Summary of ICTP Activities in Support of Science in India
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Summary of ICTP activities in support of science in India ICTP Public Information Office 15/07/2013 ICTP Visitors from India 1983-2012* 400 342 353 342 350 321 323 324 299 305 286 291 287 300 282 273 258 259 246 249 243 240 243 243 250 228 229 231 224 222 212 200 Visitors 168 140 150 131 Female* 100 50 0 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 *For the period 1970-1982, 847 visitors came from India; the total number of visitors is 8641. Average percentage of women since 2001 is 22% of total visits from 2001-2012. **Data on female visitors not available before 2001. } Scientific visitors from India ◦ 8641 (1970-2012) ◦ 741 women since 2001 (22%) } Indian participation in ICTP Programmes ◦ 99 Affiliates (From 35 Federated Institutes) ◦ 387 Associate Members (50 female) ◦ 3 Postgraduate Diploma Students ◦ 204 TRIL Fellows (32 female) ◦ 4 STEP Fellows ◦ 190 ICTP-ELETTRA Students (36 female) } Padma Shri Award, 2012 ◦ Jagadish Shukla Long-time ICTP course director and advisor } Indian National Science Academy's Young Scientist Award, 2011 ◦ Vijayakumar Nair ICTP Postdoctoral fellow in ESP } Hind Rattan Award in 2013 ◦ Padma Kant Shukla (1950-2013) ICTP course director for training activities in plasma Physics since 1995 Associated with ICTP since 1980’s } Award for Advancement of Renewable Energy in Africa, 2010 ◦ Vinod Kumar Sharma Senior Scientist at ENEA, Matera ICTP-TRIL Fellow 1988-2007 } ICTP Dirac Medallists ◦ E. C. George Sudarshan, 2010 ◦ Jogesh Pati, 2000 } ICTP Prize ◦ Shiraz Minwalla, 2010 ◦ Abhishek Dhar, 2008 ◦ Rajesh Gopakumar, 2006 ◦ Manindra Agrawal, 2003 ◦ Mohit Randeria, 2002 ◦ T. N. Venkataramana, 2000 ◦ Nitin Nitsure, 1997 ◦ A.M. Jayannavar, 1996 ◦ Spenta Wadia, 1995 ◦ Deepak Dhar, 1993 } ICTP Prize (continued) ◦ Ashoke Sen, 1989 ◦ Ganapathy Baskaran, 1983 } ICO/ICTP Prize ◦ Revati N. Kulkarni, 2004 (shared Prize) } Ramanujan Prize Winner ◦ Ramdorai Sujatha, 2006 } Shri Debabrata Saha ◦ Visited ICTP in 2012 Ambassador of India to Italy } Saroj Kumar Jha ◦ Visited ICTP in 2010, "ICTP After 45" World Bank } R. Dogra ◦ Visited ICTP in 2005 Ambassador of India to Italy } Shobhana Narasimhan ◦ ICTP Associate 1996-2006 (Image Source: http://www.jncasr.ac.in/shobhana/) ◦ Organizer of ICTP “Career Development Workshop for Women in Physics”, 16-19 September 2013 } Rohini Godbole ◦ Visited ICTP in 2010, "ICTP After 45" ICTP Associate 1984-2000 Indian Institute of Science } Spenta Wadia ◦ Visited ICTP in 2010, "ICTP After 45" High Energy Staff Associate 1998-1999 ICTP Associate 1986-1991 Tata Institute of Fundamental Research } Hari Prakash Garg ICTP Associate since 1984 Indian Institute of Technologies } Ramakrishna Ramaswamy ◦ Vice-Chancellor of University of Hyderabad ICTP Associate 1988-1994, 1996-2001 } M.S. Narasimhan, 2010-present } Ashoke Sen, 2004-present } Praveen Chaudhari, Chairman 1998-2002 } T. V. Ramakrishnan, 1996-1998 } Yash Pal, 1984-1993 } B.D. Nag Chaudhuri, 1975-1983 } Daulat Singh Kothari, 1970-1974 } Katepalli R. Sreenivasan ◦ ICTP Director, 2003-2009 } Kumar Narain ◦ Head of ICTP-HECAP Section, 2013 ◦ Head of Postgraduate Diploma Programme, 2013 ◦ Coordinator of Postgraduate Diploma in High Energy Physics, 2005 ◦ Research Scientist since the 1980’s ICTP-HECAP Section } Ramadas Ramakrishnan ◦ Head of ICTP Math Section, 2010 ◦ ICTP Math Section, 2003 ◦ Joint Head, Office of Associates } Mudumbai S. Narasimhan ◦ Head of ICTP Math Section 1992-1998 } Coordinator of Diploma Programme in CMSP ◦ Subodh Shenoy, 1994-2005 } Coordinator of Diploma Programme in CMSP ◦ Vijay Kumar, 1990-1993 ICTP Associate Member, 1986 Currently President of Vijay Kumar Foundation Scientific Scholars/ Projects Networks Meetings Consultants ICTP Fellows at Centre Network in for Space Physics, Theoretical Kolkata (2007) Condensed Matter 221 28 Physics, Bangalore, (2002) Crystal Growth China-India-Viet Centre, Anna Nam Network 2000 University, Madras in commutative (1994), no longer algebraic geometry, active Mumbai, (2000), no longer active Regional Network in Semiconductor Science and Technology, Delhi, (1990), no longer active } Winter School in Quantitative Systems Biology, Bangalore, 2013 } Fundamentals of Ocean Climate Modelling at Global and Regional Scales, Hyderabad, 2013 } Targeted Training Activity (TTA): Intraseasonal Monsoon Predictability and Prediction, Pune, 2013 } Physware 2012: A Collaborative Workshop on Low- Cost Equipment and Appropriate Technologies that Promote Undergraduate-level, Hands-on Physics Education throughout the Developing World, New Delhi, 2012 } Conference on Research Frontiers in Ultra-Cold Atomic and Molecular Gases, 10-14 Jan, Goa, 2011 } Workshop on 'Palaeoclimates and human dispersal during Marine Isotope Stage 3 (MIS3)', Chennai, 2011 } Advanced School on Convection in Industrial Applications, Bangalore, 2010 } Hands-on Research on Complex Systems - Winter School, Bhat, 2008 } Workshop on Seismic Hazard in Asia, Bangalore, 2008 } Summer School on Electronic Structure Methods and their Applications, and Workshop on Computational Materials Theory, Bangalore, 2006 } MoU with Indian Institute of Science in 2011 ◦ To encourage collaboration in research areas of mutual interest } MoU with I2IT, Pune in 2005 ◦ To promote teaching, training, research, projects and professional activities } Agreement with DST, New Delhi in 1999 ◦ To implement of Fellowships in institutions of education and research throughout India ◦ renewed every 5 years } ICTP Chapter in India in 1993 ◦ Initiative of H.P. Garg, Indian Institute of Technology ◦ To coordinate collaborative efforts between the Indian scientific community and ICTP } The amounts shown on the following page give a lower-bound estimate of the financial support ICTP has provided to Indian science during the period 1996 to 2012. ICTP programmes Financial support in Euro Postgraduate Diploma 8,000 Programme* STEP Programme* 17,000 ICTP financial support to India Federation Programme 137700 Share by programme, 1996-2012 ICTP-ELETTRA Programme 303500 OEA Programme 420400 Research Group Visitors 684800 Associate Programme 1302500 Postdoctoral Fellows 1391000 Conference Participants 2365000 3% 3071300 1% Federation Programme TRIL Programme 4% TOTAL 9,701,200 7% ICTP-ELETTRA Programme 32% *Postgraduate Diploma and STEP OEA Programme Programmes, less than 1% 14% Research Group Visitors Associate Programme Postdoctoral Fellows 14% Conference Participants 25% TRIL Programme .