Scientre Stage: Inaugural event of Vigyan Samagam (Delhi)

Tuesday 21 Jan 2020, 09:30 → 18:00 Asia/Kolkata

Auditorium (National Science Centre, Near Gate No.1, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, 110001)

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 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 Profiles of Speakers Abstracts_and_Speaker_Profiles-Delhi.pdf

Compact Timetable Compact_timetable.pdf

Theme Banner Poster.jpg

Vigyan Samagam Brochure Vigyan_Samagam_Publication_Anu_Tarang.pdf

09:30 → 11:05 Inauguration

Convener: Mr Nagaraj Panyam (TIFR, Mumbai)

09:30 Welcome and Lighting of Lamp

09:35 Welcome address & About Vigyan Samagam

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

summary Ranajit_Kumar.pdf

09:40 Address by the Guest of Honour

Speaker: Mr K. N. Vyas (Chairperson, AEC and Secretary, DAE, Mumbai)

summary K.N.Vyas.pdf

09:50 Address by the Guest of Honour

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

summary Ashutosh_Sharma.pdf

10:00 Address by the Guest of Honour

Speaker: Mr Yogendra Tripathi (Secretary, Ministry of Culture, New Delhi)

10:10 Address by the Guest of Honour

Speaker: Dr Chidambaram R. (DAE-Homi Bhabha Professor, BARC)

summary R.Chidambaram.pdf

10:20 Address by the Chief Guest

Speaker: Dr Jitendra Singh (MoS in PMO, DoPT, DoS and DAE)

summary Jitendra_Singh.pdf

10:30 Keynote Address

Speaker: Prof. Paul Ho (East Asian Observatory, Hilo, Hawaii, USA)

summary Paul_T.P._Ho.pdf

11:00 Vote of Thanks

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

summary Praveer_Asthana.pdf

11:05 → 11:35 Inauguration of Exhibitions

11:35 → 12:05 High Tea

12:05 → 13:05 Project Presentations

Convener: Prof. Yashwant Gupta (Project Director, NCRA, Pune)

12:05 INO Project

Speaker: Prof. M Naimuddin (Dept. of Physics & Astrophysics, University of Delhi)

summary Md._Naimuddin.pdf

12:35 CERN Project

Speaker: Prof. Brajesh Choudhary, (Spokesperson, India-CMS collaboration)

summary Brajesh_Choudhary.pdf

13:05 → 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 → 15:00 Project Presentations

Convener: Prof. Eswar Reddy B. (Programme Director, India TMT Coordination Center)

14:00 FAIR Project

Speaker: Prof. Sanjay Ghosh (Bose Institute, Kolkata)

summary Sanjay_Ghosh.pdf

14:30 SKA Project

Speaker: Dr William Garnier (Director of Communications, SKA Organisation, UK)

summary William_Garnier.pdf

15:00 → 15:30 Industry Session

Conveners: Mr Arun Srivastava (Secretary, AEC, Mumbai), Mr Mitesh Gohil (Director, MJ Enterprises, Vadodara (For TMT)), Mr Rambabu N. (ED (Nuclear), Electronic Corporation of India Ltd, Hyderabad), Mr Sameer Sharda, (New Age Instruments & Materials Pvt. Ltd.), Mr Sanjiv Singh Basisth (DGM, Blue Star Engineering & Electronics Limited, Mumbai), Ms Snehal Valame (Persistent Systems, Pune), Mr Vikas Bhatia (Executive Director, M/s Kelvion India Private Limited), Mr Vikas Kumthekar (Engineering and Industrial Services division, TCS, Pune)

summary

• Arun_Srivastava.pdf
• Mitesh_Gohil.pdf
• N._Rambabu.pdf
• Sameer_Sharda.pdf
• Sanjiv_Singh_Basisth.pdf
• Snehal_Valame.pdf
• Vikas_Bhatia.pdf
• Vikas_Kumthekar.pdf

15:30 → 16:00 Tea break

16:00 → 18:00 Project Presentations

Convener: Prof. Vivek Datar (Project Director, INO, Mumbai)

16:00 TMT Project

Speaker: Prof. Sivarani Thirupathi (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru)

summary Sivarani_Thirupathi.pdf

16:30 MACE Project

Speaker: Dr K.K. Yadav (BARC, Mumbai (for HiGRO collaboration))

summary K.K._Yadav.pdf

17:00 LIGO Project

Speaker: Prof. Sukanta Bose (IUCAA, Pune)

summary Prof._Sukanta_Bose.pdf

17:30 ITER Project

Speaker: Prof. John P.I. (Retd., Padma Shri)

summary P.I._John.pdf