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Summary of ICTP activities in support of science in
India
15/07/2013 ICTP Public Information Office
*For the period 1970-1982, 847 visitors came from India; the total number of visitors is 8641.
Average percentage of women since 2001 is 22% of total visits from 2001-2012.
**Data on female visitors not available before 2001.
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ICTP Visitors from India 1983-2012*
Visitors
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} Scientific visitors from India ◦ 8641 (1970-2012) ◦ 741 women since 2001 (22%)
} Indian participation in ICTP Programmes ◦ 99 Affiliates (From 35 Federated Institutes) ◦ 387 Associate Members (50 female) ◦ 3 Postgraduate Diploma Students ◦ 204 TRIL Fellows (32 female) ◦ 4 STEP Fellows ◦ 190 ICTP-ELETTRA Students (36 female)
} Padma Shri Award, 2012 ◦ Jagadish Shukla � Long-time ICTP course director and advisor
} Indian National Science Academy's Young Scientist Award, 2011 ◦ Vijayakumar Nair � ICTP Postdoctoral fellow in ESP
} Hind Rattan Award in 2013 ◦ Padma Kant Shukla (1950-2013) � ICTP course director for training activities in
plasma Physics since 1995 � Associated with ICTP since 1980’s
} Award for Advancement of Renewable Energy in Africa, 2010 ◦ Vinod Kumar Sharma
� Senior Scientist at ENEA, Matera � ICTP-TRIL Fellow 1988-2007
} ICTP Dirac Medallists ◦ E. C. George Sudarshan, 2010 ◦ Jogesh Pati, 2000
} ICTP Prize ◦ Shiraz Minwalla, 2010 ◦ Abhishek Dhar, 2008 ◦ Rajesh Gopakumar, 2006 ◦ Manindra Agrawal, 2003 ◦ Mohit Randeria, 2002 ◦ T. N. Venkataramana, 2000 ◦ Nitin Nitsure, 1997 ◦ A.M. Jayannavar, 1996 ◦ Spenta Wadia, 1995 ◦ Deepak Dhar, 1993
} ICTP Prize (continued) ◦ Ashoke Sen, 1989 ◦ Ganapathy Baskaran, 1983
} ICO/ICTP Prize ◦ Revati N. Kulkarni, 2004 (shared Prize)
} Ramanujan Prize Winner ◦ Ramdorai Sujatha, 2006
} Shri Debabrata Saha ◦ Visited ICTP in 2012 � Ambassador of India to Italy
} Saroj Kumar Jha ◦ Visited ICTP in 2010, "ICTP After 45" � World Bank
} R. Dogra ◦ Visited ICTP in 2005 � Ambassador of India to Italy
} Shobhana Narasimhan ◦ ICTP Associate 1996-2006 ◦ Organizer of ICTP “Career Development Workshop
for Women in Physics”, 16-19 September 2013
} Rohini Godbole ◦ Visited ICTP in 2010, "ICTP After 45" � ICTP Associate 1984-2000 � Indian Institute of Science
(Image Source: http://www.jncasr.ac.in/shobhana/)
} Spenta Wadia ◦ Visited ICTP in 2010, "ICTP After 45" � High Energy Staff Associate 1998-1999 � ICTP Associate 1986-1991 � Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
} Hari Prakash Garg � ICTP Associate since 1984 � Indian Institute of Technologies
} Ramakrishna Ramaswamy ◦ Vice-Chancellor of University of Hyderabad � ICTP Associate 1988-1994, 1996-2001
} M.S. Narasimhan, 2010-present } Ashoke Sen, 2004-present } Praveen Chaudhari, Chairman 1998-2002 } T. V. Ramakrishnan, 1996-1998 } Yash Pal, 1984-1993 } B.D. Nag Chaudhuri, 1975-1983 } Daulat Singh Kothari, 1970-1974
} Katepalli R. Sreenivasan ◦ ICTP Director, 2003-2009
} Kumar Narain ◦ Head of ICTP-HECAP Section, 2013 ◦ Head of Postgraduate Diploma Programme, 2013 ◦ Coordinator of Postgraduate Diploma in High Energy
Physics, 2005 ◦ Research Scientist since the 1980’s � ICTP-HECAP Section
} Ramadas Ramakrishnan ◦ Head of ICTP Math Section, 2010 ◦ ICTP Math Section, 2003 ◦ Joint Head, Office of Associates
} Mudumbai S. Narasimhan ◦ Head of ICTP Math Section 1992-1998
} Coordinator of Diploma Programme in CMSP ◦ Subodh Shenoy, 1994-2005
} Coordinator of Diploma Programme in CMSP ◦ Vijay Kumar, 1990-1993 � ICTP Associate Member, 1986 � Currently President of Vijay Kumar Foundation
Projects Networks Scientific
Meetings Scholars/
Consultants ICTP Fellows at Centre for Space Physics, Kolkata (2007)
Network in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Bangalore, (2002)
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Crystal Growth Centre, Anna University, Madras (1994), no longer active
China-India-Viet Nam Network 2000 in commutative algebraic geometry, Mumbai, (2000), no longer active
Regional Network in Semiconductor Science and Technology, Delhi, (1990), no longer active
} Winter School in Quantitative Systems Biology, Bangalore, 2013
} Fundamentals of Ocean Climate Modelling at Global and Regional Scales, Hyderabad, 2013
} Targeted Training Activity (TTA): Intraseasonal Monsoon Predictability and Prediction, Pune, 2013
} Physware 2012: A Collaborative Workshop on Low-Cost Equipment and Appropriate Technologies that Promote Undergraduate-level, Hands-on Physics Education throughout the Developing World, New Delhi, 2012
} Conference on Research Frontiers in Ultra-Cold Atomic and Molecular Gases, 10-14 Jan, Goa, 2011
} Workshop on 'Palaeoclimates and human dispersal during Marine Isotope Stage 3 (MIS3)', Chennai, 2011
} Advanced School on Convection in Industrial Applications, Bangalore, 2010
} Hands-on Research on Complex Systems - Winter School, Bhat, 2008
} Workshop on Seismic Hazard in Asia, Bangalore, 2008 } Summer School on Electronic Structure Methods and
their Applications, and Workshop on Computational Materials Theory, Bangalore, 2006
} MoU with Indian Institute of Science in 2011 ◦ To encourage collaboration in research areas of
mutual interest } MoU with I2IT, Pune in 2005 ◦ To promote teaching, training, research, projects
and professional activities } Agreement with DST, New Delhi in 1999 ◦ To implement of Fellowships in institutions of
education and research throughout India ◦ renewed every 5 years
} ICTP Chapter in India in 1993 ◦ Initiative of H.P. Garg, Indian Institute of Technology ◦ To coordinate collaborative efforts between the Indian
scientific community and ICTP
} The amounts shown on the following page give a lower-bound estimate of the financial support ICTP has provided to Indian science during the period 1996 to 2012.
ICTP programmes Financial support in Euro
Postgraduate Diploma Programme*
8,000
STEP Programme* 17,000 Federation Programme 137700 ICTP-ELETTRA Programme 303500 OEA Programme 420400 Research Group Visitors 684800 Associate Programme 1302500 Postdoctoral Fellows 1391000 Conference Participants 2365000 TRIL Programme 3071300 TOTAL 9,701,200
*Postgraduate Diploma and STEP Programmes, less than 1%
1% 3%
4% 7%
14%
14% 25%
32%
ICTP financial support to India Share by programme, 1996-2012
Federation Programme
ICTP-ELETTRA Programme
OEA Programme
Research Group Visitors
Associate Programme
Postdoctoral Fellows
Conference Participants
TRIL Programme
