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Celebrating 30 Years Vol 4 | Issue 3 | September| 2018 NIAS Newsletter Celebrating 30 years Vol 4 | Issue 3 | September| 2018 Research Highlights School of Humanities Programme: Heritage Science and Society NIAS Faculty : Dr. M B Rajani, Assistant Professor ,NIAS The project "Exploring India’s Medieval Coastline using Geospatial Analysis and Historical Records" funded by Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India started in April 2018; Dr. Rajani is the Principal Inside this issue Investigator. She presented the project progress in a PAMC meeting in INCOIS, Hyderabad on Sept 27th. The committee appreciated the status of project. Highlights of September…….....1 Public Lecture and Discussions ... 2 Publications ............................ 3 Japanese Consular-General Mr Takayuki Kitagawa and Vice-Consul Mr. Amro visited NIAS on September 20, 2018 and interacted with the Programme Heads and Deans. NIAS Calendar 11/Oct: NIAS Public Lecture: Chang- ing India Series: "Mystic Cults As Peoples' Religion" by Prof. Rahamath Tarikere, Lecture Hall, NIAS, 1600hrs 12/Oct: NIAS Public Lecture: 'City at its limits' Series: "Lessons of Un- planned Urbanisation: Bengaluru, a dying city (with burning and frothing lakes) " by Dr. T.V. Ramachandra, Lecture Hall, NIAS, 1600hrs 19/Nov-30/Nov: NIAS-DST Training Programme: "Science, Technology and Innovation Policy" for Directors/ Divisional Heads/Chief Scientists/ Senior Scientists Mr. Takayuki KITAGAWA, Consul-General, Consulate-General of Japan, Bengaluru, India also delivered This newsletter is compiled by the NIAS the special lecture on “Importance of Karnataka in Indo-Japan Relationship “ on September 20th, 2018 at communications officer using submissions NIAS. from the NIAS community. National Institute of Advanced Studies Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bengaluru-12 JRD Tata Visit us at : www.nias.res.in Highlights of September NIAS and Swissnex India, Consulate General of Switzerland jointly organised a one-day workshop titled “Dialogue with the Scientist-Communicators” on September 28, 2018. 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 workshop begun with the introductory remarks by Dr. V V Binoy, NIAS. Followed by the inaugural address by Prof. V S Ramamurthy, former Director of NIAS. Dr. Adria C LeBoeuf, researcher at Weiz- mann Institute, Israel and the founder of ‘The Catalyst’, and Dr. Samuel Lagier a neuroscientist-communicator and a globally renounced trainer of communication skills for scientists, conducted a session titled ‘power of play for community building and science communication’. 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. Dr. Sai Baba, T V Raman Pai Chair Professor NIAS discussed the need of communicating science effectively with the public to attain social and finan- cial development without any science-society conflict in his lecture titled ‘importance of science communication for the development of society’. Dr. Samuel Lagier 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. 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. Highlights of September Highlights of September NIAS has organised Roundtable meeting and a panel discussion on “Recent floods at Kerala and Kodagu Region of Karnataka” on September 18, 2018. The meeting roundtable started with Prof. M. Sai Baba, welcoming the participants. Dr. VV Binoy, gave the de- tails of the agenda of the meeting. The daylong meeting had participation from various agencies, which included: Prof. Shailesh Naik, Director , NIAS, 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, Na- tional 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. 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 discus- sions were followed by a Panel discussion . The panel discussion was an open forum with public participation. Each member of the panel summarized the discussions held in the day long meeting and sali- ent features were brought to the notice of the participants. There was active participation from the audience. Discussion Meeting by the Tibet Policy Institute –Dharamshala, on 'EducationConference System on ‘Relevance in Tibetan of ArchaeologyCommunities', for hosted 21st century by ISSSP, India’ NIAS at held NIAS on during 24-26 July 2018. 19 September 2018, at NIAS The TPI team consisted of three research fellows namely Dr. Rinzin Dorjee, Mr. Tenzin Dalha and Mr. Karma Tenzin accompanied by the Deputy Director Mr. Ten- zin Lekshay. The discussion mainly focussed on the Tibetan community in India and the changes that took place in terms of culture and education, economic de- velopment, connectivity issues, among others, in the last five decades. In particu- lar, the discussion on the education policy in Tibetan communities brought out some relevant socio cultural elements of change that are being manifested due to ingress of technology and social media, policy level decision making and changing geopolitical situations, over a period of time. Highlights of September NIAS Foundation Course on “Traditional Textiles” August to November 2018 The art and craft of extracting fibers, weaving, dyeing and printing textiles and clothing are an age-old channel to reflect the culture and identity of communities, individuals and geographical regions. India has a long history in the production and trade of textiles, and a rich variety of techniques and patterns have evolved in different regions. This course is designed so that, the participants are introduced to the variety in traditional textiles of India, their histories, and the processes and techniques involved in their production. The course also discusses modern demands, manifestations and the state of existence of such craft. The first of such activity was a visit to Thanrangini Block Printing Studio on September 8th , 2018. Participants were introduced to natural dyes, block making, block printing and market for such work in the current environment. The second was a workshop at NIAS on Sept 15th, 2018 on Tie-Dye, where Japanese Shibori method of tie-resisting fabric and dyeing with natural ma- terial (Marigold and Onion peel) were done. Participants were familiarized with the environmental pollution that textile industries cause and shown use of natural dyes, which takes longer but does minimal harm to environment. Even the waste produced by the workshop went on to the compost heap. Urban and Mobility Studies Programme started a new lecture series titled “Changing India Series” on September 24th, 2018 A new series of monthly lectures and events entitled 'Changing India' has been initiated to remember the social thought of Prof. M.N. Srinivas, funded by the Pratiksha Trust. M.N. Srinivas, a major sociologist of modern India and a key figure in the history of NIAS, was deeply invested in understanding how the Indian social and political landscape developed after Independence, sometimes taking unexpected turns. Building on his work and reflections on Indian society, the ‘Changing India’ series of lectures, events and workshops will host key academics, writers, public intellectuals, artists and social justice activists to reflect on some of the pertinent questions of our time. The first event was held on September 24th , 2018: 'Transformative constitutionalism and the decriminalisation of the right to love', by Arvind Narrain, Human Rights Lawyer, Activist and Writer. Mr. Arvind Narrain Highlights of September Highlights of September NIAS-DST Training Programme for Women Scientists on “Science and Sustainability in India” held during September 3 – 7, 2018 National Institute of Advanced Studies conducts residential courses every year for those in senior positions in the government and industry supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. This September, for the eight successive time, NIAS conducted NIAS – DST Training Programme for Women Sci- entists (under DISHA Scheme). We continued with the theme of sustainability
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