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Programme guideKolkata

5 – 8 November, 2019Biswa Bangla Convention Centre

& Science City

Ministry of Science and TechnologyMinistry of Earth SciencesMinistry of Health and Family WelfareGovErnMEnT oF IndIa

iNdeX1. Global Indian Scientists & Technocrats Meet (GIST) .................................................................4

2. Overseas Ministers’ & Diplomats’ Conclave ....................................................................................5

3. State S&T Ministers Conclave (SSTMC) ...............................................................................................6

4. Young Scientists Conference (YSC) ......................................................................................................8

5. Students' Science Village ...............................................................................................................................11

6. North East Students’ Conclave .................................................................................................................13

7. Women Scientists’ & Entrepreneurs’ Conclave ...........................................................................15

8. National Science Teachers Congress ..................................................................................................18

9. Industry Academia Conclave .....................................................................................................................19

10. New Age Technology Show ......................................................................................................................21

11. Science & Technology Media Conclave .............................................................................................23

12. World Record Attempts ................................................................................................................................25

13. Face to Face with New Frontiers in Science ................................................................................26

14. Agricultural Scientists’ Meet .....................................................................................................................27

15. Health Research Conclave ..........................................................................................................................29

16. Students' Engineering Model Competition .................................................................................30

17. Vigyanika – International Science Literature Festival ..........................................................31

18. International Science Film Festival of India .................................................................................37

19. National Social Organisations and Institute Meet (NSOIM) ............................................42

20. National Start-up Conclave & Expo ....................................................................................................45

21. Assistive Technologies Conclave & Expo for Divyangjan ...................................................47

22. Nav Bharat Nirman – Building of the New India .....................................................................49

23. Wellness Conclave & Expo .........................................................................................................................50

24. Traditional Crafts & Artisan Meet & Expo .......................................................................................53

25. Mega Science, Technology & Industry Expo ...............................................................................55

26. Cultural Events ....................................................................................................................................................57

27. Outreach Programme ...................................................................................................................................59

28. Vigyan Yatra ...........................................................................................................................................................59

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Science festivals are vibrant expression of the cultural importance of science and technology of a nation. It gives scientists, inventors and researchers a chance to interact closely with students and citizens from all walks of life.

Science festivals offer many different forms of engagement such as, lectures, dialogues, panel discussions and debates; through hands-on demonstrations, shows, exhibitions, and workshops; in form of science-related theatre, cafes, music, and stand-up comedy. The goal of the science festivals is to engage citizens with science in ways that are inspirational and empowering. Science festivals are the inspiring celebrations of the fascinating world of science and technology.

India International Science Festival (IISF) launched in 2015 is a celebration to promote Science and Technology and demonstrate how science could lead India towards a developed nation within a short span of time. The aim is to engage public with science and celebrate the joy of science and show the ways how Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) provide us with the solutions to improve our lives. Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Earth Sciences and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in association with Vijnana Bharati (VIBHA), has created a unique platform of India International Science Festival which intends to inspire curiosity and make learning more rewarding.

The goal of the Science festivity is to help youth, develop 21st century skills, with a focus on scientific knowledge, creativity, critical thinking, problem-solving, and teamwork. One long-term objective is to encourage students to study and work in scientific fields. The focus on the myriad faces behind some of the fascinating discoveries will inject scientific attitude in the masses and will give us the power to create new possibilities. Once we get young people interested in acquiring new knowledge, asking questions, and starting the quest for the answers, we will accomplish our goal. India International Science Festival (IISF) is a science outreach marathon not a science sprint. We hope this effort will fuel India’s drive toward becoming Vishwa Guru.

IISF 2019 is being organized by Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Earth Sciences and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in association with Vijnana Bharati (VIBHA). This year it is being coordinated by Department of Science and Technology (DST), and the nodal agency is Vigyan Prasar.

Co-ordinatorsDr SK Varshney, DSTPh: +91 11 26961912Ms Sulakshana Jain, DST Ph: +91 11 26590582Prof YK Gupta, Vijnana Bharati Ph: +91 98688 68457

Dr Gautam Basu, Bose Institute Ph: +91 92318 74575Dr Sanjay Ghosh, Bose Institute Ph: +91 98312 96681Dr Rajnish Chaturvedi, Vijnana Bharati Ph: +91 94504 18445

gloBal iNdiaN ScieNTiSTS & TechNocraTS meeT6 November, 2019Venue: Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, Hall No. 2

Programme Schedule

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Time Activities

10.30 – 10.35 Arrival of Guests

10.35 – 10.40Welcome Remarks by Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology (DST), GoI

10.40 – 10.45 Lighting of Lamp by dignitaries

10.45 – 11.00Introduction to Hon’ble guests by Mr. S. K. Varshney, Advisor & Head (IBC), DST & Presentation of Mementoes

11.00 – 11.10Remarks by Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Hon’ble Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, India

11.10 – 11.15 Vote of Thanks

11.15 – 11.30 TeA BReAk

Session 1Theme: Disruptive Technologies & Opportunities of Artificial intelligence & its Applications

Time Activities

11.45 – 12.00 Opening Remarks by Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology (DST), GoI

12.00 – 12.15 Remarks by Surinder Rametra, Executive Director, HOV Services Ltd

12.15 – 12.30 Remarks by Dr. Rahul Mhaskar, University of South Florida

12.30 – 12.45 Remarks by Shesh N Rai, University of Louisville

12.45 – 12.55 Discussion and questions

12.55 – 13.00 Concluding Remarks by panelists (~1 min each)

13.00 – 14.00 LunCH

Session 2Theme: Innovative Mechanisms to Connect Indian Diaspora to Contribute in Indian Science

Time Activities

14.00 – 14.15 Opening Remarks by Mr. S. K. Varshney, Advisor & Head (IBC), DST

14.15 – 14.30 Remarks by Shri Jayant Sahasrabuddhe, National Organising Secretary, Vijnana Bharti

14.30 – 14.45 Remarks by Dr. Archana Sharma, CERN , Genava

14.45 – 15.00 Remarks by Dr. Aseem Ansari, St. Jude Children Research Hospital

15.00 – 15.15 Remarks by Dr. Shwetha Vijyakrishnan, University of Glaslow, UK

15.15 – 15.25 Discussion and questions

15.25 – 15.30 Concluding Remarks (~1 min each)

15.30 TeA

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Co-ordinatorsDr SK Varshney, DSTPh: +91 11 26961912

Ms Sulakshana Jain, DST Ph: +91 11 26590582

Dr Kaushik Biswas, Bose InstitutePh: +91 90071 91031

Dr Somshubhro Bandyopadhyay Bose Institute Ph: +91 90513 74195

Dr Ajit Bikram Datta, Bose InstitutePh: +91 89618 36347

Dr Rupesh Chaturvedi, Vijnana Bharati Ph: +91 99710 1869

overSeaS miNiSTerS aNd diPlomaTS coNclave5 November, 2019Venue: Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, Hall No. 2

Programme ScheduleDAY 1 - 5 november, 2019

Time Activities

02.30 – 02.35 Arrival of Guests

02.35 – 02.40 Welcome Remarks by Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology (DST), GoI

02.40 – 02.55 Lighting of Lamp by dignitariesRemarks by Hon. Mr. Jai Bir Rai, Minister of Education, Bhutan

02.55 – 03.05 Remarks by Mr Maleeh Jamal, Minister of Communications, Science & technology, Maldives

03.05 – 03.15 Remarks by Dr Khin Maung Aye, Minister of Education, Mynamar

03.15 – 03.25 Remarks by Mr Choi Jong Ho, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Republic of Korea, India

03.25 – 03.35 Professor Loughhead, Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA), BEIS, UK

03.35 – 03.45 Remarks by Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Hon’ble Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, India

03.45 – 04.00 Concluding Remarks

04.00 – 04.30 TeA BReAk

04.30 – 04.40 Presentation of Mementoes to Hon’ble guests

04.40 – 05.40 Vote of Thanks by Dr. SK Varshney, Advisor & Head, International Bilateral Cooperation, DST, India

05.40 Departure of the guests

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Co-ordinatorsDr Debapriya Dutta, DSTPh: +91 81305 45765

Dr Jyotirmoyee Dash, IACSPh: +91 96353 50592

Sh NP Shukla, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 98260 13067

Er Ravinder Gaur, DSTPh: +91 98183 85649

Prof Pramod K Verma, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 9826 013067

STaTeS ScieNce & TechNology Ministers’ ConClave (sstMC)6 November, 2019Venue: The Westin, Rajarhat

Programme Schedule DAY 1 - 06 november, 2019

Time Activities

09.30 – 10.00 Registration

10.00 – 11.00 InAuGuRAL SeSSIOn

10.00 – 10.15 Arrival of Dignitaries

10.15 – 10.25Welcome address: Prof Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, DST “Expectations from Conclave Deliberations”

10.25 – 10.50Inaugural Address: Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Hon’ble Minister of Science and Technology, Earth Sciences & Health and Family Welfare

10.50 – 11.00Release of the compendium on the activities of State S&T Councils and Release of DST-Portal on State S&T Programme

11.00 – 11.15 TeA BReAk

11: 15 – 12.45Development of STI ecosystem in States/UT’s: Roles of S&T Councils in States/UT’s.: (15 Minutes each)

• Assam S&T Council - Best Practices of S&T councils of North Eastern States• Punjab S&T Council - Best Practices of S&T councils of Northern States• Karnataka S&T Council - Best Practices of S&T councils of Southern States• Gujarat S&T Council - Best Practices of S&T councils of Western States• Madhya Pradesh S&T Council - Best Practices of S&T councils of Central States• West Bengal S&T Council - Best Practices of S&T councils of Eastern States

12.45 – 02.45 LunCH

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DAY 1 - 06 november, 2019

02.45 – 03.15

Center-State S&T cooperation to address national Priorities (20 minutes each)• Issues and challenges for Centre-State S&T cooperation by

Prof Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, DST• Role of S&T Councils in National Flagship Programme by

Prof S Agnihotri, Dir, CTARA, IIT Bombay and Chairman, EC, SSTP

03.15 – 03.45need of mapping of S&T needs and localizing SDG’s - Role can play by S&T CouncilsNITI Aayog

03.45 – 04.00 Discussion

04.00 – 04.15 TeA BReAk

04.15 – 05.30

S&T Ministers’ Conclave (This Conclave will provide an opportunity to S&T Ministers of various States & Union Territories to express their views on way forward to Strengthen the Center-State S&T Cooperation specifically through state S&T councils to address the state specific issues, national priorities and SDGs).• Comments by Hon’ble Minister for S&T and ES, EF & CC and HFW (Govt. of

India) and S&T Ministers of various States/UT’s. • Panel Discussion of S&T Ministers States/UT’s

05.30 – 05.45 Conclave Concluding Remarks Dr Debapriya Dutta, Adviser, DST

05.45 – 06.00Vote of Thanks: Er Ravinder Gaur Scientist & Member Secretary (State S&T Programme), Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi

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Co-ordinatorsDr Ayan Datta, IACS, DST Ph: +91 98742 95938

Dr Jajati K Nayak, VECC, DAEPh: +91 94331 18008

youNg ScieNTiSTS’ coNFereNce5-7 November, 2019Venue: Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, Hall No. 1, 3 & 4

Programme ScheduleDAY – 1

Session – 1 10:30 AM – 11:00 Noon

InAuGuRATIOn – Main Auditorium (Hall – 1, BBCC) Guests – Hon’ble Minister of Science & Technology, GOI Hon’ble Minister of Science & Technology, WB Prof. Asutosh Sharma, Secretary, DST, Dr. M. Rajeevan, Secretary, MoES Dr. Sekhar C. Mande, DG, CSIR, Prof. Vijay Bhatkar, President, VIBHA Shri. Jayant Sahasrabuddhe, National Organizing Secretary, VIBHAWelcome Address By Prof. Santanu Bhattacharya, Director – IACS, Other dignitaries of the 1st academic session

Session – 2

11:00 PM – 11:30 PMTheme – Scientific Challenges in India and our responsibilities as scientistsSession Chair: Prof. Sekhar C. Mande, DG – CSIR

11:30 PM – 12:00 PMScientific Challenges in IndiaPlenary – I: Prof. Abhay Karandikar, Director, IIT Kanpur

12:00 PM – 12:30 PMResponsibility as a ScientistPlenary – II: Shri. U. Rajababu (Responsibility as a Scientist) Project Director, Mission Shakti, DRDO

DAY – 2

Session – 3 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM

Poster Session–I: Make in India, Bio Diversity, Frontier areas of Sciences, Swachh Bharat, Swasth Bharat, Digital India, Water Crisis and ConservationSession Chairs: • Prof. Sanjib Nag, JU And

Dr. G. N. Sastry, Director – NIEST, Jorhat.

• Prof. Pinakpani Chakrabarti, J. C. Bose Institute and Prof. Vibha Tandon, JNU.

• Prof. Amitava Patra, IACS and Prof. Swapan Pati, JNCASR and Dr. V. Subramanian, CLRI – Chennai

Session Chairs: • Prof. Kamal Panigrahi, IIT

– KGP and Prof. Prashant Panigrahi, IISER – Kolkata and Prof. Sudhir Bhadauria.

• Prof. Ashok Sharma, AIIMS.• Prof. P. P. Chakraborti,

Former Director, IIT – KGP.• Dr. B. P. Mohanty, CIFRI,

Barrackpore• Prof. Debasish Chatterjee,

University of Kalyani

11:00AM – 11:30PM TeA AnD SnACkS

Session – 4 11:30AM – 12:30 PM

Recent Scientific & Technological Achievements: Main Auditorium Rapporteur: Prof. Ayan DattaSession Chair: Prof. Vijay BhatkarPlenary–III: Prof. Bimal Roy, Chairman, National Statistical Commission Plenary–IV: Prof. P.P Chakraborti, Former Director, IIT KGP

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Session – 5 12:30PM – 1:30 PM

Young AchieversSession Chairs:• Prof. Satyajit

Chakraborty, VC, UEM

Y1: Nandini Bhanduri, BITS Pilani, Hyd – Campus.Y2: Neena Gupta, ISI, KolkataY3: Kafeel Siddique, NIT Raipur.Y4: Ashok Sharma, AIIMS, Delhi

Young AchieversSession Chairs: • Dr. Dibyendu

S. Bag, Joint Director, DMSRDE, DRDO Kanpur

Y5: Sukhendu Mandal, IISER TVMY6: Vivek Polshettiwar, TIFR.Y7: Rahul Modak, KIIT Bhubaneswar. Y8: Rahul Banerjee, IISER Kolkata

Young AchieversSession Chairs:• Prof. Pallab

Banerjee, IIT – KGP • Prof. Rabibrata

Mukherjee, IIT – KGP

Y9: Abhishek Dey, IACSY10: Dr. Bikash Jena, IMMT, BBSRY11: Vivek Tiwari, SSCU, IISc.Y12: Aditya Bandopadhyay, IIT – KGP

1:30PM – 2:30PM LunCH BReAk

Session – 6 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM

Career Options in Industry

HALL ARapporteur: Prof. Sanjay TiwariChairman: • Prof. J. V.

Yakhmi, Former Group Director, BARC

• Dr. Sumit Bhaduri, Visiting Professor, Northwestern University

Ind1: Dr. Anubhav Saxena, Pidilite.Ind2: Prof. Sheela Ramasesha, NIAS.Ind3: Dr. Sourav Basu, Curadev Pharma

HALL BRapporteur: Prof. Ayan DattaChairperson: • Dr. Deeksha

Gupta, ACS India Rapporteur:

Ind4: Dr. Partha Pratim Pal, Wiley – VCH ChemistryInd5: Dr. Rajendra Joshi, Chairman, RI InstrumentsInd6: Dr. Yashwant Dev Panwar, TIFAC, New Delhi

HALL CRapporteur: Prof. Sachin MandavganeChairman: • Prof. K. P. Ray,

DIAT – Pune

Ind7: Sukhendu Mandal, KolkataInd8: Shri. Sanjay Bhattacharya, patient Office, Kolkata Ind9: Shri. Sailendra Kumar Shukla, Chairman, State Electricity Board, Chhatisgarh

3:30PM – 4:00PM TeA AnD SnACkS

Session – 7

national Scientific Policies: Main AuditoriumSession Chair: Dr. V. K. Saraswat, NITI Aayog. Panel Discussion & Interactive Session

4:00 PM – 5:15 PM

Dr. Sekhar C. Mande, Director General, CSIR Dr. Ashutosh Sharma, DST SecretaryDr. M. Rajeevan, Secretary, MoES Dr. Renu Swarup, Secretary, DBTDr. S. P. Gautam, Fromer VC, Durgavati University & Chairman, Central Pollution Board

Session – 8 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM Poster Session II

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DAY – 3

Session – 9

Technology for Society: Main AuditoriumChairman: Ashwini Nangia, Director, NCL

9.30 AM – 9.55 AM Plenary–VI: Dr. Muraleedharan, Director, CSIR – CGCRI

9.55 AM – 10.20 AM Plenary–VII: Dr. Ashalatha, Neuro Surgeon

10.20 AM– 10.40 AM Plenary–VIII: Dr. Mahesh W. Kasture, BPCL, Noida

10.40 AM– 11.00 AM Plenary–IX: Dr. Tapas Kundu, Director, CDRI

11:00AM – 11:30AM TeA AnD SnACkS

Session – 10 11:30AM – 12:30PM

Overseas education and Research Opportunities: Main AuditoriumChairman: Prof. S. Ramasesha, IISc, Dr. Gautam Sutrdhar, NIT Manipur, S. K. Varshney, DST(Panel Discussion with Interactive Session)

embassy 1 Dr. Michael Feiner, German Embassy embassy 2 Prof. Amitava Gupta, Jadavpur Universityembassy 3 Shevanti Narayan, Regional Officer, US – India Educational Foundation embassy 4 Mr. Krish Das, American Diplomat, US – India Educational Foundationembassy 5 Mr. Choi Jong Ho, Minister, Republic of Koreaembassy 6 Mr Park Sung Jin, Counseller, Science & Technology, Republic of Koreaembassy 7 Nguyen Hong Son, First Secretary, Embassy of Vietnam

Session – 11 12:30PM – 1:30PM

Valedictory and Poster Prize Awards : Main AuditoriumChief Guest: Dr. Harsha VardhanGuests on Dias: Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, DST,

Dr. Sekhar C. Mande, DG, CSIR, Dr. M. Rajeevan, Secretary, MoES, Dr. Renu Swarup, Secretary, DBT, Shri. A. Jayakumar, Special Advisor, VIBHA

Vote of Thanks: Dr. Jajati K. Nayak

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student sCienCe village – Mega sCienCe Hub“Pradhan mantri Saansad adarsh gram yojana”5-8 November, 2019Venue: Biswa Bangla Convention Centre

Co-ordinatorsMr Sitendu Mandal, CSIR-CGCRIPh: +91 9830587856

Mr S. Sudhakar, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 7397479860

Mr Pradip Tarafdar, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 9748530552

Mr BB Jha, CSIR-CGCRIPh: +91 9861013526

Mr G. Kannabiran, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 8778201926


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NorTh eaST STudeNTS’ coNclave7-8 November, 2019Venue: Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, Hall No. 3

Co-ordinatorsMr Sachin C Narwadiya, Vigyan Prasar Ph: +91 78273 38158

Dr. Saumen Adhikari, S N BosePh: +91 94335 80990

Dr. Krishna Kumar, NECTARPh: +91 98991 92757

Dr. Rajib Sharma, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 70027 00057


Time Activies

09: 30 - 01.00 Visit the Activities of IISF along with Exhibition

01: 00 - 02: 00 LunCH

02: 00 - 04: 00 Visit the Activities of IISF along with Exhibition

04: 00 - 05: 30 Stress Management Session and workshop by Dr. Narendra Sharma


09.00 - 09.30 Registration

09.30 - 11.00 InAuGuRATIOn SeSSIOnWelcome by Prof. Samit Kumar Ray, Director, S. N. Bose National Centre f or Basic Sciences

Felicitation of Dignitaries and Lamp lighting

Address by Guest of Honour• Hon’ble Dy. Chief Minister, Tripura• Hon’ble Education Minister, Manipur• Prof. Arun Kumar Sarma, DG NECTAR

Address by Chief GuestDr. Harsh VardhanHon’ble Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth SciencesUnion Minister for Health and Family WelfareVote of Thanks by Dr. Krishna Kumar

11.30 - 01.00 Northeast Teachers’ and Students Pedagogy Training session to enhancetheir interest and temperament on science and technology, with experts:• Prof Sibaji Raha• Prof. Archan S Majumdar• Prof. Arun K. Sarma• Prof. Samir K Pal

01.00 - 02.00 LunCH

02.00 - 04.00 Session II: Presentations on ‘Conservation of Biodiversity for Sustainable life in NE Region’

04.00 - 04.30 TeA BReAk

04.30 - 06.00 Session III: Presentations on ‘Conservation of Bio-diversity for Sustainable life in NE Region’

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07.45 – 08.15 BReAkfAST

08.15 - 08.45 Way to SNBNCBS

08.45 – 12.30Visit at SNBNCBS and interact with the eminent scientists Lecture by Prof. Samit Kumar Ray, Director SNBNCBS

12.30 – 01.00 LunCH

01.00 – 01.30 Way back to BBCC

01.30 – 02.30 Northeast Cultural Fest

02.30 – 04.00 Valedictory SessionWelcome Address Dr. Krishna KumarGuest GuestGuest of Honour• Dr. Indrajit Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

Prize Distribution of Northeast Students’ Poster/model Exhibition andSpeech Presentation and Fest

Vote of Thanks by Sh. Sachin Narwadia

04.00 - 06.00 Valedictory Session of IISF

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WomeN ScieNTiSTS & eNTrePreNeurS coNclave7-8 November, 2019Venue: Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, Hall No. 7

Co-ordinatorsDr. Ranjana Agrawal, CSIR- NISTADSPh: +91 98967 40740

Dr. Kasturi Mandal, CSIR-NISTADSPh: +91 93132 45343

Dr. Snehasikta Swranakar, CSIR-IICBPh: +91 98314 99093

Dr. Kinkini Misra, Vigyan PrasarPh: +91 98109 41887

Dr. Sucheta Tripathy, CSIR-IICBPh: +91 98309 99740

Dr. Shiny Suresh, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 96542 56770

Programme ScheduleDAY 1 – 7 november, 2019

Sessions Time Program


SeSSIOn – 1

9.30 – 11.05 Inauguration

9.30 – 9.35 Welcome of Guests

9.35 – 9.40 Lighting of the Lamp

9.40 – 9.45 Welcome address by Dr. Ranjana Aggarwal, Director, CSIR – NISTADS

Chief Guests

9.45 – 9.55 Keynote address by Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, DST

9.55 – 10.05 Special address by Dr. Shekhar C Mande, DG CSIR

10.05 – 10.10Special address by Shri Jayant Sahasrabudhe, Organizing Secretary, VIBHA

10.10 – 10.20 Address by Guest of Honour Smt. Chandrima Bhattacharya, Hon’ble Minister of State for Housing, Govt. of West Bengal

10.20 – 10.30 Address by Guest of Honour Smt. Debasri Chaudhuri, Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Women and Child Development

10.30 – 10.45 Inaugural address by Chief Guest Smt. Smriti Irani, Hon’ble Union Minister for Women and Child Development

10.45 – 11.00

11.00 – 11.05

Presided by Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Hon’ble Union Minister for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Health & Family WelfareVote of thanks by Dr. Kinkini Dasgupta Misra, Vigyan Prasar

11.05 – 11.15 TeA BReAk

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SeSSIOn – 2

11.20 – 12.30 Women Leaders and Achievers for Risen India

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11.20 – 11.30 Prof. Sanghamitra Bandyopadhayay, Director ISI, Kolkata

Speakers

11.30 – 11.40 Maj. General Dr. Madhuri Kanitkar, Army Health Services

11.40 – 11.50 Dr. Tanushree Saha Dasgupta, Senior Scientist, S N Bose Institute , Kolkata

11.50 – 12.00 Dr. Sudipta Sengupta, Professor, Jadavpur University

12.00 – 12.10 Dr. Kanchan Gaba, Lawyer, Kolkata


12.20 – 12.30 Chair’s Remarks

SeSSIOn – 3

12.30 – 1.30 Women in STI. International Perspectives

Chair

12.30 – 12.35 Dr. Shailja Vaidya Gupta, Senior Advisor, Office of PSA, Delhi

Speakers

12.35 – 12.45 Dr. Archana Sharma, Senior Scientist, CERN, Geneva

12.45 – 12.55 Dr. Kanti Shrestha, Nepal Academy of Sciences, Kathmandu, Nepal

12.55 – 1.05 Dr. Kazi Hanium Maria, Professor, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

1.05 – 1.15 Dr. Swetha Vijaykrishnan, University of Glasgow

1.15 – 1.25 Discussion 1.25 – 1.30 Chairs’ Remarks

1.30 – 2.30 LunCH

SeSSIOn – 4

2.30 – 3.45 Women entrepreneurship Towards Sustainable Development

Chair

2.30 – 2.35 Dr. Shanti Pada Gon Choudhury, NBRTI, Kolkata

experts

2.35 – 2.45 Prof. Suman Kapur, Dean, BITS, Pilani, Rajasthan

2.45 – 2.55 Ms. Aditi Gupta, Founder of Start – up Menstrupedia, Gujarat

2.55 – 3.05 Dr. Aparna Saraogi, WEE Foundation, IIT Delhi

3.05 – 3.15 Ms. Sujata Chatterjee, TWIRL, Kolkata

3.15 – 3.25 Ms. Munmum Biswas, DIC, Kolkata



3.45 – 4.00 TeA BReAk

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SeSSIOn – 5PAneL DISCuSSIOn

4.00 – 5.30 Women In STeMM. Opportunities and Challenges for new India

Chair

4.00 – 4.05Prof. Aditya Shashtri, Vice – Chancellor, Banasthali Vidyapith University, Rajasthan

4.05 – 4.15 Moderator: Dr. Sanjay Mishra, Adviser, Department of Science and Technology(DST)

4.15 – 4.25 Prof. Krishna Roy, Principal, Bethune College, Kolkata

4.25 – 4.35 Dr. Meenakshi Munshi, Adviser, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), New Delhi

4.35 – 4.45 Dr. Jayasri Dassharma, IISER, Kolkata

4.45 – 4.55 Dr. Munmun Dasgupta, Scientsit G, NCMRWF, Ministry of Earth Sciences, New Delhi

4.55 – 5.05 Dr. Sharmistha Banerjee, University of Hyderabad

5.05 – 5.15 Dr. B.N. Meera, University of Bengaluru



DAY 2 – 8 november, 2019

Sessions Time Program

SeSSIOn – 6

9.30 – 11.00 Grassroots Women in Catalysing Sustainable Growth

9.30 – 9.40 Chair: Prof. Arunabha Majumder, Jadavpur university

Speakers

9.40 – 9.50 Ms. Santosh Devi, Rajasthan (Organic Farming)

9.50 – 10.00 Ms. Nirupama Deshpande, Amravati (Entrepreneur)

10.00 – 10.10 Dr. Ankita Bohare, Shakti (Women Empowerment)

10.10 – 10.20 Ms. Mamtabai, Pune (Agriculture)

10.20 – 10.30 Ms. Smita Y Ghaisas, Pune (Water)

10.30 – 10.40 10.40 – 10.50

DiscussionChair’s Remarks

11.00 – 11.15 TeA BReAk

SeSSIOn – 7

11.20 – 12.30 Youth in Driving Sustainability

11.20 – 11.30

11.30 – 11.40

Chair: Divya Rajput, Programme Director (India), Women Entrepreneurs Program,University of Texas (Austin)Co Chair: Dr. Sangeeta Kale, Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Pune

11.40 – 12.00 Contribution of Young Researchers in driving SustainabilityPresentation of Young Researchers

12.00 – 12.20 Contribution by entrepreneurs in driving SustainabilityPresentation by Young entrepreneurs

12.20 – 12.30 Discussion and Chair’s Remarks

SeSSIOn – 8

12.30 – 1.30 Valedictory

12.30 – 12.40Chief Guest Roopa Ganguly, Member of Parliament, RajyaSabha, West Bengal

12.40 – 12.50Guest of Honour: Professor K. Vijay Raghavan, Principal Scientific Advisor, Delhi

12.50 – 01.00Address by Special Invitee: Ms. Nivedita R Bhide, Vice President, Vivekannada Kendra, Kanyakumari

01.00 – 01.10 Guest of Honour Shri Jaya Kumar, Special Advisor, VIBHA

01.10 – 01.25 Round up of WSEC 2019

01.25 – 01.30 Vote of Thanks

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NaTioNal ScieNce TeacherS’ coNgreSS7-8 November, 2019Venue: Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, Hall No. 6

Co-ordinatorsDr Arvind C. Ranade, Vigyan PrasarPh: +91 98714 39594

Dr Prasant Chandra Singh, IASCPh: +91 88209 52191

Dr Prosenjit Sen, IASCPh: +91 89812 44884

Dr Malla Reddy, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 98303 70458

Sh Manoj Sawaikar, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 94044 54324


Time Activities


10.00 – 11.00 Inauguration by Hon’ble MHRD minister

11.00 – 11.15 TeA BReAk

11.15 – 11.45 Ice Breaking - Introduction by Dr. Arvind Ranade

11.45 – 12.45 Chaired by Prof. JN Moorthy, Director, IISER TvmPlenary Talk-I: Prof. Gautam R Desiraju, IISc Bangalore“Current challenges in the education sector in India: The continuing relevance of Swami Vivekananda and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan”

12: 45 – 02.00 LunCH

02.00 – 02.30 Chaired by Dr. C Malla Reddy, IISER, Kolkatakeynote Speaker: Sh. Unnat Pandit, Niti Ayog, New Delhi“Experimental Learning at various level of Education System”

02.30 – 04.00 Chaired by Sh. Unnat Pandit, Niti Ayog, New DelhiPanel Discussion: The National Education Policy – 2019Panel Members: • Mrs. Asano Sekhose, President, COBSE • Prof. Dinesh Kumar, Head, DESM, NCERT • Dr. Biswajit Saha, Director (Skill Education & Training), CBSE

04.00 – 04.15 TeA BReAk

04.15 – 05.45 Chaired by Shri Manoj SawaikarDemonstrations: • Miss Shivani Pethe, IUCAA Pune — Wonder lab • Shri. Shashikant Naik, HM Goa — Mathlab • Shri. Ashok Kumar Roy, Teacher — Eco-conservation


09.00 – 09.30 Open Discussion & Interaction moderated by Dr. Prosenjit Sen (IACS, Kolkata) and Sh. RP Singh (CBSE, New Delhi)

09.30 – 10.00 Chaired by Dr. Prosenjit Sen, IACS, KolkataShort Talk by Prof. Sangeeta Gadhok Magan, NDIM, New Delhi“Enhancing the Teaching Learning Process”

10.00 – 11.00 Chaired by Prof. Arindam Banerjee, School of Biological Science, IACS Plenary Talk-2 by Prof B N Jagatap, Department of Physics, IIT Mumbai on “Indian Contributions to Chemical Sciences”

11: 00 – 11.15 TeA BReAk

11.15 – 12.15 Short Talks by VIBHA (Sh. Jayant Sahasrabuddhe) & Vigyan Prasar (Director, VP/Dr. Arvind C. Ranade)

12.15 – 01.00 Open Discussion & Feedback moderated by all Co-ordinators of NSTC

01.00 – 02.00 LunCH BReAk

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iNduSTry-academia coNclave5-6 November, 2019Venue: Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, Hall No. 6

Co-ordinatorsMr Deepak Sinha, IACSPh: +91 89024 77366

Mr Mithlesh Tiwari, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 90497 02999

Dr. Pallab Banerjee, IIT, KharagpurPh: +91 9434722493

Mr Sunil Bhat, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 90498 00298


Time Program

02.30 – 02.35

02.35 – 02.50

02.50 – 03.15

02.55 – 03.15

03.15 – 03.20

Welcome by Dr. Sunil Bhat, Assoc Prof. VNIT

Address by Guest of Honour Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, DST

Special address by Dr. Renu Swarup, Secretary, DBT

Inaugural Address by Chief Guest Dr. Mahendranath Pandey, Hon’ble Union Minister for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship

Vote of Thanks

03.45 – 06.00

03.45 – 04.15

04.15 – 06.00

THeMe 1 – Improving System for Industry exposure to Students and faculty

keynote Speaker: Dr. Anil Sahastrabudhe, Chairman, AICTE

Panel Members• Mr. V. Sitaramayaa, Plant Head, Mahindra & Mahindra, Zakirabad• Mr. Anil Shende, GM (HR), Triveni Turbines, Bangalore• Dr. Sanjay Singh, Executive Director, TIFAC, New Delhi• Dr. Atul Patil, Managing Director, IKSC Knowledge Bridge Pvt Ltd Pune


10.00 – 13.00

10.00 – 10.45

11.00 – 01.00

THeMe 2 – feasibility of Industry Participation in Creating Learning Resources for Academia

keynote Speaker: Mr. A.M. Naik, Chairman, National Skill Development Corporation & former Chairman L&T Group

Panel Members• Prof. Nageshwar Rao, Vice Chancellor, Indira Gandhi National Open University,

New Delhi• Prof. Mangal Sundar Krishnan • National Program on Technology Enabled Learning (NPTEL), Chief Coordinator

SwayamPrabha, IIT Madras• Mr. N. Parameswaran, Advisor, Ministry of Human Resource Development , New Delhi• Mr. Yogi Sriram, Sr. Vice President (Corp. HR), Larson & Toubro, Mumbai• Mr. Manish Kumar, Managing Director & CEO, National Skill Development

Corporation, New Delhi

01.00 – 02.00 LunCH

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02.00 – 04.30 THeMe 3 – Possibility of Joint R &D with Industry by Academia

keynote Speaker: Mr. A.M. Naik, Chairman, National Skill Development Corporation & former Chairman L&T Group

Panel Members• Prof. Indranil Manna, former Director IIT Kanpur & National Coordinator,

IMPRINT, IIT Kharagpur• Dr. Arpan Pal, Chief Scientist TCS Research, Kolkata• Mr. Binay Dalal, Director (Technical), Coal India Limited, Kolkata• Prof. P.K. Sen, Chair Professor, IIT Kharagpur• Mr. B.B. Chatterjee, Director ITC Infotech & President Bengal Chamber of

Commerce, Kolkata

04.30 – 05.45

05.45 – 06.00

06.00 – 06.15

06.15

Concluding Session

OPen House Discussion for future Plan of Action

Moderators• Dr. Deepak Sinha, IACS, Kolkata• Dr. Sunil Bhat, VNIT, Nagpur• Dr. Pallab Banerji, IIT Kharagpur• Dr. Mithilesh Tiwari, VIBHA

Address by Guest of Honour Shri Jayant Sahasrabudhe, National Organising Secretary, Vijnana Bharati

Valedictory Address by Chief Guest Dr. Shekhar Mande, DG, CSIR

Vote of Thanks

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NeW age TechNology ShoW5-8 November, 2019Venue: Science City

Co-ordinatorsDr K B Bhushan, Vigyan Prasar Ph: +91 85279 57529

Dr Gaurav Jain, Vigyan PrasarPh: +91 98112 21166

Dr Sumit K Mishra, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 99119 20419

Ms Sanghamitra Poddar, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 94333 10775

The New Age Technology show at IISF 2019 will showcase the technology developments through modern audio video and cutting edge technologies such as Augmented Reality, Virtual reality, Holography, Smart interface, Robotics & Automation etc. The following activities and demonstrations are proposed at New Age technology Show

Mahatma Gandhiji’s 150 years of the journey from Mohandas to Mahatma on ar/Vr displaysCelebrating Gandhiji’s 150 years of the great journey from Mohandas to Mahatma, the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India has prepared a technologically advanced exhibition using augmented reality and virtual reality technologies. It provides an immersive experience for viewers to relive the important events during of Gandhiji’s life and, his memorabilia in the virtual world. Some of these technologies include:

• smart surface is a cutting edge technology with a multi-user interactive smart surface table that allows the user to explore Gandhiji’s life using interactive photos, videos, and documents.

• Virtual Hologram display is an advanced technology used for visualization and storytelling that has a resonance with today’s generation.

• transparent screen interface is technology fused with a transparent screen enabling white pixels to appear as transparent. It is an innovative and high impact medium to engage with the young generation.

nature Embedded: a design technology Experience“Nature Embedded: a Design-Technology Experience” is an exhibition developed by Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. This is a vision of our natural habitat that seeks to project Nature through the filters of cultural connotations, mindful of the

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fact that culture can be a more humane way to connect technology with people. The exhibits related to Origin of Life, Element of Nature, Point of View of Nature through non humans, Narratives on Nature will be showcased using cutting edge technologies such as multi-user visual experience through an interactive floor surface projection, abstractions of Sight and Sound, interactive wall projection, Augmented Reality etc.

interactive Experience ZoneThe experience zone will be created by Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, with Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Mixed Reality, and Robotics & Robotic Process etc to showcase of the new age India.

showcase of technological advancement in thematic mappingThis exhibition will be showcased along with NATMO, Kolkata.

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ScieNce & TechNology media coNclave6-7 November, 2019Venue: Bose Institute, Salt Lake

Co-ordinatorsMr Saurav Sen, Vigyan PrasarPh: +91 98107 00920

Mr Debashish Chowdhary, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 98746 77009

Mr G Sreedathan, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 98914 12119


Time Activities


09.30 – 11.00 InAuGuRAL SeSSIOnWelcome Address by Dr Nakul Parashar, Director, Vigyan Prasar Felicitation of Guests and Lamp lighting Ceremony

Chief Guest

Guest of Honour

keynote Address

11.15 - 01.00 Session I: Science Communication in the Age of Convergence• Ms Subhra Priyadarshini, Editor, Nature India• Ms Sarah Iqbal, DBT-Welcome Trust• Dr Manas Pratim Das, All India Radio• Ms Sandhya Ramesh, The Print• Mr Souparno Banerjee, Down To Earth• Mr Joel Adriano, Scidev.net, APAC, Manila

01.00 – 02.00 LunCH

02.00 – 03.45 SeSSIOn II: The Art of Science Story-telling• Prof Ashok Vishwanathan, SRFTI• Mr Pallava Bagla, Science Editor, NDTV• Mr Matiur Rehman, Filmmaker• Mr Pathik Guha, ABP Group• Mr Anup Gupta, Hindustan Times• Ms Archita Bhatta, Editor-in-Chief, DST Communication Cell

04.00 - 05.30 SeSSIOn III: Science Research: Papers Vs Popular Content• Mr Dinesh Sharma, ISW• Mr Chhatra Karki, News Editor, Nepal News• Mr Hasan Javaid Khan, Editor, Science Reporter• Ms Spoorthy Raman, Research Matters/Gubbi Labs• Prof Ipsita Barat, St Xaviers, Kolkata• Mrs Aparajita Basu, Bangiyo Bigyan Parishad

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09.30 – 11.00 SeSSIOn IV: Influencers – The newest edge of Outreach• Mr Saurav Sen, Senior Consultant, India Science• Mr Narayanan Madhavan, Senior Journalist• Mr Joel Adriano, Scidev.net, APAC, Manila• Mr Anand Khanse, TheWindowsClub.com• Prof Shubashree Desikan, The Hindu

11.15 – 01.00 SeSSIOn V: Creating a Viable Science niche in the Media• Prof Vijay Satokar, IIMC• Mr Laxman Dangol, RevoScience, Nepal• Mr Jacob Koshy, The Hindu• Ms Archana Jyoti, The Pioneer• Ms Spoorthy Raman, Research Matters/Gubbi Labs

01.00 – 02.00 LunCH

02.00 – 03.30 SeSSIOn VI: Science Coverage in Regional Media – new frontiers• Dr Mrinal Chatterjee, IIMC Dhenkanal• Mr Judhajit Dasgupta, Desh• Mr Tanka Upreti, Nepal TV• Mr Dhananjay Ghosal, Science Communicator• Mr Muhammed Sulhaf K, Madhyamam

03.30 – 04.15 Valedictory SessionConcluding Remarks: Dr Nakul Parashar, Director, Vigyan PrasarVote of Thanks: Saurav Sen, Senior Consultant, Media, Vigyan Prasar

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World record aTTemPTS5-8 November, 2019Venue: Science City

Co-ordinatorsDr. Koushik Biswas, CSIR-CGCRIPh: +91 97480 51040

Dr BB Jha, CSIR-CGCRIPh: +91 94326 73626

Mr Sandeep Baruh, Vigyan PrasarPh: +91 91238 25498

Dr Vaisakh VS, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 97170 96659

Mr Nayan Roy Chaudhuri, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 91238 25498

Ms Mayuri Datt, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 94330 06002

Largest astrophysics lesson and assembly of spectroscopes will be attempted on 5th Novembers, 2019 with participation of over 1750 students. Astronomers use spectroscopes to know details like temperature, chemical composition, etc. of celestial objects hundreds or millions of light years away from us. A small personal model of advanced spectroscopes can easily be made by anyone using a box made of cardboard that has a very narrow window used to channel light into the spectroscope. A piece of a Compact Disc is used to split the light by a process called diffraction. This attempt is dedicated to Meghnad Saha and C. V. Raman.

The Largest electronics lesson and assembly of optical media communication units at a single location will be attempted on 6th November with the participation of over 950 students. Communication link set up through Infrared signals - Wireless infrared communications refers to the use of free-space propagation of light waves in the near infrared band as a transmission medium for communication. This attempt is dedicated to Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman and Satyendra Nath Bose.

The record attempt for most people assembling Radio kits simultaneously will be attempted on 7th November 2019 with the participation of over 400 students. Like all other electromagnetic waves, radio waves travel at the speed of light in vacuum. They are generated by electric charges undergoing acceleration, such as time varying electric currents. Radio waves are generated artificially by transmitters and received by radio receivers, using antennas. This attempt is dedicated to Jagadish Chandra Bose.

The Largest human image of a human chromosome will be attempted to be formed on 8th November 2019 participation of over 400 students. In the nucleus of each cell, the DNA molecule is packaged into thread-like structures called chromosomes. Each chromosome is made up of DNA tightly coiled many times around proteins called histones that support its structure. The attempt is designed to inculcate the spirit of discovery in young minds to start their own exploration in the world of science and technology.

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Face To Face WiTh NeW FroNTier iN ScieNce6-7 November, 2019Venue: Science City – Main auditorium

Co-ordinatorsDr Krishnananda ChattopadhyayaCSIR- IICBPh: +91 99030 46826

Dr Padmaja Prasad MishraVijnana BharatiPh: +91 84204 25144

Dr Sibsanker Roy, CSIR – IICBPh: +91 9433414568

Ms Apala Chakraborty, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 98303 73216


Time Activies

08.30 - 09.3009.30 - 10.3010:30 - 11:30

11.30 - 12:30

SeSSIOn I, Group ARegistrationScience and Technology in Space: By Dr. Somak Roychoudhury, Director, IUCAA-PuneMachine Learning (Artificial Intelligence): By Prof. Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay, Director, ISI-KolkataBioscience and Bioengineering: By Prof. Kunal Ray, Former Director, AcSIR, Ghaziabad, UP, “Former Chief Scientist”, CSIR-IICB, Kolkata

12:30 - 01.30 LunCH

02.00 Expo Visit

09.30 - 10.3010.30 - 12:3002:00 - 03:00

03:00 - 04:00

04:00 - 05:00

SeSSIOn II, Group BRegistrationExpo VisitMachine Learning (Artificial Intelligence): By Prof. Partha Pratim Chakroborty, Professor, IIT KharagpurBioscience and Bioengineering: By Prof. Kunal Ray, Former Director, AcSIR, Ghaziabad, UP, Former Chief Scientist, CSIR-IICB, KolkataScience and Technology in Space: By Dr. Somak Roy Choudhury Director, IUCAA-Pune


08.30 - 09.3009.30 - 10.3010:30 - 11:30

11.30 - 12:3002:00 - 04:00

SeSSIOn I, Group CRegistrationMachine Learning (Artificial Intelligence): Dr. Biswajit Saha, Director, CBSEBioscience and Bioengineering: Prof. Suman Chakraborty, Dean, Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy, IIT KharagpurScience and Technology in Space: By Debi Prasad Duari, Director, M. P. Birla PlanetariumExpo Visit

12: 30 - 01.30 LunCH

09.30 - 10.3010.30 -12:3002:00 - 03:00 03:00 - 04:00

04:00 - 05:00

SeSSIOn II, Group DRegistrationExpo VisitScience and Technology in Space: By Debi Prasad Duari, Director, M. P. Birla PlanetariumMachine Learning (Artificial Intelligence): By Prof. Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay, Director, ISI-Kolkata + One guest speakerBioscience and Bioengineering: Prof. Suman Chakraborty, Dean, Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy, IIT Kharagpur

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agriculTural ScieNTiSTS’ meeT6 November, 2019Venue: Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, Hall No. 7

Co-ordinatorsMr Debabrata Basu, Bose InstitutePh: +91 98304 28990

Mr SS Singh, ATARI KolkataPh: +91 78974 63399

Dr. Nimai Chand Pan, ICAR-NINFETPh: +91 9433144587

Mr JP Sharma, ICAR-IARIPh: +91 98117 21815

Mr S K Singh, DKMA DelhiPh: +91 92059 43200

Mr Arun Pandey, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 88007 78376


Time Activies



10.00 10.00 – 10.0510.05 – 10.15 10.15 – 10.20

10.20 – 10.30

10.35 – 10.55

10.55 – 11.00

Lighting of lamps Welcome Address by Dr. Uday Bandopadhaya, Director, Bose Institute, Kolkata Inaugural Address by Shri A Jaya Kumar, Special Advisor, Vijnana BharatiRemarks by Guest of Honour Dr. Dinesh Kulkarni, National Organizing Secretary, Bharatiya Kisan SanghRemarks by Guest of Honour Dr. S Rajendra Prasad, VC, University of Agricultural SciencesAddress by Chief Guest Honble MOS Agriculture Govt. of India Sri Puroshottam RupalaVote of Thanks by Dr. Debabrata Basu

11.00 – 11.15 TeA BReAk

11.20 – 12.20 Technical Session I: farm Diversification and IfS modelsModerator: Dr. Anupam Mishra, ICAR-ATARI, JabalpurRapporteur: Dr. A.K. Goswami, ICAR-IARIPanel Discussion: • Up-Scaling grassroots innovations by Dr. R. N. Padana, Professor

(Agril Extension), ICAR-IARI• Region specific for Animal Husbandary by Dr. M.C Sharma• Integrated Farming System Models by Dr. V.K. Singh (Head, Agronomy), ICAR-IARI• Farm Implements by Col. Subhash Deswal, Awardee Farmer• Horticulture based farm diversification by Smt. Santosh Devi, Rajasthan

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12.20 – 01.20

Technical Session II: farm diversification and IfS models

Moderator: Dr. Rajbir Singh, Director, ICAR-ATARI, Ludhiana

Rapporteur: Dr. R. R. Burman, ICAR-IARI & Dr. Rajumoni Bordoloi, ICAR-ATARI, Guwahati

Panel Discussion: • Market reforms by Dr. P. Chandra Shekara, DG NIAM• Value addition, quality standards and market competitiveness by Prof. Sunil

Pareek, NIFTEM• Value chain development in Fishery Padam Shri Sultan Singh (Padma

Awardee Farmer)• Women empowerment through micro-enterprises Ms.Pooja Sharma,

Entrepreneur, Gurugram

01.20 – 02.15 LunCH

02: 20 – 03.20

Technical Session III: Alternative farming for sustainable agriculture, Per Drop More Crop

Moderator: Dr.Santosh K. Shrivastava, Director, ICAR-CIWA

Rapporteur: Dr. Awani Kumar Singh

Panel Discussion: • Horticulture based farming by Dr. S.K Chakrabarti, Director, ICAR CPRI, Shimla• Cow based economy by Dr V.K. Vijay, Dead, CRDT, IIT• Jal Sanskriti by Sh. Atul Jain, General Secretary, DRI• Organic farming –technological options and feasibility by Padam Shri Bharat

Bhushan Tyagi, Bulandshahar(Padma awardee farmer)• Farmers’ innovations and initiatives towards alternative agriculture by Smt.

Pushpa Sahu, HaryaliDidi, Chhattisgarh

03.20 – 04.20

Technical session-IV: future Road Map: Smart Agriculture and Policy advocacy

Moderator: Dr. N. C. Pan, Director, ICAR-NINFET, Kolkata

Rapporteur: Dr. N.V. Kumbhare, ICAR-IARI

Panel Discussion: • Enhancing Farmers’ Income - Policy Issues and imperatives by Sh. Ashok

Dalwai, CEO, NRAA, New Delhi• Transformative & Disruptive Agriculture Policy Making using AI & Big Data

by Dr. Dhananjay Ghanwat, IPS• Application of Drone in Agriculture by Sh. Anoop Upadhyay, Intel, USA• Climate Smart Agriculture by Dr. H. Pathak, Director, ICAR-NRRI, Cuttack• Agriculture Policy: Farmers’ Perspective by Shri Dinesh Kulkarni, National

Organizing Secretary, Bharatiya Kisan Sangh

04.20 – 04.35 TeA BReAk

04.35 – 05.40 Concluding Session

Moderator: Dr. S. S Singh Director, ICAR-ATARI

• Welcome speech by Dr. J.P. Sharma, Joint Director (Extension), IARI – New Delhi• Summary of deliberations by Dr. R. N. Padaria, Professor (Agril. Extension),

ICAR-IARI • Remarks by Dr. D. D. Patra, Vice chancellor, BCKVV, Mohanpore, Dr. K. M.

Indiresh, Vice Chancellor, University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot• Remarks by Dr. GP Singh, Director, ICAR-IIWBR, Karnal ,Dr. N. S. Rathore,

VC, MPUAT, Udaipur, Sri A. Jaya Kumar• Remarks by the Chief Guest Sh. Pratap Chandra Sarangi, Honourable Minister

of State, Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, Government of India• Vote of Thanks by Sh. Arun Pandey, Vijnana Bharati

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healTh reSearch coNclave7-8 November, 2019Venue: Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, Hall No. 2

Co-ordinatorsMs Rajni Kant Srivastava, ICMRPh: +91 98912 74684

Mr Ranjan Kumar Nandy, NICED-ICMRPh: +91 94335 25652

Mr Abhik Sinha, NICED-ICMRPh: +91 82406 07661

Mr Puneet Misra, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 98106 96386

Ms Neeraj Tandon, ICMRPh: +91 98114 62137

Mr Sujoy Das Gupta, Bose InstitutePh: +91 98302 27751

Ms Uma Kumar, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 98682 17040


Time Activies

09.30 - 11.00 InAuGuRAL SeSSIOn• Lighting of the Lamp • Inauguration of the Conclave • Address by Dignitaries • Inaugural lecture on "Medical Innovations" by Prof. Balram Bhargava, Secretary DHR & DG ICMR

11.00 - 11.15 TeA BReAk

11.15 - 12.45 SESSION I: Emerging and Re-emerging Disease• Dr. DT Mourya, Former Director, NIV, Pune • Dr. Shanta Dutta Director, NICED,

Kolkata • Dr. B. N. Nagpal, NIMR, New Delhi

12.45 - 02.15 LunCH

02.15 - 04.00 SESSION II: Tribal Health• Dr. Manisha Madkaikar, Director, NIIH, Mumbai • Dr. Aparup Das, Director, NIRTH,

Jabalpur • Prof (Dr) AK Gupta, OVIHAMS, New Delhi

04.00 - 04.15 TeA BReAk

04.15 - 06.00 SESSION III: Nutrition/Palliative Care• Dr. Hemalatha, Director, NIN, Hyderabad • Dr. Sanghamitra Pati, Director, RMRC,

Bhubneswar • Dr. Naresh Dua, SGRH, New Delhi

06.00 - 07.30 Cultural Program

07.30 - 09.30 DInneR


09.30 - 11.00 SESSION IV: Mission SHAKTTI (School based Health Awareness, Knowledge Test & Training Initiative) at Student Science Village Hall no. 1 next to BBCC• Sh. A. Annamalai, Director, National Gandhi Museum, New Delhi• Dr. Rajni Kant, Director, ICMR-RMRC, Gorakhpur & Scientist G& Head, RMPPC, ICMR

Hqrs, New Delhi • Selected Oral Talk - Student Presentation at BBCC Hall no 2

11.00 - 11.15 TeA BReAk

11.15 - 12.30 SESSION IV: Mission SHAKTTI: Quiz Competition• Dr Enna Dogra Gupta, Scientist C, ICMR Hqrs, New Delhi • Dr. Abhik Sinha,

Scientist C, NICED, Kolkata • Selected Poster Presentation

12.30 - 12.45 VALeDICTORY• Award Distribution • Best Oral Presentation • Best Poster Presentation • Quiz Winners

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STudeNTS’ eNgiNeeriNg model comPeTiTioN6-7 November 2019Venue: CSIR – IICB, Salt Lake

Co-ordinatorsDr Rupak K. Bhadra, CSIR – IICBPh: +91 92316 25622

Dr Meghendra Sharma, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 8209885859

Prof Anupam Basu, NIT DurgapurPh: +91 8335881836

Dr Hemendra Kr. Pandey, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 9163226411


Time Activities

09.00 - 09.30 Registration and instruction to participants

09.30 - 10.3009.30

09.30 - 09.35

09.35 - 09.50

09.50 - 10.30

InAuGuRAL SeSSIOn Arrival of Chief Guest Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Honorable Minister of Science & Technology, Earth Science and Health & Family Welfare Arrival of Guest of Honour Prof. Bratya Basu, Honourable Minister of West Bengal for Science and Technology, Biotechnology, and Forest

Welcome speech for the dignitaries

Felicitation of Dignitaries

Speech of Dignitaries & Closing remarks

10.30 - 12.45 Model Presentation by the participants

12.45 - 02.15 LunCH

02.15 - 04.15 Model Presentation by the participants

04.15 - 05.00 Interaction with the participants by the Panel of Jury


09.30 – 12.45 Model Presentation by the participants

12.45 – 02.15 LunCH

02.15 – 04.00 Model Presentation by the participantsInteraction with the participants by the Panel of Jury

04.00 – 05.00 Declaration of Awards and Closing Ceremony

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vigyaNiKa: iNTerNaTioNal ScieNce liTeraTure FeST5-7 November, 2019Venue: Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, Hall No. 5

Co-ordinatorsDr HJ Khan, CSIR-NISCAIRPh: +91 9871434447

Sh Gaurav Gangopadhya, Bose InstitutePh: +91 89027 81646

Sh Pallab Banerjee, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 94347 22493

Sh Ratnesh Pandey, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 87774 83509

Sh Kapil Tripathi, Vigyan PrasarPh: +91 98180 11474

Dr Monika Jaggi, CSIR-NISCAIRPh: +91 98732 99804

Sh Maan Bardhan Kanth, Vigyan PrasarPh: +91 98101 27168


Time Activities


01.00 - 02.00 LunCH

02.15 - 04.00 InAuGuRAL SeSSIOnWelcome: Prof. (Dr) Manoj Kumar Patairiya, Director, CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, New DelhiChief Guest: Dr Harsh Vardhan, Hon’ble Minister of Science & Technology, Earth Sciences, and Health and Family Welfarekeynote Address: Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of IndiaChair: Dr Shekhar C. Mande, Secretary, DSIR, Government of India and Director General, Council of Scientific & Industrial ResearchGuests of Honour• Prof. Hak-Soo-Kim, Chair, AASSA Special Committee on SHARE

Communication, South Korea• Shri Jayakumar, Special Advisor, Vijnana Bharati, New Delhi• Shri Jayant Sahasrabuddhe, National Organising Secretary, Vijnana Bharati• Dr Bimal Roy, Chairman, National Statistical Commission, Kolkata• Dr Partha Ghose, Physicist, Author, Philosopher & Musician, Kolkata• Dr Krishna Bihari Mishra, Padma Shri Awardee, Hindi Writer & Journalist, KolkataVote of Thanks: Dr Pallab Banerji, Professor & Head, Materials Science Centre, IIT Kharagpur, West BengalOpening of International Science Book fair

04.00 – 04.15 TeA BReAk

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04.15 – 06.00(Hall - 5A)

Vigyan Manthan: Panel DiscussionTheme: Science of HappinessChair: Dr Narender K. Sehgal, UNESCO-Kalinga Prize Winner for Science Popularisation, New DelhiCo-Chair: Prof Finarya Legoh, Vice Chair, AASSA Special Committee on SHARE Communication, Indonesiaexperts• Dr Saamdu Chetri, Visiting Professor, IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal “Journey from

Gross National Income to Gross National Happiness”• Dr Manas Kumar Mandal, Former Director, Defence Institute of Psychological

Research (DRDO), Kolkata “The Science of Happiness”• Swami Atmapriyananda, Vice Chancellor, Ramakrishna Mission, Vivekananda

Educational & Research Institute, Kolkata “Happiness and Mankind”• Dr. Jisnu Basu, Professor, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Salt lake, Kolkata• Ms Nguyen Tuong Lan, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam


09.30 - 11.00(Hall - 5A)

Vigyan Manthan: Panel DiscussionTheme: Contemporary Science Literature: A PerspectiveChair: Dr Avanish Kumar Srivastava, Director, CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute, Bhopal, Madhya PradeshCo-Chair: Dr Kanan Purkayastha, Science Communicator, Author, Scientific and Environment Advisor to UK Local Government, Former Professor of Chemistry and Environment Sciences, UCW and UWE, United Kingdomexperts• Dr Jagdeep Saxena, Former Chief Editor, Directorate of Knowledge

Management in Agriculture (DKMA), Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi

• Dr Pataki C. Banerjee, Retd. Scientist, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata

• Shri Pathik Guha, Science Journalist, Anandabazar Patrika, Kolkata• Dr C.M. Nautiyal, Consultant, Science Communication Programmes, Indian

National Science Academy, New Delhi• Dr Nitai Chandra Mandal, Former President, Vivekananda Vijnan Mission, Kolkata

09: 30 - 11.00(Lawn)

Vigyan Prakashan I (Science Book fair)Chair: Shri Baldeo Bhai Sharma, Former Chairman, National Book Trust, New DelhiCo-Chair: Dr Madhu Pant, Science Writer & Former Director, National Bal Bhawan, New Delhiexperts• Shri Devendra Mewari, Science Writer, New Delhi• Dr Arvind Dubey, Science Writer & Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Hind

Institute of Medical Sciences, Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh• Shri Sanjay Verma, Freelancer, DDU, Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur

11.00 - 11.15 TeA BReAk

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11.15 - 12.45(Hall - 5A)

Vigyan Manthan IIITheme: Science Communication in Indian LanguagesChair: Dr Mohammad Aslam Parvaiz, Vice-Chancellor, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, HyderabadCo-Chair: Shri Akhilesh Jha, Chief Controller of Accounts, Department of Science & Technology (DST), New Delhiexperts• Dr Kavita Bhatt, Faculty Development Center, HNBGU, Srinagar (Garhwal),

Uttarakhand (Hindi)• Dr Manas Pratim Das, Programme Executive, All India Radio, Siliguri, West

Bengal (Bangla)• Shri Hemant Lagvankar, Science Communicator & Education Consultant,

Marathi Vigyan Parishad, Maharashtra (Marathi)• Dr N. Murugan, Former Director, All India Radio, Chennai (Tamil)• Dr D.C. Goswami, Former Chief Scientist, CSIR-North East Institute of Science

and Technology, Jorhat, Guwahati (Assamese)• Shri A.S.K.V.S. Sharma, Senior Principal Scientist, Information & Publicity, CSIR-

Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysuru, Karnataka (Kannada)

11.15 - 12.45(Lawn)

Vigyan Prakashan II (Science Book fair)Book Release and Meet with Author

Chair: Dr Oum Prakash Sharma, Deputy Director, National Centre for Innovations in Distance Education, IGNOU, New Delhi

Co-Chair: Prof. D.C. Chamola, Dean, Faculty of Adhunik Gyan Vigyan, Professor& Head, Deptt. of Hindi and Linguistics, Uttarakhand Sanskrit University, Haridwar

Books to be released• Bijnana Sadhok Sir Kariamanikkam Srinivasa Krishnan (1898-1961) by

Shri Purabi Mukherjee Bengali book to be jointly published by Vigyan Prasar & Bangiyo Bijnana Parishad

• Piper Paye Paye by Ms. Suman Majumdar Bengali book to be published by Vigyan Prasar

• Banglai Bigyan Gyaponer Itihas o bhobishyot by Shri Rintu Nath An article collection edited Bengali book to be published by Vigyan Prasar

12.45 – 02.15 LunCH

02.15 - 04.00(Hall - 5A)

Vigyan ManchanI - Science Drama

Theme: Acharya Prafulla Chandrapresented by Sukchar Pancham Repertory Theatre, Kolkata

Chair: Shri Jawhar Sircar, Former CEO, Prasar Bharati, Kolkata

Co-Chair: Shri A.S.K.V.S. Sharma, Senior Principal Scientist, Information & Publicity, CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysuru, Karnataka

02.15 - 04.00(Corridor/Lawn)

Vigyan Prakashan III (Science Book fair)

Book Release and Meet with Author

Chair: Dr D.C. Goswami, Former Chief Scientist, CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat, Guwahati

Co-Chair: Dr N. Murugan, Former Director, All India Radio, Chennai

Books to be released• Proshno Rojkar, Uttor Bijnaner by Shri Bhupati Chakraborty

Bengali book to be jointly published by Vigyan Prasar & Bangiyo Bijnana Parishad• Mathematical Wizard Srinibasa Ramanujan and his Legacy by Shri Satyabachi Sar

English book to be jointly published by Vigyan Prasar• Green Sketches by Shri Dipanjan Ghosh

English book to be published by Vigyan Prasar

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04.00 - 04.15 TeA BReAk

04.15 - 06.00(Hall - 5A)

Vigyan Manchan II: Vigyan kavi Sammelan (Hindi)

Chair: Shri Laxmi Shanker Bajpai, Ex. Dy Director General, All India Radio, New Delhi

Co-Chair: Pandit Suresh Neerav, Eminent Writer & Poet, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh

Lead Poets• Shri Pankaj Prasun, Technical Officer, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute,

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh• Shri Nilotpal Mrinal, Writer and Poet, New Delhi• Dr Sunita, Director, RKM School, New Delhi• Shri Yesh Pal Singh, Writer and Poet, Gurugram, Haryana• Dr Shubhrata Mishra, Writer and Poet, Goa• Ms Chandra Kanta, Writer and Poet, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh• Ms Madhu Mishra, Writer and Poet, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh• Dr Subhash Chandra Gurudev, Writer and Poet, Lucknow


09.30 - 11.00(Hall – 5A)

Vigyan Spandan: Scientific Session ITheme: Science Communication: Innovative Approaches

Chair: Prof. Samit Chattopadhyay, Director, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Jadavpur, Kolkata

Co-Chair: Prof. Gabriel Gomez, Professor, Chicago University

Presentations• Manoj Varghese, PhD Scholar, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

(CSIR) and Social Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) Trainer, UNICEF “Impact of Information, Education and Communication (IEC) activities on Malaria, TB and HIV/AIDS: A systematic review of literature”

• Dr Snigdha Panda, Assistant Teacher, Government High School, IRC Village, Bhubaneswar, Department of School and Mass Education, Government of Odisha “Science communication through posters: Developing healthy food choices among students”

• Abhay SD Rajput, Scientist, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, Maharashtra “Scientists and science communication in India: A policy perspective”

• Biju Dharampalan and G. Mahesh, CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, New Delhi “Creating next generation interactive science magazines with QR Code”

• Dr Amalendu Shekhar, Programme Executive, Directorate General, All India Radio, New Delhi “Communicating science through the broadcast media”

• Anjan Banik, Assistant Teacher/Freelance Science Writer, Agartala, Tripura West “A review of science coverage in Tripura newspapers”

• Ganesh Kumar Aranya, TGT, Pitts Modern School, Gomia, Bokaro, Jharkhand “Teaching and learning science through student-made videos”

09.30 - 11.00(Lawn)

Vigyan Spandan II: Science Debate CompetitionTheme: Is social media changing the science communication landscape?

Chair: Dr Sanjeev Varshney, Head, International Collaboration, DST, Govt. of India

Co-Chair: Dr Gary Kerr, Assistant Professor, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland, United Kingdom

Jury Members• Dr P.K. Ingle, Senior Principal Scientist & Head, Publication and Science

Communication, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune• Dr Payal Sen, Assistant Professor, Christ University, Bengaluru

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11.00 - 11.15 TeA BReAk

11.15 - 12.45(Hall - 5A)

Vigyan Manthan IV: Panel DiscussionTheme: Taking Science to the People – Challenges & Solutions

experts• Shri Pallava Bagla, Science Communicator and Photojournalist, New Delhi• Shri Dinesh C. Sharma, Managing Editor, India Science Wire, Vigyan Prasar,

New Delhi• Ms Subhra Priyadarshini, Chief Editor, Nature India, New Delhi• Dr Manas Pratim Das, Programme Executive, All India Radio, Siliguri, West Bengal

Moderator• Dr T.V. Venkateswaran, Scientist G, Vigyan Prasar, New Delhi

11.15 - 12.45(Lawn)

11.15 - 11.30

11.30 - 12.45(Lawn)

Vigyan Prakashan IV (Science Book fair)Scientoon Competition for Children

Chair: Dr Amit Krishna De, Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata

Co-Chair: Dr G Mahesh, Senior Principal Scientist, CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, New Delhi

Talk by Dr Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, Former Dy Director, CSIR-CentralDrug Research Institute, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Scientoon Competition Jury Members• Dr Pradeep Kumar Srivastava, Former Dy Director, Central Drug Research

Institute, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh• Shri Vishal Muliya, Visiting Professor, Cadmus Science School, Limadaline,

Jamnagar, Gujarat

12.45 - 02.15 LunCH

02.15 - 04.00(Hall - 5A)

Vigyan Spandan III: Scientific Session IITheme: Science Communication: Innovative Approaches

Chair: Prof. K.K. Dwivedi, Vice Chancellor, ITM University, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh

Co-Chair: Dr Arvind Mishra, Science & Science Fiction Writer, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh

Presentations• Raghul M.R., Moumita Mazumdar and Kartikay Shukla, Academy of Scientific

and Innovative Research (AcSIR); CSIR-NISCAIR, New Delhi “Game: A strategy of science communication”

• Dr Sanghamitra Deobhanj, Assistant Teacher, Ranihat High School, Cuttack, Odisha “Communication for conservation: Linking the gap with nature camps”

• Bharti Shandilya, PhD Scholar, Journalism and Mass Communication, School of Journalism and New Media Studies, Indira Gandhi National Open University, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi “Science communication in early childhood through online videos”

• S. Rajkumar, TGT, Indira Gandhi Government High School, Katterikuppam, Puducherry “Enhancing science learning through foldscope”

• Srinidhi T.G., Secretary, Ejnana Trust, Bengaluru “Glossary in Kannada, to make IT simple for beginners: An experiment and the experience around it”

• K. Srinivasan, Headmaster,Hindu Aided Primary School, Ambur, Vellore Dist., Tamil Nadu “Teaching science through mobile technology”

• Sanjit Kumar Saha, Jaldapara Wildlife Division, Directorate of Forests, Government of West Bengal “Human elephant conflict mitigation by addressing open defecation”

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02.15 - 04.00(Lawn)

Science Communication through Alternative MediaScience Magic Show by Shri Harish Yadav, Jaipur, Rajasthan

Chair: Shri Sanat Kumar Sharma, Co-Executive Director and Editor, B.P. Koirala Memorial Planetarium, Observatory and Science Museum Development Board, Kathmandu, Nepal

Co-Chair: Shri B. K. Tyagi, Scientist, Vigyan Prasar, New Delhi

04.00 - 04.15 TeA BReAk

04.15 - 06.00(Hall - 5A)

Round Table Meet and Summing up

Chair: Prof. Hak-Soo-Kim, Chair, AASSA Special Committee on SHARE Communication, South Korea

Co-Chair: Shri Praveen Ramdas, Secretary, Vijnana Bharti, New Delhi & Prof. Manoj Kumar Patairiya, Director, CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, New Delhi

Lead Speaker: Dr Pallab Banerji, Professor & Head, Materials Science Centre, IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal

experts• Prof. Isha Mahammad, President, The Asiatic Society, Kolkata• Prof. Finarya Legoh, Vice Chair, AASSA Special Committee on SHARE

Communication, Indonesia• Prof. Gabriel Gomez, Chicago University, Chicago, USA• Dr Kanan Purkayastha, Science Communicator, Author, Scientific and

Environment Advisor to UK Local Government, Former Professor of Chemistry and Environment Sciences, UCW and UWE, United Kingdom

• Shri Sanat Kumar Sharma, Co-Executive Director and Editor, B.P. Koirala Memorial Planetarium, Observatory and Science Museum Development Board, Kathmandu, Nepal

Vote of Thanks: Shri Kapil Tripathi, Scientist F, Vigyan Prasar, New Delhi

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international sCienCe FilM Festival oF india (isFFi)06-08 November, 2019Venue: Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI)

Co-ordinatorsMr Nimish Kapoor, Vigyan PrasarPh: +91 120 2402009

Dr Shobhna Choudhary, CSIR-NISCAIRPh: +91 9351496965

Dr Abhay Bhamaikar, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 9923795140

Mr Sougata Bhattacharya, SRFTIPh: +91 9830530596

Dr. Debasish Ayer, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 9830070911

Programme Schedule6th november 2019 | Venue: Main TheatreTime event


10.00 – 11.00

InAuGuRATIOn SeSSIOn Welcome Address: Dr. Debamitra Mitra, Director, SRFTI, KolkataChief Guest: Ms Brigitte Uttar Kornetzky, Environmentalist and Filmmaker, Switzerland; Ambassador for Captive Elephants, FIAPO, India; President, Elefanten in Not/Elephants in Need - Hilfswerk/Charity Switzerland-GermanyGuests of Honour:• Mr Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Poet and Film Director• Prof. Partha Ghose, Physicist, Author, Philosopher, Musician • Mr Kaushik Ganguly, Film Director, Screenwriter and Actor • Prof. Manoj Kumar Patairiya, Director, CSIR-National Institute of Science

Communication and Information Resources, New Delhi• Mr Abhishek Sharma, Film Director and Writer • Prof. Shambhu Nath Singh, Professor at SOJMC, IGNOU and Former Vice

Chancellor, Patna University – Nomination Jury Chair, ISFFI 2019Vote of Thanks: Mr Nimish Kapoor, Convener, ISFFI 2019; Scientist E & Head, Science Films Division, Vigyan PrasarScreening of Inaugural film: SATYAM – The Science and Technology of Yoga and Meditation, Directed by Dr Mike H. Pandey, produced by Vigyan Prasar

11.00 – 11.30 TeA BReAk

11.30 – 13.00

Panel Discussion: Science for CitizensPanelists • Ms Rama Marinov-Cohen, Filmmaker, Writer and Expert of E-Learning, Israel• Ms Li-Yu Fu, Science Filmmaker, Director, Center for Indigenous Science

Development, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan • Dr Sunil Babu Shrestha, Vice Chancellor, Nepal Academy of Science &

Technology, Kathmandu, Nepal• Mr A. G. A. Van De Laar, Science Filmmaker, Netherlands• Dr Kartik Sharma Buria, Science Filmmaker and Founder, PAHUS (Public Arts

Health & Us) Productions, London, UK• Mr Shih-Wei Wang, CEO, Engine Studios, Taiwan • Mr Ajay Kanchan, Film Director; Chief Editor & CEO, Media Today, New Delhi• Mr Abhishek Sharma, Film Director and Writer • Dr Sakshi Singh, Australian-Indian Actor and Doctor of Medicine• Dr Denzil John Godin, Science Communicator, Member of the Legislative

Assembly, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh • Dr Pradeep K. Srivastava, Scientoonist and Former Dy. Director, CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow• Moderator: Mr S V Raman

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1300 – 1400 LunCH

1400 – 1600 Screening of foreign films and discussions

1600 – 1615 TeA BReAk


1750 – 1800 Travel to Biswa Bangla Convention Centre (BBCC), New Town, Kolkata for Cultural programmes and Dinner

6th november 2019 | new Class Room TheatreTime event

1100 – 1130 TeA BReAk

1130 – 1300 Screening of Indian competitive films and discussion

1300 – 1400 LunCH

1400 – 1500

Special screening of film on 1st Indian Scientific South Pole Expedition 2010 followed by discussion with Scientists and Filmmaker• Dr Rasik Ravindra, Leader of the 1st South Pole Expedition, Govt. of India,

Pannikar Professor at ESSO-MoES• Mr M J Beg, Group Director, Polar Expeditions, NCPOR, Goa• Dr Pradip Malhotra, Member XXII ISEA; Leader XXVIII ISEA; Member 1st South

Pole Expedition, Govt. of India • Mr Abhijit Dasgupta, Dean, Electronic & Digital Media, SRFTI, Kolkata

1500 – 1600Master Class Creative aspects of Environment & Wildlife Filmmaking by Ms Brigitte Uttar Kornetzky, Environmentalist and Filmmaker, Switzerland

1600 – 1615 TeA BReAk

1615 – 1715Master Class Behind the Lens by Mr Gautam Pandey, Wildlife Filmmaker

1715 – 1750Master Class Story Telling and Script Writing for Science Videos by Prof. Danish Iqbal, AJK MCRC, JMI, New Delhi


6th november 2019 | Preview TheatreTime event

1100 – 1130 TeA BReAk

1130 – 1300 Screening of non-competitive films and discussions

1300 – 1400 LunCH

1400 – 1600 Screening of foreign films and discussion

1600 – 1615 TeA BReAk


1750 – 1800Travel to Biswa Bangla Convention Centre (BBCC), New Town, Kolkata for Cultural programmes and Dinner

6th november 2019 | Class Room Theatre – IITime event

1100 – 1130 TeA BReAk


1300 – 1400 LunCH


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1600 – 1615 TeA BReAk



7th november 2019 | Main TheatreTime event

0800 – 0900 Registration

0900 – 1200Screening of Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran followed by interaction with Mr Abhishek Sharma, Director

1200 – 1230 TeA BReAk

1230 – 1400 Screening of foreign Films and discussion

1400 – 1500 LunCH

1500 – 1600 Screening of Foreign Films and discussion

1600 – 1615 TeA BReAk

1615 – 1745 Screening of Foreign Films and discussion




1200 – 1230 TeA BReAk

1230 – 1300

Symposium on Science Communication: Packaging Science for Public Interest

Inaugural sessionChief Guest: • Dr Bikash Sinha, Homi Bhabha Chair Professor, Variable Energy Cyclotron

Centre, Kolkata

Guests of Honour: • Dr Sunil Babu Shrestha, Vice Chancellor, Nepal Academy of Science &

Technology, Kathmandu• Dr Denzil J. Godin, Science Communicator and Member of Legislative

Assembly, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh• Prof. Shambhu Nath Singh, Professor at SOJMC, IGNOU and Former Vice

Chancellor, Patna University• Mr S. K. Varshney, Adviser and Head, International Bilateral Cooperation,

Department of Science & Technology, Government of India



1200 – 1230 TeA BReAk


1400 – 1500 LunCH


1600 – 1615 TeA BReAk

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1200 – 1230 TeA BReAk

1230 – 1330

Master Class

Communicating Science through Video by Mr Ajay Kanchan, Film Director; Chief Editor & CEO, Media Today, New Delhi, India

Screening of Deadly Neighbours, Directed by Mr Ajay Kanchan and Produced by National Biodiversity Authority of India, Tamil Nadu

1330 – 1400Master Class

The Making of Film on Scientist and journey of science film - Element 112, The Marinov Affair (Israel, 2016) by Ms Rama Marinov-Cohen

1400 – 1500 Lunch


1600 – 1615 TeA BReAk



8th november 2019 | Main TheatreTime event

0800 – 0900 Registration

0900 – 1000

Panel Discussion on Science films: Jury’s view on competitive entries of ISffI 2019

Jury Chair• Mr Apurba Kishore Bir Padma Shri, Veteran Filmmaker, Mumbai

Jury Members• Prof. Iftekhar Ahmad, Former Director, FTII Pune and AJK MCRC• Mr Himanshu Malhotra, Environmentalist and Wildlife Fimmaker• Mr Kul Bhushan, Former DDG, DD National, Prasar Bharati• Mr Santosh Pandey, Sr. Producer, ETV Bharat, RFC, Hyderabad• Mr A S K V S Sharma, Sr. Principal Scientist, CFTRI, Mysore• Ms Sunanda Rao-Erdem, Sr. Journalist and representative of Deutsche Welle,

Germany

nomination Jury Chair• Prof. Shambhu Nath Singh, Professor at SOJMC, IGNOU & Former Vice

Chancellor, Patna University

nomination Jury Members• Dr D. J. Pati, Dean and Director, India Today Media Institute, Noida• Prof. C. P. Singh, Professor at USMC, GGSIPU, New Delhi • Dr Susmita Bala, Director, DME Media School, Noida• Dr Rashmi Sharma, Scientist E, DST, Govt. of India• Ms Suman Sanjay Aggarwal, Sr. Producer, Doordarshan, New Delhi• Mr Mobin Khan, Sr. Producer, AIR, New Delhi

1000 – 1015 TeA BReAk

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1015 – 1300Screening of Mission Mangal followed by interaction with Mr R. Balki, Filmmaker and Writer

1300 – 1400

Award Ceremony

Chief GuestHon'ble Minister Dr Harsh VardhanMinistry of Science & Technology, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India

Guests of Honor• Mr R. Balki, Sr. Filmmaker and Writer, Mumbai• Mr Apurba Kishore Bir Padma Shri, Veteran Filmmaker, Mumbai – Jury Chair• Prof. Shambhu Nath Singh, Professor at SOJMC, IGNOU & Former Vice

Chancellor, Patna University – Nomination Jury Chair

1400 – 1500 LunCH

1500 – 1530 Travel to Biswa Bangla Convention Centre (BBCC), New Town, Kolkata for Valedictory programme of India International Science Festival (IISF) 2019


1000 – 1015 TeA BReAk

1015 – 1115

Master Class

No crew, no cameras: Dutch filmmaker on his journey filming India’s population, health conditions, education and innovations on an iPhone by Mr A. G. A. Van De Laar, Science Filmmaker, Netherlands

1115 – 1215

Master Class

Science Communication through animation series – Go Go Giwas by Ms Li-Yu Fu, Science Filmmaker, Director, CISD, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan and Mr Shih-Wei Wang, CEO, Engine Studios, Taiwan

1215 – 1300

Master Class

Science and Environment Filmmaking in Nepal by Mr Ramesh Khadka filmmaker and journalist from Media Service Nepal and Mr Aditya Khadka, Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival, Nepal



1110 – 1130 Screening of non-competitive films and discussion



1000 – 1015 TeA BReAk


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NaTioNal Social orgaNiSaTioN & iNSTiTuTioNS meeT6-8 November, 2019Venue: Science City, Mini Auditorium

Co-ordinatorsDr. Sunil K Agarwal, DSTPh: +91 99996 89732

Dr. BB Jha, CSIR-CGCRIPh: +91 93481 72733

Dr. HS Tripathi, CSIR-CGCRIPh: +91 94334 57546

Shri NP Rajive, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 90203 36500

Shri Sadananda Chakrabarti,Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 70442 21898


Time Activies

10.00 - 11.0010.45 - 11.00

11.05 - 11.1011.10 – 11.1511.15 – 11.2511.25 – 11.4011.40 – 11.55

11.55 – 12.25

12.25 – 01.00

Registration/Introductory Session: About SEED Division, DST/Vibha VaniArrival of DignitariesInviting dignitaries on stageLighting of LampInvocation & InaugurationIntroduction to nSOIM: Dr. Sunil Chaturvedi, Working Chairman, Vibha-Vani, IndiaSpecial Address: Shri A.Jayakumar, Special Advisor, Vijnana BharatiInaugural Address: Shri Thawar Chand Gehlot Jee, Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowermentfelicitation Speech: Prof. Ramesh Chand, NITI AAYOG & Dr. K. Muraleedharan, Director, CGCRIVote of Thanks: Shri N. P.Rajive, ED, Vibha-Vani& Co-ordinator, NSOIM

01.00 – 02.30 LUNCH

02.30 – 06.00 PReSenTATIOn: un - SDGs in Indian Context: Vision 2022, 75th Year of Indian IndependenceChair: Dr. J.P. Sharma, Jt. Director, ICAR-IARICo-Chair: Subhash Tamboli, AFARMkey note: Dr. Anil Rajvanshi, NARI, PuneR&D Roadmap for Rural TransformationSpeaker 1: Dr. S. P. Gon Chaudhuri, NBIRT, KolkataRenewable Energy Technologies for Social TransformationSpeaker 2: Dr. J.P. Sharma, Jt. Director, ICAR-IARIDoubling Farmer Income: Future RoadmapSpeaker 3: Shri Prabhjot Sodhi, Head, Circular Economy, UNDP, Delhi SDGs and Last Mile ConnectivitySpeaker 4: Dr. Praveen Arora, Scientist G, DSTSTI Policy & Social ResponsibilitySpeaker 5: Dr. Sunil Chaturvedi, Working Chairman, Vibha-VaniWater Security: & Bio diversity: Futuristic solutionsSpeaker 6: Shri Swachchha Majumdar, CSIR-CGCRIWater Treatment Technology for Rural Sectorfacilitator: Shri NP Rajive, Vibha Vani, India

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09.30 – 11.15 PReSenTATIOn: Science for Transformation: Technology Interventions, Innovations and Science Dissemination for new IndiaChair: Dr. Shekhar C Mande, Director General, CSIRCo-Chair: Dr. Roshan Lal Dahiya, Founder-National Association of Psychological Sciences and Professor, Punjab Universitykey note: Dr. Manoj Kumar Patariya, Director, NISCAIR, DelhiTechnologies for Masses - By various institutionsSpeaker 1: Dr. Sunil K. Agarwal, SEED, DSTScalable Technologies for Inclusive Development& Social TransformationSpeaker 2: Sh. A.K. Kundalia, CSIRSocial Transformation through CSIR TechnologySpeaker 3: Dr. Vivek Kumar, CRDT, IIT-Delhi Unnat Bharat: Tech 4 SevaSpeaker 4: Dr. BB Jha CSIR-CGCRTechnology for Waste Management (Tile Industries) Speaker 5: Dr. H S Tripathi, CSIR-CGCRISocial Economic upliftment through Cluster level technological interventionSpeaker 6: Dr. B.K. Tyagi, Vigyan PrasarUnderstanding Sustainable Development through Radio: Case Studyfacilitator: Shri N P Rajive*Additional: Selected two presentations (10 min) on Grass roots technology applications by participants- Women candidates preferred

11.15 – 11.30 TeA BReAk

11.30 – 01.30 PReSenTATIOn: empowerment & Livelihood Issues: engaging Women & Youth for localizing SDGsChair: Dr. Swati Badekar, Vatsalya Foundation,VadodaraCo-Chair: Rama Tiwari , BMCT, Lucknowkey note Speaker: Dr. VishaishUppal, WWF-IndiaConservation, Livelihoods & SDGsSpeaker 1: Dr. Neelu J. Ahuja, UPES, DehradunWomen Technology Park – Creation of Social Enterprise & Digital TechnologySpeaker 2: Dr. Yogesh Kulkarni ,Vigyan Ashram, PuneSustainable Technologies & Applications–Engaging Youth for Social enterprisesSpeaker 3: Dr. Sanjay Mishra, Advisor, KIRAN Division, DSTAbout DST’s Schemes & New Initiatives- Women ProgramSpeaker 4: Dr. Sangeeta Bakshi, Scientist F, IIASA, TIFACLeveraging Collaboration for Scientific Research and Capacity BuildingSpeaker 5: Smt. Uma Devi Movva, Founder VikasBharati, Ongol, APProsperity of Women through Livelihood Activitiesfacilitator: Dr HS Tripathi, CSIR-CGCRI*Additional: Selected Two Presentations (15 min) on Grass roots Women Empowerment &livelihood Models-Selected from the PPT submitted by participants

01.30 – 02.30 LunCH

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02.30 – 04.00

04.00 – 05.30

PReSenTATIOn: Search for Technology led Integrated Sustainable Development ModelsChair: Prof Satish Agnihotri, CTARA, IIT, BombayCo-Chair: Shri Ramsamy Krishnan, SNEHA, BangaloreSpeaker 1: Dr. Rajshree Joshi, BAIF PuneTechnology & Rural Livelihoods Models for Desert EcosystemSpeaker 2: Dr. (Mrs.) Rama Laxmi Dutta, VIB, NimpithTechnology & Rural Livelihoods Models: Experience sharing from SunderbanSpeaker 3: Dr. Sachin Mandavgane, VNIT, NagpurWaste to WealthSpeaker4: Dr. Lal Singh HRG ShimlaClimate Smart villages in Mountain Ecosystem: Challenges & ResponseSpeaker 5: Shri Subhasis Sahoo, ICE Foundation, BhuvaneswarSupport from relief to re-build Odisha with multi stakeholder participation approachfacilitator: Dr. AnuradhaPughat, DSTInteractive Session about various Schemes and ProgramsChair: Ila Easwaraiah, RIDO, Andhra PradeshCo Chair: Ram Lal, Jan Sewa Parishad, Ranchi, Jharkhand


09.30 – 11.15 PReSenTATIOn: new Paradigm for Social enterprises: Governance, Resource Mobilization & effectiveness - The Road AheadPanel DiscussionChair: Prof Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, DSTPanelists• Dr. Shambhu Prasad, IRMA • Shri Anil K Rajvanshi, NARI, Pune• Dr. Bhalchandra Sathaye, Secretary, Rugna Seva Prakalp • Dr. Kanika Varma,

Development Alternatives, Delhi • Dr. Sandeep Sabharwal, Deshpande Foundation, Hooghly • Shri Sarandeep Singh, WEE Foundation, IIT-Delhi

Moderators: Dr. D. Dutta, Scientist G, DST & Dr. Yogesh Kulkarni, Vigyan Ashram, Punefacilitator: Dr. Sunil K. Agarwal, DST

11.15 – 11.30 TeA BReAk

11.30 – 12.30 Interactive Discussion: The way forward - Vision 2022 action planChair: Dr. Vijay P Bhatkar, President, Vijnana BharatiPanelists• Dr. Shailendra Sharma, Adarsh Institute of Management Science, Dhamod, MP• Dr. Sadhana Streubel, Community Development, Kathiwada, Alirajpur, MP• Dr. Anil K Rajvanshi, NARI, Pune

12.30 – 01.30 Valedictory SessionWelcome by: Shri N.P.Rajive, Executive Director-Vibha Vani, Co-ordinator, NSOIMPresided by: Shri Jayant Sahsrabudhe, National Organising Secretary, Vijnana BharatiChief Guest: Dr. Harsha Vardhan, Hon. Minister, Science & Technology, Health,GOISpecial Address: Shri Shyamal Santra Ji, Minister of State for Public Health Engineering, Kolkatakey note: Dr. Ashok Kumar, Director-National Water Mission, GOI Address: Prof Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, DST(Giving away Awards for Outstanding Contribution in developmental sectors and releasing of technology Compendium & Brochure of SEED, DST)Vote of Thanks: Dr. HS Tripathi, CSIR-CGCRIfacilitators: Shri Sadananda ChakrabartiRapporteur: Dr. Aditi Jain, Vigyan Prasar

S&T expo: enabling Technologies for Social Transformation 6-8 november, 2019

facilitators• Dr. Anuradha Pughat, SEED, DST • Dr. Aditi Jain, Vigyan Prasar • Shri Sadananda

Chakrabarti, Vijnana Bharati • Sujatha Monda, Vijnana Bharati • Kuldeep Singh Rawat, IISF Secretariat

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Co-ordinatorsDr SN Bhattacharya, CSIR-IICBPh: +91 98316 33460

Dr Mrutunjay Suar, ISBAPh: +91 70080 99439

Dr Anil Kothari, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 94251 48662

Dr Arindam Talukdar, CSIR-IICBPh: +91 90516 46141

Dr K Suresh Kumar, ISBAPh: +91 99524 27232

Dr Sameer Vohra, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 94191 97672

national start-up ConClave and expo6-7 October, 2019Venue: Science City, Hall No. S18 A&B


Time Activities

10.00 – 10.30 RegistrationLamp Lighting CeremonyAddress by • Dr. Omkar Rai, DG, STPI • Prof Sunil Kumar VC RGPV• Prof. Abhay Karandikar Director IIT Kanpur

11.00 – 11.30 TeA BReAk

11.30 – 12.45 SeSSIOn 1: Panel discussion on Accelerating Technology entrepreneurships• Shri Neeraj Sharma, Adviser, Member Secretary, NSTEDB• Dr Manish Diwan, Head Strategic Partnerships & Entrepreneurship Development,

BIRAC • Ms Padmaja Ruparel, President IAN• Dr K Suresh Kumar, President, ISBA• Dr Muthu Singaram, CEO, Medtech Incubator, HTIC, IIT Madras

12: 45 - 02: 15 LunCH

02: 15 - 04.30 SeSSIOn 2Story Telling(10 startups will share their inspiring journeys)• Mr. Ajay Nema VP Reliance Jio • Mr Gautam, Co-Founder, Far Eye• Dr Shivani Gupta, Co-Founder Innochi care • Mr Partha Pratim, Co-Founder

Ezerex Tech • One social startup from IIMCIP • Ms. Aarushi Nema Smart Interface • Prof. P M Padole, Director VNIT Nagpur • Dr. Sanjeev Jain ,Director IIITDM,Jabalpur • Dr Priyangshu Sharma, Co-Founder Innotech

• Mr Rahul Chatterjee, Co-Founder, KREA Foods • One Women startups • One women startup • One startup from South • One startup from North East

04.30 - 06.00 Exhibition of Startup Products/Technologies/Prototype

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10: 00 - 11: 00 SeSSIOn 3: Propelling – Ideation & Incubation• Moderator• Dr Ayesha Chaudhary, Manager, Atal Innovation Mission • Dr.Vijay Kumar Banga

Principal ACET Amritsar • Dr Anita Gupta, Adviser and Associate Head-NSTEDB• Dr. H Purusottam, CMD NRDC • Shailendra Jaiswal Principal Executive Director,

DRDO • Dr Mrutyunjay Suar, CEO-KIITTBI • Dr. Jogeswar Rao Ex-Advisor to PSA,GOI • Dr. PM Padole Director, Nagpur VNIT • Dr. Mugdha Sinha Secratry S&T Rajasthan • Dr. Avinash Chincholkar

11: 00 - 11: 30 TeA BReAk

11: 30 - 12: 45 SeSSIOn 4: Rising east & north east• Dr Subhrangshu Sanyal, CEO, IIMCIP• Sh Vinod Sheshan, CEO, Guwahati Biotech Park• Dr G Narahari Sastry, Director, NEIST-Jorhat• Mr P K Mahapatra, DGM-NABARD, Agartala• Dr Namrata Misra, Head-BRTC for East & North East• Mr Prashant Biswal, Startup Odisha• Prof. Sankar kumar Ghosh, VC Kalyani University

12: 45 - 02: 15 LunCH

02: 15 - 03.15 VALeDICTORY

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aSSiTive TechNologieS coNclave aNd eXPo For divyaNgJaN7-8 October, 2019Venue: Science City, Hall No. S19 A&BCo-ordinatorsDr Debopriya Dutta, DSTPh: +91 81305 45765

Dr Konga Gopikrishna, DSTPh: +91 88602 42402

Dr Anupam Basu, NIT Durgapur Ph: +91 83358 81836

Dr PK Lenka, DEPWD Ph: +91 94331 75340

Dr Vivek Kumar, Vijnana Bharati Ph: +91 94126 19735

Dr Srabari Sen, Vijnana Bharati Ph: +91 94333 47904


Time Activities


09.30 – 09.50

09.50 – 09.5509.55 – 10.0010.00 – 10.2010.20 – 10.4010.20 – 10.4510.45 – 11.00

Welcome and Introduction (including lighting of lamp)Dr. Debapriya Dutta, Advisor and Head (SEED, NRDMS & SSTP), DSTAddress By Shri. Lalit Kumar, Member, SakshamAddress By Shri. Jayant Sahasrabudhe, Vijnana BharatiKey Note Address Mrs. Shakuntala Doley Gamlin, Secretary, DoEPwD, GoIInaugural Address Hon’ble Minister for MoSJ&EFelicitation of Chief Guest and Key Note SpeakerInauguration of Poster Session and Expo by Hon’ble Minister for MoSJ&E

11.00 – 11.30 TeA BReAk

11.30 – 12: 45

11.30 – 11.4511.45 – 01.00

SeSSIOn I: Panel Discussion – I: User-Centric Product Design And DevelopmentChair/Coordinator: Prof. Anupam Basu, Director NIT DurgapurRapporteur: Lead Talk: Prof. Anupam BasuPanellists • Shri. Dipender Minocha• Shri Zamir Dhale, Sense International India, Ahmedabad• Vishakha More, SEBI• Prof. Bikash Bhattacharya, ME, IIT Kanpur• Dr. AkilaSurendran, NISH• Shyam Shah, Innovision• Surabhi Srivastava, Innovision• Shri. Hiremath, Flexitron• Dr. NekramUpadhyay, ISIC• Dr. Pooja Mukul

01.00 – 02.15 LunCH BReAk

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SeSSIOn III: Panel Discussion – II: Universal Design And AccessibilityChair/Coordinator: Prof. Balakrishnan M, Deputy Director IIT DelhiRapporteur: Lead Talk: Prof. Balakrishnan M,IIT Delhi Panellists: • Dr. G. N. Karna, SDRS, Delhi • Sachin Rizal • Sense International• Mr. Shankar Subbiah, AT& Accessibility Consulatant, Agate Infotek• Dr. Gaurav Raheja, IIT Roorkee • V. Sasikumar, Phoenix Medical Systems, Chennai• Officials/Representatives of DoEPwD • AAI, MoRT&H, MoH&UD etc.• Dr. R Mohan Kumar, Country Head (India), Wearable technologies

04.00 – 04.15 TeA BReAk

04.15 – 04.3004.15 – 06.00

Lead Talk: Ms. Ira Singhal, DC, DelhiPanellists: • Dr. Charudatta Jadhav, Head AL, Corporate Research and Innovation, TCS• Mr.Lalit AnandSaksham Trust • Mr. R.P. Soni• Blind Peoples Association, Ahmedabad, Gujarat• Mr. Prashant Ranjan Verma • National Associaion for the Blind• Prof. Anupam Ahuja, NCERT • Dr. K. Balabhaskar, NIEPMD• Narayanan Ramakrishnan, Invention Labs/AvazInc• Dr. R Mohan Kumar, Country Head (India), Wearable technologies AG• Dr. Abhishek Biswas, NILD • Mrs Sudha Kaul, IICP Kolkata• Dr. Shanti Raghavan, Enable India • Akila Vaidyanathan, Amaze Charitable Trust


09.30 – 09: 4509: 45 – 11.00

Lead Talk: Ms. Anuradha Bagchi, Helen Keller Institute for Deaf Blind, MumbaiPanellists: • Dr. Debapriya Dutta, DST• Dr. CharudattaJadhav, Head AL, Corporate Research and Innovation, TCS• G. N. Karna • Dr. R. Saha, Retd Scientist ‘G’, DST• Representatives from ALIMCO • Mr. D. R. Sarin Swastik Dash/VivekSarda, Neomotion• Dr. K. Balabhaskar, NIEPMD • Officials from NILD/IICP (Dr. Prasanna lenka)• Dr S Rajasekaran • Ganga Medical Centre & Hospitals Pvt Ltd• Representatives from DoEPwD • Representatives from AIs of DoEPwD• Officials from RCI • DST • Enable India • Shri. Akhil Paul, Sense International• Dr. Hina Sharma • NNDC India Foundation • Dr Jayanthi Narayan• Former DY director NIEPID • Mr. Taha Haaziq – Officer on Special Duty,

Department of Social Justice, Government of Goa • Dr. Homiyar Mobedji• Disability Expert, Program Management [Asia & Africa]• Mr. Navneet Kalia Alpha Tub

11.00 – 11.30 TeA BReAk

11.30 – 12.0012.00 – 12.3012.30 – 12.45

Conclusion & Valedictory Session Selection of Best Poster and Best ExhibitsAward Distribution

12.45 – 02.15 LunCH

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Nav BharaT NirmaN7 November, 2019Venue: Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, Hall No. 4

Co-ordinatorsDr. Somobrata Acharya, IACSPh: +91 96097 63012

Dr. Ruchita Pal, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 95602 40196

Dr. Rahul Singhal, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 98111 47676


Time Activities

10.00 – 11.00 InAuGuRATIOn SeSSIOnInaugural AddressIntroduction by Jury on the identified problem statements

11.00 – 11.30 TeA BReAk

11.30 – 12.45 Plenary Session

12.45 – 01.30 Presentations by the Winners and Runner-ups(07 minutes for each Problem Statement followed by interactive session)Problem Statement 1: Technology, Innovation and Ideas for Water Resources ManagementProblem Statement 2: Affordable Renewable and Clean Energy in Total Energy Consumption

01.30 - 02.30 LunCH

02.30 - 03.30 Problem Statement 3, 4 & 5 (Winner, First Runner Up and Second Runner Up will present solution for 7 minutes each followed by interactive session)

02.30 - 04.30 Exhibition/Poster Participants

03.30 - 04.00 TeA BReAk

04.00 - 04.45 Problem Statement 6 & 7 (Winner, First Runner Up and Second Runner Up will present solution for 7 minutes each followed by interactive session)

04.45 - 05.30 Panel Discussions

05.30 - 06.30 VALeDICTORY, Award Declaration, Concluding Remarks

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WellNeSS coNclave aNd eXPo6-7 November 2019Venue: CSIR-IICB, Jadavpur

Co-ordinatorsDr P. Jaisankar, CSIR-IICBPh: +91 90517 58339

Dr Arun Bandyopadhyay, CSIR-IICBPh: +91 94335 16720

Dr. Preeti Chhabra, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 98910 08498

Dr. Abhijit Ghosh, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 99457 04400


Time Activities


09.00 - 10.0009.0009.00 - 09.1509.15 - 09.2009.20 - 09.3009.30 -09.5509.55 - 10.00

InAuGuRAL SeSSIOnArrival of Chief GuestLamp lighting (Dhanwantari Vandana/Saraswati Vandana)Welcome AddressFelicitation of DignitariesSpeech of DignitariesVote of Thanks

10.00 - 10.20 Chairperson: Dr. Anupam Shrivastavakeynote Address: Dr. S C Manchanda

10.20 - 11.30

10.20 -10.3510.35 - 10.5010.50 - 11.0511.05 - 11.2011.20 - 11.30

Session I: Yoga & naturopathyChairpersons: Dr. Subhash Mandal & Dr. Jayaram HazraDr. Manjunath N KDr. Kashinath Samagandi - Obligatory Ethics in Yoga PracticeDr. Shubham GargDr. Rima Dada – Male factor Infertility: Impact of YogaDr. Sridip Chatterjee

11.30 - 11.45 TeA BReAk

11.45 - 1.00

11.45 - 12.0512.05 - 12.2012.20 - 12.3512.35 - 12.5012.50 - 01.05

01.05 - 01.10

Session II: AyurvedaChairpersons: Dr. (Prof.) Baldev Kumar Diman, Dr. G. Prabhakar Raokeynote address – Dr. (Prof.) Sanjeev SharmaDr. Prashant Tiwari- Panchkarma for WellnessMr. Sanchit Sharma- Ensuring safe Kidneys, in the hands of AyurvedaDr. Tushar Kanti MandalDr. Bhavdeep Ganatra – “The secrets of Ayurveda Methodology for Wellness & Prevention of Metabolic Disorders”Summary/Shri Apoorv Om

01.10 - 02.00 LunCH

02.00 - 03.45

02.00 - 02.1502.15 - 02.3002.30 - 02.4502.45 - 03.0003.00 - 03.1503.15 - 03.30

03.30 - 03.45

Session III: unani, Siddha & HomeopathyChairpersons: Dr. (Prof.) A. K. Gupta, Dr. Mohd. IdrisDr. Pralay SharmaMr. T E AravamudhanDr. Uzma Bano – Unani Medicine and WellnessDr. Krishnamachari Ravi – Introduction to Siddha System of MedicineDr. Ranjita EkkaDr. Vishwajanani Sattegeri – A brief Introduction to Traditional Knowledge Digital Library of India (TKDL)Summary

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03.45 - 04.00 TeA BReAk

04.00 - 05.00 Panel Discussion: Wellness & Traditional Knowledge

Chair: Prof. Dr. Pulok Mukherjee & Dr. A. V. Muruganandam

Panelists• Mr. Rajeev Narang• Dr. Abhichal Chattopadhyay• Mr. Sharad Kumar Dwivedi• Dr. Rais Ur Rehman• Mr. M. Srinivas Shankar Prasad• Mr. Lanka Srinivas• Mr. B. K. Sarkar• Dr. Achintya Mitra• Dr. Hetal Dave• Mr. Prashant Kumar Sarkar• Dr. Rajeshwar Mukhopadhyay

10.00 – 05.00 Parallel Sessions• Start-up Clinics – Dr. Piyush Juneja & Dr. Girish Tillu• Mass Media/Branding – Mr. Rajeev Narang• YOGA for all by Eminent Yoga Teachers – Coordinated by Dr. Abhijit Ghosh• Stalls to display the Ayurveda products from CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat & CSIR-

IICB, Kolkata


09.30 - 09.50 Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Samit Chattopadhyay, Director, CSIR-IICB

keynote Address: Dr. (Prof.) Samir Bhattacharya – Hyperlipidemia induced inhibitory phosphorylation of PPAR gamma disrupts energy homeostasis resulting insulin resistance

09.50 - 11.05

09.50 -10.0510.05 - 10.2010.20 -10.35

10.35 - 10.5010.50 - 11.05

Session I: Metabolic Syndrome: Lifestyle and food

Chairpersons: Prof. Nihar Jana & Prof. Subrata Majumder

Dr. Abhijit ChowdhuryDr. Partha ChakrabortyProf. Dr. P. C. Samantaray - “Boundaries of Illness/Wellness" Salutary gifts by Science to HumanityDr. Shantanu SenguptaMr. Akshay Chopra – Myths and Fallacies of Fitness and NutritionSummary

11.05 - 11.15 TeA BReAk

11.15 - 12.45

11.15 - 11.30

11.30 - 11.4511.45 - 12.0012.30 - 12.4512.45 - 01.00

Session II: Respiratory Diseases: environment and Occupation

Chairperson: Dr. R. Ravichandiran & Dr. P. Sujata Devi

Dr. Mabali Rajan - Airway epithelia: A natural borderline security force of lungs for wellness of lungsDr. Partha Sarathi BhattacharyaDr. Manjusha Rajgopal – Prevention and Management of Allergic URTI Dr. Vikrant Patil – Exclusiveness of Ayurveda in Breathing DisordersSummary

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01.00 - 02.15 LunCH

02.15 - 04.00

02.15 - 02.30

02.30 - 02.4502.45 - 03.0003.00 - 03.1503.15 - 03.3003.30 - 03.4503.45 - 04.00

Session III: Immune Wellness: Scope and Challenges

Chairpersons: Prof. Dr. Tapas Kr. Kundu & Dr. Jaya Bandyopadhyay

Prof. Dr. Sonali Kar - Passive immunity boost via vaccinations and Community wellness strategies"Dr. Dipyaman GangulyDr. Naresh Dua – Pallative Care: Principles, Implementation and challengesDr. Rajgopal S – Suvarnaprashan: Myths and FactsDr. Syamal Roy, Dean, NIPER, KolkataDr. Susanta Roychudhry, Research Director, Saroj Gupta Cancer Research CentreProf. Amitava Mukhopadhyay, IIT, Delhi

04.00 - 04.15 TeA BReAk

04.15 - 05.00 Panel Discussion: Holistic Health• Prof. Partha Pratim Majumder• Prof. Dr. Tapas Kr. Kundu

Panelists• Prof. Arun Bandyopadhyay• Prof. Saumitra Das• Dr. Narahari Sastry• Mr. Mukesh Kumar• Dr. Chhagan Jangid• Dr. Reeta Sony A L• Prof. Abhijit Chakraborty• Dr. Gaurav Phull• Dr. Pooja Kohil

05: 00 - 05: 30 Valedictory function

Chief Guest: Dr. Chandrima Bhattacharya, Hon’ble Minister of State, Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of WB

Guest of Honour: Ms. Preeti Sudan, Secretary, Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India

Guests: Dr. Sudhir Gupta, Dr. Samit Chattopadhyay, Dr. Arun Bandyopadhyay, Dr. Preeti Chhabra, Dr. Abhijit Ghosh

Vote of Thanks: Dr. Arun Bandyopadhyay

10.00 – 05.00 Parallel Sessions• Start-up Clinics – Dr. Piyush Juneja & Dr. Girish Tillu• Mass Media/Branding – Mr. Rajeev Narang• YOGA for all by Eminent Yoga Teachers – Coordinated by Dr. Abhijit Ghosh• Stalls to display the Ayurveda products from CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat & CSIR-IICB, Kolkata

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TradiTioNal craFTS aNd arTiSaNS meeT & eXPo5-8 November, 2019Venue: Science City, Kolkata

Co-ordinatorsDr. Samarendra Kumar, NSCMPh: +91 96740 04704

Dr. Anu Singh, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 9717519898

Dr. Rajeev Singh, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 93112 25501


5-8th nov 2019: exposition all four days Theme: Traditional Indian crafts - Storehouse of Scientific knowledge

Time Activies

02.15 – 03.00

03.00 – 04.30

InAuGuRATIOn Of eXPOSITIOn• Shri Arjun Munda Ji, Minister of Tribal Affairs, GOI• Shri Jayant Sahasrabudhe, National Organizing Secretary, Vijnana Bharati

Workshop and Demonstration on Miniature paintings by Shri Hanuman Saini (National Award, 2014)

04.30 – 04.45 TeA BReAk

04.45 – 06.00 Workshop on Calligraphy by Pratyaybhawsar Jana


09.30 – 10.15

10.15 – 11.00

Talk by G Anupama, Commissioner, Faridabad, Haryana

Demonstration on Sculpture Art by Mr. Mathieu Trabut, French Sculptor

11.00 – 11.15 TeA BReAk

11.15 – 12.15

12.15 – 12.45

PAneL DISCuSSIOn: The Art of Hand Weaving Textiles: Significance, Market share and Problems

• Mrs Farha Khan (Kantha Embroidery Specialist, Entrepreneur)• Mrs. Aarti Badamikar (International Award-Textile Designing)• Shri Peer Mohammed Ansari (Jamdani textile, National Award 2004

Workshop and Demonstration on Paper Cutting Art by Shri Ram Soni, (National Award: 2002, UNESCO Award: 2012)

12.45 – 02.00 LunCH

02.00 – 03.00

03.00 – 04.00

Workshop on Madhubani Art Paintings by Santosh Paswan

Demonstration on Gemstone Carving by Shri Prithvi Kumawat, (National Award, 2006; International Craft Award 2018)

04.00 – 04.15 TeA BReAk

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04.15 – 05.00

05.00 – 05.30

Demonstration of kantha embroidery by Ms Farha Khan (Kantha Embroidery Specialist, Entrepreneur)

Demonstration on• Arnamulla Kannadi Mirrors by Shri M Rajeev• Channapatnam Toys by Shri P Suhel Parvez• Terracota/Pottery by Shri Daya Ram(National Awardee)• Laac Bangles by Shri Islam Ahmad


09.30 – 10.00 InAuGuRATIOn

10.00 – 11.00 keynote address by Professor Vasant Shinde

Eminent Archaeologist and ‘Rakhigarhi Man’, DG, National Maritime Heritage Complex & Ex-Vice Chancellor, Deccan College, Pune

11.00 – 11.15 TeA BReAk

11.15 – 12.00

12.00 – 12.45

Pandit Shri keshav Ginde, Innovator par excellence (developed a new flute ‘Keshav Venu’ that has surpassed the limitations of all extant flutes since the vedic age)Dr. R.P. Banerjee, Chairman & Director, EIILM, Kolkata

12.45 – 02.15 LunCH

02.15 – 03.00

03.00 – 03.45

Prof. Dipak Ghosh, Emeritus Professor, Sir C V Raman Institute Centre for Physics and Music, Jadavpur UniversityMs Aarti Badamikar, Textile Designer, International Awardee

03.45 – 04.15 TeA BReAk

04.15 – 05.15 Panel discussion

05.15 – 06.00 VALeDICTORY

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mega ScieNce, TechNology & iNduSTry eXPo5-8 November, 2019Venue: Science City, Kolkata

Co-ordinatorsDr. Omkar Rai, STPIPh: +91 98682 18614

Sh Narendra Sharma, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 99581 88770

This Expo will highlight the achievements and success stories of Indian Scientific/Academic Organizations, R&D Labs, PSUs and Indian Industry. IISF 2019 Expo will showcase various initiatives started by Hon’ble Prime Minister in the last 5 Years — Missions like Swachh Bharat Mission, Digital India, Skill India, Make in India etc., will be highlighted by various Ministries and Organisations.

IISF 2019 Expo will be a comprehensive show of Scientific, Technological and Industrial Programme and Achievements of India.• Inauguration by Hon’ble Minister for S&T and Earth Sciences on 5th Nov 2019 at 10.30 AM• Exhibition will be open every day from 10:00 AM to 7:30 PM except on 8th Nov

2019, when it will end at 5:30 PM.

highlighTS oF iiSF 2019 eXPo: • Number of Stalls: 900• Number of Participant Organisations: 300• Expecting Visitors: 6 lakhs

PARTICIPANT ORGANISATIONSA. Major Flagship Organisations and their Units/Labs across India: All the Autonomous Institutions and associate Units of the following Organisation are taking part in IISF 2019 Mega Science, Technology & Industry Expo.• National Council for Science Museums (NCSM - Ministry of Culture)• Department of Biotechnology (DBT)• Department of Science & Technology (DST)• Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)• Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)• Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)• Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)• Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)• Department of Atomic Energy (DAE)• Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES)• Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC)• Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)• Ministry of AYUSH

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B. Participant Mega Institutions/Organisations and Ministries: • All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)• BrahMos Aerospace• Software Technology Parks of India (STPI)• National Mission for Clean Ganga• Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL)• Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC)• Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL)• Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)• Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)• Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL)• Cochin Shipyard Limited• Ministry of Railways• RDSO• NESAC• Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Co.Pvt Ltd. (MAHYCO)• North-Eastern Space Applications Centre Bharat Broadband Network Limited • Oil Industry Development Board• Inter-University Accelerator Centre• Vijnana Bharati NBO Association - VIBHA VANI• Vijnana Bharati Home Pavilion• ShaktiC. State Government RepresentationAll the State Governments have represented their Programmes on Science & Technology, Energy, Remote Sensing, Agriculture, Bio-Technology and presented the massive “Vibrant India” Pavilion.D. Small Scale IndustriesAbove 50 Small Scale Industries will also take part in the Expo, showcasing their Technologies and Products.E. State PavilionsAll the States are displaying their outstanding achievements.F. Handicrafts and Handlooms ExpoThere are about 100 Craftsmen across the Country will showcase beautiful crafts work.

ExHIBITS• Live models of Missiles, Warfare Tanks, Satellite Models, Agricultural projects

and various Models/Charts/Live presentations/PPTs/Displays about on-going projects, achievements and programmes.

• Various Technologies developed by Indian Scientific and R & D Institutions across the Country will be on the display to educate Students, Young Scientists and general public.

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Cultural as Dessert! Every Evening!After a grueling day of deliberating on different aspects of science, technology and innovation, be a part of a gala entertainment in the evenings, which showcases the best of our cultural heritage, breathtaking talent and some mesmerizing rhythms.

culTural ProgramS5-7 November, 2019Venue: Biswa Bangla Convention Centre & Science City

Co-ordinatorsSh Saurav Sen, Vigyan PrasarPh: +91 98107 00920

Sh Amar Choudhury, SRFTIPh: +91 98311 12156

SH S Das Sharma, SRFTIPh: +91 90071 92716

Ms Mayuri Dutt, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 91230 71787

Ms Reeta Bhattacharya, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 93311 82189

Programme Schedule | AT BISWA BAnGLA COnVenTIOn CenTRe


Anchor: Bengali & English – Madhumanti Moitra | Hindi – Safik

Time Activities

Artist/Troupe Nature Of Programme Theme

06.00 – 06.35 Abraham Majumdar Western Symphony Instrumental Tagore/Ray

06.40 – 06.55 Rumki Ganguly Recitation Rabindranath

06.55 – 07.10 Manoj Rabindra Sangeet (Bengali) Rabindranath

07.10 – 07.25 Rohini Rabindra Sangeet (English) Rabindranath

07.25 – 07.40 Sraboni Sen Rabindra Sangeet (Hindi) Rabindranath

DAY 2 - 6 november, 2019 | Dedicated to folk & Traditional

Anchor: Hindi, Bengali & English – Debi

Time Activities


06.00 – 06.20 Chou from Seraikela Chou Dance Mythology

06.20 – 06.35 Debopriya Dutta Creative Dance Micro Drama

06.35 – 07.00 Prashant Oberoi Sand Animation Kalam/Environment

07.00 – 07.45 We Are One GroupDance on Wheels by Special Children

Dance on Wheels

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DAY 3 - 7 november, 2019 | Dedicated to Indian Creative Dance & Rhythm

Anchor: Hindi, Bengali & English – Madhumanti

Time Activities


06.00 – 06.40 Bickram Ghosh & Troupe Instrumental Rhythm of India

06.50 – 07.30 Troupe of Mamata Shankar Amritasya PutraEvolution of Human Values

Programme Schedule | AT SCIenCe CITY


Anchor: Hindi, Bengali & English – Shamik Sinha

Time Activities


05.30 – 06.10 Dola Ganguly Song Tagore & Film Songs

06.00 – 07.00 Shoumili Biswas & Troup Dance with Indian tunesHindi, Bengali & Tagore


Anchor: Hindi, Bengali & English – Ginia

Time Activities


05.30 – 06.15 Ratul Shankar & Troup Creative Percussion Instrumental Traditional

06.20 – 07.00 ‘Bandhura’ - Folk Band Folk Song of Bengal Rhythm of India


Anchor: Hindi, Bengali & English – Ginia

Time Activities


05.30 – 06.10 Amar Sen Hand Shadow-graphy Nature

06.15 – 07.00 We Are One Group Dance on WheelsPerformance by Special Children

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vigyaN yaTra5-7 November, 2019Venue: Siliguri, Dhanbad, Kharagpur

Co-ordinatorsMr Animesh Kumar Dey, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 89108 83623

Mr Kanak Kanti Baisya Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 70637 91772

Mr Radha Raman Pandey, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 96173 32247

India International Science Festival (IISF) launched in 2015 is a celebration to promote Science and Technology and demonstrate how science could lead India towards a developed nation within a short span of time. The aim is to engage the public with science and celebrate the joy of science and show the ways how science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) provide us with the solutions to improve our lives. Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Earth Sciences in association with Vijnana Bharati (VIBHA), has created a unique platform of India International Science Festival which intends to inspire curiosity and make learning more rewarding.

As part of promotional activities of IISF 2019 a yatra of the mobile Yatra will be flagged of from three different cities:Siliguri: J C Bose Yatra | Dhanbad: P C Ray Yatra | Kharagpur: S N Bose Yatra

The motive behind this yatra is to ignite the minds of the viewers while on its journey through various districts with a stopover at selected venues. The science exhibition mobile van can be viewed by all local school/university students, which will create interest and awareness about IISF 2019.

ouTreach Programme1-30 October, 2019Venue: All over India Co-ordinatorsDr. Manish Mohan Gore, Vigyan PrasarPh: +91 99992 75292

Dr. Sanjay Tiwari, Vijnana BharatiPh: +91 94242 25771

This is IISF 2019 pre-launch popularization programme. All the government Institutions and Organizations will organize a one day program with a press meet, exhibition, scientist-public interactions and lectures on the importance of IISF. Satellite communication services will be harnessed for the online lecture delivery. This is to highlight the Digital India Campaign initiated by our Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.

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iiSF-2019 SecretariatFifth Floor, Ministry of Earth Sciences

Prithvi Bhavan, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110 003www.scienceindiafest.org

Email: [email protected]: 011-24608280/81/82/83/84

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Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

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Ministry of Rural DevelopmentGovernment of IndIa

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Documents

Programme guide - India International Science Festival€¦ · The goal of the Science festivity is to help youth, develop 21st century skills, with a focus on scientific knowledge,