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NIAS September Report 2018 NNIIAASS SSEEPPTTEEMMBBEERR K B a r d n a R E P O R T h R E P O R T C h t a r a h B : t i d e r C e 2 0 1 8 r 2 0 1 8 u t c i P National Institute of Advanced Studies Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bengaluru-12 NIAS was conceived and founded in 1988 by the late Mr. J. R. D. Tata, who sought to create an institution to conduct advanced multidisciplinary research. Housed in a picturesque green campus in Bangalore the Institute serves as a forum to bring together individuals from diverse intellectual backgrounds. The objective is to nurture a broad base of scholars, managers and leaders who would respond to the complex challenges that face contemporary India and global society, with insight, sensitivity, confidence and dedication. C O N F E R E N C E , W O R K S H O P S A N D M E E T I N G S A ONE-DAY WORKSHOP TITLED “DIALOGUE WITH 01 THE SCIENTIST-COMMUNICATORS” JOINTLY ORGANISED BY NIAS AND SWISSNEX INDIA, CONFERENCE, WORKSHOPS CONSULATE GENERAL OF SWITZERLAND ON AND MEETINGS SEPTEMBER 28, 2018. Coordinator: Prof. Sai Baba and Dr. V V Binoy 02 NIAS VISITORS 03 DOCTORAL PROGRAMME 04 NIAS TRAINING PROGRAMME 05 National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) Bangalore and Swissnex India, Consulate General of Switzerland jointly organized a one-day workshop titled NIAS PUBLIC ‘Dialogue with the Scientist-Communicators’ on 28th September 2018 at NIAS. PROGRAMMES This workshop introduced the modern tools of science communication to the participants and provided a platform to discuss their ideas and activities with the experienced scientist-communicators from both India and Switzerland. The 06 workshop begun with the introductory remarks by Dr. V V Binoy, NIAS. He explained various science communication and science education activities being PUBLICATIONS conducted by the NIAS in various states of India and introduced the speakers to the audience. In the inaugural address Prof. V S Ramamurthy, former Director of 07 NIAS, emphasized the need for scientist to transform themselves into scientist- communicators. In his opinion bridging of science with society becomes easier if NIAS OUTREACH the person practicing science share it directly with the society. Dr. Adria C LeBoeuf, researcher at Weizmann Institute, Israel and the founder of ‘The Catalyst’, and Dr Samuel Lagier a neuroscientist-communicator and a globally 08 renounced trainer of communication skills for scientists, conducted a session titled ‘power of play for community building and science communication’. NIAS NATURE CONNECT P A G E 0 2 C O N F E R E N C E , W O R K S H O P S A N D M E E T I N G S They introduced the methods of creating new media about science and teaching scientists to be better communicators through science-based entertainment in the form of plays, films and immersive games through lectures and practical sessions to the participants. Dr Luc Henry, Scientific Advisor to the President of École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and former Managing Editor of the European science magazine ‘Technologist’ shared his experience of acquiring resources for scientific activities through crowdfunding. Under his supervision participants formed small groups and learned to build a campaign for collecting resources required for launching their research plans. Dr. Sai Baba, T V Raman Pai Chair Professor NIAS discussed the need of communicating science effectively with the public to attain social and financial development without any science-society conflict in his lecture titled ‘importance of science communication for the development of society’. The workshop ended with the vote of thanks by Ms Sreshtha Mondal, Research scholar, NIAS. A WORKSHOP TITLED “EGALITARIANISM, HIERARCHY AND GLOBAL INTELLECTUAL LABOUR BEYOND THE WEST” WAS JOINTLY ORGANIZED BY NIAS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN IN NIAS FROM 18TH - 20TH SEPTEMBER 2018. Coordinator: Prof. Sundar Sarukkai The workshop was attended by total of 30 participants from all across India. The aim of the workshop was to enable research scholars to discuss their work and other questions related to research in general. 10 speakers spoke on the theme of the workshop and actively engaged with the questions put forth by the participants. Participants presented their work on all three days of the workshop which resulted in a fruitful interaction among the participants and the speakers. P A G E 0 3 C O N F E R E N C E , W O R K S H O P S A N D M E E T I N G S NIAS ORGANISED ROUNDTABLE MEETING AND A PANEL DISCUSSION ON “RECENT FLOODS AT KERALA AND KODAGU REGION OF KARNATAKA” ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2018. Coordinator: Prof. Sai Baba and Dr. V V Binoy NIAS has organised Roundtable meeting on “Recent floods at Kerala and Kodagu Region of Karnataka” on September 18, 2018. Experts from various agencies participated in the meeting. The meeting started with Prof. M. Sai Baba, welcoming the participants. Dr. VV Binoy, gave the details of the agenda of the meeting. The daylong meeting had participation from various agencies, which included: Prof. Shailesh Naik, Prof. VS Ramamurthy, NIAS, Prof Vinod Kumar Gaur, CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation, Bangalore, Dr. M V Ramanamurthy and Dr. T. Usha, National Center for Coastal Research, Chennai, Dr. M Mohapatra, RCMC, IMD, New Delhi, Dr. E N Rajagopal. NCMRWF, Noida, Dr. N Purnachandra Rao, National Centre for Earth Science Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Dr. G S Srinivasa Reddy, Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre, Bengaluru, Prof. G L Sivakumar Babu, Indian Institute of Science. Prof. Shailesh Nayak, Director, NIAS in his introductory remarks emphasised the need for improvement in communication system, response of the government to the information made available and its ability to judge the situation and take appropriate decisions. He has also stated about where there is the need for improvement, is it in communicating, or response or forecasting. P A G E 0 4 C O N F E R E N C E , W O R K S H O P S A N D M E E T I N G S Prof. V.S. Ramamurthy in his address, brought to the attention about the importance of quick responses to disaster to reduce the loss of lives and effective relief responses as well as post disaster management. Need for develop flood modelling systems developed for Chennai to be developed for other states. Dr. MV. Ramanamurthy, talked about the Chennai urban flooding and C-Flows a Coastal urban flood warning and impact-based risk analysis that had been developed. Field experiments and collection of data is in process in Kerala and the data is to be used to validate the numerical methods available and set up a similar system in Kerala. Dr. T Usha, gave further the details of C-FLOWS system and demonstrated various features of the system developed. Prof. V K Gaur, in his address highlighted that one of the reasons of extreme rainfall is the climate change and the need for formulating plausible hazard scenarios and make them available to the public based on past events. He also emphasized the need for involving the academic institutes to energize the younger generation of students and internalize the available knowledge. Dr. G L Siva Kumar Babu discussed about the triggering causes for the landslides and emphasised the importance of studying and analyzing the threshold rainfall of an area to minimize risk associated. Multi hazard risk analysis is being done to understand the triggers that lead to continuous disasters. Dr N. Purnachandra Rao, indicated that the topography and geography of Kerala are different from other states and need to take this into consideration while carrying out the flood modeling studies. It was noted that mid-lands of Kerala have registered highest levels of flooding. Brought to the attention of the participants about the detail study done at district level of possible hazards in Kerala including flood and landslides and was made available to all the related government departments in Kerala. P A G E 0 5 C O N F E R E N C E , W O R K S H O P S A N D M E E T I N G S Dr. Srinivasa Reddy, presented the current situation of rainfall and flood status in Karnataka and described the excellent data collection system has been put in place was described. Kodugu region had 40% excess rainfall and found to be distributed in July and August as two peaks. 225 landslide areas were identified, and there was damage to most of the road structures. Horticulture was also affected seriously and would take time to recover. Dr. E N Rajagopal, highlighted the capability of the deterministic forecast system with 12km radius horizontal resolution and 1-10 day forecast. The cyclonic systems that emerged prior to monsoon has led to the conditions resulting in heavy rain fall. There were detailed discussions during the roundtable meeting and some of the points emphasised were: Requirement for co-ordination between different government departments to function during a disaster. Methods to make the public aware of the risk of the flood prone areas. Maintenance of slopes during new constructions and developmental aspects was discussed to prevent landslides. The roundtable discussions were followed by a Panel discussion on “ Recent floods at Kerala and Kodagu Region of Karnataka” on September 18, 2018. Experts from various agencies participated in the meeting. The panellists were Prof. Shailesh Nayak, NIAS, Prof. Vinod Kumar Gaur, C- MMACS, Bengaluru Dr. M. Mohapatra, NWFC, IMD, New Delhi, Dr.
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