The National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) Prayagraj

89th Annual Session & Symposium on “Science and Technology based Entrepreneurship Development” in joint collaboration with the National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM) Hyderabad

Date: 21st - 23rd Dec 2019; Venue: NAARM

Programme

Day 1 : 21st Dec 2019

Inaugural Session (9:30 – 11:00 am)

Welcome Address : Dr. Cherukumalli Srinivasa Rao, Director, ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM), Hyderabad

About NASI and the Symposium : Prof. (Mrs.) Manju Sharma, Former Secretary to the Govt. of India, Department of Biotechnology (DBT);Distinguished, Women Scientist Chair, NASI, Prayagraj

Key Note Address : Dr. A V Rama Rao, Chairman & Managing Director, AVRA Laboratories, Hyderabad (Prof. Prafulla Chandra Ray Memorial Award Lecture - 2019) Title: Reflections from a personal journey as Scientist, Technologist and Entrepreneur

Presidential Address : Prof. G Padmanaban, President, NASI; Former Director, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore

Inaugural Address : Dr. T Mohapatra, Secretary, DARE & Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi

Felicitation of the Dignitaries/NASI-Reliance Award Presentation

Vote of Thanks : Prof. Satya Deo, General Secretary (HQ), NASI; Honorary Scientist, Harish Chandra Research Institute (HRI), Prayagraj

Tea Break (11:00 – 11:30 am)

Technical Session 1:Agro-based Entrepreneurship (11:30 am – 1:30 pm) (25 minutes each)

Chairman : Prof. AkhileshK Tyagi, Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi Co-chair : Dr. N K Singh, National Professor, NRC for Plant Biotechnology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi-110075

Speaker 1 : Dr. T R Sharma, Executive Director, National Agri - Food Biotechnology Institute (NABI), Mohali Title : Harnessing the potential of secondary agriculture for value addition and entrepreneurship development Speaker 2 : Dr. Raju Barwalle, Chairman & Managing Director, Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company (MAHYCO), Private Limited, Mumbai Title : Transformative technologies and Entrepreneurship in Agriculture Speaker 3 : Dr. A K Singh, Head, Division of Genetics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi Title: Genomics Enabled Breeding for Development of Climate Speaker 4 : Dr. Joykrushna Jena, Deputy Director General (Fisheries Science); Division of Fisheries Science, New Delhi Title : Aquaculture Entrepreneurship in India: Status and Opportunities

Discussion

Lunch Break (1:30 – 2:15 pm)

Technical Session 2: Health Care Products (2:15 – 4:15 pm)

Chairman : Dr. Balram Bhargava, Secretary to the Govt of India, Department of Health Research (DHR)& Director General, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR); New Delhi Co-chair : Dr. Rakesh K Mishra, Director, CSIR-Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad

Speaker 1 : Dr. Jitender Sharma, Executive Director, The Kalam Institute of Health Technology (KIHT), Visakhapatnam Title : Health Tech as a gateway to healthcare access Speaker 2 : Prof. Pulok K Mukherjee, Director, School of Natural Product Studies, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata Title : Health Care Products Inspired from Tradition: A Transnational Approach Speaker : Dr. Nitin Sisodia, Founder & CEO Sohum Innovation Lab Pvt Ltd, Ghaziabad Title : Meaningful impact & value generation with innovative health technologies Speaker 4 : Prof. Rohit Srivastava, Head, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai Title : Affordable Point of Care Diagnostic Devices

Discussion

Tea Break (4:15 – 4:45 pm)

Evening Lecture (4:45 – 5:45 pm) Speaker : Dr. Renu Swarup, Secretary to the Govt. of India, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi

Dinner : 7.30 pm ******* (For the Members of the NASI-Council only - Meeting at 7.30 pm; followed by Dinner)

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Day 2 : 22nd Dec 2019 Plenary Session (9:30 – 10:00 am)

Chairman : Prof. (Mrs.) Manju Sharma Co-chair : Dr. V P Kamboj, NASI Honorary Scientist; Formerly Director, CDRI; Former Chairman,BIBCOL; Chairman, Board of Directors, Biotech Consortium India Ltd.(BCIL),New Delhi

Plenary : Dr. Ajay Sood, President, INSA; Professor, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore Title : Active Matter: New Paradigms

Lectures by the Sectional Presidents : (10:00 - 11:00 am)

Biological Sciences Section : Dr. Subhra Chakraborty, Staff Scientist-VII (Professor), NIPGR, Delhi Physical Sciences Section : Dr. Pratibha Jolly, Formerly Principal, Miranda House, University of Delhi to be presided over by Prof. G. Padmanaban, President, NASI

Tea Break (11:00 - 11:30 am)

Technical Session 3: Clean Energy and Bioeconomy (11:30 am – 1:30 pm)

Chairman : Dr. Partha P Majumdar, President, Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc), Bangalore; Distinguished Professor, National Institute of Biomedical Genomics, Kalyani (W.B.) Co-chair : Dr.Ch Mohan Rao, CSIR- Distinguished Scientist; Sir JC Bose National Fellow & Former Director, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad

Speaker 1 : Dr. Anjan Ray, Director, Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP), Dehradun Title : Material resource efficiency opportunities in India's Bio-Economy Speaker 2 : Dr. Arvind Lali, Professor & Head, Centre of Energy Bioscience; Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Mumbai Title: Decentralized Renewable Carbon Technologies: Emerging Opportunities Speaker 3 : Dr. Pramod Tandon, Chief Executive Officer, Biotech Park, Lucknow Title : Bioeconomy: Opportunities for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Speaker 4 : Dr. P C Pant, Scientist ‘F’/ Director; Solar Energy Centre; Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE); New Delhi Title : Renewable Energy Perspective and Entrepreneurship Development

Discussion

Lunch Break (1:30 – 2:00 pm)

Technical Session 4 : Incubators/Training (2:00 – 4:00pm)

Chairman : Prof. V Ramgopal Rao, Director, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi Co-chair : Dr. S Chandrasekhar, Director, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad

Speaker 1 : Dr. Taslimarif Saiyed, CEO and Director, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP), Bangalore Title : Fostering deep-science innovations for Societal Impact Speaker 2 : Dr. B. Ravi, Institute Chair Professor, Mechanical Engg. Dept., IIT, Mumbai Title : Translating Research Prototypes into Marketable Products: Stories and Best Practices Speaker 3 : Dr. Nalam Madhusudhana Rao, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad Title : Essentiality of Incubators in Tech Transfer in Life Sciences Speaker 4 : Dr. Mohanasankar Sivaprakasam, Director, Healthcare Technology Innovation Centre (HTIC), IIT, Chennai Title : Integrating R&D, Innovation and Incubation

Discussion

(4:00 - 5:45 pm) Interactive Session on Science and Technology based Entrepreneurship Development

( 4:00 - 4:45 pm : Each Speaker 5 - 7 min)

Chairman : Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Past President, NASI; Member, AEC, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai Co-chair : Dr. Anurag Kumar, Director, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore (also delivering Prof. A C Banerjee Memorial Award Lecture 2019) Speaker 1 : Dr. Abhay Karandikar, Director, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur Speaker 2 : Dr. Subeer S Majumdar, Director, National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB), Hyderabad Speaker 3 : Dr. Sayed Hasnain, Vice-Chancellor, Jamia Hamdard (Hamdard Univ.), Professor & Head, Jamia Hamdard-Institute of Molecular Medicine, New Delhi Speaker 4 : Dr. H K Mittal, Adviser, Member Secretary, National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB); Former Secretary, Technology Development Board (TDB),Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India, New Delhi Speaker 5 : Dr. M Aslam, Scientist ‘G’, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), New Delhi Speaker 6 : Dr. Malathi Lakshmikumaran, Senior Fellow, Head, Bio-resources & Biotechnology, TERI School of Advanced Studies, TERI, New Delhi Speaker 7 : Dr. Swapan Kumar Dutta, Former Vice Chancellor, Visva - Bharati University, Santiniketan

4:45 - 5:15 pm

Dr. P Sheel Memorial Award Lecture 2019 : Dr. Ritu Trivedi, Senior Scientist, CDRI, Lucknow

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Conclusion

Chairman : Prof. (Mrs.) Manju Sharma, Past President, NASI Moderator : Prof. Paramjit Khurana, GS (OS), NASI

Brief remarks by the Chairman of each session (2-3 minutes)

Summing up : Prof. (Mrs.) Manju Sharma Concluding Remarks : Prof. G Padmanaban, President, NASI ======

Tea Break (5.45 - 6.00 pm)

Celebrating the National Mathematics Day (6:00 - 6:30 pm) to be coordinated by Prof. Satya Deo, GS (HQ), NASI, Prayagraj

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Annual Session Activities (to be started from the same day (i.e. 2nd Day); between 6:30 - 7:30 pm)

Fellows Meeting & Signing of Fellows’ Register & Annual General Meeting

Evaluation of the Posters will also be done on the 2nd Day of the Annual Session.

Cultural Programme & Dinner

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Day 3 : 23rd Dec 2019 Scientific Sessions

Poster Presentation & Evaluation (8:00-10:00 am)

Physical Sciences & Biological Sciences (Oral Presentations) - Parallel Sessions including the *Invited Talks by NASI-Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Awardees – 2019 (10:00 am – 12:00 noon) *Invited Talks : Physical Science Section

Speaker Dr. Shantanu Bhattacharya, Professor; Manufacturing Science Lab,Department of Mechanical Engineering,Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur Speaker Dr. Sukumar Mishra, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering,Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi Speaker Dr. Raja Shunmugam, Professor, Department of Chemical Sciences,Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Nadia

*Invited Talks : Biological Science Section

Speaker Dr. Samir K Maji, Associate Professor, Department of Biosciecne & Bioengineering, IIT Bombay, Mumbai

Speaker Dr. Swarup K Parida, Staff Scientist IV, National Institute of Plant Genome &

Research, New Delhi

Speaker Dr. Atul Goel, Sr. Principal Scientist,CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow

Tea Break (12:00 noon – 12.30 pm) Email : [email protected] Parallel Sessions continued (12.30 – 2.00 pm)

Physical Sciences & Biological Sciences (Oral Presentations) & Invited Talks*

*Invited Talks : Biological Science Section

Speaker Dr. Imran Siddiqi, J C Bose Fellow, Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology,Hyderabad Speaker Dr. Rajesh S. Gokhale, Staff Scientist VII, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi

*Invited Talks : Physical Science Section

Speaker Prof. Ambarish Ghosh, Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE),I ISc, Bangalore; Speaker Prof. R Vijayaraghavan, Associate Professor, Quantum Measurement and Control Laboratory, Dept. of CondensedMatter Physics & Material Science, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai

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Children Science Meet (Parallel Session) (12.30 – 2.00 pm)

Chairman Prof. G Padmanaban, President, NASI; Former Director, IISc, Bangalore

Moderator Prof. Manju Sharma, NASI - DST Distinguished Woman Scientist Chair; Former Secretary, DBT,Govt. of India

Speaker Dr. P. K. Seth, Former Director, ITRC & CEO, Biotech Park, Lucknow

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Speaker Dr. Anirban Pathak, Professor, Department of Physics and Materials Science Engineering, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida

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Vote of thanks : Local Organizing Committee Chairman/Member

Lunch (2:00 – 2:30 pm)

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Valedictory Session (2.30-3.30 pm)

Welcome Prof. Paramjit Khurana, GS (OS), NASI

Address by the Chief Guest TBD (from host institution)

▪ NASI Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Awards (2019) Presentation of the Awards ▪ NASI – Swarna Jayanti Puruskars (2019) ▪ NASI - Springer Young Scientist Awards (2019) Prof. Manju Sharma, Convener of the Symposium & 89th Annual Concluding Remarks Session of NASI Presidential Remarks Prof. G Padmanaban, President, NASI

Vote of thanks Dr. Niraj Kumar, Executive Secretary, NASI

High Tea