Scientre Stage: Inaugural event of Vigyan Samagam (Bengaluru)

29 Jul 2019, 09:15 → 30 Jul 2019, 18:30 Asia/Kolkata

Auditorium (Visvesvaraya Industrial & Technological Museum, Bengaluru)

Arun Srivastava (Secretary, AEC & Head, ICPD, DAE, Mumbai), Ranajit Kumar (Head, NCPW, DAE, Mumbai)

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 eight 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) Major Atmospheric Cerenkov Experiment (MACE) 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.

Abstracts and Speaker Profiles Abstracts_and_Speaker_Profiles.pdf

Compact Timetable Compact_timetable.pdf

Pocket Timetable Pocket_timetable.pdf

Theme Banner Poster.jpg

Vigyan Samagam Brochure Vigyan_Samagam_Publication_Anu_Tarang.pdf

Monday, 29 July

09:10 → 10:40 Inauguration

Inauguration of the Event

Convener: Dr Satyanarayana Bheesette (INO/TIFR, Mumbai)

09:15 Welcome and Lighting of Lamp

09:25 Welcome address

Speaker: Mr Ranajit Kumar (Head, NCPW, DAE, Mumbai)

summary Ranajit_Kumar.pdf

09:30 About Vigyan Samagam

Speaker: Dr Praveer Asthana (Head, Mega Science Division, DST, New Delhi)

summary Praveer_Asthana.pdf

09:35 Address by Guest of Honour

Speaker: Prof. Ashutosh Sharma (Secretary, DST, New Delhi)

summary Ashutosh_Sharma.pdf

09:45 Address by Guest of Honour

Speaker: Mr Arijit Dutta Choudhury (Director General, NCSM, Kolkata)

summary Arijit_Dutta_Choudhury.pdf

09:50 Address by Chief Guest

Speaker: Dr Anil Kakodkar (Member, AEC & Chairperson, RGSTC, Mumbai)

summary Anil_Kakodkar.pdf

10:00 Release of Vigyan Samagam Brochure

10:05 Keynote address

Speaker: Prof. Ramamurthy V.S. (Emeritus Professor, NIAS, Bengaluru)

summary V.S.Ramamurthy.pdf

10:35 Vote of Thanks

Speaker: Mr Reetesh Chaurasia (Scientific Officer, DAE, Mumbai)

summary Reetesh_Chaurasia.pdf

10:40 → 11:15 Inauguration of Exhibitions

11:15 → 11:45 High Tea

11:45 → 13:15 CERN

Convener: Mr Amalendu Sharma (RRCAT, Indore)

11:45 Technology development challenges in High Energy physics experiments: Achievements and spin-offs

Speaker: Dr V.B. Chandratre (Electronics Division, BARC, Mumbai)

summary V.B._Chandratre.pdf

12:05 India's Contribution to CMS Experiment at CERN

Speaker: Prof. Seema Sharma (IISER, Pune)

summary Seema_Sharma.pdf

12:30 Exploration of micro second old universe in the laboratory

Speaker: Dr Subhasis Chattopadhyay, (Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata)

summary Subhasis_Chattopadhyay.pdf

12:55 Partnership of Indian Industries and further business opportunities with CERN

Speaker: Mr Suman Sarkar (BARC, Mumbai)

summary Suman_Sarkar.pdf

13:15 → 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 → 14:30 MACE

Convener: Dr K.K. Yadav (BARC, Mumbai)

14:00 MACE Gamma-Ray Telescope

Speaker: Dr A.K. Tickoo (Head, Astrophysical Sciences Division, BARC, Mumbai)

summary A.K.Tickoo.pdf

14:30 → 16:00 TMT

Convener: Prof. Raghunathan Srianand (Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics(IUCAA), Pune)

14:30 Designing and Building the TMT: A Story of Science, Technology and People

Speaker: Dr Luc Simard (DG, HAANRC, National Research Council of Canada)

summary Luc_Simard.pdf

15:00 India's Participation in the TMT project

Speaker: Prof. Eswar Reddy (Programme Director, India TMT & IIA, Bengaluru)

summary Eswar_Reddy.pdf

15:30 Panel Discussion: Leveraging collaboration for Indian science and industry

Speakers: Prof. Ajith Kembhavi (IUCAA, Pune & Chair, India TMT PMB), Prof. Annapurni Subramaniam (IIA, Bengaluru), Mr Murali S. (CEO, General Optics Asia Ltd, Puducherry), Dr Sreekumar P. (Director, Space Science Program Office, ISRO HQ)

summary

• Ajith_Kembhavi.pdf
• Annapurni_Subramaniam.pdf
• P._Sreekumar,.pdf
• S._Murali.pdf

16:00 → 16:30 Tea break

16:30 → 18:00 SKA

Convener: Prof. Prasanta Kumar Das (BITS Pilani Goa campus)

16:30 The Square Kilometre Array: exploring the cosmos from the dawn of time to the origins of life

Speaker: Prof. Philip Diamond (Director-General, SKA Organisation)

summary Philip_Diamond.pdf

17:00 New Science with the Square Kilometre Array: A giant leap in exploring the magical world

Speaker: Prof. Nirupam Roy (Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru)

summary Nirupam_Roy.pdf

17:30 Symbiosis between SKA and Indian Industries

Speakers: Ms Ashita Gupta (CTO, Smile Electronics Limited, Bengaluru), Dr Sheshadri M.R. (Managing Director, Deepti Electronics & Electro Optics Ltd.), Prof. Uday Shankar N. (Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru)

summary

• Ashita_Gupta.pdf
• M._R._Sheshadri.pdf
• N._Udaya_Shankar.pdf

Tuesday, 30 July

09:30 → 11:00 LIGO

Convener: Prof. Ajith Parameswaran (ICTS-TIFR Bengaluru)

09:30 Cosmic collisions - progress and prospects for gravitational-wave astronomy

Speaker: Dr Patrick Brady (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA & Spokesperson of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration)

summary Patrick_Brady.pdf

10:10 LIGO-India: An Indian Mega-science (Ad)venture

Speaker: Prof. Tarun Souradeep (Senior Professor,  IUCAA, Pune)

summary Tarun_Souradeep.pdf

10:30 Panel Discussion: Leveraging collaboration for Indian science and industry

Speakers: Prof. Ajith Parameswaran (ICTS-TIFR, Bengaluru), Prof. Bala Iyer (ICTS-TIFR, Bengaluru and IndIGO Consortium), Dr Dilip Krishnaswamy (Reliance Jio Infocomm), Prof. Rajesh Gopakumar (Director, ICTS-TIFR, Bengaluru)

summary

• Ajith_Parameswaran.pdf
• Bala_Iyer.pdf
• Dilip_Krishnaswamy.pdf
• Rajesh_Gopakumar.pdf

11:00 → 11:30 Tea break

11:30 → 13:00 INO

Convener: Prof. Gobinda Majumder (INO/TIFR, Mumbai)

11:30 What is common between life, the Universe and an Underground lab?

Speaker: Prof. Indumathi D. (The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai)

Slides ino_vs_-_Indumathi.pdf

summary D.Indumathi.pdf

12:00 Probing neutrinos using ICAL at INO

Speaker: Prof. Prafulla Behera (Associate Professor, IIT Madras)

summary Prafulla_Behera.pdf

12:30 Panel Discussion: Leveraging collaboration for Indian science and industry

Speakers: Mr Mohamed Saliya (Managing Director, iWave Systems, Bengaluru), Mr N Shivakumar (Managing Director, Entec, Bengaluru), Mr Srinivasan T,S, (INO Project Coordinator, BARC, Mumbai)

summary

• Mohamed_Saliya.pdf
• N.Shivakumar.pdf
• T.S._Srinivasan.pdf

13:00 → 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 → 15:30 ITER

Convener: Mr Dilshad Sulaiman (ITER India)

14:00 Innovation and Inspirational Leadership

Speaker: Dr Sivathanu Pillai (Dr. DS Kothari Chair, Research & Innovation Centre, IITM)

summary Sivathanu_Pillai.pdf

14:30 ITER - An overview and present status

Speaker: Dr Eisuke Tada (Deputy DG, Relations coordinating officer, ITER, France)

summary Eisuke_Tada.pdf

15:00 Panel Discussion: Leveraging collaboration for Indian science and industry

Speakers: Mr Narayana Rao (Former C&MD, MIDHANI), Mr Prasanth Sakhamuri (MD, Hind High Vacuum Bengaluru), Mr Praveen Bhatt (Head Nuclear PBU, L&T Heavy Engineering), Mr Shrishail Padasalagi (Project Manager-IWS, ITER - India)

summary

• M._Narayan_Rao.pdf
• Prasanth_Sakhamuri.pdf
• Praveen_Bhatt.pdf
• Shrishail_Padasalagi.pdf

15:30 → 16:00 Tea break

16:00 → 17:30 FAIR

Convener: Dr Subhasis Chattopadhyay (Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata)

16:00 FAIR – Universe in the Lab

Speaker: Mr Jörg Blaurock (Technical Managing Director, GSI and FAIR)

summary Jörg_Blaurock.pdf

16:30 Research at FAIR: from neutron star to cancer therapy

Speaker: Prof. Supriya Das (Associate Professor, Bose Institute, Kolkata)

summary Supriya_Das.pdf

17:00 Panel Discussion: Leveraging collaboration for Indian science and industry

Speakers: Prof. Juergen Gerl (FAIR Project Lead Team – Head of Sub-Project NUSTAR), Mr Rangarao Y (Managing Director, Vacuum Techniques Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru), Prof. Sanjay Ghosh (Bose Institute, Kolkata)

summary

• Juergen_Gerl.pdf
• Rangarao_Y.pdf
• Sanjay_Ghosh.pdf

17:30 → 18:00 Industry Session

Convener: Mr Suman Sarkar (BARC, Mumbai)

17:30 Perspectives from Indian Industries

Speaker: Mr Suriyanarayanan S. (DGM, L&T Valves Limited)

summary Suriyanarayanan_S.pdf

17:40 Perspectives from Indian Industries

Speaker: Mr J.V. Nayak (Dy Director (TRM), IDEMI, Tool Room)

summary J._V._Nayak.pdf

17:50 Perspectives from Indian Industries

Speaker: Mr Dinesh Kumar A (Managing Director, M/s CT Control Technology (India) Pvt. Ltd.)

summary Dinesh_Kumar._A.pdf