Women in Science & Technology in India

 

 

 

Disease Diagnostics and Tissue Engineering: A Chemist’s Perspective

 

Speaker: Dr. Neetu Singh, Associate Professor, Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Introduction: Ms. Omita Goyal

 

 

 

Among myriad of health issues of global populace today, the problems associated with better means of diagnosis, and repair and regeneration of organs, bones, cartilages, etc. remain a big challenge. The prospect of using nanoscience and nanotechnology as a tool to answer questions arising out of these healthcare issues are exciting and form the basis of this talk. Nanostructures, due to their similar size scale as bio-macromolecules and cellular components, provide an unprecedented opportunity to target and potentially modulate important biological processes. Some of the key nanotechnology based scientific and technological contributions from our laboratory that are impacting disease diagnostics and tissue engineering will be discussed. Briefly, examples illustrating how knowledge of chemical science & nanotechnology has enabled us to develop platform technologies for easy quantification of cell growth and for spatially controlled differentiation of stem cells on a single substrate without addition of any exogenous enhancers will be highlighted. The technologies developed allow detecting diseases faster and achieving complex cell organization as seen in real organs

 

(Collaboration: Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser, Govt. of India; and Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi)

Recent Development in Nepal – China Relations: Assessing President Xi Jingping’s Visit

 

Speakers: Ambassador Jayant Prasad, former Indian Ambassador to Nepal and Afghanistan and former Director-General, Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses; Maj. Gen. Rajiv Narayanan, AVSM, VSM (retd.), Distinguished Fellow, United Services Institute of India; and Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli, Chairperson, Centre for East Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

 

 

Moderator: Prof. Sangeeta Thapliyal, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

 

IIC Winter Festival of Dance

 

AT 18:00

Sattriya Recital

By Meenakshi Medhi from Delhi, disciple of the late Guru Adhyapak Jibanjit Dutta and Adhyapak Haricharan Bhuyan Borbayan

 

AT 19:00

Kuchipudi Recital

By Vidhya S.  from Chennai, disciple of Guru Kalaimamani Sailaja

 

 

IIC WINTER FESTIVAL OF MUSIC AND DANCE: 27 AND 28 DECEMBER 2019

 

IIC Winter Festival of Music

 

At 18:00

Rudra Veena Recital

By Sharada Mushti from Delhi, disciple of Pandit Arvind Parikh 

 

AT 19:00

Hindustani Vocal Recital

By  Adarsh Saxena  from Dehradun, disciple of  Pt Arun Bhaduri

 

The Homeland

An exhibition by Moutushi Chakraborty who interrogates the idea of home. What is a ‘Home’? A three dimensional space to seek physical respite and emotional solace perhaps…or maybe an architectural splendor to boast of…a tattered bunker to hide from grenades or bullets…a magical cocoon to build dreams on…

 

On view are works in mixed media on paper

 

Inauguration on Monday, 23 December 2019 at 18:30

 

 

Human Origin, Health and Disease: Contemporary and Ancient DNA Perspectives

Speaker: Prof. K. Thangaraj, Senior Principal Scientist, CSIR - Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad

 

Modern India is a region of remarkable cultural, linguistic and genetic diversity with over 4,500 anthropologically well-defined groups. How did such a huge human diversity arise in India? Genetic studies over a period of two decades unveil the origin, admixture and its implications of the people of Indian subcontinent

 

 

Recasting Selves (English, Malayalam)

(80 min; 2019; dvd; English subtitles)

Direction, Script & Editing: Lalit Vachani who will introduce the film

An ICAS:MP and CeMIS (Centre for Modern Indian Studies) production

 

Screening will be followed by a discussion

 

The film foregrounds the fraught issues in the education sector facing the traditionally disadvantaged peoples of Kerala - Adivasis and Dalits. Set at Crest (the Centre for Research and Education for Social Transformation) in Kozhikode, Kerala – the film documents the ‘soft skills’ training of Dalit and Adivasi post-graduate students in a sensitive and nurturing campus environment as preparation for their employment in the new Indian economy.

 

Fifth Edition of State of the Indian Economy

Speakers: Prof Partha Sen, ECGC Chair Professor, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade and former Director, Delhi School of Economics; Prof Surajit Mazumdar, Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Prof R. Kavita Rao, Professor, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy; and Prof Vikas Rawal, Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

Introduction: Suhas Borker, Convener, Working Group on Alternative Strategies

 

(Collaboration: Working Group on Alternative Strategies)

 

ART MATTERS

 

Gandhi and Art of Social Change

Speakers: Prof. Akeel Bilgrami and Dr. Abhay Bang

 

(Collaboration: The Raza Foundation)