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Scientre Stage: Inaugural event of Vigyan Samagam (Mumbai)

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Auditorium (Nehru Science Centre, Worli, Mumbai)

Auditorium

Nehru Science Centre, Worli, Mumbai
Arun SRIVASTAVA (Secretary, AEC & Head, ICPD, DAE, Mumbai), Ranajit KUMAR (Head, NCPW, DAE, Mumbai)
Description
In order to highlight the value and impact of fundamental research to a broad cross-section of audience including students, academicians and industry, and to further strengthen India's participation in mega-science projects, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Department of Science and Technology (DST) and National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) are jointly organising a multi-venue mega-science exhibition, Vigyan Samagam. All are welcome to visit the exhibition. The following seven mega-science collaborations will be showcased in Vigyan Samagam: European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) Square Kilometer Array (SKA) Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) A first-of-its-kind, Vigyan Samagam shall be hosted in a caravan mode at four major Indian cities as per the following schedule: Mumbai: 8th May to 7th July, 2019 Bengaluru: 29th July to 28th September, 2019 Kolkata: 4th November to 31st December, 2019 Delhi: 21st January to 20th March, 2020 "Scientre Stage" is the inaugural, 2-day science event at each of the four cities, including the formal inauguration ceremony itself. Participation in the "Scientre Stage" is by invitation only.
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Vigyan Samagam Brochure
Participants
  • Ajith Kumar
  • Akashraj Agrahari
  • Amir Hamza Shaikh
  • Amit Chouhan
  • Anand Dubey
  • ANIL TYAGI
  • Ankul Prajapati
  • Arun Kumar Saraf
  • Aswin Sekhar
  • Bushra Ali
  • Chhaya Yadav
  • Chitralekha Pasodi
  • Dhaval Pujara
  • DILSHAD SULAIMAN
  • Durai Ragavendran
  • DWITI KRUSHNA DAS
  • Gaurav Agarwal
  • Gautam Choudhary
  • Girish Kumar Gupta
  • Hemant Rathi
  • HIMADRI SEKHAR MONDAL
  • Indraneel Ghose
  • Indranil Bandyopadhyay
  • Jay Jani
  • Jay Vora
  • K Balasubramanian
  • Kaushal Singh
  • Kevin K Alex
  • Laban Coblentz
  • LEENA SARKAR
  • Lokendra Meena
  • Maitreyee Rajeev Shirolkar
  • Mohammed Mohisin Khan
  • Nidhi Singh
  • NILKAMAL CHAUHAN
  • NIRAV CHANDAN
  • Nishant Bist
  • Nitin Bele
  • Othmar Hardegger
  • Paolo Giubellino
  • Peter Senger
  • Prakash Chandra Rout
  • Pranali Thakur
  • Pranav Shinde
  • Priyanka Sharma
  • RAJA KARUNANIDHI YARLAGADDA
  • Rajanish SP
  • Rajat Singh
  • Rajkumar Panjwani
  • Rakesh Kumar Bhandari
  • Rakhee Sonawane
  • Ranjana Gangradey
  • Ravi A V Kumar
  • REAR ADMIRAL SANJAY CHAUBEY
  • Rushabh Gala
  • sachin murumkar
  • Sagar Shinde
  • Saikat Biswas
  • Salony Mandloi
  • Samarendra Kumar
  • Sandeep Somvanshi
  • Sanjit Mitra
  • Sanskruti Karnawat
  • Sarita Pandey
  • Satyanarayana Bheesette
  • SAURABH HYALINGE
  • SAURABH PANDEY
  • Saurav Varma
  • Shaista Khan
  • Shakeel Ahmad
  • Shashank Chaturvedi
  • Shivaprasad Khened
  • Shivkumar Gupta
  • Shraddha Pasodi
  • Shrikant Pathak
  • Sidharth Kumar Prasad
  • Sree Kumar S Pillai
  • Sriram V
  • Subroto Mukherjee
  • SUHAS Dhamale
  • Sumanth Rame Gowda
  • Sumanth Rame Gowda
  • Sunil saini
  • Supriya Das
  • Suraj Niwal
  • Tanvi Mahajan
  • Tarun Souradeep
  • THARUN KRISHNA V S
  • Ujjwal K Baruah
  • Uttamkumar Ningthoujam
  • Vaibhav Savant
  • Vatsal Trivedi
  • Vicky Kumar Mehta
  • Vijay Pawar
  • Vikas Singhal
  • VISHVESH BADHEKA
  • VISHWA THEJA C
  • Vivek Parkar
  • Y S Mayya
  • Zubayer AHAMMED
Dr. Satyanarayana Bheesette (TIFR)
  • Wednesday, 8 May
    • 09:15 → 10:50
      Inauguration Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Nehru Science Centre, Worli, Mumbai

      Inauguration of the Event

      Convener: Dr Satyanarayana Bheesette (TIFR, Mumbai)
      • 09:15
        Welcome and Lighting of Lamp 10m
      • 09:25
        Welcome address 5m
        Speaker: Mr Ranajit Kumar (Head, NCPW, DAE, Mumbai)
        summary
      • 09:30
        About Vigyan Samagam 5m
        Speaker: Mr Arun Srivastava (Secretary, AEC & Head, ICPD, DAE, Mumbai)
        summary
      • 09:35
        Address by Guest of Honour 5m
        Speaker: Mr K.N. Vyas (Chairperson, AEC and Secretary, DAE, Mumbai)
        summary
      • 09:40
        Address by Guest of Honour 5m
        Speaker: Prof. Ashutosh Sharma (Secretary, DST, New Delhi)
        summary
      • 09:45
        Address by Guest of Honour 5m
        Speaker: Mr A D Choudhury (Director General,ย NCSM, Kolkata)
        summary
      • 09:50
        Address by Guest of Honour 5m
        Speaker: Dr Frรฉdรฉrick Bordry (Director for Accelerators and Technology, CERN, Geneva)
        summary
      • 09:55
        Address by Guest of Honour 5m
        Speaker: Dr Andreas Baum (Ambassador of Switzerland to India, New Delhi)
        summary
      • 10:00
        Address by Chief Guest 10m
        Speaker: Dr V. K. Saraswat (Member, NITI Aayog & Chancellor, JNU, New Delhi)
        summary
      • 10:10
        Release of Vigyan Samagam Brochure 5m
      • 10:15
        Keynote address 30m
        Speaker: Prof. VijayRaghavan K. (Principal Scientific Adviser, Government of India, New Delhi)
        summary
      • 10:45
        Vote of Thanks 5m
        Speaker: Dr Praveer Asthana (Head, Mega Science Division, DST, New Delhi)
        summary
    • 10:50 → 11:20
      Inauguration of Exhibitions Projects Pavilion & Exhibition Hall

      Projects Pavilion & Exhibition Hall
      Convener: Dr V. K. SARASWAT (Member, NITI Aayog & Chancellor, JNU, New Delhi)
      summary
    • 11:20 → 11:45
      High Tea 25m Auditorium Building (Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai)

      Auditorium Building

      Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai
    • 11:45 → 13:15
      CERN-India Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Nehru Science Centre, Worli, Mumbai
      Convener: Mr Amalendu Sharma (RRACAT Indore)
      Home Page
      • 11:45
        CERN-India Collaboration Perspectives 20m
        Speaker: Dr Emmanuel Tsesmelis (CERN, Geneva)
        Slides
        summary
      • 12:05
        CERN Accelerators and future projects 20m
        Speaker: Dr Frรฉdรฉrick Bordry (Director for Accelerators and Technology, CERN, Geneva)
        Slides
        summary
      • 12:25
        Indian Contributions in CERN 20m
        Speaker: Mr Purushottam Shrivastava (AD, Proton Accelerator Group, RRCAT, Indore)
        Slides
        summary
      • 12:45
        Panel Discussion: Leveraging collaboration for Indian science and industry 30m
        Speakers: Dr B.S. Jagadeesh (Distinguished Scientist, BARC, Mumbai), Prof. Brajesh Choudhary (Spokesperson, India-CMS collaboration), Prof. Sudhir Raniwala (University of Rajasthan, Jaipur)
        Slides
        summary
    • 13:15 → 14:00
      Lunch break 45m Auditorium Building (Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai)

      Auditorium Building

      Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai
    • 14:00 → 14:30
      CERN-India Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Nehru Science Centre, Worli, Mumbai
      Convener: Mr Amalendu Sharma (RRACAT Indore)
      Home Page
      • 14:00
        Doing Business with CERN 30m
        Speaker: Mr Anders Unnervik (Head, Procurement and Industrial Service, CERN)
        Slides
        summary
    • 14:30 → 16:00
      FAIR Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Nehru Science Centre, Worli, Mumbai
      Conveners: Prof. Sibaji Raha (Bose Institute, Kolkata), Prof. Supriya Das (Bose Institute, Kolkata)
      Home Page
      • 14:30
        FAIR, the Universe in the Laboratory 20m
        Speaker: Prof. Paolo Giubellino (Scientific Managing Director, GSI & FAIR)
        Slides
        summary
      • 14:50
        FAIR: the next generation accelerator, a technology marvel 20m
        Speaker: Dr R.K. Bhandari (Inter University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi)
        Slides
        summary
      • 15:10
        Indian industries at FAIR 20m
        Speaker: Dr Subhasis Chattopadhyay (Programme Director, FAIR Project)
        Slides
        summary
      • 15:30
        Panel Discussion: Leveraging collaboration for Indian science and industry 30m
        Speakers: Prof. Peter Senger (Head of CBM Department, GSI Darmstadt), Prof. Sibaji Raha (Bose Institute, Kolkata), Mr Y. S. Mayya (Raja Ramanna Fellow, Department of Atomic Energy)
        summary
    • 16:00 → 16:30
      Tea break 30m Auditorium Building (Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai)

      Auditorium Building

      Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai
    • 16:30 → 18:00
      INO Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Nehru Science Centre, Worli, Mumbai
      Conveners: Prof. Gobinda Majumder (TIFR, Mumbai), Dr Satyanarayana Bheesette (INO/TIFR, Mumbai)
      Home Page
      • 16:30
        Neutrinos: New Window to the Universe 20m
        Speaker: Prof. Amol Dighe (Dean, Graduate Studies, TIFR, Mumbai)
        Slides
        summary
      • 16:50
        Why INO (India-based Neutrino Observatory)? 20m
        Speaker: Prof. Vivek Datar (Project Director, INO, TIFR, Mumbai)
        Slides
        summary
      • 17:10
        Spin-offs and societal benefits of INO project 20m
        Speaker: Dr Satyanarayana Bheesette (Scientific Officer (H), INO, TIFR, Mumbai)
        Slides
        summary
      • 17:30
        Panel Discussion: Leveraging collaboration for Indian science and industry 30m
        Speakers: Ms Anita Behere (Head, Electronics Division, BARC, Mumbai), Mr Nitin Amte (General Manager (R&D), Essar Steel India Limited, Hazira), Mr Prabhakar S.P. (Scientific Officer (H), BARC, Mumbai)
        summary
  • Thursday, 9 May
    • 09:30 → 11:00
      ITER Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Nehru Science Centre, Worli, Mumbai

      International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor

      Convener: Mr Dilshad Sulaiman (ITER India)
      Home Page
      • 09:30
        India's Plasma Science & Technology Program and Spin-offs 20m
        Speaker: Dr Shashank Chaturvedi (Director, IPR, Gandhinagar)
        Slides
        summary
      • 09:50
        The ITER Project: โ€œthe wayโ€ to new energy 20m
        Speaker: Dr Laban Coblentz (Head, Communications, ITER, France)
        Slides
        summary
      • 10:10
        Indiaโ€™s participation in ITER โ€“ Technology challenges and Industry response 20m
        Speaker: Mr Ujjwal Baruah (Project Director, ITER-India)
        Slides
        summary
      • 10:30
        Panel Discussion: Leveraging collaboration for Indian science and industry 30m
        Speakers: Mr Arun Chakraborty (Project Manager, Diagnostic Neutral Beam, ITER-India), Dr Balasubramanian K. (Director, NFTDC, Hyderabad), Prof. Rajiv Dusane (P. K. Kelkar Chair Professor in Nanotechnology, IIT Bombay), Mr Rajkumar Panjwani (President, Cryo Scientific Division, INOX India (P) Ltd.)
        summary
    • 11:00 → 11:30
      Tea break 30m Auditorium Building (Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai)

      Auditorium Building

      Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai
    • 11:30 → 13:00
      LIGO Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Nehru Science Centre, Worli, Mumbai

      Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory

      Conveners: Prof. Ajith Parameswaran (ICTS-TIFR Bengaluru), Dr Sanjit Mitra (IUCAA, Pune)
      Home Page
      • 11:30
        The Gravitational Wave Astronomical Revolution: India's Emerging Role 20m
        Speaker: Dr David Reitze (Executive Director, LIGO Laboratory)
        Slides
        summary
      • 11:50
        LIGO-India Project - Optical Instrumentation at its limits! 20m
        Speaker: Dr Sendhil Raja (Head, Laser & Optical Instrumentation Section, RRCAT)
        Slides
        summary
      • 12:10
        LIGO India - opportunities for the industry 20m
        Speaker: Prof. Subroto Mukherjee (Head LIGO Division, IPR, Gandhinagar)
        Slides
        summary
      • 12:30
        Panel Discussion: Leveraging collaboration for Indian science and industry 30m
        Speakers: Dr Anish Bekal (Forbes Marshal Pvt Ltd, Pune), Prof. Archana Pai (IIT Bombay), Prof. Somak Raychaudhury (Director, IUCAA, Pune), Prof. Sukanta Bose (Professor, IUCAA, Pune)
        summary
    • 13:00 → 14:00
      Lunch break 1h Auditorium Building (Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai)

      Auditorium Building

      Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai
    • 14:00 → 15:30
      SKA Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Nehru Science Centre, Worli, Mumbai

      Square Kilometre Array

      Convener: Prof. Prasanta Kumar Das (BITS Pilani Goa campus)
      Home Page
      • 14:00
        The Square Kilometre Array : an Astronomer's Dream Science Machine 20m
        Speaker: Prof. Robert Braun (Science Director, SKA Organisation)
        Slides
        summary
      • 14:20
        Technology challenges on the road to designing and building the SKA 20m
        Speaker: Prof. Yashwant Gupta (Centre Director, NCRA, TIFR, Pune)
        Slides
        summary
      • 14:40
        Indian industry engagement in the SKA : current status and future prospects 20m
        Speaker: Prof. Yogesh Wadadekar (NCRA, TIFR, Pune)
        Slides
        summary
      • 15:00
        Panel Discussion: Leveraging collaboration for Indian science and industry 30m
        Speakers: Dr Prabu Thiagaraj (Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru), Ms Snehal Valame (Persistent Systems, Pune), Mr Vikas Kumthekar (Tata Consultancy Services Limited, Pune)
        Slides
        summary
    • 15:30 → 16:00
      Tea break 30m Auditorium Building (Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai)

      Auditorium Building

      Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai
    • 16:00 → 17:30
      TMT Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Nehru Science Centre, Worli, Mumbai

      Thirty Meter Telescope

      Convener: Dr Smitha Subramanian (IIA, Bengaluru)
      Home Page
      • 16:00
        Thirty Meter Telescope 20m
        Speaker: Dr Ravinder Bhatia, (Associate Project Manager, TMT Project)
        summary
      • 16:20
        Challenging technology horizons for expanding discovery space 20m
        Speaker: Prof. Ramaprakash A.N. (IUCAA, Pune)
        Slides
        summary
      • 16:40
        Building Distributed Telescope Control System for TMT 20m
        Speaker: Dr Mushtaq Ahmed (Architect, ThoughtWorks, Pune)
        Slides
        summary
      • 17:00
        Panel Discussion: Leveraging collaboration for Indian science and industry 30m
        Speakers: Prof. Anupama G.C. (Dean, IIA, Bengaluru & President, ASI), Prof. Jayant Murthy (Director (Ag), IIA, Bengaluru), Prof. Ramaprakash A.N. (IUCAA, Pune), Mr Surendra Vaidya (Executive VP & Business Head, Godrej Aerospace)
        summary
    • 17:30 → 18:00
      Feedback and Conclusion Auditorium

      Auditorium

      Nehru Science Centre, Worli, Mumbai

      Feedback and Conclusion of the Event

      Convener: Mr Suman Sarkar (BARC, Mumbai)
      • 17:30
        Perspectives from Indian Industries 5m
        Speaker: Mr Rambabu Nuni (Executive Director (Nuclear), ECIL)
        summary
      • 17:35
        Perspectives from Indian Industries 5m
        Speaker: Mr Mani T.T. (Co-founder and Managing Director, Avasarala)
        summary
      • 17:40
        Perspectives from Indian Industries 5m
        Speaker: Mr Subhrojyoti Roy (Sr. Scientist, TCS Research and Innovation)
        summary
      • 17:45
        Perspectives from Indian Industries 5m
        Speaker: Mr Shankar G. (Director, Metallic Bellows (India) Pvt. Ltd.)
        summary
      • 17:50
        Closure of Scientre Stage 10m
        Speaker: Dr Satyanarayana Bheesette (INO/TIFR, Mumbai)
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