tiwari“Interesting Relation in the Works of Brahmagupta, Mahavira and Bhaskara II”
R.S. Wadbude M.R. Aloney, K.V. Pawar R.R. Zoting“Strongly Pure-Periodic Modules and a structure of strongly pure projective resolutions”

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SECTION
Sectional President
Sectional Local
Secretary
Sectional Recorder

Medical Sciences including Physiology
Dr (Mrs) Shashi Bala Singh
DRDO, Delhi
Dr Amita Athavale::

Seth G S Medical College & KEM Hospital, Mumbai.

Dr Samir Kumar Sil:

Tripura University, Tripura

January 04, 201514.30 - 18.00
Venue
Presidential Address(30 min)
Platinum Jubilee
Lecture(30 min):National Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Shashi Bala Singh, , DRDO, Delhi“Improving Health and Habitability of Troops in Extremes ofEnvironment”:

Pawan Sinha, USA“Project Prakash: Merging Science and Service”:

17.20 – 17.40

1. Susmita Seal, Kolkata
2. Sheikh Irshad Ali, Kolkata
3. Laxmi Prabha Singh, New Delhi
4. Gaurab Sircar, Kolkata
5. Medha Kapoor, New Delhi
SECTIONAL COMMITTEE ELECTION
January 05, 201514.30 – 17.30
SYMPOSIUM & INVITED LECTUTRES,ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND
CONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS:National Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Venue

SYMPOSIUM: Health Sustainability in Stressful Environment by
Translational Approach
14.30 – 15.00
INVITED LECTUTRES
Dhurjati Majumdar, DRDO, Delhi“Ergonomics for Health Sustainability in Stressful Environment”

Usha Panjwani, DRDO, Delhi“Alternative strategies to improve cognitive function during sleep deprivation”

Laxmi T. Rao, NIMHANS, Bangalore“Role of CREB expression in prefrontal cortex and hippocampus after fear conditioning in rats
subjected to maternal separation stress”
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Manorama Patri, Ravenshaw University Cuttack“Noradrenaline protects B*a+P-induced DNA damage by increasing intracellular calcium”

Tusharkanti Ghosh, University of Calcutta“Immune responses in simulated hypobaric hypoxic condition in rats”

G K Pal, University of Kalyani“Involvement of Nitric Oxide in Bisphenol A Induced Depression of Small Intestinal andCardiac Motor Function”

Dilip Kumar Nandi, Raja N. L. Khan Women's College, Medinipur“Impact Of Functional Foods (Alpha Lipoic Acid & Probiotic) On Acetaminophen & Hypobaric
Pressure Induced Oxidative Stress Related Uremic Male Rats”

14.30-17.30
Oral Presentation Session
Venue:
National Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Hari S. Sharma, University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands“Pathogenesis and Therapeutic Strategies for Chronic Lung Diseases”

Wolter J. Mooi, VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, The Netherlands“Recent Advances in Skin Cancer”

Johanna ELM Lavrijsen, UWV Institute, Medical Department, Leiden The Netherlands“Social Aspects of Dutch Health Care System”

Sujata Maiti Choudhury, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore“Enhancement of antineoplastic and apoptotic potential by green silver nanoparticles ofCalotropis gigantean latex”

Chandradipa Ghosh, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore“Study on coagulase gene in clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus: An important virulencemarker”

Nidhi Sandal, DRDO Bhawan,, New Delhi“Radiopharmaceuticals for Inflammation and Infection Imaging”

Deepti Majumdar, DRDO, Delhi“Kinetic responses of Step-up aerobic exercises at two different step heights in young adultfemales”

Raj K. Shrivastava, State Forensic Science Laboratory, Sagar“Variation and Forensic Fitment of Three Anatomical Anthropometric Facial Indices”

Vivek Ambade, AFMC, Pune
“Total antioxidant capacity: reliability, correlation with other antioxidants and clinical efficacy
in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease”

Nilkanta Chakrabarti, University of Calcutta, Kolkata“Molecules to Systems : An attempt to define Integrative Physiology of Cognition”

Vijay Batra, G.B. Pant Hospital , Delhi“Optimizing Oro-Facial performance abilities in LMN Facial Paralysis using Facial Taping- An
innovative technique”

Bhabani Prasad Sahoo, Kolkata Accupuncture Medical College, Kolkata.
“Acupuncture in Dental Pain – A Review of 50 Patents”

Vinod Marathe, Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences, Ahmednagar“Ayurveda at its best used in integrative treatment protocol for IHD/CAD/STROKE in ICU”

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January 06, 201514.30 – 17.30
SYMPOSIUM & INVITED LECTUTRES,ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND
CONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS:National Center for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology

Venue

SYMPOSIUM: Health Sustainability in Stressful Environment by
Translational Approach
14.30 – 15.00
PSI Oration Lectures
Prof. S.C Mahalanobis, Memorial Oration
Prof. K. Raghothama Rao, Oration
Shri Ramendra Sundar Sinha, Memorial Oration
Dr. Siddhartha Debnath, Memorial Oration
Shashi Bala Singh, DIPAS, DRDO, Delhi“Cognition at low oxygen”

DK Dubey, 3 Air Force Hospital, Amla, MP.
“Protection of armed forces personnel from heat”

Amit Krishna De, Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata“Anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant compounds from Indian Spices”

Ashok Jaryal, AIIMS, Delhi“A Clinical Physiologist? : From Implicit to Explicit”

15.00 – 17.30
INVITED LECTUTRES
National Center for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology

Venue
Sumantra Chatterji, NCBS, Bangalore“Stress, emotions and the brain: from memories to memories”

Somenath Roy, Vidyasagar Unversity, Midnapore“Nanoparticles conjugate Antigen enhances anticancer immunoresponse”

Mouli Madhab Ghatak, Physical Medicine & Neuro Rehab, Kolkata.
“Brain plasticity – till far from practical benefits”

Om Shrivastav, Kasturba Hospital & Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai“Human Immune System, Zoonosis and emerging Infections-Trends”

Vinay K. Khanna, Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow.
“Alterations in post-synaptic signaling proteins associated with hippocampal glutamatergic
functions following arsenic exposure in rats and neuroprotective efficacy of curcumin”
Concurrent Symposium Invited Lectutres and Oral Presentations-1

Venue
14.30 – 17.30

National Center for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology
SYMPOSIUM : Lifestyle Disorders: The Indian Scenario
Invited Leactures

Prafulla G. Kerkar, K.E.M. Hospital, Mumbai“Bypassing the Coronary Bypass”
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Milind Kirtane, Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Mumbai“Hearing Sense-A Noiseless World”

Bhavin Jankharia, Radiologist President, Indian Radiological & Imaging Association, Mumbai“Running and Health”

Amar K Chandra, University of Calcutta, WB.
“Excess Iodine on Thyroid and Reproduction”

Arun J. Patil, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University, Karad“Biochemical Aspects of Lead Exposure and Toxicity”

Surajit Ghatak, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur“Bitter Sweet truths about Diabetes”

Arpita Priyadarshini, V.S.S. Medical College, Burla“Effect of yoga (asana and pranayama) on lipid profile”

Pawan Ojha, Hiranandani Fortis Hospital, Navi Mumbai“Recent advances in management of acute ischemic stroke”

Pavitra Rastogi, K.G.M.U. Lucknow“Maternal Periodontal Diseases and Preterm Low Birth Weight Infants”

Paramvir Singh, Punjabi University“Patiala Traditional Bone Setting: Origin And Practice”

K C Mathur, Bikaner“Effect of mind body therapy (Yoga, meditation and music) on elderly hypertensive people”
Concurrent Symposium Invited Lectutres and Oral Presentations-2

Venue
14.30 – 17.30

National Center for Nanosciences and Nanotechnology

SYMPOSIUM : Health Sustainability in Stressful
Environment by Translational Approach
Invited Leactures
Debasish Bandyopadhyay, University of Calcutta“Isoproterenol induced myocardial ischemia in rat model: our experiences with melatonin”

Monoj K Chakrabarti, NICED, Kolkata“Protective efficacy of recombinant OmpA of Shigella flexneri 2a in a nasal pulmonary model”

Rashmi Babbar, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi“A new approach to dementia—nitric oxide”

Sudipta Pal, Tripura University“Sub-acute oral exposure to fluoride: a threat to metabolic homeostasis in rat brain”

Anju Katyal, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi“Regulating Cholinergic functions : A useful tool to control Neuroinflammatory responses in
GCI/R injury”

Amit Pal, NICED, Kolkata“Bacterial proteases: their role in pathogenesis, transport and anti-tumor activity”

Samir Sil, Tripura University“Genetic relationship between Bodo tribe of Assam and Tripuri Tribe of Tripura in respect tofrequency of occurrence and haplotype background and of Hemoglobin E (HbE) mutation”

Debasish Maiti , Tripura University“Effect of G-CSF and IL-15 on Neutrophil in leukaemia induced mice”

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Sulagna Basu NICED, Mumbai“Carbapenem resistance in a neonatal intensive care unit in a developing country: role oftransmissible genetic elements”

Soumendra Darbar, Dey’s Medical Stores (Manufacturing) Limited, Kolkata“Combined ameliorative effect of Curcuma longa and Vitamin C on oxidative stress,
protein profile and DNA fragmentation against Zearalenone-induced liver damage”

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SECTION
Sectional President:

New Biology (Including Biochemistry, Biophysics, Molecular
Biology and Biotechnology)
Prof. Sib Sankar Roy
CSIR-IICB, Kolkata-32

Sectional Local
Secretary
Sectional Recorder:

Dr. Bhupendra Pushkar
Mumbai University, Mumbai:

Prof. Partha Pratim Bose
NIPER, Hajipur

January 04, 201514.30 - 18.00
Venue
Presidential Address(30 min):Sankar Rao Chevan Teachers Acedemy
Sib Sankar Roy, CSIR-IICB, Kolkata-32“Role of Growth Factors in proliferation and invasion ofovarian epithelial cancer”

Platinum Jubilee
Lecture(30 min)Young Scientist
Award Presentations(each 10 min
presentation + 5 min
Q and A):

Invited Lectures:

Debi Prasad Sarkar, University of Delhi, Delhi“Targeted gene delivery to liver cells using engineered Sendai
viral envelopes: A Preclinical Experience”:

1) Kallol Saha, Kolkata2) Snehal Gagare, Pune
3) C.Sathishkumar, Chennai4) M.R. Rameshkumar, Chennai
5) Abhinav Grover, New Delhi
6) Sai Krishna Repalli, Cuttack
Yasuhiro Ozeki, Yokohama University, Japan“Glycomics, a Tool for the Innovation of Biomedicine”

Asim K. Duttaroy, University of Oslo, Norway“Environmental factors affecting human pregnancy: Nutrientsand metabolic pathways”

H.K. Majumdar, CSIR-IICB, Kolkata“Therapeutic intervention in kala-azar research: A molecularbiological approach”

17.20 – 17.40

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CONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS:Sankar Rao Chevan Teachers Acedemy

Venue

SYMPOSIUM: Recent advances in Biophysics and Structural Biology
14.30 – 16.00
INVITED LECTUTRES
Girjesh Govil, TIFR, Mumbai“Nuclear magnetic resonance (nmr); from molecules to living systems”

T.P. Singh, AIIMS, New Delhi“Structural basis of the Antibiotic action of Innate Immunity Proteins and their therapeutic
applications”

R.V. Hosur, TIFR, Mumbai“Pushing the frontiers of protein NMR”

N.R. Jagannathan, AIIMS, New Delhi“Role of MRI and MR Spectroscopy in Cancer”

K.V.R. Chary, TIFR, Mumbai“Structure and Dynamics of Intrinsically Ordered and Disordered Proteins by NMR: TheState-of-the-Art”

Oral Presentation Session
Sankar Rao Chevan Teachers Acedemy

Venue
16.00-17.45

INVITED LECTUTRES
Dulal Panda, IIT-Bombay, Mumbai“Blunting microtubule dynamics is an attractive strategy for cancer chemotherapy”

Munna Sarkar, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata“New function for old drugs: membrane fusion”

Chitra Dutta, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata“Molecular Evolution in Extremophilic Microbes– Telling a Tale of Tailor-made Convergence”

Nakul Maiti, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata.
“Chaperone Action of Cyclophilin on Amyloid Formation and Disaggregation”
Concurrent Symposium Invited Lectutres and Oral Presentations

Venue
14.30 – 16.00

Sankar Rao Chevan Teachers Acedemy
SYMPOSIUM : Translational Research for Human
Development

Dileep N. Deobagkar, University of Pune, Pune
“Use of Basic Research in Developing Control Strategies for Vector Borne Diseases: A Case of
Two Pathogens”

S. P. Kale, BARC, Mumbai“Challenges in Sustainability of Environment”
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Mrutyunjoy Suar, KIIT University, Bhubaneshwar“Small non-coding RNA in Salmonella: Attributing Acid Tolerance and contributing in virulence”

Kaustav Ganguly, SRM University, Chennai“Functional Genomics of Pulmonary Function Development in Mice with a Translational
Approach”

Sunil Kumar Verma, CSIR-CCMB, Hyderabad“DNA evidence: Current perspective and future challenges in India”

Oral Presentations
OP, Archana Rath, Mumbai University, Mumbai“A study on the prevalence and characterization of antibiotic resistant micro-organisms in foodsamples”

14.30 – 17.30
Venue
Pritha Ray, ACTREC, Mumbai

SYMPOSIUM : Cancer Biology
Sankar Rao Chevan Teachers Acedemy“IGF-1R signalling: a link between chemoresistance and cancer stem/initiating cells in epithelial
ovarian cancer”

Susanta Roychowdhury, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata.
“Human oncogene Myb causes mitotic abnormality by transcriptional deregulation of Cdc20”

Sharmila Bapat, NCCS, Pune
“Tumor Deconstruction identifies Definitive End-points in Drug Screening”

Urmi Chatterjee, University of Calcutta, Kolkata“Differential gene expression analysis and genetic association studies in benign and malignant
prostate tissues”

Oral Presentations
Moitri Basu
SINP, Kolkata“The implication of growth factor in promoting ovarian cancer”

January 06, 201514.30 – 17.30

Venue

SYMPOSIUM & INVITED LECTUTRES,ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND
CONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS:Sankar Rao Chevan Teachers Acedemy

SYMPOSIUM: Translational Research for Human Development-Metabolic
Disorders
14.30 – 16.00
INVITED LECTUTRES
Parimal Mishra, Dr. Reddy’s Institute of Life Sciences, Hyderabad“Stress induced type 2 diabetes: The role of transcriptional co-activator binding protein PIMT”

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Pamela Ghosh, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA“Blood levels of glycated CD59 (gCD59) as a novel biomarker for glucose handling in humans”

Madhu Dikshit, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow“L-Plastin-S-glutathionylation attenuates human neutrophil chemotaxis, polarization andbactericidal activity”

Satinath Mukhopadhyay, IPGMER & SSKM Hospital, Kolkata“Overcoming lipid- induced insulin resistance: the challenges ahead”

Uday Saxena, Dr. Reddy’s Institute of Life Sciences, Hyderabad“Statins: Saints or Satans? A translational approach to understanding why statins cause
insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes”

16.00 – 17.45
SYMPOSIUM : Translational Research for Human
Development

Venue
Sankar Rao Chevan Teachers Acedemy
Abhijit Chakraborty, SINP, Kolkata“Red cell, Disease, Proteomics & Chemical Biology”

Subeer S. Majumdar, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi“New simplified methods of transgenesis increasing scope of translating genomic knowledge forhuman use”

Devendra Agrawal, Omaha, Nebraska, USA“Differentiation of Bone Marrow Stromal Cells into Endothelial Cells and Stem Cell Therapy inCoronary Artery Disease”

Rupam Sahoo, Harvard Medical School, Boston“The deficiency of cd59 accelerates the development of diabetic atherosclerosis in mice”
Concurrent Symposium Invited Lectutres and Oral Presentations

Venue
14.30 – 16.00

Sankar Rao Chevan Teachers Acedemy
SYMPOSIUM : Translational Research for Human Development
Microbes, pathogens and drug

Tapash C Ghosh, Bose Institute, Kolkata“Evolutionary rates of Yeast proteins from the perspective of protein complex assembly”

U. C. Banerjee, NIPER, Mohali“Role of stereo-selective enzymes in the synthesis of drugs and drug intermediates”

Sudip Ghosh, IIT-Kharagpur“Early events of Entamoeba encystation”

Kausik Chattopadhyay, IISER, Mohali“The (w)hole story of an ancient form of cell-killing mechanism employed by the bacterial poreforming toxins”

Rajni Singh, Amity Institute of Microbial Biotechnology, Noida“MALDI TOF MS and CD Spectral analysis for Identification and Structure Prediction of Novel”

Oral Presentations
OP, Santanu Das, Seshadripuram First Grade College, Bangalore“Subtyping of HIV-1 by gag Heteroduplex Mobility Assay(HMA)”

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16.00 – 17.45
SYMPOSIUM : Translational Research for Human Development
Radiation, Radiotherapy, Biomarkers

Hari S. Misra
BARC, Mumbai“Eukaryotic type Ser/Thr/Tyr protein kinase role in radioresistance of Deinococcus radiodurans:a paradigm shift”

K.P. Mishra
Nehru Gram Bharati Univ, Allahabad“Antioxidants may improve cancer radiotherapy: silibinin sensitized breast tumor cells toradiation”

Oral Presentations
Sharmistha Dey, AIIMS, New Delhi“Identification of serum Sirtuins as novel non-invasive protein markers for frailty”

Partha Pratim Bose, NIPER, Hajipur“Visual Diagnosis of Drug-Resistant Leishmaniasis by Plasmonic Detection of Genetic
Biomarker”

Urmimala Chatterjee, WBUT, Kolkata“A potent mitogenic lectin from Betel nut, Areca catechu agglutinin (ACA) with antiproliferativeand cytotoxic effect on B16F10 melnoma cancer cell line”

January 07, 2015
SYMPOSIUM & INVITED LECTUTRES,ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND
CONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS:Sankar Rao Chevan Teachers Acedemy

Venue
14.30 – 17.30
SYMPOSIUM: Translational Research for Human Development-Cancer
Biology
14.30 – 16.00
INVITED LECTUTRESSamit Chattopadhyay, NCCS, Pune
“Control of regulatory T cell fate during Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)”

Abhijit De, ACTREC, Mumbai“From reporter gene imaging to cancer gene therapy: Repositioning sodium iodide symporter
mediated radioiodine therapy for breast cancer”

Sudeep Gupta, ACTREC, Mumbai and TMC, Mumbai“Personalizing treatment in cancer - promise and pitfalls”

Soumen Chakraborty, Institute of Life Science, Bhubaneshwar“BCR-ABL mediated repression of miR-223 results in the activation of MEF2C and PTBP2 inchronic myeloid leukemia”

Aniruddha Banerji, St. Xaviers College, Kolkata“Role of cell surface receptors in modulation of MMP activity in human cancer cells”
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Sudha S, Karpagam University, Coimbatore“Calreticulin expression affects the normal performance of p53 expression in breast cancer
cell lines”
Concurrent Symposium Invited Lectutres and Oral Presentations

Venue
14.30 – 16.00

Sankar Rao Chevan Teachers Acedemy
SYMPOSIUM : Translational Research for Human Development
Microbes, pathogens and drug

Subrata Sinha, NBRC, Manesar
Sharmila Chattopadhyay, CSIR-IICB, Kolkata“To unravel the podophyllotoxin biosynthesis in Podophyllum hexandrum”

Bhupendra Pushkar, Mumbai University“Molecular Studies on Bioremediationof Heavy Metals from Mithi River”

Soumen Acharya, NIPCCD, New Delhi“The study of Orthographic learning in dyslexic Maori speaking children in Wangani
NewZealand”

Shila Elizabeth. Besra, CSIR-IICB, Kolkata“Apoptosis inducing bioactive compound from leaves Wattakaka volublis on Hepatocellular
carcinoma”

Parvatam Giridhar, CFTRI, Mysore“Restoration of transcription of N-methyltransferases specific for caffeine biosynthetic pathway
by phenolic and volatile phytohormones– a phenomenon noticed during ontogeny of Coffee”

Rambir Singh, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi“Insulin secretagogue activity of Aqueous Extract of Momordica charantia is partly due toincrease in PKC activity in rat islets”

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Sectional President:

Physical Sciences
Dr. V. P. Mahadevan Pillai
University of Kerala, Trivandrum

Sectional Local
Secretary
Sectional Recorder:

Dr. Anuradha Misra
Mumbai University:

Prof. Manisha Gupta
Department of Physics, Lucknow University

January 04, 201514.30 - 17.00
Venue
Presidential Address(30 min)
Platinum Jubilee
Lecture(30 min)Special lecture on
the subject ofRegional Importance(20 min)17.20 – 17.40::

Phirozeshah Mehta Bhavan, Kalina Campus.
V.P.Mahadevan Pillai“Nanostructured Materials for Device Applications”:

Awadesh Kumar Rai“Point detection capability of LIBS for the monitoring of in-situ
chromium uptake in Triticumaestivum seedlings”:

1. Seema Awasthi, Hyderabad
2. Gulab Singh Maurya, Allahabad
3. Dharmendra Pratap Singh, Lucknow
4. Swarniv Chandra, Kolkata
5. Mohit Tyagi, Mumbai
SECTIONAL COMMITTEE ELECTION

January 05, 201514.30 – 16.00
SYMPOSIUM & INVITED LECTUTRES,ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND
CONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONSPhirozeshah Mehta Bhavan, Kalina Campus.
:

Venue

SYMPOSIUM: Symposium/Technical Session
14.30 – 16.00
INVITED LECTUTRES
Ajoy Kumar Kar“Innovative Technology for future lasers healthcare and communications”

R. N. Singh“Impact of Basic Research in Physics on Societal Development”

Ran B. Singh“Physics in Forensics”

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Murukeshan Vadakke Matham“Multi-Modality Imaging-nanoscale perspective for early cancer diagnosis and high resolution
ocular imaging”

B. N. Jagatap“Basic Research and Technology Development”

16.00 – 17.45
SYMPOSIUM : Translational Research for Human
Development

Venue
Prem B Bisht

Phirozeshah Mehta Bhavan, Kalina Campus.

“A simple method of generating tunable femtosecond pulses in 375-410 nm Region”

Sanjeev R. Inamdar“FRET from core and core/shell quantum dots to Sulforodamine B: A comparative investigation”

J.P. Shukla“Polymer-Nematic Liquid Crystal Composites-A Dielectric, Electro-optic and Switching Study”

K. P Rajappan Nair
“Rotation, Internal Rotation and Nuclear Hyperfine Structures in Molecules as Studied byMicrowave Spectroscopy”

Sudarsan Das“A presentation By Fulbright India Commission”

January 06, 201514.30 – 17.30
SYMPOSIUM & INVITED LECTUTRES,ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND
CONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONSPhirozeshah Mehta Bhavan, Kalina Campus.
:

Venue

SYMPOSIUM/TECHNICAL SESSION
14.30 – 16.00
INVITED LECTUTRES
S. H. Behere“Fractal growth studies and its applications”

D. J. Biswas“Laser Assisted Surface Cleaning”

V. K. Farkya“On low (1000 Hz) and high frequency (10 MHz to 30 MHz) charge transport in somesemiconductor devices”

Raghava Varma“Teaching Programme in Accelerator Physics”

Tarun Kumar Gangopadhyay“Development of Optical Fiber and Fiber-optic Sensors”

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16.00 – 17.45
Venue
Vaishali Bambole

Invited Lectures/Oral Prasentation
Phirozeshah Mehta Bhavan, Kalina Campus.

“Molecular Electronics: Unveiling Futuristic Technologies”

G. D. Baruah“Self-Consistency of Natural laws appearing in the domain of Physical Science”

P. Srinivasan“Nanofibers for nonlinearoptical applications”

S. K. Singh“Lanthanide doped Nanostructures for multi-modal emission and their applications”

V.P. Sudeep Kumar“Latest Trends in Fiber optic communication”

January 07, 201514.30 – 16.00
SYMPOSIUM & INVITED LECTUTRES,ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND
CONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONSPhirozeshah Mehta Bhavan, Kalina Campus.
:

Venue

SYMPOSIUM:
14.30 – 16.00
INVITED LECTUTRES
Suresh Chandra“Rates for rotational transitions in H2CO due to collisions with He under Coupled States
approximation”

Radha Srinivasan“Polymer-Nematic Liquid Crystal Composites - A Dielectric, Electro-optic and Switching Study”

S. K. Dubey“Modification of semiconductor surfaces by swift heavy ions”

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Sectional President

Plant Sciences:

Prof. Arun Kumar Pandey
University of Delhi, Delhi

Sectional Local
Secretary
Sectional Recorder:

Dr. Usha Mukundan
Ramriranjan Jhunjhunwala College, Mumbai:

Prof. (Mrs) Seshu Lavania
University of Lucknow, Lucknow

January 04, 201514.30 - 18.00
Venue:
Presidential Address:(30 min)
Platinum Jubilee
Lecture(30 min)
Invited Lectures:

Shankar Rao Chevan Teachers Acedamy, Auditorium
Arun K. Pandey, University of Delhi, Delhi“The changing paradigm of angiosperm systematics:
Symbiosis of morphology and molecules”

Usha Vijayaraghavan, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru“Functions for some evolutionarily conserved transcription
factors in rice inflorescence and flower development”:

Hanno Schaefer, Technical University of Munich, Germany“Historical biogeography of the gourd family(Cucurbitaceae)”

Vidal de Freitas Mansano, Instituto de es uisas, ardim ot nico do
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil“Taxonomy, floral ontogeny and systematics of someenigmatic legumes”

Special lecture on
the subject ofRegional Importance(20 min)17.20 – 17.40:

1) Dhriti Bhattacharyya, New Delhi
2) Charu Shahi, Nainital
3) Lakshmeesha T. R, Bengaluru
4) Beetika Kohli, Jammu
5) Rajkumari Jashmi Devi, Shillong
6) Amit Kumar Mishra, Varanasi
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SYMPOSIUM & INVITED LECTUTRES,ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND
CONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Shankar Rao Chevan Teachers Acedamy, Auditorium
:

Venue

SYMPOSIUM /INVITED LECTURES
14.30 – 16.00
INVITED LECTUTRES
Akhilesh K. Tyagi, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, New Delhi“Functional genomics of water-deficit stress response in rice”

Paramjit Khurana, Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi, New Delhi“Engineering plants for changing climatic conditions”

Debashis Banerji, aba Amte Centre for eople’s Empowerment, Dewas, Madhya Pradesh“advances in plant transformation technology for production of stable and biosafe gm crops
in the context of climate change”

R.S. Dubey, T. M. Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur“Strategies for production of metal tolerant crop plants in relation to metabolites, metabolic
profiling and proteomics”

H.N. Verma, Jaipur National University, Jaipur“Crop improvement for virus disease management”

16.00 – 17.45
INVITED LECTURES/ ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Shankar Rao Chevan Teachers Acedamy, Auditorium

Venue
Pramod Tandon, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong“An integrative approach to the conservation of plant genetic resources”

M. Sanjappa, GKVK, Bengaluru“Floristic diversity in India: An overview”

S.B.Babbar, University of Delhi, Delhi“DNA barcoding: A novel taxonomic tool providing unique molecular ids to plants for
identification and detection”

S. R. Yadav, Shivaji University, Kolhapur“Biodiversity crisis and dearth of taxonomists”

R. Geeta, University of Delhi, Delhi“Phylogenetic biology or, so you have a phylogenetic tree – what next?”

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January 06, 201514.30 – 17.30
SYMPOSIUM & INVITED LECTUTRES,ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND
CONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Shankar Rao Chevan Teachers Acedamy, Auditorium
:

Venue

SYMPOSIUM:
14.30 – 16.00
INVITED LECTUTRES
S.C. Bhatla, University of Delhi, Delhi“Understanding the salt-tolerance mechanisms in sunflower seedlings”

Anil K. Tripathi, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow“Development and dissemination of improved varieties and agrotechnologies for medicinal
and aromatic plants (maps) suitable for different agro-climatic conditions”

A. P. Das, North Bengal University, Darjiling“East himalayan flora: Conservation with an emphasis to orchids and epiphytes”

Veena Agrawal, University of Delhi, Delhi“Improvement in crop plants through antioxidants and genetic engineering under climatechange-induced abiotic stress”

Amar Kumar, University of Delhi, Delhi“Plant-pathogen interaction: A sophisticated dialogue”

U.N. Dwivedi, Lucknow University, Lucknow“Lignin metabolic pathway engineering for improved biomass utilization”

M.K. Janarthanam, Goa University, Goa“Plant systematics: Floristics to phylogenomics”

S. Rama Rao, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong“Cytogenetical and molecular approaches for systematic studies of some horticultural plantsof North-East India”
Concurrent Symposium Invited Lectutres and Oral Presentations

Venue
14.30 – 16.00

Shankar Rao Chevan Teachers Acedamy, Auditorium
SYMPOSIUM

Venue
Manoj Prasad, National Institute of Plant Genome Research“Foxtail millet: a climate change resilient model crop with rich genetic and genomic resources
for genetic improvement of cereals and bioenergy grasses”

Rakesh Pandey, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants“Microbial strategies for sustaining environment, soil and plant health”

M. Sabu, University of Calicut, Kerala“Taxonomic revisions/monographs: need of the hour – case studies from Indian zingiberales”

D. K. Maheshwari, Gurukul Kangri University Haridwar“Biocontrol Research Strategies in India: Success Stories,Hurdles and Future”
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Rupam Kapoor, University of Delhi, Delhi“Enhancing plant secondary metabolism through AM symbiosis: An underground approach”

16.00 – 17.45
Invited Lectures/ Oral Presentations
Shankar Rao Chevan Teachers Acedamy, Auditorium
Venue
T. Pullaiah, Sri Krishnadevaraya University Anantapur“Bryophytes of Andhra Pradesh”

Umesh C. Lavania, University of Lucknow, Lucknow,“Polyploidy initially considered as an evolutionary dead end is in fact a force to reckon with?”

Nisha Singh, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa“University of KwaZulu-Natal strides ahead in crop improvement”

Rana Pratap Singh, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow“Low cost organic matrix based granules for high yield output, low emission of NO x and SOx andmicrobial enrichment of soil in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)”

January 07, 201514.30 – 17.30

Venue
14.30 – 15.00

SYMPOSIUM & INVITED LECTUTRES,ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND
CONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Shankar Rao Chevan Teachers Acedamy, Auditorium:
INVITED LECTUTRES

Ramaswamy Nanna, Kakatiya University, Warangal“Development of abiotic stress tolerance in transgenic cultivated tomato”

Dharmendra Singh, Kebbi State University of Science and Technology Aliero, PMB-114.304,Nigeria“Salient featutres of floristic diversity of wamakko local government area, Soxoro State,
Nigeria”

P.K. Saha, Division of plant Biology, Bose Institute, Kolkata“Perspective of Indian Seasame (Sesamum indicum L. and S. mulayanum Nair) seed research”

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Sectional President
Sectional Local
Secretary
Sectional Recorder

Science Communicator’s Meet::

Dr. Anuradha Mujumdar
Bombay College of Pharmacy, Mumbai:
January 04, 201515.15 - 15.45
Venue
Presidential Address(30 min)::

Jawaharlal Nehru Library
Dr. S. B. Nimse,
General President, ISC-2015

Chairperson

Dr. Amit Krishna De
Executive Secretary, ISCA

Dr. BimanBasu,
Former Editor, Science Reporter, New Delhi

Coordinator:

Mrs. UjjwalaTirkey
DST, New Delhi

Invited Lectures:

Dr. Manoj Kumar Patairiya
Addl. Director General, Doordarshan, Prasar Bharti, New Delhi“What Public and Policymakers Think about Science
Communicators!”
15.45 – 18.00
TECHNICAL SESSION“Scientific Advances Fuelling Human Progress”
Chairperson Dr. Gopichandran
Director, VigyanPrasar, New Delhi

Chairperson Dr. Tapati Mukhopadhay
UGC-Emeritus Professor, Mumbai

Coordinator Dr. Punit Kumar
Department of Physics,University of Lucknow

Oral Presentations Nos. 1 – 10
Mr. Avinash Senad“Science and Technology- a boon for society”

Mr. Bibhuti Narayan Biswal“Inculcating Technology Aided Bioheritage Conservation Education Among School Children:
Experience From A Residential School”

Prof. D. Walia“Geosciences and Disaster Resilience”

Prof. (Dr.) Janak D. Ahi“Technological Innovations: Agents for Human Enrichment”

Prof. Jayant J. Khandare“Science and Technology in Cancer Diagnostics : Rapid Isolation and Detection of Circulating
Tumor Cells by Magneto- Nanosystem”

Dr. K. Manjunath“Science and Technology For Human Development”
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Dr. M.A. Haque“Simplicity and Appropriateness of Language are Crucial in Communication”

Ms. Neepa Banerjee“Simplicity and Appropriateness of Language are Crucial in Communication”

Mr. P. C. Jain
“Science Communication and Human Development”

Dr. Ravi Kiran Suripeddi“Science and Technological Innovations for Human Welfare”

Chairperson Dr. N. B. Basu,
General Secretary, Membership Affairs, ISCA

Chairperson Dr. M. N. Saraf,
Principal, Bombay College of Pharmacy

Coordinator Dr. Sundar Rajdeep
University of Mumbai

Poster Presentations Nos. 1 – 10
Dr. K. P. Sahu
“Socio- Economic Needs for Utilization and Conservation of Medicinal Plants forEnhancement of Rural Livelihood System”

Ms. Anagha. P. Patil“Eco-friendly Technologies for Human Development in Rural”

Ms. Anita G. Khandizod“Person Identity Verification Using Multispectral Palmprint Fusion”

Dr. B. Santhaveerana Goud“Science And Technology For Human Development With an Emphasis on Role ofEnvironmental Management”

Dr. M. Prashanti“Science, Technology and Mankind”

Mr. N. Vijaykanth“Recent Advancements of Science and Technology in Medicine for Human Development”

Dr. Nutankumar Dash
“Optimizing Use of Water by Drip Irrigation”

Dr. Prashant Singh“Societal Science Endeavor to Tackle Water Quality and Water Management Issues in
Uttarakhand”

Ms. Priya Chhabra“Role of Micro-Electromechanical Systems (MEMS) in Human Development”

Prof. Ranvijay Sing“Common Vector Borne Diseases in India: Role of Technology in Prophylaxis and Control of
Vectors for Human Development”

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January 05, 2015
9.00 – 11.00
SYMPOSIUM & INVITED LECTUTRES,ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND
CONCURRENT POSTER PRESENTATIONSJawaharlal Nehru Library
:

Venue

Theme: Innovations in Technology: A Must for Human Development
Chairperson

Dr. Manoj Kumar Patairiya
Addl. Director General, Doordarshan, Prasar Bharti, New Delhi

Chairperson

Dr. Rohini Sivabalan

Coordinator

Retired Head, Department of Biological Sciences, Ruia College, Mumbai
Dr. Indrani Banerjee, Academy of Clinical Excellence, Mumbai

Oral (podium) Presentations Nos. 11 – 18
Dr. Ruchi Dubey Sharma“Paptode: A User friendly Senso-Removal Analytical Tool for Human Convenience”

Prof. S.N.Patro“Energy for Sustainable Future: Challenges and Opportunities”

Dr. S. Ramasamy“Science and Technology for Human Development: Advancement of Blood Pressure
Measurement”

Dr. Sanjay Verma“Science and Technology Leads to Betterment of Human Race”

Dr. Shah Raj Ali“Solar Energy Storage Nanomaterials For Human Development”

Mr. Shrangare Gaurav Bhagwandas“A review on Role of Science and Technology for Human Development: Health Sector”

Dr. Sudha Singhal“The Role of Science & Technology in Social and Economic Development”

Prof. Vinti Davar“Nutrition and Human Development”

Chairperson

Mr. Suhas B Naik-Satam
General Secretary, National Centre for Science Communicators and Programme Coordinator(Scientific), Nehru Planetarium

Chairperson

Dr. Biman Basu
Former Editor, Science Reporter, New Delhi

Coordinator

Mrs. Ujjwala Tirkey
DST, New Delhi

Poster Presentations Nos. 11 – 16

Dr. Rintu Nath“Heterogeneous Model of Science Communication - ‘End Users’ to Participants”

Dr. S. Paul
“Advanced EEG Recordings as Tools for Treating Brain Strokes”

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Dr. Simmi Modi Jain
“Application of Biofertilizers for Commercial Cultivation of Stevia rebaudiana as Cash Crop for
Upliftment of Rural Population”

Mrs. Sinam Reema Chanu“Geophysical imaging of the lake beds in Manipur”

Ms. Sudipta Chakraborty“Science and Technology for Human Development”

Mr. Sunil Kumar Yadav“Science and Technology in Removal of Hazardous Lead by Neem Leaves”

11.15 – 12.45
Venue
Chairperson

INVITED LECTUTRES
Jawaharlal Nehru Library
Dr. B. P. SinghHead, NCSTC, DST, New Delhi

Chairperson

Dr. Rajpal Hande
BCUD Director, University of Mumbai and Local Secretary, ISC-2015

Coordinator

Dr. Anuradha Ghosh MajumdarthConvener, 8 SCM
Mr. Charusudan Kasturi, Asst. Editor, The Telegraph, New Delhi“The Untapped Possibilities for Indian Science Communication using Online Tools”

Mr. Hans Desale, Associate Scientist II, ReceptosInc, USA“Mass Communication and the Effects on Scientific Innovation”

Mr. Srinivas Laxman, Space Journalist, Formerly with the Times of India, Mumbai“The Indian Mars Orbiter Mission: A Journalist’s Experience”

14.30 – 15.30
Venue
Chairperson

INVITED LECTUTRES
Jawaharlal Nehru Library
Dr. Gauhar RazaNISCAIR – CSIR, New Delhi

Chairperson

Dr. Madhu Paranjape
Retired Associate Professor, Kirti College, Mumbai

Coordinator

Prof. Arun Kumar

General Secretary (Scientific Activities), ISCA
Mr. S. K. Malhotra, Head, Public Awareness Division, Department of Atomic Energy, Mumbai“Role of Communication in Managing Public Perception about Atomic Energy”

Dr. Asad Rahmani, Director, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai“Importance of Science Communication for Conservation: Few Case studies”

Dr. Rohit Srivastava, Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering Group, IIT, Mumbai“Affordable Point of Care Diagnostics”

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102nd Indian Science Congress
3 – 7 January 2015
Venue for Sections
Position on Map

Venue

Sectional Programme / SymposiaaGreen Technology (GT-001, GT-101, GT-102, GT-10, GT-203 andGT-204)Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Chemical Sciences and SymposiabNanosciences Centre, (NS-118, NS-115, NS-112 and NS-211)

Materials Science, Medical Sciences and SymposiacSports Complex (SPC)

Symposia, Evening LecturesdMain Pandal (MP)Inauguration, Symposia, Evening Lecturese

Jawaharlal Nehru Library (Marshal Hall) (JNL-206)

Communicators’ meetf

C. D. Deshmukh Bhavan (Psychology Dept.) (CDD-009)

Anthropological and Behavioral Sciencesg

New Lecture Complex (NLH-001, NLH-002, NLH-003, NLH-104,
NLH-105 and NLH-106)

Earth System Sciences, Engineering Sciences, Information &Communication Science & Technology and Environmental
ScienceshSant Dyneshwar Bhavan (DB-204)

Mathematical Sciencesi

Pherozeshah Mehta Bhavan (PMB-9A)

Physical Sciences and Symposiaj

Tilak Bhavan Stastistics (TBS-314)

Mathematical Sciencesk

Kavi Kusumagraj Bhasha Sankul (Marathi Bhasha Bhavan) (KKBS101 and KKBS-001)

Women’s Science Congress, Science Exhibition – “Genesis
Seminar” and SymposialAlkesh Dinesh Mody Institute for Financial and Management
Studies (ADM and ADM-219)

Animal Veterinary and Fishery Sciences and Symposiam

Shankar Rao Chavan Teachers Academy, (SC-114, SRC-346 SRC-120
and SRC-130)

Plant Sciences, New Biology and Symposian

MMRDA Pandal

Exhibition, Children Science Congress

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