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CONFERENCE REPORT
Indian Science Congress 2002- A Report
B S Aggarwal* and B C Sharma Nati o nal In stitu te of Science Communicati on (CSIR ). New Delh i I 10 0 12
The Indian Science Congress Associati on (LS C A) were Prof. M G K Menon, Dr Abdul Kalam, Dr K which was established in 19 14 ' to advance and promote Kasturirangan (Director, TSRO), Dr R A Mas helk ar (DG, the cause of science India' , held its 89'" Annual Session CSIR), Dr R Chidambaram (Principal Scienti fic Advisor at the Uni versity of Luckn ow, Lucknow, during 3-7 to the Govt. of India), Dr (Mrs) Manju Sharma (Secretary, January, 2002, under the General Presidentship of Prof. DBT), Dr N K Gangul y (DG, ICMR), Prof. B N Hegde, S.S. Kati yar, who is a renowned chemist and is presently Prof. C L Khetrapal, Dr Lalji Singh (Director, CCMB the Vice-Chancell or of Chhatrapati Sahuji Maharaj Hyderabad), Dr P K Seth (Director, ITRC Lucknow), (CSJM) University, Kanpur, and Chairman of the UP Dr C M Gupta (Directo r CDRI, Lucknow ), Dr R State Council for Hi gher Educati on. Natrajan, Dr R D Lele, Prof. P N Tandon (NBRC New Though it was the fi ft h time that the annual session of Delhi), Mr Kiran Karnik (NASSCOM, New Delhi ), Indian Science Congress was held in Lucknow (the Prof. H P Dixit (IG OU, New Delhi) Dr Nitya Nand earlier being in 19 16, 1923, 1953 and 1985), it was fo r (CDRI Lucknow), DrS P Agarwal (DG, DGHS, New the first time in th e history of Indi an Science Congress De lhi ), Prof. M S Vali ath an (M anipa l), Sectio na l that the Prime Mi nister inaugurated the Science Congress Presidents of different secti o ns of ISCA (Table I), in hi s own parliamentary constituency. Convenor of di fferent panels (Table 2), special in vitee Lucknow is commonl y kn own as a 'City of Nawabs' for delivering Platinum Jubilee Lectures, and vari ous and is famous for graceful manners, politeness, sweetness TS CA award winners. of language and courtesy, even in th e common peopl e. Dr Murli Manohar Joshi , Hon' bl e Minister for Human Inauguration Resource Development, Science and Technology and The 89'" Session of Indian Science Congress was Ocean Development, Govt. of India, ri ghtly described it inaugurated as per convention, by the Prime Minister of in hi s address as a 'city whi ch symboli zes the syncreti c India, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, on 3 January, 2002 in impulses of our unique culture.' According to him, 'no the lawns of Lucknow Uni versity, Lucknow. Present other city has accorded such values to the fusion of on thi s occasion were a galaxy of eminent scientists fro m aestheti cs and ethics, language and social behaviour, India and abroad, Pro f. Murli Manohar Joshi , Minister poetry and prose, arts and science.' With two uni versiti es for Huma n Resource D e ve lo pme nt, S c ie nce & and nine national laboratories working for R& D in the Technology and Ocean Development, Govt. of India, field of bi otechnology, Lucknow was recently chri stened Dr Vishnu Kant Shastri , Governor of Uttar Pradesh, Shri as ' bio-tech city'. Raj nath Singh, the then Chi ef Minis ter of U P and Shri About 5000 delegates fro m di fferent parts of the Om Prakash, the then Minister for Higher Educati on, country and abroad parti cipated in this science congress. UP, and Prof. S S Kati yar, Vice-Chancellor of Chhatrapati Promi nent among those who participated in thi s session Sahuji M aharaj (CSJM) Uni versity, Kanpur and General President, ISCA for 2001 -02, Prof. D P Sin gh. *Present Address: 134-B.DDA Flats,Gul abi Bagh, Delhi ll 0 007 Vice-Chancellor of host Uni versity, Pro f. A B Banerjee, 834 J SC I IND RES VOL 6 1 OCTOBER 2002
Tabl e 1- Different Sections with Sec ti onal Pres idents and title of th eir Addresses at Indian Science Congress 2002
S.No. Name of Sec tion Sec tional Pres ident Title of Address
I. Agricultural Sciences Dr M. Velayuth am The Strengths of Indi an Agri culture NBSS & LUP, Nagpur 2. Anthropology & Prof. P.K. Das Bio-a nthropological Perspecti ve of Archaeology Utkal Un ive rsit y. Bhubanes war Sickle Cell Diseases in India 3. Bi ochemistry, Biophysics Prof. Sami r Bhattacharya A New Dimension in Reproductive & Molec ular Biology Indian Institute of Chemica l Regulation Biology. Kolkata
4. Botany Prof. C. Manoharachary Bio-diversity, Con se rvation and Osmania University, Hyderabad Utilization of Fungi 5. Chemi stry Prof. Anirudh Si ngh An Account of Studies into University of Rajasthan , Organome tallic Compounds. M etal Jaipur Aryloxides and Heterometal Alkoxides 6. Computer Sciences Dr (Ms) Sn eh Mohan Information Technology: The International Developmen t Changing Scenario Centre, New Delhi 7. Ea1th Sys tem Sci ences Prof. An shu Kumar Sinha Tectonics an d Subduction 13irbal Sahni Institute of Mechani sm across the Indian-Asia Palaeobotany. Lucknow Co llision Zone in Ladakh & Karakoram R. Engin eering Sciences Mr Suresh Chandra Bhatia Info-tech Applications in Integrated Ghaziabad Steel Pl ant s: An Important Ingredient For Quality Steel 9. Material Sciences Dr H.S. Maiti Material Science Resea rch , Jada vpur Un ivers ity Ed ucation and Industry: lndian Kolkata Scenario 10. Mathematics Prof. C.M. Joshi Inequaliti es of Certain Classes of Sukhadia Un iversity Po lynom ial s, Generalized Hyper Udaipur genometric Function and Spec ial Functions II. Medical and Veterinary Prof. Pratip Kumar Debnath Emerging Global Change of Sciences J .13. Roy State Ayurvedic Occidental Ou tlook in Ayur\'cda M edical Coll ege, Kolkata forlmprovement in quality of Li fe: Prospects and Perspective 12. Ph ysics Prof. R. Nath Trends in Bioelectrets and Thei ,. Dr H.S. Gaur Biomedical Applicati ons Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar
13. Ph ysiology Dr M .K. Chakraba 1ti Diarrhoeal Diseases : A Global NICED, Kolkata Hea lth Problem 14. Psychology & Prof. Biswanath Roy Psychological Perspecti ves of Educational NCERT, New Delhi Origin,Prediction and Control of Sciences Human Beha viour 15 . Statisti cs Prof. Bikas K. Sinha Glimpses of Design Optimality Indian Stati sti cal Institute Criteria : Recent Advances Kolkata 16. Zoology, Entomology & Prof. Mohammad Shamim Nematode Diversity with Spec ial Fisheri es Jairajpuri Reference to Surface Structures MANU University Hyderabd AGG ARWAL & SHARM A : IND IAN SC IENCE CONG RESS 2002 83:'1
Tab le 2 - Different Panels wit h th eir conveners at ISCA 2002
S.No. Pane l Convenor
I. Biotechno logy - The New Fro ntie r Dr La lji Sin gh CCMB , Hyderabad
2. Cardiac Ca re- Future Vision Dr K.K. Ta lwar AIIM S, New Delhi
3. En vironment and Health Dr P.K. Seth ITRC. Lucknow
4. Forens ic Sc ience - Newer Deve lopment s for Dr M.S. Rao Social Welfa re
5. In fo rm at ion Tec hn ology and Social Development Prof. D.P. Agrawal
6. Pulm onary Med icin e - Changin g Face Dr S. K. Kati yar
7. Science for School Chil dren Prof. H.Y. Mohan Ram Delhi
hurt humanity; that the purpose of techno logy IS General Secretary, ISC A (Headquarters) and Organizin g creati on, not destructi on." Secretary, Dr P K Seth , Director, ITRC, Lucknow.
Higher In vestments in R&D Prime Minister's Address Shri Vaj payee said that investment in R&D, like the Shri Vajpayee started hi s ina ug ural address by in vestment in education, was an in vestment in India's recalling the contributions of Shri Jawaharl al Nehru, Smt future . He a nno unced that inspite of constraints Indira Gandhi and all former Prime Ministers to the Government would try to increase the rati o of total building up of stro ng scie ntific and techno logical nati onal R&D investments to GOP to around I per cent capabilities in this country. The development of S&T by the end of9tl' Pl an, as promised by him at Pune Science capabilities has given us a hi gh degree of self-confidence Congress. lt would be further increased to 2 per cent in which is a crucial input for the success of any endeavour the last year of the I 0 111 Plan, he added. in any fi eld of nati on building. The adoption of scienti fic methods and analysis and problem solving across diverse Priorit y Areas f or R&D Investments Spell fields was anoth er intangible benefit of S&T, the Prime According to Shri Vajpayee, the bulk of incremental Minister added. R&D should go to areas like meteorology, oceanography, ecological recovery and environme ntal pro tecti on, Call to Integrate Science and Hum.anities di saster preventi on and management, renewabl e energy Shri Vajpayee stressed o n the need to integrate and energy efficiency, new and more effecti ve medicines scient ifi c knowledge with insights fro m other di sciplines. fo r both the prevention and treatment of communicabl e For this to happe n, it is essenti al to eschew a "two diseases and conservati on and sustainable util izati on of culture" approach - th at science and the humanities are our ri ch bi odi versity. irreconcil abl e, and fo r each to be aware of the value and validity of di sciplines other than one's own", he added. Th e Role of Biotechnology Lauded Referring to the rol e of biotechnology, Shri Vajpayee Call to Fight Terro rism said, "The strategic integration of bi otechno logy in to The Prime Minister appealed to all the sci enti sts, Indian agri c ulture system can revolutio ni ze In d ian technologists, and th e academi cians in th e countries of fanning and usher in a new era. Geneti c engineering South Asia to join hands to fi ght terr01i sm and extremi sm. may help in minimizin g crop damage through di sease He said, "The functi on of science is to help, and not to and pest-resistant vari eti es." 836 1 SCI IND RES VOL 6 1 OCTOBER 2002
Cauti oning about the effects on ecology, the Prime Traditional Knowledge Commended Minister said th at what we needed was " respo nsible In the context of traditional knowledge. Shri Vajpayee bi o tec hn o logy" w ith " responsive" regulato ry a nd said th at an enormous reservoir of traditi o nal kn owledge e nfo rceme nt mechani s m. It sho uld bring togethe r was at work in the vast informal and unorgani sed sector researchers, po li cy makers, NGOs, progressive farmers of our econo my. He said that thi s mus t be recognized, and the Government to help ensure th at the benefits of further developed and disseminated . bio technology reach all our people quickl y. NewS& T Policy in the Offing Optimal Use of R&D Resources Suggested Shri Vajpayee informed th at a new Nati onal Science Re ferring to in suffi c ie nt inter- agency and inter & Techno logy Policy was being prepared by Dr M urli la bo ra to ry communic ation, c o o rdin a ti o n a nd Manohar Joshi and would be announced shortl y. coll aborati o n, Shri Vajpayee said, " We should make Address by Minister of HRD, S&T and OD opti mal use of o ur available research facilities and The address of Dr Murli M anohar Joshi was sharpl y equipment as also of our human resources, thro ugh a focussed on the three elements of the theme of this year's c u lture of sha ring a nd cooperatio n. " To re m ove Indian Science Congress, namely " Healthcare, Educati o n organi zati onal and administrative hurdles, he called upon and Information Technology" . th e Sc ie ntific Adviser to the Governme nt a nd the Sc ientific Advisory Co mmittee to the Cabinet to come Healthcare up with changes in po li cies, practi ces and procedures According to Dr Joshi, amo ng the factors whi ch whi ch would create a liberal, fl exible and motivating impact on human health, two important ones are nutrition enviro nment for R& D, not only in Government agencies and e nvironment. The malnutrition surveys have shown but also in academi c institutions. th at 25 per cent of our babies are born with low birth weight, more th an 50 per cent of our children suffe r from lndustrv Asked to In vest More in R&D prote in malnutrition, almost 35 per cent of adults suffer Showing hi s deep concern for the low in vestment in fro m chroni c energy di seases, and 75 per cent o f the R& D by industry, Shri Vajpayee said, "Indian industry, populati on suffers from various nutriti o nal deficiencies. whi ch is a beneficiary of liberali zati o n, must, on its own, The consequences of such a widespread malnutrition are start to contribute its due share (to R&D)." He said that in creased mortality and hi gh rates of morbidity and in advanced nati ons, such as the USA, 80 per cent of th e di sability. scienti sts were employed in the pri vate industry, whi ch Dr Joshi said, " Malnutrition impacts not onl y on the propo rti o n was just th e reverse in India. The Prime lives of indi viduals and families, but also has a direct Minister expressed the need for the development of such bearing o n economic develo pme nt. ft causes low policies as could attract Indian pri vate, as we ll as foreign productivity, which is a major obstacle to growth in a d irect investment in th e R&D secto r. He call ed upon the competiti ve globali zed economy." industry associati ons to create awareness in th e world Pointing towards the rol e of science and technology about the avai labi 1i ty of India's scienti fie capacit y. in thi s context, Dr Joshi said, "Sc ience and technology has to fro ntally address the basic iss ues of poverty, employment generation, health, environment, education, R& D in University System Laggin g equity and empowerment at the level of both po li cy and The Prime Minister opined that R&D in our uni versity acti on, percept and practice." syste m was no t receiving as muc h atte ntio n as in speciali zed agencies and laboratories. He said, " Creati ve Indigenous System of Medicine Lauded uni versities are the bedrock of every developed nati on's Referring to indigenous syste m of medi cine, Dr Joshi S&T strategy. It is a matter of concern that science said that thi s system had sustained our populati on fo r de partme nts in India's vast university" syste m have thousand of years, with effective cures and remedi es with suffered greatl y due to lack of in vestments, both materi al minimal side effects. and in terms of faculty. One way of reversing thi s is to Dr Joshi cited the example of Vietman in combining encourage coll aborati o n between a uni vehlity and local traditio nal knowledge and scientific methods to create pri vate industry." b reakthro ug h fo r treatme nt of malari a. Vie tna m AGGARWAL & SHARMA : I DIAN SC IENCE CONGRESS 2002 837 developed a new drug- artemisinin - to treat severe of becoming a super power. " He informed that the report and multi-drug-resistant cases of malaria. The drug was of the Task Force appointed by the Pl anning Commission extracted from the indigenous 'thanh ho' tree which had on a 'Strategy for Transformation of India as a knowledge been used in traditional C hinese a nd Vietnamese Super Power' has presented a road-map for achieving medicine fo r centuri es. Collaboration between industry thi s tra ns formati on. "This road map needs to be and researchers led to local production of hi gh quality concreti sed into an action plan", he added. artemisinin and other derivatives at a low cost. Dr Joshi Referring to the mass use of computers, Dr Joshi said, asked. "Can we not learn from thi s lesson and achieve " For computers to become an essenti al part of th e life of similar breakthroughs in the treatment of malnutrition every citi zen, it is necessary that the hardware costs are and reproductive and maternal healthcare?" dramatically lowered without any compro mi se in quality Dr Joshi said tha t the in c reased environmental and performance". Lauding th e efforts of scienti sts of conscio usness and the tre nd towards eco-fri e ndl y th e Indi an In stitute of Science in developing the low products had led to the development of interest of th e cost "Simputer", the Minister said that th e revolutio nary In dian private sector in the field of herbal and natural development would have far reaching impl icati o ns in products, especially medicin al products.''Thi s increased its mass usage and would generate a large range of interest needs nurturing and incenti vization,'' he added. employment opportunities for the rural and urban youths. In this context, Dr Joshi also referred to the potential for organi zed fanning and cultivation of herbs and medicinal Biotechnology pl ants. Dr J oshi regarded bi o techno logy as a major Referring to S&T interventi o ns in health-care and compo nent in India's effort s to become a knowledge e nviro nment, Dr Joshi said that e nviro nme ntal and supe r power and added that Lucknow would play a ecological regenerati o n was a pre-requisite to improved determining role in guiding the country's future in thi s health. It has seen found that purposive, imaginative field . and participative interventions could make the in come General Presid ent's Address levels of poor fam il y double in a year 's time. The General President, Prof. S S Kat iyar, in hi s address on the theme of this years' Indian Science Congress, Education " Healthcare, Education and Info rmati on Technology'' In the context of educati on Dr Joshi said that we have said that he has chosen thi s th eme because healthcare made spectacular advances in literacy levels, but th e and education are two areas which have received the declining interest of our youth in basic scie nces and least attention since inde pe ndence and info rmati on careers in sciences was a cause of concern. To attract technology is one of our vital strengths which could th e youn ger generati on to science and to make new moderni ze India's economy. He referred to the in augural avenu es of research a reality, the Group of Ministers o n address of the Prime Minister at the 87'" sessio n of Scientifi c Matters would evolve a new scheme, which is Science Congress in Pune wherein he had said, " It is a aimed at taking the ' Ki shore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojna' dream to see India as a hi ghl y developed nation in the further to the making of a good researcher. earl y decades of new century - developed sociall y, To provide financial support to th e uni versity system econo mically, culturally and also in scie nce and Dr Joshi announ ced a programme called the 'Fund for technology", and regarded it as a 'Vision for India'. Infrastructure in Science and Technology (FIST) in Uni versi ti es, and other higher educati on in stitutions. He Healtlzcare was hopeful that such a selective and financial support Referrin g to the healthcare, the General President said , would be abl e to attract and retain talented researchers "The general public needs an effective healthcare system in science and technology. Dr Joshi appealed to the Prime at an affordable cost, which is probably o ne of the most Minister to inc rease allocati o ns to this programme challenging goals before the country, in this century". manifold in the Tenth Five Year Plan. Prof. Kati yar informed that the country was facing th e burden of three types of diseases- The first type which l!!fonnation Techno!ORY he referred to as the ' Hi s tori cal Di seases' as 'those which Referring to Jndia's achievements in the IT field, Dr are re-emerging like insecticide-resistant malaria and Joshi said," This is a field in which India has the potential drug-resistant tuberculosis.' He regarded the second type 83 8 J SC IIND RES VOL 61 OCTOBER 2002
as ' Life Style Di seases' whic h are ne wer diseases Welcoming the 'open uni versity syste m' of educati on, dependent on our life style and in clude di seases 'such as Prof. Katiyar said that ' it has lot of potentialities of •diabetes, cardi ovascul ar di sease and cancer.' The third providing hi gher education to a very large segment of type, according to Prof. Kati yar were, ' new extreme Indian populati on including tribal, rural, hilly, women virulent in fec ti ons such as HIV/AlDS." He said th at the and other unpri vil eged groups.' Mentioning the benefits burden of these di seases get further enhanced by two of IT-enabl ed education, Prof. Katiyar said that 'it can factors, th e first being the deteri orating standads of manage and improve different aspects of higher educati on medical educati on in the country, and the second being such as teaching , sharing of resources, professional 'non-health determinants' like clean drinking water, non development of teachers, R&D, HRD, distance educati on po lluted e nv iro nme nt, bas ic m inimum nutri tio n, and total quality management.' sanitati on and primary educati on. Prof. Katiyar remarked th at there exi sted a gap in the lnform.ation Technology ' required ' and 'avail able' healthcare fac ilities and suggested th e fo ll owing points for considerati on: (i) Talking on thi s last segment of the focal theme, Prof. Increasin g the number of medi cal colleges, making them Katiyar said that India had become one of the well known regiona lly balanced ; (ii ) To inc rease health sector leaders in the IT sector within a short span of time. "Over expe nditure; (iii ) To e ncourage domesti c medi cal th e last two years, IT sector has virtuall y changed the re earch on new Therapeutic Drugs, Vaccines for tropical entire mindset and the psyche of the common peopl e", di seases such as TB and Malari a; (iv) Special attention he added . on pre venting the spread of HIV/ATDS; a nd (v) To Prof. Kati yar remarked that 'realizing the importance provide improved clean drinking water supply, pollution of IT industri es in India, which have hi gh potential fo r free a tmosphe re, bas ic sani tati o n a nd min imum generating employment, modernization and contribution nutri tion." He conc luded by saying that the most to economy, Government of India put soft ware on its important para meter for the successful de li very of Nati onal Agenda and created a National Task Force in primary healthcare was di ssemination of public health 1998. Recomme nda tio ns of this Task Fo rce have related informati on, whi ch was a difficult task due to removed several bottlenecks faced by IT industry and it hi gh illiteracy in th e country. has charted out the growth of thi s industry in the new millennium. This Task Force expects the Indian software Edu cation industry to earn US$ 85 billion by the end of the decade, Education, said Prof. Katiyar, was instrumental for i.e. 2008,. providing access to opportunity as well as maintaining The General President concluded by remarking th at that competiti ve edge which makes a nati on prosperous ' IT industry is one of the successful business models and great. While we must pl an to achi eve the quanti tati ve and can sustain hi gh growth rate.' He, however, put a ex pansion of hi gher educati on, we must also ensure cauti onary note by remarking, " If digital revolution has achi e ving excell e nce in teaching and researc h in to be sustained, then sufficient amount of electric power universities. and bandwidth have to be ensured. If we have to advance Lay ing emphasis on adequate funding fo r higher and progress, we have to open data contents and host educati on, Prof. Kati yar said , "A paradi gm shift in the our websites in India (Today, 90 per cent o f our websites atti tude and perspecti ve towards hi gher educati on is are hosted by th e USA). needed" and added that there was a need to treat the in vestment in education (speciall y in hi gher educati on) Focal Theme as a producti ve in vestment. Referring to the phenome nal growth of pri vate The concept of focal the me was introduced in 1976 educational institutions, Prof. Kati yar said that th eir by Dr M S Swaminathan, the then Ge neral President of emergence was inevitable due to the forces of market ISC A, at the Waltair Session. The idea was th at such a econo my. He ca uti o ned th at the self-fina nc ing large gathering of scienti sts could be seized of nati onal institutions should rati onali ze the fee structure and should issues th at have scientific and technological impl ications. protect th e interests of talented and meritori ous students The focal the mes have since dealt w ith science a nd belonging to economi call y weaker sections of the society. techno logy in the co ntext o f vari o us facets o f AGGARWAL & SHARMA : INDIAN SC IENCE CONGRESS 2002 839 developments. These are listed in Table 3. The focal disorde rs a reality. The application areas of this theme is not only di scussed in every Section of ISCA, a information range from a new perspective in molecul ar number of Pl enary Sessions are also organized around diagnosis to newer therapeutic options for infectious its various facets in which scientists, technologists, policy di seases and development of molecul ar medicin e. He makers and administrators interact with one another. The opined that time was not far off when designer drugs or focal theme of this year's Congress was " Healthcare, tai lored drugs for individuals would be available. Education and Information Technology". All the three Dr E Pre mkumar Reddy (Te mple University, elements o f thi s focal theme are the burning issues Philadelphi a, USA) also di scussed various aspects of confronting our country. cancer in hi s talk entitled ''Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy in the New Millennium." He said that surgery, radio Plenary Sessions therapy or chemo-therapy was not able to fully cure a The concept of Pl enary Sessions was mooted by ISCA cancer patient but gene therapy had shown that potenti al. to create a platform where S&T personnel from different This Editor of international magazine ' Oncogene', earli er di sciplines and people from different walks of life could outlined the causes of cancer as solar UV rays, virus and echo th eir views on various aspects of the Focal Theme gene mutati on due to dangerous chemicals whose simultaneously. These sessions have gained immense concentration was fast increasing in atmosphere. popularity and attract not only scientific community but Plenary Session 2: Digital Empowerment of Societies S&T-minded general public also. Eight Plenary Sessions The topic of this session, chaired by Dr R Natrajan 11 were organized at the 89' session of ISCA during 4-7 (A ICTE, New De lhi ) and co-chaired by Dr V S January, 2002 (two sessio ns each day). The to pi cs Ramamurthy (DST, New Delhi) was of direct relevance deliberated upon at these Plenary Sessions along with to a common man. The renowned scientist, Prof. M G the names of chairperson and co-chairperson are given K Menon, in hi s task, "The Digital Divide," observed in Table 4. These are briefly described below: that the di gital empowerment of the societies was not possible unless the scientists addressed to the needs of Plenary Session 1: Geno1ne to Health care th e non-Engli sh speaking and illiterate population of the Four lecturers were delivered at thi s session, chaired world . He said that inspite of Internet becoming all by Prof. M S Valiathan, Hony Adviser, MAHE and perv as ive and upwardly mobile, there was a hi gh degree President. INSA, with Dr (Ms) Manju Sharma Secretary, of di sparity in its usage. Citing figures he disclosed th at DBT, as Co-chair. The first speaker Prof. S S Agarwal India had three PCs in comparison to 450 in the US, (Tata Me mo ri a l Centre, Mumbai) in hi s lecture three Internet users compared to 3700 in the US and one " Predictive Medicine: The Medicine of Tomorrow", Internet Service Provider in comparison to 1000 in th e professed that with the deciphering of the human genome, US . more accurate prediction of the ri sk for disease and Prof. Menon called upon the IT wizards to develop response to treatment may become possible. He pointed afford able personal computers. "We can use solar or air out further that once these genes were identified, it mi ght power to run a computer which would also reduce th e be possible to screen individuals much before th e ontset cost", suggested Prof. Menon. He added that th ere was of th e di sease. a need to develop computer in other languages also. Dr lnder Verma (Laboratory of Genetics, La Jolla, Dr Alex Pentland (MIT, Massachusetts, USA) while USA) in hi s lecture, "Gene, Genome and Gene Therapy" providing details about the Medi a Lab Asia - a state promulgated that gene therapy could help cure deadly of-the-art instituti o n on informa ti o n sc ie nce and di seases like cancer. He pointed out that gene th erapy communication, informed that this Lab was developing was developing fast in the West and would be used as a software for the illiterates. He said that th e Lab was tool for curing such diseases for which medicinal cure working on the development of India-specifi c softwares was difficult or had yet to be found. and added, "we are designing tools for midwives. crop Prof. G Padmanabhan (liSe, Bangalore) spoke on management and water conservation, besides setting up "Functiona l Genomics in Healthcare : A n Overall labs in tiTs." Perspective". He pointed out that the availability o f Delivering his lecture on " Bio Information in the Next information about DNA sequence in the databank would Decade", Prof. Ashok Kolaskar (U ni versity of Pune) make the id entificati on of genes in volved in genetic o utlined the ro le of bi o -informa ti cs in social 840 J SCI lND RES VOL 6 1 OCTOBER 2002
Table 3-The Focal Themes and General Preside nts of ISCA ( 1976-2002)
Year Place Focal The me General Prcs;dent
1976 Waltair Science and integrat ed rura l development M S Swaminnt han
1977 Bhubaneshwar Survey. conservation and utilization of H N Sethna resources
1978 Ahmedabad Scie nce, education and rural development S M Sircar
1979 Hyderabad Science and technology in India during the coming decades R C Mehrotra
1980 Calculi a Energy strategies for India A K Saha
198 1 Varanas i Impact of the development of science and A K Sharma technology on environment
1982 Mysore Basic researc h as an integral component o f self-reliant base o f science and M G K Meno n technology
1983 Tirupati Man and Ocean - Resources and develo pment B R Rao
1984 Ranchi Qual ity scie nce in In dia - Ends and means R P Bambah
1985 Luck now Hi gh altitude studies AS Painlal
1986 New Delhi Science and technology in e nvironmental TN Khosho man:Jgement
1987 Bangalore Resources and human well-bei ng- Inputs Arc hana Sharma from science and technology
1988 Pune Frontiers of scie nce and technology C N R Rao
1989 Madurai Science and techno logy mi ssion -The A P Mitra Indian scene
1990 Cochin Scie nce-in-society Yash Pa l
199 1 In dore Coping with natural disaster - An integrated approach D K Sinha
1992 Baroda Science, population and de velopment V R Gowarikar
1993 Goa Science and qualit y of life S Z Quasim
1994 Jaipur Scie nce in Indi a- Excell ence and P N Sri vastavu accou ntabi Iit y
1995 Calcutla Science, techno logy and industrial S C Pakmshi development in India
1996 Patiala Science and technology fo r achieving food,economy and health security U R Rao
1997 Delhi r:rontiers in science and engineering and thei r relevance to national S K Joshi development
1998 Hyderabad Science and technology in independent Indi a: Retrospect and prospect P Rama Rao
1999 C hennai New Bioscienccs : Chall enges and Manju Sharma opportunities as we move into the nextmil lcnnium
2000 Pune Indian science and technology into the next millennium R A Mashe lkar
2001 New Delhi Food. nutrition and enviro nmen ta l security R S Paroda
2002 Luck now Hcalthcare. educatio n and information S S Kaliyar technology AGGARWAL & SHARM A : INDI AN SC IENCE CONGRESS 2002 841
Table 4 - -· Topics or Pl enary Sess ions with Chai rperso ns and Co-chairperso ns*
S. o. Pl enary Session Topic Chairperson Co-chairperso n I. I Genome to Health Care Prof. M.S. Ya li athan Dr (Mrs) Manju Sharma MAHE, Manipal DBT, New Delhi & Presi dent. INSA
2. II Di gital Empowerment or Prof. R. Natrajan Prof. V.S.Ramamurthy Societ ies AICTE. New Delhi DST, New Delhi
J. Ill Molecu les to Mind Dr S.P. Agarwal Prof. G. . Pandey DG I-IS. New Delhi Universi ty of Illinois at Chi cago. USA
4. IV Ensuing Quality in Mr S.K. Agrawal Prof. J.L. Saha Teaching and Research Dept. of Hi gher Education liM. Ahmedabad in Universitites UP. Govt.. Lu ck now
5. V Hea lth Care: Reachin g Sir Walt er Bodmer Dr M. Bhandari th e Unreached John Rad cli ffe Hospital. SGPGI, Lucknow UK
6. VI Di agno stic Techn iques Prof. P.N. Tandon Prof. B.M. Hegde or Today and Tomorrow NBRC Society. Gurgaon MAHE, Manipal
7. VII lndi ::m Excell ence in Prof. D.P. Agrawal Dr M.D. Tiwari Global Competitiveness IIITM . Gwalior lilT, Allahabad in Information Technology
8. VIII Dru g Di scovery: Dr S:11nir Bhattacharya Dr Hami d Khan Retrospect and Prospect II CB. Ko lk ata NIH , Rockv ille, MD, USA * Based on IS CA Prog ramme development. He emphasized o n the need of studyin g development of techniques li ke neuroi magin g during th e £ comparati ve genome to analyse bi ological components. last couple of decades, it has been brought under th e He in formed that about 70 geno me sequenced were realm of scientific research. Prof. Tandon said that it has avail able in the country at present whi ch would reach been generall y agreed that the mental acti vity consists up to 470 in the coming three years. He also di sclosed of a number of definable entitles like perception, memory, that Media Lab was collaborating with NASSCOM to volition, tho ug hts emotions, learning, conscio us promote digital empowerment in vi ting tools to support awareness, etc. The newer techno logies have made the traditional culture. possible the study of these compo ne nts in healthy individuals and brain-patients. Plencuy Session Ill: Molecules to Mind Prof. Tandon, however, cautio ned that the mystery of This session chaired by DrS P Agarwal (DGHS, New mind had not been solved like the mystery of atom o r Delhi) with Prof. G N Pandey (University of Illinois at gene a nd sti ll there remained many unanswered Chicago, USA) witnessed th e discussio ns o n mind and questi o ns. He conc luded by saying, ' May be one day it its function ing mechanism. Prof. P Tan don (N BRC, would become possible to develop an artificial brain' . ew Delhi ) in hi s talk on " Demystifyin g the Mind" said Prof. Mriganka Sur (MIT, Bosto n, Massachusetts, that mind - a term often used interchangeably with USA) in hi s lecture on "Rewriting the Brain" presented consciousness, had remain ed shrouded in mystery a compari son of human mind with a supercomputer. He throughout the recorded history of human inte ll ectual said that there were at least three functi ons - pattern endeavour spanning several millennia. He said that there recognition, reasoning and language- whi ch the human was a time when mind was the subject of contemplation mind performs at a far better speed than the ' machine' by re li gio us saints a nd philosophe rs but with the could do. Prof. Sur informed that selective rewriting of 1\42 J SC IIND RES VOL 6 1 OCTOBER 2002
brain was being performed in young animals and the Delhi) drew attention towards the probl ems of grow in g results of th ese ex perim ents were startling. population and its adverse impact on quali ty of educati on. Deli ve ring the last lecture on "Towards Understanding He informed that to meet the growin g demand. we need the Pathogenes is of Neuro-degenerative Di sorders", Prof. to doubl e our capacity every seven years. Another lecture Vijaylax mi Ra vindranath (NBRI , Gurgaon) opined that stated for deli very at the session was on " Profil e of brain- related di sorders afflicted a large secti on of th e Research in University Sys tem" by Pro f Hari Gautam popul ati on. She in fo rm ed that neuro-degenerati ve (U GC, New Delhi ) di sord ers encompass a group of di seases such as Alzheim er's disease, Parkin so n's di sease, Huntington Plenary Session V: Heolthcare: Reaching the Unreached di sease and motor neutron di sease. In th ese di sorders. In thi s session chaired by Sir Wat er Bodman (John onl y spec ifi c cell s in certain regions of th e brain are Radc liffe Hospital, UK) and co-chain ed by Dr M affected whi ch leads to loss of functi on of certain part of Bhandari (SGPGI, Lucknow) emphas i:; was laid on mind. ensuring healthcare to the less-pri vil eged secti on or th e society. In hi s lecture entitled " Heal th care: Reachi ng Plenarv Session IV: Ensuring Qualitv in Teaclling and the Unreached", Prof. N K Gangul y (ICMR , New Delh i) Research in Unive rsiries hi ghli ghted several programmes initiated by th e Government in thi s direction, in cluding child surviva l In hi s openin g remarks, th e chairperson of thi s programmes, oral rehydration programme. immunizati on session, Prof. S K Agarwal (Dept. of Hi gher Edu cati on, programme, etc . Referrin g to th e sta tus of wo men in UP) observed th at th e students in th e traditio nal Indi a, he sa id th at there was a hi gh percentage of natu ra l uni ve rsity system we re fac in g two-s ided chall enges, one morta lity du e to anae mi a and poor nutri tion. The ICHR fr om the competiti ve job market and the other from th e boss opined that th ere was a lot of violence again st hig h ex pectati ons of the parents and teachers. wo men, whi ch could be tack led onl y by societal ac ti on and educati on. He quoted th e exampl e of Pa nc hayt Raj He said that th ere was a need to redes ign th e in Kcrala in th e matter of empowerment of co mmuni ty curri culum as we II as ex ami nat ion system in hi gher in India. educati on. Prof. B M Hegde (MAH E, Manipal ) in hi s lecture, Prof. R Natrajan (A ICTE, New Delhi ) in hi s lecture " Healthcare vs Medical Care" clarified that the general on "Qualit y Ass urance in Teachin g an d Research" be li ef of the peopl e th at healthcare and medi cal care were ca uti oned th at institutes mu st be acc redited carefully so sy nonyms, was not true. Q uoting Macfarlene, he as to prevent th em fr om becoming dipl oma/degree elaborated that ge neral bel id about th e need or a hospital produ cin g mi li s. He out! i ned several iss ues related to and a doctor in healthcare w:..s al so not tru e. th e qu ality in teachin g and research and exp lained the accred itation system bein g developed by th e All India Dr R D Laic (J oslok Hospital. Mumbai ) talked abou t Coun cil of Tec hni cal Education for thi s purpose through the impact of IT in healthcare in hi s lecture entitl ed :1 ti onal Boa rd of Acc reditation. " Pri mary Healthcare in Indi a : Will Info rm ation Tec hn ology Reall y Make a Difference '? " Quot ing Hav in g been associated with th e uni versity system for Ay urveda, he <;a id that health was not a commodity wh ich a long time, Prof. P N Sri vasta va (JNU, New Delhi ) one coul d purchase from the mark et, it need to be showed hi s deep concern for th e fas t deteri orating developed. He added th :lt IT coul d revolutioni1.e standards in teaching and research, while deliverin g hi s healthcare and talked about the on-li ne health services lecture on "Teaching and Research in Un iversiti es: A whi ch could even be provided in th e fa r-off places. Pathetic Story. How to Improve It'?" He ob erved th at infrastru cture fac iliti es were meagre and needed Plenary Session VII: ,'ndian Excellence in Global augmentati on urgentl y. He suggested manifold increase Competitiveness in !nfom wrion Tecluwlog-.· in the fin ancial grants of th e uni versity system to combat The first speaker in thi s ..; ession chaired by Dr D P the present situati on. Agarwal (IIITM, Gwa!ior) was the space doyen Dr K In hi s lec ture on ''Challenges and Tasks to Ensure Kasturirangan (ISRO, Bangalore). De li verin g hi s lecture Quality Edu cation", Prof. H P Di xit (IGNOU, New on "Educati on and Health Care : Bridg ing th e Access AGCiARWAL & SHARM A : INDIAN SC IENCE CONG RES S 2002 843
Di vide", he dec lared th at space was a better medium than Plenary Session VIII: Dmg Discovery: Retrospect and terrestrial medium and space-tech could bridge th e urban Prospect rural gap. He in fo rmed, "Space technology can be used This session, chaired by Dr Samir Bhattacharya (I ICB, very effectively fo r imparting education, providing better Kolkata) had lectures from three renowned researchers health care and training to the rural folk". And he added who had spent their entire life on drug di scovery. The that satellites like 'EduSAT', 'Health SAT' , and 'Gram first speaker. Dr Nitya Nand (C DRI , Luckn ow) traced SAT' could provide yeoman service in imparting th e hi story of drug research in hi s lecture "20' 11 Century: education, health care and help in efficient fun cti oning The Century of Drug Di scovery". He said these of Panc!tawimj, respecti vely. discoveri es not onl y prov ided new drugs and contributed The ISRO Director cited the exampl e of Jhab ua (a to the knowl edge of biological systems but also promoted di strict in MP) where the tribal com munity was being a pos itive outl ook towards hea lthcare. benefited a lot through satelli te edu cational programmes. Dr Nitya nand said that th e latest drug di scoveri es have Th e study revealed a 57 per ce nt gain in health awareness, benefited th e peopl e tremendously. "The onl y reason 43 per cent enhancement in hea lth practices and a behind th e low rate of success of some of th e medicines significant reducti on in alcohol consum pti on in th e prepared through th e use of bi otechn ology is the low community. A similar programme was in progress in absorpti on of the drugs in Indi ans due to a weak metaboli c the states of Guj arat, Karn ataka and Ori ssa, he added . system", he added. Mr Kiran Parik (NASSCOM, New Delhi ) whil e Dr Nityanand inform ed th at in the 2 1st century, sma ll de liverin g hi s speech o n " India as a Software molec ulars, protein s, antibod ies, ge nomics and stem ce ll s Superpower: Getting There, Stayin g There" in hi s are bein g used as drugs. He informed that 186 ant ibod eloquent style, said that ' IT and beauty' were th e two ies had been identified whi ch could be used as drugs key areas where Indi a has made an intern ational dent. and in genomics, 'sui cide gene' has been identifi ed by He, however, added that In dia was a software superstar, the scienti sts. He al so advocated for more funds for drug not a software superpower, as the country had onl y two research in th e country. per ce nt share in the softwa re industry of the worl d. He Speakin g on " ew Drug Research and Developm en t suggested updatin g of curricu lum and faculty skill s as in the 2 1' 'Century", Dr C M Gupta (C DRI , Lucknovv) we ll as introduction of new tech nologies fo r quality sa id that a sin gle industrial house in Eu rope spends twice educa ti on, parti cularl y in school education to ac hi eve th e amount of money on its R&D programme th an is the pos iti on of a su per power. bein g spent on entire drug research in Indi a. He said that Deli vering hi s lecture on " Information Technology and considerin g the paucity of fund s and lack of upgradati on Handi craft Sec tor of Informal Economy", Prof. of infras tru cture, we should focus attenti on on our S G Dh and e (li T, Kanpur) sai d that design tools and traditional resources and systems. He spec ifi cally produ cts could be developed for sc ientific appli cations. menti oned three fields where tradi ti onal Indi an medi cines He hi ghli ghted the projects undertaken by hi s institute could be hi ghl y effective. These were drug developm ent in des ignin g handicraft as a socio-techno logical to cure infectious di seases, life sty le related ailments and perspective. an ti-agein g remedi es. He also suggested interlinking of all laboratori es in Indi a to compete with the western Pro f. A:. hok Jhunjhunwa la (liT, Chennai) spoke on counterparts. "Te lecom and Internet Conn ecti vity for Indi a" and said th at no tec hnology or inn ovati on wou ld survive unl ess it Referring to the advancements in R&D, Dr Gupta said. made business sense and provided profit to th e .. wh il e earli er, discovery of a molec ul e took six to eight entrepreneur. He suggested several ways to cut down years, now it is possible in just three to five years". Internet pri ces so that it could be made available to a Dr Sukh Dev ( ew De lhi ) spo ke on "Ethn o common man. He highli ghted technologies th at his group th erapeuti cs of Drug Di scovery: The Potenti al of at liT was working on, in cludirg the wireless in local Ay urveda". He said that world today was looking towards loop (WILL) . Ayu rveda for providing herbal and other natural drugs for healthcare and Indi a should ex ploit thi s situ ati on as Th is session , as ex pected. was hi ghl y attended and it possesses vast traditional kn ow ledge on thi s system of was more sati sfyin g th an th e earli er sessions on IT. medicine. 844 J SC I IND RES VOL 61 OCTOBER 2002
Platinum Jubilee Lectures in major cities of the country where India's achievements in space would be highlighted. On the occasion of its 75' 11 session, popularly known as ' Platinum Jubilee Session', the Indian Sc ie nce Dr R A Mashelka r, Director General, CSIR, ew Congress Association instituted a new lecture seri es, Delhi , said th at India has achieved tremendous advances christened as 'Platinum Jubilee Lectures'. Since th en indifferent fi eld s of science and technology but still there th ese Lectures are delivered every year by eminent were many more challenges before it. He showed hi s scientists in each secti on of Indian Science Congress with deep concern for the low budgeting of scie nce focus on the main th eme of that congress. The names of departments a nd urged the governme nt to e nhance thi s year's speakers alo ng with th eir affili ati ons and title budgetary allocations for their upgradation. Dr of lectures are given in Table 5. Mashelkar pointed out that another serious problem being faced by the country was th e hi gh dropout o f school Public fora children and a sharp decline in the number of students To fulfil one of th e aims, viz. science popularizatio n, opting for science. of the Indian Science Congress Association, four Public The Chairman, AEC and Secretary, DAE., Mumbai, Fora were organised, one each day from 3 to 6 January, Dr A nil Kakodkar mentioned the peaceful uses of atomi c 2002, at which a group of eminent scientists presented energy. He info rmed that BARC was working on the use their views on a pre-selected topic. The topic of th ese of radioisotopes for diagnosti c purposes as well as on Pu b li c Fora a long with the names of the s la ted the development of radio-pharmaceuticals. He also hinted chai rpersons are give n in Table 6. Some are brie fl y at th e use of radiations in bronchiotherapy. described here. Hea/tli care Delivery Science and Technology This forum was chaired by a former Director ofCDRI This first Public Forum was chaired by Prof. Murli (Lucknow), Prof. B N Dhawan, who in his opening re Mo nohar Joshi , Un ion Minister for HRD, S&T and OD marks sketched the Indian health scenario and informed with Prof. S.S. Katiyar, General President, ISCA, as th e that it was hi ghl y blurred in case of rural India where Facilitato r. Prof. Joshi said that efforts were being made onl y 25 per cent of the drugs reach and out of which to develop th e country more in th e field of science and also, 13 per cent are out-of-trade counter (OTC) drugs. technology, with emphasis on promoting science among He said that even 'after expiry date' -dr gs were also the children. He declared that India's nuclear energy being sold openl y due to lack of awareness in th e rural projects were not meant for destructi o n but for positi ve masses. Prof. Dhawan said that India was one of the constructi on and useful purposes. biggest manufacturers of bulk drugs, manufacturing 350 drugs out of total 550; and I 00 with indigenous technol Dr V K Aatre, Scientific Advisor to the Defence ogy. He, however, lamented that India was a poor Minister and Director, DRDO, New Delhi, said that In performer in the manufacture of generic drugs; it manu dia has developed many technologies but the lacking part factures only 2 per cent generic drugs while the USA is ' innovation '. He informed that DRDO has developed contributes more than 70 per cent such drugs. He said a design software for Boeing Airbuses. that 'we produce over 60,000 formulations in India, but The space-doyen, Dr K Kasturirangan, Directo r, thi s numbe: r needs to be cut drastically so that irrational . ISRO, Bangalore, outlined the future perspectives of ones could be weeded out ' . Referring to the vast herbal space technology and informed th at th e country had resources of India, Pro f. Dhawan opined that herbal developed core compete nce in various space-related dru gs could be used as a valuable linkage between af projects, including INSAT, which has he lped us to fordable healthcare, ceo-preservation and unprivil eged develop a more effective global network. He said that population. the successful launching of GSLV has been th e biggest Dr S P Agarwal, Director General Health Services, achi evement of ISRO and it has made India self-reliant New Delhi , announced that the Governme nt was con in the field of space technology. Dr Kasturirangan also sidering a proposal to upgrade medical coll eges and informed that ISRO was planning to open space museums modify the present medical curricult.:m to make it need- t\GGARWA L & SHARMA : IN DIA SC IENCE CONGRESS ~002 845
Tabl e 5 - Pl atinum Jubi lee Lectu res organi ze d during Indian Scie nce Con gress 2002
S. o. Sec tion Speaker Topic oi Lecture
I. Agricultural Sc iences Dr M angla Rai Genetic Resou rces and Intellectual ICAR, New Delhi Pro pert y Ri ghts in Agricu lturaiPerspect ive 2. Anthropology & Prof. N.K. Bchura Ethnograph y of Health. Disease and Archaeology NC Cen tre for Development Treatmen t among th e Tribes of Stud ies. 13huhaneswar Orissa ·''- Rr ochemi stry Prof. A. K. Lala Protein Scienco:: and Bi oinformati cs Bioph ys ics & Indian Institute or Techn ology M olecular Bi ology Mumhai Botan y Pro f. H. Sh ekara shett y M yco tox rn s and Food Safety - A Uni ve rsity of M yson.: Concern for Public Hea lth Care M yso re 5. Chemi stry Prof. E. D. Jemmis Hucke!. Wade and th e mno Rul es Uni ve r·s it y of Hyderahad Hyde rabad 6. Computer Sci enc es Dr S.S. Agrawal Inform ation Technology for Natural CEER I Delhi Centre Communication and Soc ial Development New Delhi 7. Eart h System Sciences Prof. I.B. Singh Ph ysica i-Geo-<.:hem ical Processes in Lu cknow Uni versit y th o:: Gan ges Plain s: Their Co nt rol on Environment and Hea lt h Hazards Luck now 8. Engineering Sc iences Dr Jana rdh an Jha New Dimension of Education in MIT Education. Engi neering Sciences and Role of Manipal Inform ation Techn ology 9. Materia ls Science Prof. D. Chakravort y Na nomaterials Kolkata 10. M at hem at ics Dr Girija Jai Ram an Role of Mathematical M odeling in liT. Delhi A<.:curate clinrca l Procedures Spec ial Reference to Coronary Angioplasty II. M edical and Veterinary Prof. IU-1. Sin gh Sc ientific Validity of Ayurvedic Sc iences Institute or M edica l Sc iences. M edicine BHU, Varana si 12. Ph ys ics Prof. Rajaram Nitya nand a Radi o Waves : Messengers on Earth CR-TIFR, Pun e Unive rsi ty and from Sp ace Campu s, Pun e 13. Ph ysiology DrS. K. Bhattacharya l-Il Y/AIDS Scenario in North -Eastern NICED, K o lk :.~ta Stat es 14. Psyc hology & Prof. (M s) Purnima Mathur M ental Health Care for Bett er Living Edu cational Sc iences liT. New Delhi 15 . Statisti cs Prof. Kirti R. Shah lnfcrence in Mixed M odel s with Uni ve rsity of Waterloo. spec ial Reference to th e Des ign of Experiments Canad a 16. Zoology, Entomology and Dr J.R.B. Alfred Bio-di ve rsity with spec ial Reference Fi sheri es Zoological Survey of India to Animals of India Kolkata 846 J SCITNDRES VOL 61 OCTOBER 2002
Table 6 - Topics for discussion at the Public Fora organized during ISCA 2002
Forum No Topic Chairperson
L Science and Technology Prof. Murli Manohar Joshi Govt. ofIndia, New Delhi
II. Health Care Delivery Prof. B.N. Dhawan CDRI, Lucknow
[(I. financing of Higher Education Prof. Hari Gautarn UGC, New Delhi
IV. Information Technology: Dr M.D. Tiwari Societal Impact !.I.T., Allahabad
based. He added, "The Government is planning to set lize the benefits of indigenously-developed technologies. up a Medical Grants Commission" on the lines of Uni- He mentioned the case of injectable contraceptives in versity Grants Commission. this connection, and said that inspire of having being developed in India, these can be seen in abundance in Announcing the goals, Dr Agarwal said that India the markets of countries like Iran, but could not reach would be free from polio and leprosy by 2005 and Kala Indian market because of protest against them. Azar would be eradicated by the year 2010. He added that mortality due to diseases like TB and malaria would Financing of Higher Education come down by 50 per cent hy the year 20 J O. He was Amidst diverse views on whether to increase the tution hopeful that expenditure on heulthcare would rise from fee in Slate Universities/institutions or not, at this Pub the present level of 5.2 per cenr to 6.0 per cent by 2010. lie Forum, chaired by Prof.P N Srivastava, in the ab- sence of UGC Chairman Prof Hari Gautam, there was Dr V P Kamboj, also former Director of CDRI, talked unamirnity on one aspect, viz.'education is too much about population explosion, which he regarded as a threat government controlled. Initiating the discussion on thi~ to the mother Earth. Referring to the situation in India. issue, Prof. Srivastava remarked, "The Government set- he said that all states, barring rwo or three. have popula- up committees to study alternative means of funds Io: 2001. tion more than that projected by the census He hiuher education, and then sits on the recommendations" regarded the huge population as the major cause of low H; lamented that many Prime Ministers have promisee! level of healthcare in India. to increase outlay on education from 3.7 per cent to 6 Dr N H Anita, Director, Foundation for Medical Re- per cent and on higher education from 0.5 per cent to I::' search,Mumbai, projected the 'Panchayati Raj' as the per cent. but no one has gone beyond promises'. key to solving the problem being faced by the public Prof.B M Hegde. Vice-Chancellor, MAHE. Manipal. health sector in rural areas. suggested the setti ng up of an 'Educational Development Bank' on the lines of Industrial Development Bank 10 Noted cardiologist from AllMS, New Delhi, Prof. P finance higher education of poor students He said that Venugopal mentioned that tertiary care should be guided if we want to achieve excellence in higher education. by ethics and economics, easy reach and affordability, we must encourage private sector to Join the field an~: He opined that Indian cardiologists have achieved much scrap the' licence raj'. He however caut inned that 'there more during the last five years rl.an 1:1eJrcounterparts in should be a body to scrutinize the quality of educarior the west did in a lifetime. provided by such private institutions so that students Ji{' Dr NK Ganguly, DG. lCTvH·, Ne\>. Delli:, talked about nut befooled'. Prof Ashok Kolaskar. Vice-Chancellor. Pune UnJ ve: achievements of India. in 1:1,_ :.-idd or uiedici ne but la- sity suggested that universities should enter into co: mented that in many Cd:'l~~',Indians were not able to uti- AGGARWAL & SHA RM A : INDIA SC IENCE CONGRESS 2002 847
Tah k 7 ·-Topi cs for Ewning I ,l'CiliiT S and th e Speakers :.Jt Indian Science Congress 2002
S. o. Namt: of Spt:akt:r Ti tle of Leclllrc
I. Dr A .P.J . Abdul Kalam l nt~.: g r a t e d Acti on for Societal Trans formation ISRO. Bangalorc
2. Dr R.A. Mash..:klarC:S IR. ew Delhi l nt t: lleclllal Propert y Ri gh ts and Wrongs: A De,·t: Jopin g World Perspec ti ve , -'· Pro f. M.S. Val iathan Health: The Ci oal Forever MAHE. Mani pa l
-1 . Si r Walter Bodm..: r (;cnctic Diversity and Disea se Sus ce ptibility: ·n1 e Impact of John Radcliff Hospital the Human Genome Project Oxford . England. UK
lahorati ons with industri al g iant ~ to overcome th e prob formation'. He said th at we can use science as a tool for lem of finances and said that Pu ne Uni ve rsity ha s development of education an d hea lthcare. ' India', he said. fo rma l ised such a col laborati on w ith Zee TV and ' has ample natural and human resources. and the need Dishnel. According to him. att racting foreign students of th e time is to appl y an integ rated approach involving to a un iversity was one of the be~t ways of rai sing fun ds. all sec tors'. He opined th at th e sc ientific world shoul d He inform ed that ' Pun e Uni versity was charging them work for the economi c sec urity of th e coun try. five-times more than what an Ind ian student has to pay' . To combat th e problem of unemployment in the coun For ensu ring quality edu ca tion at low cos t, he mooted try, Dr Kalam suggested th e formati on of a comprehen th e idea of hiring academ icians of Indian ori gin from si ve strategy for em ployment generati on. Showing hi '> abroad. conce rn for rural development. he informed that a Prof. K B Powar, Sec retary General. Assoc iation of programme ca lled ' PURA' - the promotion of urban Indian Uni ve rsities . New Delhi, proposed the sharing of amenities in th e rural areas - wa <; being prepared. finances. He said tha t enginee ring and med ica l co lleges eas ily get hi gher fees but it is not so in the case of hu Dr R.A . Masiiel/.:ar man ities , so there should be a sys tem by which revenue Dr R A Mashelka r, Direc tor General. CS IR, while could be shared ' . He suggested rati onali zati on of fee speaking on " lntellec ttwl Property Ri ghts and Wrongs" structure so that at least 25 per ce nt of the cost of hi gher sa id that the 2 1" Ccmury will be the cen tury of kn owl edu ca tion could be recovered. edge, where innova ti on will be th e key to success. A Prof. .J L Saha. Direc tor, liM, A hmedabad, showed nation's ability to convert kn owledge into wealth and hi s co ncern for th e poor enrolment in higher edu ca ti on . soc ial welfare through the process of innovation will and sa id th at in sp ire of the fac t that higher educatiun in determine its power as we ll its future. He remarked that India is highl y subsidized, the present enrolment is 6-7 in th e present ce ntury, th e iss ues of ge neration, va lua per ce nt whereas at leas t I 5 per cent is desired. tion, protec tion and exploitation of intellec lUal property would be critica lly important all over the worl d. Evening Lectures Dr Mashelkar sa id that it was CS IR th at challenged Even ing lectures by eminent sc ientists were deli vered the US patent granted for the wound hea ling properties eac h clay from 3 to 6 Janu ary, 2002. The names of th e of tunneri c, and in a landmarkjudgement, the US Patent spea kers and title of their lec tures are given in Tabl e 7. Office revoked this patent in 1997. He emphasized on Some are briefl y described below. th e need of co mpilation of traditional knowledge of In dia to avoid granting of patents on it by other countries. Dr A. PJ. Abdul Kala111 He sa id that the grant of patents on ' non-ori ginal inno Bh arat Rata n Dr Abdul Kal am delivered the first vati ons' (s pecially those linked to traditional medicines) , evening lecture on ' Integrated Action for Societal Trans- which are already a part of traditional kn owledge of th e 848 J SCI IND RES VOL 61 OCTOBER 2002 developing countries, was of great concern to the affected Delivering the valedictory address, Dr Katiyar ex- countries. He added that countries like India and China, pressed total satisfaction with 'very rich science and very which are endowed with a large intellectual infrastruc- rich technology' presented at this session of ISCA. He ture and natural resources, could gain in the term by stron- said that goals set for the session, viz. 'to bring academia ger IPR protection. and industry together', 'take science to children' and 'create science awareness' have been achieved and the Symposia mission of ISCA has been fulfilled. A large number of symposia were organised on spe- Prof. Shastri (Governor, UP) said that 'no country cialized topics in different Sections/Panels of Indian can develop without the proper use of science and tech- Science Congress 2002. The titles of these symposia, nology' and added that 'if we want to compete with other given in Table 8, highlight the priority areas of that Sec- countries, science and scientists must be taken care or. tion/Panel and present the research work being done in He urged the scientists to publish their research work ill those areas. rezvional langua ~. ges~ so that its benefits could reach the society.He also called for special attention to promote Invited Lectures/Special Lectures science at the school level. Besides Platinum Jubilee Lectures, a large number of invited lectures/special lectures/guest lectures were de- Earlier, Dr Kasturirangan appraised that it was due livered by renowned scientists during this session ofIn- the efforts of scientists that India cou Id join the cxclusi VC' dian Science Congress in different sections and panels. club of six nations who possess space technology. He The names of these speakers, their affiliations and topic announced that the next session of ISCA will be hosted of lecture are given in Table 9 as per the Section/ by ISRO in Bangalore. At the end of the valedictory Panel where these lectures were delivered. These session, 25 budding scientists were given ISCA Young lectures depicted the advancement in specific areas Scientists Awards. under the concerned Section/Panel. S&T Exhibition - Tech Vision 2002 Awards As a part of Indian Science Congress, an S&T A number of awards are given at the session ofIndian exhibition, called 'Tech Vision 2002', was also organised Science Congress to eminent scientists of the country. on the grounds of Lucknow University. This exhibition The tradition of giving awards was initiated in 1965 and was inaugurated by Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihar i until 1988 all the awards were funded by voluntary be- Vajpayee on 3 January, 2002 and was organised b) nevolent donations. However, from 1988 onwards, ISCA Wisitex Foundation with sponsorship/support from many also instituted some awards from its own resources. Most organisations including Scooters India Limited. of the awards instituted from benevolent donations re- ASSOCHAM-UP, Inclian Industries Association, ESS,~i quire delivering of a lecture by the awardee. The name Cellphonc and Hotel Taj Residency - Lucknow. A larg( of winners of these awards for the year 2001-2002 are number of Central and State Government Organisations, given Tables 10 and II. like DROO, ISRO, NRDC. CSIR, OAE, NTPC, UP Rajkiya Nirrnan Nigam, etc. and many industries and Valedictory Session private sector organisations participated in thi s The valedictory session of Indian Science Congress exhibition. Association was held on 7th January 2002 amidst a gal- Regarded as the largest international exposition and axy of scientists and eminent personalities including the business summit, the thrust areas of this exhibition were: Governor of UP, Prof. Vishnu Kant Shastri, rSCA Presi- IT, healthcarc, education and biotechnology with related dent for the year 200 1-2002, Prof. S S Katiyar, ISRO focus areas as environmental protection and pollution Chairman and General President elect for the year free technologies, S&T innovations. agricu ltu ru l 2002-03, Dr K Kasturirangan, Dr APJ Abdul Karam technologies and rural development. But the star Azad, DG-CSIR, Dr R A Mashclkar, DG-ICMR. Dr N attraction of the exhibition was the spectacular displ.r, (Smt) KGanguly, Secretary-OBT, Dr Manju Sharma. h) DRDO and ISRO in Hall No. I.The biggcst drav the outgoing and incoming Vice-Chancellors of Lucknow b . ~ here was a colour photographic poster displaying images University, Director-lTRC, Dr P K Seth. of Lucknow city taken by IRS ID. AGGARWAL & SHARMA : INDIAN SCIENCE CONGRESS 2002 849
Tabl e 8- Vari ous Symposia* held at different secti ons and panels during !SCA 2002
S. No. Section/Panel Symposium No. Topi c of Symposium Chairperso n
I. Agri cultural Sciences Rain fe d Agriculture: Chall enges Dr Mangla Rai of th e Century !CAR, New Delh i
2. !! Chall enges of Agri cultural Dr J.S. Sarm a Produ cti vi ty and Environment al !CAR, New Delhi Security
3. Anthropology & Ethnomedi cin e, Tribal Health and Prof. N.K. Behura Arc haeo logy Bi o-ethi cs: Problems in NCCD,Bhubaneswar In dia
4. ll Tribal Educati on in Indi a: Prof. Ban vir Sin gh Probl ems and Prospects Lucknow Uni versity Luck now
5. lil Cultural Heritage of Indi a and Prof. P.K. how mi ck Inform ation Techn ology Kolkata
6. Bi ochemistry, New Approaches in Biomedical Dr C.M . Gupta Bi oph ysics & Research Molecul ar Bi ology
7. II Genomi cs & Proteo mi cs in Health Prof. Ani! Saran Di seases
8. lil Current Trend s in Molecul ar Dr B.P. Chatterj ee Bi ology
9. Botany Frontiers in Pl ant Development & Dr Y.S. Jaiswal,BH U Pl ant Ph ys iology Varanasi
10. ll Bio-di versit y, Conservati on & Prof. K.G. Mukherj ee Utilizatio n of Microbes and Delhi Uni ve rsit y, Delhi Pl ants
II. Chemi stry Advanci ng Fronti ers of Chemical Prof H.L Ni ga m Synthes is
12. !! Supramolecul ar Chemi stry Prof. C.L. Kh etrapal
13. lli New Process Techn ology and Dr D.S. Bhakuni Green Chemi stry
14. Computer Sciences Computers: Future Developments Brig. S.V.S Chowdhury and Appl icati ons (Retd) Noida
15 . !! IT fo r Progress and Prosperi ty Dr Shamim Ahmed CEERI, Pilani
16. Ea rth System Orogenes ia and Colli sion Dr V .C. Thakur Sciences Tectoni cs: Himal ayan Orogeny
17. II Earthquake and Hazard Dr V .C. Thakur Management
18. lli Natural Hazard s, Water Pollution Prof. D.S. Chauh an, and Environmental Lucknow Hazard s 850 J SCI IND RES VOL 6 I OCTOBER 2002
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•I ? ~ . 19. Engin eerin g Sciences Info tcc h Revolutions for Prof. K C Sa hu Deve lopment and Hea lth Care
20. II lnfotech Enrichment in Ed ucation Prof. San j ay G. Dhande. liT. Kanpu r
21. Materials Science Materi als for In fo rm ation Tcc;hn ology 22. II Material s for Health Care
23. M athematics M athematics for IT & Prot· (M s) A.R. Singhal, 13i oinformati cs M eerut
24. II Ramanujan Mathematics Prof. R.P. Agarwa l Luck now
25. M edical and Health Care: Role of di fTerent M s. Sa ilaja Chandra Yeterin;u y Medi ca l Systems in India New Delhi/ Or S.P. Sciences Agarwal, New Delh i
26. Herbal Dru gs for Hea lth Ca re Prof. P.K. Da s M ee rut/Or C. M. Gupca, Luck no w
27. Ph ysics Advances in Microwave and Prof. Banmali S. Rawa t Optica l Techn ology USA
2S. II Ph ys ics of Semi Conductors Prof. B.G. Gokhale Luck now
29. Ill Ph ys ics for L ife Sc iences Pro f. N.K. Sanyal A llahabad
30. Ph ysiology Path oph ysiology of Engineering Dr Dilip M ahalanabi s Re-emerging Kolkata Infecti ous Diseases Dr S. K. Bhattacharva Kolkata
3 1. II Role of Dru gs and Toxin s in Prof. A .S. Paintal Neurophys iology Delhi
Prof. A.K. M ecl da Dr H.B. Kund u
32 . Ill Nutritional Edu cation in Hea lth Prof. M. Fahim Delhi/Or Care in the Contex t of Anita Pakras i, Kolkata Prese nt Req uirement in India
33 . Psychology anu Deve lopment of Congen ial Prof. B.A. Parikh Ed ucational Sciences Mental Health among Children Sural
34 . II Psyc hosphere. Neighbourhood Dr J.M . Ojha and Environmenta l Psychology Delhi
35. Ill Multivariate Analys is for Pro f. A.K. Sen Psychology and Ed ucat ion Delhi AGGARWAL & SHARMA : INDI AN SC IENCE CONGRESS 2002 X5 1
36. Stat istics Reli ability and Life Testing Prof 13.K. Sinha
37. II Statistical Issues in Prof. T.J . Rao Environmental Problems
JR . Zoology. A nimals in Relation to Human Prof. G. P. Sharma Ent omology Welfare And Fisheries 39. II Bio-diversity, Bio-prospecting Prof. S. K. Saidapur and Our Bio-future
40. Biotechn ology - 1l1c: Postgenomi c Technologies: Dr Hanry Dani ell New Frontier Par:~di g m Shift in Strategies USA for Bi otechn ology
4 1. [( Biotechn ologica l Advancements: Prof. V .L. Chopra New Perspecti ves in Delhi Agri cu ltural Research
42. Ill Social, Lega l and Ethical Iss ues Prof. N.K. Gangu ly Related to Biotechn ology New Delhi
43. Cardi ac Care - Futre II Cardiac Vision - Next Decade Vision 44. II Infec ti on. Inflammation and the Cardi ovascular System
45. Ill Manage ment of Coronary A 11ery Disease 46. IV Coronary Anery disease in South Asia 47. Environment and Bi otechn ologica l Approach for Dr P.K. Seth Health Environmental Lucknow/ Dr H.M. Management M ehendal e
48. II Tea as Antidote for Prof. B.N. Dhawan/ Environmentally Induced Dr N.K. Jain Di seases
49. Ill Current Advances in Environment Dr Ananda and Hea lth Chakrabart y/Dr G.K. Pandey
50. IV Impact of Environmental Dr Y.C. Awashthi/Dr Pollution on Human Health P.S. Chauhan
51. Forensic Sc iences - Forensic Aspects ofTonure on Newer Deve lopments Women for Social Welfare
52. II Status of Forensic Educat ion in India 53. Information Information Technology and Tec hnology and Educational Development Social Development
54. II Information Techn ology and Health Security 852 1 SCI IND RES VOL 61 OCTOBER 2002
55 . Ill In fo rmati on Techn ology and Rural Development
56. Pulmonary Medicin e RNTCP inclu di ng DOTS Dr V.K .Sharma. Jaipu r/ - Changin g Face Current Sta tu s in India Dr N.K. Jain . Jaipur/Dr K.M.R.C. Babu, Kozhi kode
57. II Present Concepts and Future Dr S.K . Jain , Delhi . Dr Vi sion in Bronch ial Asth ma Rohini Y. Chowgu le. (Part I) Mumbai
58. -do- (Part II) Dr J.N. Pandey, 1\'ew Delhi Dr. T. Mohan Ku mar, Co imbatore, Dr S.V. Rang, Mumbai
59. Ill HI V and Tube rcul osis: The Dr Vij ay Ku mar, Deadl y Duo Hyderabad; Dr S K Sarkar, Jaipur
60. IV The Menace of Smoking and Dr P.C. Gupta, Mumbai; Envi ronmen tal Pollu ti on Dr S.R. Kamat, Mumbai; Dr K. Chaudh ry, Delhi
61. -do- (Part II ) Dr A.A. Mahashur, Mumbai; Dr P.K. Seth , Lucknow: Dr S.C. Matah, Varanasi 62. v MDR Tubercul osis Dr K. C. M o ~ nt y , Mumbai; DrS. Raj sek haran, Chennai Dr K.N. Si nha, Lu cknow
Scooters India Limited displ ayed battery-operated One of the models was a 'solar water heater' di spl ayec commercial carri ers while NRDC di spl ayed a hut made by a student from Andhra Pradesh. Thi s 25- L capacit) fo r earthquake reli ef work in Bhuj, Gujarat. ITRC heater was named as the Transparent lnsul atec (Lucknow) was offering ' Portabl e Water Analysis Kit' Materi al - Integrated Coll ecti ve Storage System (TIM whil e the Touri sm Department had set up a 'Touch ICS) because one could see the water warming up inside Screen' on which one could see ancient monuments of Its cost was almost one-tenth of th e normal solar wate1 Lucknow j ust by touching. heaters.
In a stall entitled ' Innovati ve India', the novel Another child from AP, handicapped since birth creati ons of di ffe rent innovators were di spl ayed. The di spl ayed items of use for the physicall y di sabl ed most spectacul ar displ ay was a remote-operated fi re utilizing materials like bamboo, wood, etc. which an fighting van which was fitted with a powerful water hose commonl y avail abl e in the villages. The items incl ude< and a camera to monitor movement of van. wheel chair, bed fo r spasti c children. thigh abductor fo the di sabled children, etc. Children's Science Congress A girl student from Assam di spl ayed a 'fl oating' be< As a part of the Indian Science Congress, a Children's (made of banana stem) fo r paddy seedlings' whi ch coulc Science Congress was also organized at the campus of be used to save paddy seedlings in the fl ood-affecte< Luckn ow Uni versity, where young scie ntists fro m areas of Assam. vari ous parts of the country displ ayed their models. AGGARWAL & SHARMA : INDIAN SCIENCE CONGRESS 2002 853
Table 9 - In vited/Special Lectures* deli vered in different Sections during ISCA 2002
S.No. Secti on Speaker Title of Lecture
I. Agricultural Sciences Dr Panjab Singh Agriculture 2020 ICAR, New Delhi
2. Anthropology & Prof. Ken Mcelreavey Geneti c Di versity of South Asia Archaeology In stitute Pas teur, Pari s, France Popu lation
3. Eng in eerin g Sciences Dr S. K. Chopra Energy Use and Hea lth Care Government of India, New Delhi
4. -do- Dr Shamim Ahmed Relevance of IT in Transportati on CEERI , Pilani Management of Food Items and oth er Perishab le Goods
5. -do- Dr P.U. B. Rao Emphasis on HRD in Management IMT, Ghaziabad Education
6. -do- Prof. P.K. Srivastava Technological Exp losion in the RK In stitute of Agricultural Manufacturing of Health and Functional Sciences, Food Products Suitable for Di sease Ali ga rh Preve nti on
7. -do- Dr S.S. Agarwal Voi ce Enabled Communication New Delhi Services for Better Ca re and Education
8. -do- Shri Ram Dhar Jh a Relevance of Outsourcing of Hindustan Steel Works, ln fonnation Technol ogy in Indi an Banga lore Indu stri es
9. -do- Dr Jaswa nt Singh Trends in Information Technology for II SR, Luck now Serv in g Rural Masses
10. Math emati cs Prof. H.M. Sri vas tava Series Associated with Zeta and Rel ated Canada Functions
II. -do- Prof. P.K. Jain Ce rt ain Imbedding of Sobolev Spaces Delhi with Genera li zed Power Type Weights
12. -do- Pro f. R. Aks ey Ex tension of Gamma and Beta Functi on USA Found by Ramanujan and Some He Did
13. -do- Prof. George Andrews Rama nuj an and Computer Algebra USA 14. -do- Prof. O.K. Sinha Co nt emporary Studies in Linearit y vis Kolkata it-v is Complex ity
15. -do- Prof. B.K. La hiri Normal Structure and Asympto ti c Kalyani Normal Structure
16. -do- Prof. V .B. Johari Quintessence- The Exotic Matter in th e Lu ck now Uni verse
17. Medical and Veterin ary Prof. P.P. Venugopal Empowerment of Women and Sc iences Manipal Univ, Gangtok Preventi on of Sex ually Transmitted Di seases (STD) and Human Immune Deticiency Virus Infecti on 854 J SC I IND RES VOL 6 1 OCTOBER 2002
18. -do- Prof. G.P. Sen Emerging Animal Diseases as Threat to I VRI Regional Station, Kolkata Rural Hea lth
19. -do- Prof D.G . Thatte Oja lmmunornaterial for Life and BHU, Varanas i Longevity
20. -do- Prof K .K. Thakral Karma Vheda and Brionchial Asthma Luck now
2 1. -do- Prof Ani I Ga ngul y Ca ncer Researc h: Indi an Perspec ti ves Ca lcutta Uni versi ty, Kolkatta
22 . -do- Dr Tanya Das Anti-Cance r Effec t of Black Tea -- A Bose Institute, Kolkata Novel Approach toward s Chemoprevention
23. -do- Dr Gaurishankar Sa ba Turmeri c (Heddi) on Can cer Prevention Bose Institut e, Kolka ta
24. Ph ysics Prof Akhilesh Lakhtakia Fabri ca tion Prope11i es and Applications Pen. State, USA of Sculptured Thin Films
25. -do- Prof. J.P. Singh Laser Induced Brea kdo wn Spectroscopy Mississ ippi Slate Un iv, USA : Real Time, On-line Elemental Concentration M eas urement
26. Ph ys iology Dr W . Se lvamurthy High Altitude Maladies: Recent DIPAS, Delhi Advances in Medical M anage ment
27. -do- Dr P.K. Banerj ee Ph ys iological Ch anges in DIPAS, Delhi Acclimatiza tion to High Altitude in Human
28. -do- Dr T Lazar M eth ew Recent Advances in Cancer Research INMAS, Delhi
29. -do- Dr Khub Singh Li ves tock and Livestock Products an NINAP, Ban galore Imegral Component of Human Health Care Sys tem
30. -d o- Prof. Arun Roy Thyroid Hormon e Action in Adult Bose lnstitute, Kolka ta Mammalian Brain
3 1. -do- DrS. V iswanath an Immunology of Endocrine System ro Madras Veterinary College, Au gment Production in Domestic Chennai Animals
32. -do- Dr J.P. Mittal Improving Sheep Productivity thro ugh CS WRL Avika Nagar Biotechnological Techniques Rajasthan
33. -do- Dr Animesh Dhar Invo lveme nt of Inflammatory Uni versity of Kansas, USA Transcription Factor in Apoptos is du ring Hemorrhagic Res usc itation AGGARWAL & SHARMA: INDIAN SC IENCE CONG RESS 2002 855
34. -do- Dr Anania Ghosh Biochemical Characterization and liT, Kh aragpur Clonin g of Protease Inhibitor from Indi an Tasar Silk Worm (A nrheria 111yli11 a)
:15. -do- Dr Swapna Chaudhuri Role of Exogenous and Endogenous Kolk ata Biological Response Modifi ers in Brain Tumour
36. -do- Prof. P K Gupta,lzatn agar Chemicall y Induced reproductive and Fe tal Defect s in Animal s
37. -do- Prof. P L Pak ras i,Varanasi Observa ti onon Early Emgryonic Development in one of the Indi an Tropical Bat s
38. -do- Dr A C Ma zumdar. lzatnaga r Somatic Cell Cloning for Faster Mu lt ip lication of Superior Animals
39. -do- Prof.Y B Tripathi ,Varanas i Herbal free Radica ls Scavengers(Anti ox id ants ): A New Perspec ti ve
40. -do- Dr B S Prakash, Karn al Autoparacrine Regulation of Corpu s Luteum by Micro-dialysis Technique
4 1. Psyc hology and Pro f. A K P Sinha,Patn a Psychological Contributions to Hea lth Educational Sciences
42. -do- Prof B A Parikh . South Gujarat Psycological Analysis of Socio- Un iv, Sural Religious Movements: A stud y of Mass Behav iour
4]. -do- Pro f. R C Di xil,J N V Universit y, Health and Happiness: A New Agenda Jodhpur of American Psycology
44. -do- DR J M Ojha, New Delhi Tec hnology and Quality of Life
45. Statist ics Prof. Rahul Mukherjee, IIM , Probability Matching Pri ors for Kolkata Predi ctin g a Dependent Variable
46. -do- ProfG M Saha. lSI, Kolkatai Combinatori al Des igns for Group Tes ts: Rev iew and Some Recent Results
47 . -do- Prof. D. Kundu Analysis of Progress ive ly Censored liT. Kanpur Competin g Ri sks Data
48. -do- Prof. G.G. Agrawa l Regression Methods in Med ical Luck now Statisti cs
49 . -do- Prof. N.K. Mond a! De Ia Garza Phenomenon in Two Factor Kolkata Linear Regression
50. -do- Prof. T.S.K. Moothathu Distribution of Perso n Correlation Uni v of Kerala, Tri va ndrum Coefticient Reconsidered R56 J SCI IND RES VOL 61 OCTOBER 2002
51. -do- Prof. Raja Velu Modeling Return-Volume Relatio nship Syracuse Uni versity. USA in Multi-Security Markets
52. -do- Prof. M .L. Agrawal Some New Orthogonal Arrays Delhi Universi ty. Delhi
53. -do- Prof. A. Bagachi Extension of Olap Model for Di fferent IS!. Kolkata Statistical Functions: An Experience with Health Care Data
54. -do- Prof. Ram K. Si ngh A Group Sequential Design for Phase Ill Lucknow University, Luck now Clinical Trials
55. -do- Mr S.K. Nath A Cri tical Review of Ind ian Statistical DPD. NASSO. Kolk ata Systems
56. Zoology. Entomology and Prof. P.N. Srivastava Cancer Therapy: Past Present and Future Fi sheries JNU, New Delhi
* Based on programme
Table I 0 - Receipie nts of different Awards for the year 200 l-02 at lSCA 2002
S.No Name of Name of Awardee Award and year of it s institutio n
I. Asutosh Mookherjee Me morial Award ( 1988) Prof. P.N. Srivastava, JNU. New Delhi
2. CV Raman Birth Centenary Award ( 1989) Prof. S .S. Jha, TIFR. Mumbai
3. Srinivasa Ramanujan Birth Cente nary Award ( 1989) Prof. H.P. Dixit, IGNOU. New Delhi
4. Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Award ( 1989-90) Prof. A.S . Pain tal, VP Chest In stitute. New De lh i Prof. J .V. Narli kar, Pune
5. M .N. Saha Birth Centenary Award ( 1993-94) Pro f. G.S. Agarwal. PRL, Ahmedabad
6. PC Mahalanobis Birth Centenary Award (1993-94) Prof. K.R. Parth asarthy. IS!, Delhi
7. J .C. Bose Memorial Award ( 1993-94) Prof. M .S . Vali at han. MAHE, New Delhi
8. P.C. Ray Memo rial Award ( 1993-94) Prof. C.L. Khetrapal , Centre fo r Biomedical Magneti c Resonance, Lucknow
9. Homi J. Bhabha Memo rial Award ( 1997-98) Prof. R . Natrajan, AICTE, New De lhi
10. B.P. Pal Memorial Award ( 1997-98) Dr (Ms) Manju Sharma, DBT, New Delhi
II . Raj Kri sto Dutt Me morial Award ( 199 1) Dr P.K. Seth, C DRI. Lucknow
12. New Millennium Pl aque of Honour in Agricultural Dr Panjab Singh. ICAR, New Delhi Sciences
13. New M ill ennium Pl aque o f Honour in Biological De Lalji Singh, CCMB. Hyderabad Sciences
14 . New Millennium Pl aque of Honour in Chemical Prof. Goverdhan Mehta, liSC , Bangalo re Sciences
15 . New Millennium Plaque o f Ho no ur in Physical Pro f. S.K. Joshi , NPL, New Delhi Sciences
16 . Jawaharlal Nehru Pri ze (1998-99) Midnapore Science Centre Midnapore, West Bengal AGGARWAL & SHARMA : INDIAN SCIENCE CONGRESS 2002 857
Table II - Award Lectures with name o f award ee and title of lecture at IS C A 2002
S.No. Secti o n a me of Award (year of Awardee Title o f Lecture its Institution)
I. Agri c ultural Sciences Pro f. S.K. Mukherj ee Dr S. K. Gupta Research Pri oriti es in Soil Commemorati o n Lecture Ko lk ata Sciences for the Future- Some ( 1999-2000) Thought s
2. -do- Dr Pran Vohra Memorial Dr S.K. Otta Microbi al Disease of Sh ri mp Award Lecture ( 1989) Mangalore and Molecular and Diagnosis
3. Biochemi stry, Prof. Umakant Sinha Dr Madasamy Parani Conserv atio n of Mangrove Biophysics & Memorial Award Chennai Genotypes and Genes Molecul ar Bi o logy Lecture ( 199 1)
4. Botany Dr Hiralal Chakravarti Dr Prabhat Kumar Photoinhibition of Award ( 1984) Sharma Ph otosynthesis and Mechanism Goa of Protection against Photodamage in Crop Plants
5. Chemistry Dr B.C. Deb Memori al Dr Murli Sastry Nanoscale Assemhl y Using Award for Soil /Ph ysical Pune Weak Interac ti ons Chemi stry ( 1994-95)
6. -do- Prof. R.C. Shah Dr A. Sudalai Asymmetric Catalys is in the Memorial Lecture ( 1995- Pune Synthesis of Enan ti omeri cal 96) Drugs
7. Earth Syste m Prof. K.P. Rode Prof. V.K. Gaur Critiques of Scientific Sciences Memorial Lecture ( 1989 Ba ngalore Revoluti ons: Special Reference to th e Theory of Plate Tectonics
8. Ph ys iology Prof. N.M. Basu Pro f. A.K. Medda Life and Work of Prof. N.M. Memo ri al Award Ko lk ata Basu vis-a-vis Pathological Treatment to Peopl es Physiology 9. -do- Prof. B.B. Sircar Prof. M . Fahim Memorial Orati on De lhi
10. -do- Prof. J.N. Maitra Prof. Jayashree Memorial Oration Sengupt a New Delhi
Another stude nt from Assam utilized traditio nal payals, the technique can relieve the body of pain , a knowledge for making fibres fro m non-conve nti onal common ailment in urban women. sources like lady fingers, coconut, oral tree, palm, etc. A 'potato battery' with zinc and copper electrodes which could be woven into cloth like jute. functioning with the help of potato juice was also at The girls from Rajasthan di splayed jewellery made di splay. on acupuncture/acupressure technique. By piercing of ' Eco-friendly toys' (Jharkhand), an 'economical di et nose and ears and by wearing ornaments like necklaces, ri ch in nutrients' (Bhopal), and non-conventional drinks' 858 J SCI INO RES VOL 61 OCTOBER 2002
(Karnataka) were some of the other items displayed at The Focal Theme of ISCA-2003 would be "Frontiers of this exhibition. Science and Cutting Edge Technology".
Next Session of ISCA Acknowledgement The next session of the Indian Science Congress Association i.e. ISCA - 2003 will be hosted by Indian The authors acknowledge with thanks the help Space Research Organization (ISRO) on the Bangalore received from the stories published in various newspapers University Campus, Bangalore, from 3 to 7 January, during the tenure of ISCA-2002, specially the special 2003. The General President of ISCA for the year 2002- issues published by the Indian Express (Lucknow), City 03 is space doyen Dr K Kasturirangan, Chairman ISRO. Pioneer (Lucknow) and HT LucknowLive.