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TAMIFLU (OSELTAMIVIR PHOSPHATE) AN ANTIVIRAL DRUGVijay Laxmi Saxena 67

ARTICLES :

RIVER BANK FILTRATION : AN INNOVATIVE SOLUTION FOR SAFE DRINKINGWATERD. P. Uniyal, S. Khadija Bari, J. S. Aswal, Rajendra Dobhal, A. Pokhriyaland P. K. Kaushik 70

CRYPTOCURRENCY : CHARACTERSTICS AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVESVarun Shukla and Atul Chaturvedi 77

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In 1999, The USA Food and DrugAdministration offer authorization to the newoccasional influenza as a Neuraminidase Inhibitor,which usually known as Oseltamivir (Tamiflu).In the middle of 2005 to 2009, the risk ofpandemic influenza builds step by step; the noticeof these emergencies comes straightforwardlyfrom the unmistakable administrative bodies likethe World Health Organization (WHO), Centresfor Disease Control and Prevention and EuropeanMedicines Agency for its utilization in thetreatment and prophylaxis of flu. This medicationnamed Tamiflu went through the quantity ofcontrolled preliminaries, precise audits and meta-investigation, which improved the adequacy andthe security profile of this medication. Tamiflu(oseltamivir foundational) is a follower of themedication class neuraminidase inhibitors and isutilized to treat avian, Influenza, InfluenzaProphylaxis and Swine Flu. This entire procedureof medication testing was financed by the Roche;this same showcased and advanced thismedication. Be that as it may, subsequently, aneuropsychiatric occasion happens whichcompletely connected with Tamiflu. A reportexhibited at that occasion which brings up anissue over the clinical utility of this medication.As indicated by another ongoing Cochrane surveyand articles have scrutinized the hazard advantageproportion of the medication, other than raisingquestions about the administrative choice offavouring it. After, such a significant number ofaudits and proposal for amassing of this

TAMIFLU (OSELTAMIVIR PHOSPHATE) AN ANTIVIRAL DRUG

medication additionally compels the WHO toput this medication into examination arrange. Inthis way, a significant number of thecommentators named this medication as‘Exorbitant slip-up’ and these entire scenes ofsurveys and suggestions abandon us with somevital exercises.

As of late, a British Medical Journal andCochrane survey have genuinely revealed aboutthe example of overcoming adversity ofoseltamivir. It is one of the most noteworthyincome creating drugs for the Roche. Likewise,in different genuine antagonistic occasionsdetailed about it during the time spent post-showcasing from better places of Japan and UK.Because of the absence of viability and wellbeingfrom Oseltamivir, and there is no deductivelyevidence of their power. Along these lines,numerous entrenched and presumed associationslike the World Health Organization (WHO),canters for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC), EMA, US FDA does not prescribe thismedication for the treatment and prophylaxis offlu, in this way this medication has anunavoidable issue over it. This catastrophe isbasically making accessible us with a chance torational unmistakable classes in order to secureagainst such logical offenses later on. There is animperative to consider varieties during the timespent presentation of another medication in thegeneral human services framework and to getmore prominent duty and clearness the way werehearse science.

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ABOUT INFLUENZA AND OSELTAMIVIRThe spreadable or transmissible compose viral

contamination is normally known as Seasonalinfluenza, which for the most part takes after aminor course. Rarely, issues, for instance,pneumonia, bronchitis, otitis media, myocarditis,pericarditis, neurologic entanglements (vizdisarray, writhing, psychosis, neuritis, transversemyelitis, and encephalomyelitis), and lack ofhydration happen and the reason for theseconceivable outcomes will be auxiliary bacterialdisease or the regular course of viral sickness.Oseltamivir is sialic corrosive simple, whichgenerally taken orally or ingested from GIT,diminishes viral load. The life of it in the humanbody ought to be 6-10 hours if having great oralbioavailability. In any case, it has some terribleimpacts jump at the chance to incorporatesickness, looseness of the bowels, sleepdeprivation, stomach agony, and migraine andthe purpose for that is the development ofcarboxylesterase catalyst in the liver.

As indicated by most recent news January 02,2018, in Japan the antiviral meds for influenzademonstrate some reactions. The patients in Japanwho takes these medications has beendemonstrated some “unusual conduct” that hasguided the administration itself to issue a notice,only to avoid incidental damage or demise ofJapanese Citizens. As indicated by the Japanesegovernment, patients secure him in the room andmake himself a detainee subsequent to takingthis antiviral pharmaceutical.

This season’s cold virus is one of the realissues which cause an expansive number ofpassing in Japan amid influenza season. As perpeople in general records in the middle of April2009 to August 2017, a relatively eighthindividual of Japan is biting the dust because of

this season’s cold virus assault. Also, the onething basic all things considered separated frominfluenza assault was that they all were takingagainst influenza drug and demonstrating someanomalous practices previously their passing.From that point forward, considerably moreconceivably related passing has been comparing,and now the general wellbeing authorities havefreely talked over the matter of influenza sedatesecurity by and by.

Subsequent to happening this emergency,Japan’s wellbeing service passes an announcementwhich identified with the youthful flu patients.They said that in the wake of taking a hostile toinfluenza prescription, individuals ought to besecured in the rooms even the leave point, thewindows of the room and the route to theoverhang isn’t available for very nearly two daysas they recuperate. This is said to be the primarydefinite guideline of its liberally made by theservice, and it was conveyed to all administrationsas the quantity of announced lethal mischancesbecause of irregular conduct kept on rising.

SIGNS OF ABNORMAL BEHAVIOURAs a security measure The Health Ministry of

Japan issue a numerous report and issue acautions over the strange practices which wasthe symptoms of this season’s cold virus matwhich incorporates the sudden drive to leave aroom and move towards an overhang in acondition of uneasiness, strolling around a roomsobbing, and rambling. These practices appearedby the quantity of various patients who takenthis hostile to influenza or regardless of whetherthe patients hadn’t taken any antiviral medicinewhatsoever. In the progression of sharpness, TheHealth Ministry of Japan was given anextraordinary cautioning to the youngsters whoage must be between 10 to 19, as they watched

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a large number of individuals who demonstratedthat unusual conduct was generally had at Youngage. A few patients hinted at mental trips andincoherence. All things considered, in the majorityof the cases, the irregular conduct goes up to thefollowing perilous level in that individual submitssuicide by hopping off the structures.

CHANGES TO ANTIVIRAL CAUTIONINGSubsequent to happening this wellbeing

emergency, The U.S. Nourishment and DrugAdministration (FDA) distributed the notice outin the open identified with the medication Tamifluand emphatically offers guideline to theadministration medicinal authorities to shuttingchecking the social changes, particularly in the

kids. Instead of Tamiflu medicate, Japan beginsinvestigating Anti-influenza sedate Relenza as asubstitution of Tamiflu. In the interim, theexpansion of a notice for wooziness and mindflights is prescribed for Relenza.

Meeting with FDA security analyst DrAdrienne Rothstein, the effect of the medicationson the unusual conduct that data to shockingdisasters can’t be discounted totally. Despite thefact that the maker of both Tamiflu and Relenzahave both remained close to with the security oftheir items. Meanwhile, it may be best forinfluenza patients to simply hold relentless andhold up until the point that this season’s coldvirus season is over to at last discount thelikelihood of deadly wounds.

Dr. (Mrs.) Vijay Laxmi SaxenaKanpur

Science is not only a disciple of reason but alsoone of romance and passion

— Stephen Hawking

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India, with more than 1.21 billion people(COI 2011), faces significant challenges in

meeting the growing water supply needs of anincreasing population. The problem isparticularly acute for the urban population thatcomprises around 31.2% of the total population.Consequently, the substantial discharge ofuntreated to partially treated industrial anddomestic wastewater into surface water leading

RIVER BANK FILTRATION : AN INNOVATIVE SOLUTION FORSAFE DRINKING WATER

D. P. Uniyal*, S. Khadija Bari, J. S. Aswal, Rajendra Dobhal,A. Pokhriyal and P. K. Kaushik

Rivers and lakes are a major source of drinking water supply, but surface water of water bodiesmay be contaminated due to susceptibility to pollution. The world’s freshwater resources areunder pressure besides this water quality and quantity also needs to be checked and theirconservation is necessary, while maintaining the quality and quantity of water. River bank filtrationis an economical and sustainable water treatment method which should be introduced to maintaingood drinking water quality. One such method is the Bank Filtration method which comes underthe Integrated Water Resource Management Programme (IWRM) which helps in aquifer rechargeand improving quality of drinking water supply by removing biological and chemical contaminantsof the water through channels of aquifer. Bank filtration (BF) has emerged as an economical andsustainable water pre-treatment technology for drinking water supply. In this article an attempthas been made to highlight the role of BF method in regulating water quality and quantityimprovement. Besides this, the mechanism, significance and the development of BF technology inthe hilly state of Uttarakhand has been discussed in length. Water quality status of Srinagar andSatpuli river BF sites of Uttarakhand are also described and compared with the Bureau of IndianStandards guidelines for better understanding.1

Uttarakhand Council for Science and Technology, VigyanDham, Jhajra, Dehradun, UttarakhandE-mail: [email protected]

INTRODUCTION

to exceptionally high pathogen counts andorganic pollution.2

River Bank Filtration (RBF) process has beenwidely proved as domestic water pre-treatmenttechnology to overcome various water qualityproblems. The concept of RBF was developed inGermany and has widely been used in Europefor public and industrial water supply alongRhine, Elbe, and Danube rivers over 100 years.It is an efficient and well accepted technique forthe treatment of surface water in many Europeancountries such as Switzerland where 80 % of the

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drinking water comes from RBF wells, 50 % inFrance, 48 % in Finland, 40 % in Hungary, 16 %in Germany, and 7 % in the Netherlands. InGermany, around 75 % of the city of Berlindepends on RBF, while in Düsseldorf, it is beingused since 1870 as the main drinking watersupply. Moreover, other countries like India,China, and South Korea have recently startedimplementing RBF for drinking water supply. Ata number of Indian cities including Delhi,Haridwar, Mathura, Ahmadabad, Medinipur,Kharagpur, Nainital, Patna, RBF sites areoperational to produce water of drinking quality.3

RIVER BANK FILTRATIONRiverbank filtration (RBF) or simply bank

filtration (BF, a unified term for river and lakebank/bed filtration) is a process in which thesubsurface at a river or lake bank serves as anatural filter and biochemically removes potentialcontaminants present in the surface water (Fig.1-1). RBF is initiated by the lowering of thegroundwater (GW) table below that of an

adjoining surface water (SW) table which inducesSW to infiltrate through the permeable river bedand bank (or lake bank) into the aquifer as aresult of the hydraulic gradient. The infiltrationmay be the direct result of an influent river undernatural conditions or be induced by GWabstraction wells.

The aquifer serves as a natural filter and alsobiochemically attenuates potential contaminantspresent in the SW by overlapping physical,chemical, and biological processes. Physicalprocesses such as hydrodynamics involvesadvection, dispersion, transport, and dilution,while mechanical processes include ûltration i.e.improvement of water quality through the naturalûltration of ûne sediments by trapping of particlesin pore spaces especially for particulate organicmatters and pathogens. The success of RBFschemes is dependent on the microbial activityand chemical transformations that are commonlyenhanced in the clogging layer within the riverbed compared to those that take place in surface

Fig. 1 : Processes of riverbank filtration

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or ground waters. The actual biogeochemicalinteractions that sustain the quality of the pumpedbank filtrate depend on numerous factorsincluding riverbed and aquifer structure andmineralogy, SW quality, particle content andcomposition, oxygen and nitrate concentrationsin the SW, types of organic matter in the surfaceand ground water environments and land use inthe local catchment area.4

Compared with direct SW abstraction, RBFwith its effective natural attenuation processesremoves suspended solids, particles,biodegradable compounds, bacteria, viruses andparasites; partly attenuates adsorbable compoundsand equilibrates temperature changes andconcentrations of dissolved constituents in thebank filtrate. Physico-chemical processes occurinvolving various processes such as filtration,sorption-desorption, solution-precipitation, redoxreaction, complexation, acid-base reaction,hydrolysis, biochemical, microbial biodegradationreactions etc. and by the mixing with groundwater(dilution). These physicochemical processes aresubjected to the porosity of the medium, theconcentration and the behavior of metals andother inorganic compounds, the water residencetime in the aquifer, temperature, pH conditionsof water and oxygen concentrations.

FACTORS AFFECTING RIVERBANKFILTRATION

Riverbank ûltration has been extensively usedfor drinking water pre-treatment for variousorganic pollutants such as pesticides, herbicides,odorous compounds, oil sub-products, andpharmaceuticals. The pumping action creates apressure between the river and aquifer andinduces the water from the river to flowdownward through the porous media into theproduction well. The efficiency of RBF processis dependent on number of factors such as :

• Surface water quality,

• Permeability of the riverbank,

• River level

• Sediment transport variability

• The residence time of the water in the soil

• TemperatureRiverbank filtration has been extensively used

for drinking water pre-treatment for variousorganic pollutants such as pesticides, herbicides,odorous compounds, oil sub-products, andpharmaceuticals. The removal and the behaviorof such organic compounds depends on the factorsof :

• Hydrophobicity of the compound• The potential for biochemical degradation• The amount of organic matter in the aquifer• Infiltration rate• Microbial activity• Biodegradability etc.6

However, redox reactions, microbialdegradation of organic matter, and dilution arethe most common processes to control thetransport and fate of inorganic compounds. Inredox reactions, manganese and iron oxides aremobilized under reducing conditions andadsorbed, precipitated or co-precipitated underoxidizing conditions. Microbial degradation oforganic matter can alter the geochemicalconditions and mobilize metals like copper andcadmium, which are usually associated withnatural organic matter (NOM). It can also removethe heavy metals like chromium, arsenic etc.ADVANTAGES OF RBF

• Natural, sustainable and low costtechnology.

• Effective elimination of pathogens andorganics

• Compensation of shock loads• Disinfection as a safety measure is

sufficient in most cases.6

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RBF IN UTTARAKHANDIn view of the vast potential of reduction in

certain water quality characteristics, RBF hasbeen widely used for transforming river waterinto drinking water grade by improving waterquality. The evaluation of water quality obtainedthrough RBF has been done globally but veryfew efforts have been made in Uttarakhand sofar. The proximity of rivers such as Ganga andYamuna with various tributaries like Pinder,Mandakini, Alaknanda and Bhagirathi enable thestates to select suitable target locations for RBF.Due to seasonal variations, river discharges areminimum in winters and maximum in rainyseasons. As a result of seasonal variations,depletion in water level in main river and itstributaries occur.

The BF production wells have been installedsuccessfully at foothills in Haridwar andRishikesh near the river Ganga and also inNainital near Naini lake. Recently a projectsponsored by the Department of Science andTechnology (DST), New Delhi, four new RBFwells have been installed by Uttrakhand JalSamsthan (UJS) at Karanprayag, Srinagar,Agastmuni and Satpuli on the banks of Alaknada,Mandakini and East Nayar rivers respectively. Inthe area of Srinagar during 2013 flashfloods, RBFsites were badly damaged and after that 4 RBF

sites were regenerated in which NIH (Roorkee),IIT Roorkee, University of Dresden, Germany,Uttarakhand Jal Sansthan, and Uttarakhand StateCouncil for Science and Technology participatedand it was concluded to re-build the Srinagarsites with the latest technology which is floodproof and fully operational.

The water quality monitoring data of analyzedriver water samples (through surface abstraction)and RBF well water samples (obtained after RBFpre-treatment method) show the usefulness andefficiency of RBF technique in improving thewater quality. pH values in the analyzed riversamples and RBF well water samples ûuctuatedin a limited range from 7.9 to 8.2 and from 7.4to 8.1, respectively. All these pH values werewell within the prescribed limit of 6.5 to 8.5 asper BIS. The turbidity in all river water sampleswere found higher than the permissible limit (10NTU) of BIS and varied from 13 to 240 NTU,where Srinagar sampling site has maximumturbidity as 240 NTU. While in RBF well water,its values ranged from 0.6 to 0.8 NTU. All valuesin RBF well water were below than the desirablelimit of BIS, which showed the effective removalof turbidity from water making it suitable fordrinking. The TDS values varied from 68 to 110mg/l in river water and 104 to 650 mg/l in RBFwell water. All sites have TDS content lower

Description of RBF site Srinagar Agastmuni Satpuli KarnprayagName of river Alaknanda Mandakini East Nayar PinderName of district Pauri Rudraprayag Pauri ChamoliType of source tapped river stream stream streamClassification of population urban rural rural urbanLongitude 78.76650E 79.02131E 78.71162E 79.25206ELatitude 30.21986N 30.39072N 29.91903N 30.28780N

Table 1 : Details of water sampling sites with RBF facility in Uttarakhands.6

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than the desirable limit of 500 mg/l except inRBF well water of Srinagar as 650 mg/l but lowerthan the permissible limit of 2000 mg/l. Thehardness values ranged from 39 to 82 mg/l inriver water samples and from 75 to 270 mg/l inRBF well samples. No sample of the study areaexceeds the desirable limit prescribed for hardnessin both types of water samples. Thebacteriological analysis shows the presence ofcoliform contamination in river water samples,which varied from 141 to 900 colonies/100 ml.No coliform contamination was observed in anywater sample of RBF wells and this reflects the

high efficiency of the RBF technique overbacterial reduction.7

RBF POPULARISATION EFFORTSUttarakhand State Council for Science and

Technology, NIH (Roorkee), IIT Roorkee,University of Dresden, Germany and UttarakhandJal Sansthan, Dehradun jointly worked under theproject “Development of Riverbank Filtration asa Sustainable Solution for Drinking Water Qualityand Quantity Problems in Uttarakhand (Phase I& II)” funded by WTI (DST, GoI) to populariseand train the human resource about RBFtechnology.

Fig. 2 : Major rivers of Uttarakhand

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A total of 9 workshops were conducted in thetenure of the project like Indo-GermanInternational workshop, Dehradun in the years2009 and 2011; Indo-German Internationalworkshop, NIH Roorkee in year 2015; RBFawareness workshop, Dehradun, 2012; RBFawareness workshop, Nainital and workshopsconducted in Shillong as well as in Goa. In theseworkshops water engineers from Public HealthDepartment, civil society, S&T institutes andmembers from Universities were trained and acurriculum was designed in which minute detailsabout RBF was covered. These training motivatedmany State Government to take up this technologyand now moving ahead to implement this projectin their respective states. Earlier also Indo-German Workshops were organized in FRI,Dehradun in which members from University ofDresden, Germany and Uttarakhand State Councilfor Science and Technology etc. activelyparticipated and many brainstorming sessions

were conducted in which RBF technique wasdiscussed and action plan was prepared. Nowthe above mentioned institutions propose toorganize an Indo-German Workshop in the monthof November, 2018 to discuss the progress of theprojects, new technology and to prepare a furtheraction plan to implement the same in differentstates of India.

CONCLUSIONTo sum up, the water quality at the studied

sites has improved significantly. Removal ofmicrobial pathogens and turbidity in RBF takesplace by biodegradation, sorption, naturalûltration, and dilution of ground water. In India,the removal of microbial pathogens in drinkingwater from surface water through RBF proves tobe a crucial factor. Thus it could serve as analternative to direct river water abstraction formany urban and rural settlements providedsuitable hydro-geological conditions exist. At a

Fig. 3 : Photos of Srinagar RBF site before and after flash flood.

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minimum bank filtration acts as a pre treatmentset up in drinking water production. It also servesas an asset to water suppliers by way of capitalcost reduction through lower maintenance,improved reliability as source-water and enhancedcommunity supply by lowering the total dissolvedsolids concentration. There is an immensepotential of RBF at suitable sites along the riversin India. The observed removal of bacteriologicalindicators in bank filtrate (even in monsoon)abstracted from the production wells makes RBFan effective treatment process before thedisinfection stage. As mentioned earlier that multiinstitutional efforts were made to popularize thecost effective RBF technique in India and lookingforward to implement this unique technologyacross the country so that masses may get safedrinking water which may help in ensuring betterhealth conditions.

REFERENCES1. B. Sharma et al., Current Sciences, 1118-1122,

2014.2. N. C. Ghosh et al., Current Sciences, 301-

302, 2015.3. S. Tyagi et al., “Studies of River Water Quality

using RBF in Uttarakhand, India”, Water QualExpo Health Springer, 140, September 2013.

4. T. Grischek et al., Treatment and Distribution,1-5, 2011.

5. K. M. Hiscock, T. Grischek, Journal ofHydrology 266, 139-144, 2002.

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It is not possible to discuss cryptocurrencywithout discussing cryptography. There is a

strong reason behind it. The peer-to-peertransactions between users are nothing butcommunication between participating entities andall the communication is secured by cryptography.All the records are kept safe in a public domaincalled as blockchain.

Blockchain is a kind of ledger system as weuse in our day to day banking system. So at thispoint of time, it is essential to know the basicsof cryptography1-3. Cryptography is all aboutkeeping the data secure. Cryptanalysis is aboutbreaking the code. Cryptography andcryptanalysis together are called cryptology.Cryptography provides data communicationsecurity and there are four cryptographic goals.

CRYPTOCURRENCY : CHARACTERSTICS AND FUTUREPERSPECTIVES

Varun Shukla* and Atul Chaturvedi**

Now a days we listen many things about cryptocurrency i.e. Bitcoin (we take Bitcoin as anexample of cryptocurrency). It is recently developed cryptocurrency or we can name it as aworldwide payment system. We know that readers have different perception regardingcryptocurrency as we all have fear of unknown. Cryptocurrency is a digital currency and it is notcentralized which is a very interesting feature. The important point is that cryptocurrency formsa peer-to-peer network with direct transactions. Cryptocurrency and various related aspects arediscussed so that readers are benefitted.

*Dept. of EC, PSIT, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.**Dept. of Mathematics, PSIT, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.

INTRODUCTION

• Secrecy (Privacy) : It is a service which isessential to keep the data secure. There aremany ways to provide privacy like encryptionalgorithms or by additional hardware.

• Data Integrity : It makes sure that anyunauthorized access of data cannot be done.Unauthorized access of data includes insertion,deletion and substitution.

• Authentication : It is very importantspecifically when we communicate overinsecure channels. Participating entities mustrecognize each other in a legitimate manner.Authentication can be classified into messageauthentication and entity authentication.

• Non-repudiation : It takes care that noparticipating entity can deny previously donecommunication. It is a very important goalfor financial transactions and legalcommunications like online biding etc.

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Cryptographic goals

1. Secrecy: Symmetric/public key

2. Data integrity: Hash functions & MACs

3. Authentication: Entity/message authentication

4. Non-repudiation: Digital signatures

Fig. 1 : Showing cryptographic goals mandatoryfor secure data communication.

Bitcoins were originally developed by SataoshiNakamoto4 in 2009 as an electronic cash system.

BLOCKCHAINIt consists of records in the form of blocks5 .

All blocks are linked with each other.Cryptography provides essential security to allthe blocks. Block includes hash value of thepreceding block with a timestamp in it. Blockalso contains transaction data. This is a chainnetwork that’s why it is called as open distributedledger. Needless to say that it holds the record offinancial transactions between two nodes and itforms a peer-to-peer network. Since it includeshash, the data of a block can’t be modified. Theonly chance of modification is possible when allthe nodes agree to do the same which is notpossible.

Blockchain can further be divided intocategories like public blockchain and privateblockchain etc.

Block NPrevious hash, Timestamp

Transaction data

Block N+2Previous hash, Timestamp

Transaction data

Block N+1Previous hash, Timestamp

Transaction data

Fig. 2 : Showing blocks of cryptocurrency

Hash FunctionInput

Arbitrary length

Input

Arbitrary length

Fig. 3 : Showing the concept of hashing.

HASH FUNCTIONSHash functions play very important role in

modern data security. Hash functions requiredinput of variable length and produces output offixed length6.

Hash functions are the key ingredients for dataintegrity. In most of the cases (as incryptocurrency) the hash value of the message isused for all the representation. One category ofhash functions are MACs (MessageAuthentication Codes). The way hash functionsare suitable for cryptocurrency can be understoodby following explanation. Suppose we havemessage m and we calculate its hash at timeinstant t1 and we save the output. At time t2, onewants to determine that whether the message mis altered or not. We pick m´ and to find out thatwhether m´ = m, we calculate the hash value ofm´. If h(m) = h(m´) then we conclude that themessage m is not altered (A hash function holdsmany properties like collision resistance,preimage resistance etc.). So the problem isreduced to keep only the small size hash valueof the message.

PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKS A peer-to-peer or P2P network is formed

when two or more PC’s (or entities/nodes) areconnected in order to share data7. A P2P networkcan be an ad hoc connection (without

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infrastructure) or a permanent infrastructureconnection.

institutions. But the market of cryptocurrency isincreasing in India. The blockchain foundation

Fig. 4 : Showing a simple P2P ad hoc network with four nodes.

FUTURE OF CRYPTOCURRECNYVery famous and inspiring entrepreneur, Tim

Draper, in his article8 , predicted that the bitcoinmarket will hit $ 2,50,000 by the year 2022. Nowthe importance and largeness of cryptocurrencycan be imagined. The other cryptocurrencies(other than bitcoin) like Litecoin, Ripple andMintchip are also getting popular. Governmentand local bodies have started to have an eye oncryptocurrency values. One can see that manyshopping sites and payment systems now askingfor payment in bitcoin and some of themproviding discounts if you pay in bitcoins. Thereason behind that they know that the value mayraise tomorrow and they will be benefitted. InIndia, RBI has declared that bitcoin and itsvariants are illegal because it is a digital currencyequipped with encryption and work independentlybeyond the domain of country’s financial

of India is an organization dealing with bitcoinpromotion in India9. There are many startups likeCoinsecure, Zebpay and Unocoin etc. which aremaking easy to buy bitcoins10. One can transfercryptocurrencies to abroad and convert it to othercurrencies as well.

CONCLUSIONCryptocurrency is a decentralized digital

currency having a P2P network for directtransactions. The transactions are kept securedwith the help of cryptography. A layman mayhave fear in investing in it but once the conceptbehind is known it can be used as the futurecurrency.

REFERENCES1. A. J. Menezes, P. C. V. Oorschot,

S.A.Vanstone, Handbook of appliedcryptography, fifth edition, CRC press Inc.,USA, 2001.

Node 1

Node 4Node 2

Node 3

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2. W. Stallings, Cryptography and networksecurity, principles and practices, fourthedition, Prentice hall, 2005.

3. B. Schneier, Applied cryptography,protocols, algorithms and source code inC, second edition, John wiley & sons, 1996.

4. S. Nakamoto, Bitcoin: A peer-to-peerelectronic cash system, available at https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf

5. M. Turkanovic, M. Holbl, K. Kosic, M.Hericko, A. Kamisalic, IEEE access, 6,5112-5127, 2018.

6. B-M. Goi, M. U. Siddiqi, H-T. Chuah, IEEEtransactions on consumer electronics, 49,4, 1249-1255, 2003.

7. S. D. Segura, C. P. Sola, J. H. Joancomarti,G. N. Arribas, J. Borell, Mobile informationsystem, Hindawi, 1-16, 2018.

8. T. Draper, On the future of cryptocurrency,available at https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelwolfson/2018/05/02/tim-draper-on-the-future-of-cryptocurrency-his-new-book-and-why-bitcoin-will-hit-250000-by-2022/#18dde4d92d71

9. https://www.blockchainindia.com/10. http://www.indiabitcoin.com/indian-bitcoin-

startups-get-to-know-the-disruptors-techstory/

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Invasives or non-indigenous species are thosespecies that spread rapidly and aggressively

when introduced outside its native range intoany new region irrespective of the variation inenvironmental factors. This rapid spread outsidethe native habitat can be owed to a unique set ofcharacteristics any invasive carries. This includesits adaptability, extra ordinarily high seedproduction, ability to successfully compete withnatives for resources and inhibit the native growthby release of some toxic chemicals. Since theinvasives lack any natural pests in their newhabitats, there is no check on their growth andpopulation increase in the region. All thesecharacteristics in invasives make them spreadrapidly in their new region by curbing the growthof indigenous species. Either intentionally oraccidentally introduced, invasives can outcompetethe native species. displace indigenous species,

AGERATUM CONIZOIDES—THE TERRESTRIAL INVASIVE OFPUNJAB (INDIA) AND ITS ECOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS

Kirandeep K Dhami

Punjab, a northwestern state of India, is one of the main agricultural states of the country thatis a major producer of several crops like wheat, rice, sugarcane and corn. The Slate is alsoreknowned for its biological diversity. However, invasive/non-indigenous species are posing athreat to the ecology, agriculture and economy of the state. There is a need to spread awarenessregarding the same in general public.

INTRODUCTION

Department of Botanical & Environmental Sciences, GuruNanak Dev University, Amritsar (Punjab)-I43005Email : [email protected]

disrupt normal ecosystem processes and bringeconomic damage. Hence, invasives are a hugethreat to the biological diversity and normalfunctioning of the ecosystem.

Punjab one of the premiere agricultural statein northwest India, has approximately 84% of itsarea (Total area 50,362 sq. km) under agriculture.The state is rich in biological diversity (1897Angiosperms, 48 Pteridophytes, 34 Bryophytes,948 Fungi and 397 Algae) that faces threat fromseveral established invasive alien species1. PunjabBiodiversity Board, Botanical Survey of India,Zoological Survey of India and Forest Departmenthave identified Lantana camara, Partheniumhysterophorus, Ageratum conyzoides, Ricinescommunis, Eupatorium odoratum, Artemisiascoparia, Datura stramonium, Chenopodiumambrosioides, Cassia occidentalis and Bidenspilosa as the major invasives in India2. Amongthese A. conyzoides (terrestrial), P. hysterophorus(terrestrial), L. camara (terrestrial) andEichhornia crassipes (aquatic) have been

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identified as the most problematic invasives ofterrestrial and aquatic ecosystems in Punjab.These terrestrial invasives particularlyA.conyzoides has not only established itself inthe plains but also in hilly areas of Punjab andbear major ecological implications in the region.The strong invasive ability of Ageratum (almost1000 plants per meter square) is challenging thedynamics of natural ecosystem processes of theregion by lowering the biodiversity and creatinga homogenous mono specific stand.

has expanded its boundaries to several differentcountries of the world including India(Biogeographical distribution, Figure 1). The plantbears great morphological variation with its heightvariable between 30 cms to 2 metres and flowercolor pink, white or violet (Figure 2). Ageratumcan grow well in moist mineral soils of tropicalor subtropical environment (from sea level to2400 m in altitude) and generally, itis found ingrasslands, forests and agricultural fields.

The shade tolerant Ageratum is a highlyadaptable and productive herb that makes it adifficult to control weed in the Himalayas andShiwalik ranges of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh.The annual plant appears to have several featuresthat makes it spread rapidly in the any new region.One, it reproduces generously. Each Ageratum plantcan produce huge numbers of seeds every year thatcan be almost 94,000 seeds. Two, the plant notonly sheds huge number of seeds but also it canhappen for an extended period of time that canbeabout 5 to 8 month in a year. Three, its seeds cansurvive any adverse environmental conditions in

Table 1. Classification and common names ofAgeratum conyzoides.

Classification Ageratum conyzoidesKingdom PlantaePhylum MagnoliophytaClass MagnoliopsidaOrder AsteralesFamily Asteraceae

Fig. 1. Native and Alien range of Ageratum conizoides across the globe.

Global Biogeographical (native & alien) Distribution of Ageratum conyzoides.

NATIVE RANGE ALIEN RANGE

Ageratum conyzoides - Morphology & EcologyA. conyzoides is an erect herbaceous annual

that is a native to South America, but the herb

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Fig. 2. Morphological identification of Ageratum(commonly known with several names; Neela Phulnu, goat weed, billy goat weed, winter weed,tropical whiteweed, budbuda).

dormancy stage in the soil. Four, Ageratum seedshave extraordinary physiological plasticity andlonger viability i.e the seeds can persist in arablefields for long periods (almost a year) and germinatein the temperature range from 20 to 25°C or under.The Shivalik mountain range that forms part of theNorth Indian Himalayas is known for rich floraldiversity and Ageratum is replacing the nativegrasses of the region, altering the structure of naturalplant grassland and forest communities in theadjoining states of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh3.Since Punjab is chiefly an agricultural state, thepresence of Ageratum poses a threat to normal cropproduction in the state.

Ecological Implications of the HerbThough widely known for its medicinal,

biocidal and herbicidal properties, Ageratum hasbeen known to interfere with the growth andproduction of several crops. A. conyzoides is aninhibitor of seed germination in wheat (Triticumaestivum) and rice (Oryza saliva). The invasivereleases water soluble phenolics into the soil andexert a phytotoxic effect on the crops therebyreducing the crop yield. It can reduce the ricegrain production by 25-47%4,5. Similarly, A.

conyzoides inhibits seedling growth in peanut,redroot amaranth, cucumber and ryegrass. Inchickpea (Cicer arietinumi), A. conyzoides causesreduction in growth, and. nodulation whereas itstrongly inhibits germination in radish (Raphanussativus)6,7. The plant is a major weed of sugarcaneand maize as well where it has been observed togrow in high densities (250-1000 plants/m2). ForPunjab being the food basket ofIndia and one ofthe largest producer of wheat, rice, maize andsugarcane, the presence of weed like Ageratumis an ecological and economic threat to thefarmers. Moreover, its ability to act as a host ofmany crop diseases can significantly change thevegetation community structure, and modify thesoil regime. Any economic loss that the state ofPunjab faces due to invasive Ageratum has, notbeen estimated yet.

Considering the ecological and economicimpact, it is important to keep a check on theweed in the state. Two strategies can be appliedto control the weed in the region. One, applicationof any of these chemicals; simazine, atrazine,diuron, oxadiazon, oxyfluorfen, methazole ormetribuzin provides excellent control to the weed.

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Two Parthenium plant extracts of (Parthenin) andEucalyptus (volatile essential oils) offer anenvironmental friendly strategy in controlling A.conyzoide. Monoterpenes like cineole andcitronellol, can affect the germination, seedlinggrowth, chlorophyll content and respiratoryactivity of A. conyzoides8.

It is advisable that comprehensive informationon the invasive plant species be compiled andawareness programs be initiated in the region. Itis required that modes of entry into the state bedetermined and the economic impacts beestimated. A more complete information on thebiological and ecological attributes bedisseminated in general public so as to keep acheck en the spread of the Ageratum in the region.Several physiological and ecological features ofthe species has helped in successful invasion intothe state and its growing range need serious effortson the part of public to manage the weedeffectively.

REFERENCES1. TERI. 2015. Biodiversity and Green Growth

in Punjab. New Delhi : The Energy andResources Institute.

2. K.S. Dogra, R.K. Kohli, S.K. Sood and P.K.Dobhal, Int. J. Biodivers. Conserv. 1, 135-145, 2009.

3. R.K. Kohli, K.S. Dogra, D.R. Batish and H.P.Singh, Weed Tech, 18. 1296-1300, 2004.

4. D.R. Batish, S. Kaur, H.P. Singh and R.K.Kohli, Flora, 204, 388-395, 2009.

5. H.P. Singh, D.R. Batish, S. Kaur and R.K.Kohli, J Agron Crop Sci, 189, 341-346, 2003.

6. D.R. Batish, H.P. Singh, S. Kaur, V. Aroraand R.K. Kohli, J. Plant Dis. and Protect.XIX, 293-299, 2006.

7. C. Kong, F. Hu and X. Xu, J. Chem. Ecology,28, 1573-1581, 2002.

8. H.P. Singh, D.R. Batish and R.K. Kohli, CropProtection, 21, 347-350, 2002.

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ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI: NEXT GENERATIONBIOAGENTS FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

Kajal S. Rathore1, Shivom Singh*2 and Anil K. Sharma3

India is bestowed with a variety of crops because of its immense agro-climatic diversity. Thediverse agro-climatic conditions of the country give it a unique advantage as well as a competitiveedge over other countries. Because of health hazards created by excessive use of chemicals infarming, there is lot of emphasis on the production of food using integrated crop managementpractices where the chemicals are used judiciously in combination with biofertilizers/biopesticides.On advances in research on arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi (AMF) physiology and ecology over thepast 40 years have led to a greater understanding of the significance of AMF in the ecosystem.This knowledge is applicable to human activities of ecosystem management, ecosystem restorationand agriculture. AMF have a strong influence on plant interactions by aiding plants in resourceacquisition, disease suppression, and tolerance to soil pollution and play a decisive role in plantdevelopment. It also enhance the supply of water and nutrients (phosphate and nitrogen), to thehost plant. In return, up to 20% of plant-fixed carbon is transferred to the fungus; hence thenutritional exchange is bidirectional. Needless to say, AMF have involved a huge deal of interestfrom the agricultural world over the years and is therefore being able to substitute for reducedfertiliser and biocide inputs in agricultural practices.

INTRODUCTION

1Department of Biotechnology, Govt. K.R.G.P.G. College,Gwalior, MP

2*Department of Environmental Sciences, ITM University,Gwalior, MP

3G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology,Pantnagar, UK

E-mail: [email protected]

Global environmental change caused byhuman activities is one of the biggest

challenges facing our society. The expansion inthe organic sector, increasing public resistanceto the use of pesticides and greater emphases onfood quality put forward that there will be anincreasing market for foods produced in thesystems. To achieve this, agriculturists are

following alternate technology, where beneficialmicrobes are the key players especially forprotecting and regaining the soil health. Inaddition, they are indigenous to soil and plantrhizosphere and potential tools for sustainableagriculture. They augment the growth of a rootsystem and even of an entire plant and oftencontrol certain plant pathogens.1 Amongst, thekey players, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF)are one of the important organisms for improvingand sustaining soil qualities and hence areconsidered as essential input for healthy plantgrowth and agricultural development.

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Agriculture is the most important sector forensuring food security, alleviating poverty andconserving the vital natural resources that theworld’s present and future generation will beentirely dependent upon for their survival andwell being. Due to haphazard use of chemicalherbicides, pesticides and intensification ofagricultural production during the past fewdecades has led to other harmful effects likenitrate in the ground water, contamination offooding materials, eutrophication, stratosphericchanges etc. To escape from these harmfuleffects, AM fungi can act as support system inpromotion of plant health, soil fertility, and soilaggregates stability in the developing economies.AMF also perk up plant growth, assist incontaminant removal, reduce the need forfertilizer application in commercial plantproduction, and advance the soil structure andhealth. AM fungi are essentially characterizedby arbuscules which are formed by fine,bifurcate branching hyphae in cortical cells.Hyphae of AM fungi extend outwards from theroot surface, expanding the accessibility of theroot system for nutrient uptake. AM fungi cantherefore serve as a biofertilizer by facilitatingaccess to nutrients.2 They are one of theimportant organisms for improving andsustaining soil qualities. The studies conductedwith these effective fungi have shown 10 to 40percent increase in yield/biomass3 and arefundamentally involved in the wide range ofresources in both natural and managedecosystems, nowadays called ecosystemservices.4

RELATION OF AMF AND CROPPRODUCTION

AMF can be found in many different plantspecies; they can provide their favourableservices to almost all terrestrial ecosystems,from grasslands to forests, deserts and agro

ecosystems. They form symbiotic relationshipswith the majority of land plants, including manycrops. All AMF are obligate plant symbionts,and generally provide nutrients, especiallyphosphorus, to plants in exchange for plantcarbohydrates, protection against pathogens anddrought.5,6 They have been shown to enhancethe sustainability of ecosystems by improvingthe soil structure and by reducing nutrient lossesafter rain-induced leaching events.7

The current requirement in agriculture forhigh yields as quickly as possible may be anongoing necessity for the future food production.The increasing consumer demands for organicor sustainably produced food, however, willrequire changes to incorporate cultural practiceswhich increase AMF diversity.8 Sustainableproduction of food crops in the tropics is oftenseverely constrained by the fragility of soils,being prone to several forms of degradation.Making better use of the biological resources inthese soils can contribute to enhancedsustainability. Mycorrhizal fungi constitute animportant biological resource in this respect.

AMF AND ORGANIC AGRICULTUREOrganic farming is a method of cultivation

which preserves and respects the environment’sbalance, enhances natural resources andproduces healthier and tastier products. Thedeveloped nations of the world are concernedabout the spreading contamination of poisonouschemicals in food, feed, fodder and fibre.9Naturally, organic farming system is lookedupon as one of the means to remedy thesemaladies there. However the major problem inIndia is the poor productivity of our soils becauseof the low content of the organic matter.10 It isan ecological production management systemthat promotes and enhances biodiversity,biological cycles and soil biological activity.The efficiency of the organic inputs in the

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promotion of productivity depends on theorganic contents of the soil. There were a lot ofresemblances of organic farming principles inthe traditional agriculture of India. Mycorrhizalfungi are widespread in agricultural systemsand are especially relevant for organicagriculture because they can act as naturalfertilisers, enhancing plant yield. Moreover,mycorrhizal fungi can directly and indirectlycontribute to plant productivity in organicfarming systems. Mycorrhizal effects includeenhanced nutrient uptake, enhanced seedlingestablishment and stimulation of soil structure.Low-input organic farming systems haveincreasingly garnered interest due to their focuson natural resource conservation and reductionof environmental degradation. The generalprincipals of organic farming include: (1)exclusion of synthetic biocides; (2) addition oforganic fertilizers to the soil, including farmyardmanure, compost and crop residue, and slowrelease mineral fertilizers such as rockphosphate; and (3) use of crop rotation. Organicfarming relies heavily on active soil microbialcommunities, and AM fungi play a vital role inagro ecosystem function. It has been reportedthat organic farming increases AM colonization,propagule numbers, and species diversitycompared to conventional systems.11

Intensive agricultural systems that use largequantities of inorganic fertilizers and pesticideswere developed long ago as a method to alleviatefood shortages. The degenerative effects ofintensive farming practices on soil fertility andecological balance are surfacing which needsimmediate attention for sustaining theproductivity rate.11 These disadvantages haveled to increased demands to make agriculturalsystems more sustainable by reformingagricultural practices. As a result, interest inorganic farming as an alternative agriculturalstrategy has increased. It is a production system,

which favours maximum use of organicmaterials and AMF is one of them, which,improve soil health and increased the yield andalso played important role for minimizing theharmful effect of pesticides and herbicides.ROLE OF AMF IN SOILIMPROVEMENT

Plant health is intimately linked to soil health,managing the soil in ways that conserve andenhance the soil biota can improve crop yieldsand quality. Agricultural management also hasprofound effects on soil communities.1 A diversesoil community will not only help prevent lossesdue to soil-borne pests and diseases but alsospeed up decomposition of organic matter andtoxic compounds, and improve nutrient cyclingand soil structure. The most abundant membersof the vast community of soil organisms thatdevelops mutually beneficial relationships withplants roots and contributes majorly to plantgrowth are called mycorrhizal fungi. They aremultipurpose organisms with complex ecologicalramifications in the soil system that has beendifficult to study and understand.12 Thephytocentric concept of AMF that has prevailedsince the naming of these organisms is beingreplaced by a holistic vision recognizing thatAMF are a key element of soil functioning andhealth rather than a plant root component.1 AMFhave been suggested to improve biodegradationof persistent organic pollutants because of theimmense size and very high surface interfacewith soil. AM fungi are of importance as theyplay a vital role in metal tolerance andaccumulation.11,12 AMF associations have adirect effect on soil structure, which is especiallyimportant in mixed culture systems, wherecultivations and low levels of soil organic mattertend to result in damaged soil structure. Thecrucial ecological role played by AMF is theircapacity to directly influence the diversity andcomposition of the aboveground plant

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community confirmed that plant species richnesscan be altered not only by climatic and edaphicfactors, but also by soil microbial assemblages.12

In addition, they improve plant growth, help incontaminant removal, reduce the need forfertilizer application in commercial plantproduction, and improve the soil structure andhealth.

CONCLUSIONOrganic farming is a form of agriculture in

which we have minimal or no dependence onchemical fertilisers and pesticides to enhancecrop yield. It envisages the use of organicmanure, to replenish the soil of its lostnutrients. It is well established that AMF cando crop improvement largely through nutrition;other positive effect are in the biologicalcontrol of root pathogen, biological nitrogenfixation, hormone production and greater abilityto with stand water stress. Because of theirexceptional ability to increase the uptake ofphosphorous by plant, mycorrhizal fungi can beutilized as practical substitute for phosphoticfertilizer. This approach also augments yieldand monetary returns to the farmers, particularlyto the small landholders, for which theincremental input cost is low. The combinationof these organisms in natural, undisturbedecosystems would seem to add to the flourishinggrowth and health of plants. In sustainable andorganic agricultural systems, the role of AMFin maintaining soil fertility and bio-control ofplant pathogens may be more important than inconventional agriculture where their significancehas been marginalized by high inputs ofagrochemicals. AMF have great potential ofimproving the productivity of most of theagricultural crops.

Further research is imperative for fieldappraisal of these fungi. Therefore, themanagement and planned applications of AMF

to improve growth of beneficial and importantcrops particularly in India with an understandingof exploiting AMF payback towards sustainableagricultural development is very important. Webelieve that farming with AMF will be helpfulin developing eco-friendly and cost effectiveplant disease management practices, will openand establish new avenues for era of next-generation biopestiside cum biofertilizer fromnature.REFERENCES1. M. Zadehbagheri, A. Azarpanah, S.

Javanmardi, J. Agric. Environ. Sci., 14 4,379-386, 2014.

2. S. Singh, K. Srivastava, S. Sharma and A.K. Sharma. Springer-Verlag BerlinHeidelberg, pp. 67-79, 2014.

3. M. A. Abiala, O. O. Popoola, O. J. Olawuyi,J. O. Oyelude, A. O. Akanmu and A. S.Killani, Int. J. Pure Appl. Sci. Technol. 14,61-79, 2013.

4. S. Gianinazzi, A. Gollotte, M. N. Binet, D.van Tuinen, D. Redecker and D, Wipf,Mycorrhiza. 20, 519-530, 2010.

5. R. M. Auge, Mycorrhiza. 11, 3-42, 2001.6. B. A. Sikes, K, Cottenie and J. N.

Klironomos, J. Ecol. 97, 1274-1280,2009.

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Res. Sci. Eng. Tech. 3 3, 10726-10734, 2014.11. E. Facelli, S. E. Smith,J. M. Facelli, H. M.

Christophersen and F. A. Smith, NewPhytologist. 185, 1050-1061, 2010.

12. A. Jamal, N. Ayub, M. Usman and A. G.Khan, Int. J. Phytoremed. 205-221, 2002.

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LIFE SKETCHES OF OFFICE BEARERS, SECTIONAL PRESIDENTSAND RECORDERS OF THE INDIAN SCIENCE CONGRESS

ASSOCIATION, 2018-2019

Dr. Manoj Kumar ChakrabartiGeneral President

Dr. Manoj Kumar Chakrabarti, currently anICMR Emeritus Medical Scientist is highlyreputed for his work.He served as Scientist Gand Director (I/C), National Institute of Cholera& Enteric Diseases (NICED), one of the leadingnational biomedical research Institutes especiallyin enteric diseases in India where he provideddynamic leadership to 15 research groupsconducting translational research programs todiscover and understand the molecularmechanism involved in enteric diseasesincluding diarrhoea. In his 34 years with ICMRas Scientist in various capacities. Dr. Chakrabartimade several pivotal contributions. One of hiswork lead to the development of a cheap andefficacious candidate vaccine against shigellosiswhose potential has been acknowledgedglobally.For his deep expertise in this area hewas invited to write an article on vaccinedevelopment in Methods in Molecular

Biology,2016 (Springer publication, New York,USA). His research on further development ofORS has made an impact in the field. Dr.Chakrabarti’s work on potassium channel is oftherapeutic value. Moreover his work has a greatpotential on the possibility of development of anon-hemolytic variant of TDH and a proteaseas novel agent in the therapy of human colorectalcancer in future. Beside being an outstandingresearcher Dr.Chakrabarti is deeply involved inhuman resource development.He has supervisedseveral students for their Ph.D thesis. Dr.Chakrabarti did post doctoral research at theuniversity of Kansas USA and also worked atNagasaki university Japan as visiting Scientist. He is associated with different universities asguest faculty, member UG and PG board ofstudies, Ph.D committee etc. Dr. Chakrabarti’soutstanding contribution to science in generaland diarrhoeal diseases in particular has beenrecognized by his being elected to theFellowship of the National Academy of Science(FNASc.), India, and West Bengal Academy ofScience and Technology (FAScT). He hasreceived awards from different societiesincluding platinum jubilee lecture of ISCA. Hewas the General Secretary of Indian ScienceCongress Association, 2010-13.He served as amember of several selection committees,advisory bodies, and research grant review paneland continues to be called upon by many govt.and private foundations to evaluate the work of

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others. Because of his contribution in the areaof enteric diseases he was elected as thePresident, Section of Physiology of the IndianScience Congress Association 2001-2002 and hasbeen invited to serve as a reviewer of differentNational and international journals. Dr.Chakrabarti is Area Editor of Medical ScienceSection of Everyman‘s Science. He publishedmore than 90 original papers in the area of hisresearch as well as book chapters and reviewarticles. He has two national and oneinternational patent. In short Dr. Chakrabarti isbelieved by his peers to be a pioneer and nationalleader in the study of intestinal cell andmolecular biology and its relevance for diarrhoeaand enteric diseases.

Prof. GangadharGeneral Secretary

(Membership Affairs)

Prof. Gangadhar, an alumni of University ofMysore started his career as Lecturer, Reader &Professor of Zoology at Visvewarapura Collegeof Science, Bangalore. Later he was promoted asthe Professor and Head, Dept. of Biotechnology,Dean of Science and Principal at BTL Group ofInstitutions affiliated to Bangalore University. Hehas been given the “Best Teacher Award” in theinternational conference held at Bangalore. Hehas 37 years of teaching, research and

administrative experience. He has received “B.S. Chauhans Gold Medal” from ZoologicalSociety of India.He has served as Chairman, Board of Examinersin Zoology, Genetics & Biotechnology ofBangalore University. He has also served as themember of Board of Studies in Zoology andGenetics of Bangalore and Various otheruniversities in Karnataka. He has done researchin the field of fish toxicology and publishedresearch papers and articles in the journals ofnational and international repute. He has receivedfunds for research projects from UGC, BangaloreUniversity and other funding agencies.He is a fellow of Zoological Society of India,Society of Environmental Sciences and memberof various other academies. He was elected tothe academic council of Bangalore Universitytwice from the teacher’s constituency. He hasorganized number of national, international &regional conferences/seminars, workshops &refresher courses under the aegis of BangaloreUniversity Zoology Teacher’s Forum.He has visited number of countries includingUSA, UK, France, Italy, Ethiopia, Sri Lanka andSingapore for academic and scientific assignmentand collaborations. As a member of EuropeanComparative Endocrinologist Association, he hasattended conferences held at Bonn University,Germany, Manchester University, UK and GenoaUniversity, Italy.His Excellency, the Governor of Karnataka waskind enough to nominate his as the syndicatemember for Bangalore University (one of thebiggest universities in Asia). He had theopportunity to serve as the Chairman and Memberof various academic administrative scientific andtechnical committees.

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He is serving as the President of BangaloreUniversity ‘Zoology’ Teacher’s Forum, SecretarySociety for Advancement of Biological Sciences,Treasurer, Indian Biotech Association andmember of various academic bodies. Prof.Gangadhar had the opportunity of serving IndianScience Congress Association as ExecutiveCommittee member for six years and councilmember for nine years and at present he is servingas the General Secretary (Membership Affairs)of Indian Science Congress Association since2016.

Prof. Premendu P. MathurGeneral Secretary

(Scientific Activities)

Prof. Premendu P. Mathur, Ph.D. is Professor &Head of the Department of Biochemistry &Molecular Biology at Pondicherry University. Heserved as the Vice-Chancellor, KIIT University,Bhubaneswar (August 2012- August 2017). Heis a Fellow of National Academy of MedicalSciences (India). He is Vice-President, AsianAssociation of Andrology (China) and on theMembership Committee of the Society for theStudy of Reproduction, U.S.A. He is nominatedas a member of Court of the Central Universityof Karnataka. He has earlier served as memberof Court, Executive Council and AcademicCouncil of Pondicherry University.Prof. Mathur has served as Dean, School of Life

Sciences and Founder Head, Center of Excellencein Bioinformatics at Pondicherry University. Hereceived B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees fromBanaras Hindu University. He has guided severalPh.D., M. Phil. and M.Sc. dissertations. He hasover 42 years of teaching and research experience.He has published around 180 scientific papers/reviews in various high impact journals and booksand participated in more than 100 national andinternational scientific conferences. Hispublications has h index of 31 (Scopus) and 38(Google Scholar) and i10-index of 96. He is onthe Editorial Boards of many national andinternational journals. He is Reviewer for morethan 100 reputed journals. He is recipient of manyprestigious awards such as Asutosh MookerjeeMemorial Award (ISCA), Young Scientists’ Award(ISCA), Lifetime Achievement Award (ISSRF),Rockefeller Foundation Special PostdoctoralFellowship Award, Rockefeller FoundationBiotechnology Career Award, INSA-GermanAcademy (DFG) Exchange Programme, Dr. P.N.Shah Memorial US Vitamin (India) OrationAward, ICMR International Fellowship Award forSenior Indian Biomedical Scientist, SubhashMukherjee Memorial Infar India Oration Award,Dr. K.K. Iya Memorial Oration (NDRI),Vidyasagar Award (Indian Institute of OrientalHeritage, Kolkata), Re:think India VisionaryEduleader of India Award and Foundation DayLecture, ICAR-Central Rice Research Institute,Cuttack. He has travelled widely within Indiaand abroad.Prof. Mathur has been Visiting Professor/Scientistat The Population Council, RockefellerUniversity, New York, Cleveland Clinic, USA,Westfalische-Wilhelms Universitat, Muenster,Germany and Hamad Medical Centre, Qatar. Hehas been Chairman/Member/Member-coordinatorof NAAC peer teams to around 60 institutionsand has been Chairman/Member of many

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national/International academic and scientificcommittees. He was member of ExecutiveCommittee of Indian Science CongressAssociation (ISCA), (2008-09 & 2009-10) andFounder Convener of Pondicherry Chapter ofISCA. He was President, Section of Animal,Veterinary and Fishery Sciences, Indian ScienceCongress (2013-14). He served on National TaskForce on Bioinformatics and InfrastructureFacilities of the Department of Biotechnology(DBT) and Department of InformationTechnology, Government of India. He is on theNational Task Force on Fertility Regulation &Expanding Contraceptive Choices of IndianCouncil of Medical Research. He was the Vice-Chairman of Scientific Committee of Third Asia-Pacific Forum on Andrology, China. He has mademany innovations in teaching and researchincluding launching of Study in India Programmeat Pondicherry University. He received hugefunding support from various national andinternational funding agencies. He developed aBioinformatics Centre at Pondicherry University,which was recognized as a Centre for Excellencefor teaching and research by the Dept. ofInformation Technology (Govt. of India). He wascoordinator of National Biodiversity Strategy andAction Plan for Pondicherry.

Prof. Ranjit Kumar VermaTreasurer

Professor Ranjit Kumar Verma is the Vice

Chancellor of Munger University-a stateuniversity of Bihar (u/s 22 of UGC Act) and, ison lien from the University Department ofChemistry, Magadh University, Bodh Gaya wherehe had been serving as Professor of Inorganicand Analytical Chemistry since 1993. Earlier heserved as the Pro Vice Chancellor of PatnaUniversity (7th oldest university of India) for athree year term. Prof Verma’s earlier work placesinclude H.D. Jain College, Ara where he servedas Lecturer (1977-1983) after which he joinedthe University Department of Chemistry (whichlater became DST-FIST Sponsored and UGC-BSRSupported), Magadh University, Bodh Gaya. Hehad become Reader in 1986 and Professor in1993 and has also served as the CCDC of MagadhUniversity (2007-2010).An internationally acclaimed Thermal Scientist,Verma’s name figures in the prestigious list of350 world’s leading thermal scientists publishedin the 2nd edition of ‘Who is Who in ThermalAnalysis’ by Springer Science from Europe (http://www.springer.com/chemistry/analytical+chemistry/book/978-3-319-09485-4) on accountof his outstanding publication activity in thermalanalysis, professional activity, awards, etc. his.Presently, he is member of the AdvisoryCommittee of the International Confederation forThermal Analysis and Calorimetry (ICTAC) - the UN-affiliate (ICSU-IUPAC) professional body ofscientists working in this area (www.ictac.org).He is also the Vice Chairman of its ScientificCommission and Chairman of its EducationCommittee. Earlier, he served as the Secretaryof this organization (2012-16) and as a Memberon the panel of Scientific Award Commission(2008) for ICTAC. Besides, he is also the presentVice President of the Indian affiliate of ICTAC,the Indian Thermal Analysis Society

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(www.itasindia.org). His areas of interest includesolid state thermal decomposition, kinetics,calorimetry and nanotisation and his fields includeinorganic, materials, nano, complex, food (edibleoils) and the methods include TG, DSC, kinetics,specific heat & calorimetry. He has publisheddozens of trend-setting research articles and, hassupervised a dozen Ph.D. students. He is an F.I.C.[Elected Fellow of Institution of Chemists(India)].Besides publishing in the domain of ‘ThermalAnalysis’, ‘Nanotisation’ and ‘ChemicalEducation’, he has been serving as EditorialBoard Member ( since 2013), as Regional Editor,(2010) as well as the Guest Editor for SATAC-2010, SATAC-2011 and SATAC-2014 Specialissues of the Journal of Thermal Analysis andCalorimetry (Springer Science) (www.springer.com/10973). He was the Honorary Editor(Inorganic and Analytical) of the Journal ofIndian Chemical Society (www.indianchemicalsociety.in) during 2007-2010. He haskeenly been involved in developing govtsponsored standard textual materials forChemistry students at all levels (secondary,tertiary and Post graduate levels-from SeniorSecondary to M.Sc.). He was the NationalCoordinator, Chemistry (M.Sc., OrganometallicChemistry) in the UGC’s e-PG Pathshala Project.Chemistry videos were recognized as the bestat the National Workshop on MOOCs (massiveopen online courses) for SWAYAM (Govt. ofIndia) - by HRD Minister Sri Prakash Javadekarat Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on 2 March2017.The project was supported fully by theMinistry of Human Resource Development ofthe Govt. of India under their National Missionon Education through ICT (NME-ICT) project

(ht tp: / /epgp. inf l ibnet .ac . in /view_f .php?category=666). Earlier, he participated in the e-Text Book project on ‘Inorganic Chemistry’which was published by the Council of Scientificand Industrial Research (CSIR, Delhi) under thensdl-project (National Science Digital Library- www.nsdl.niscair.res.in) of Govt. of India. Hehas also actively been associated with the textualmaterial development projects of NCERT(National Council of Educational Research andTraining, Govt. of India, Delhi) for seniorsecondary students and, is one of the authors ofthe present Class XII text book. He is also acoauthor of a Chapter on ThermalAnalysis:Coupled Techniques in theEncyclopedia on ‘Analytical Sciences’(3rd Ed,Elsevier)Prof Verma had earlier been in the ExecutiveCommittee and Council of the Indian ScienceCongress Association and was the FounderConvener of the Bodh Gaya Chapter of theAssociation. He is Vice President of IndianCouncil of Chemists (www.chemicc.com) and,has served on different panels of UGC, AICTE,and MHRD and has also been associated withNAAC. He has delivered several dozens of invitedlectures at conferences, seminars and symposiain India and abroad (besides lectures in RefresherCourses in Universities in Bihar, Jharkhand, UP,MP, Rajasthan, Maharashtra etc.).Verma has widely travelled in India and abroad(including USA, Italy, France, Finland, Hungary,Japan, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Hong Kong etc.). Heis a motivational speaker and socially, he isassociated with Rotary International (he is a PaulHarris Fellow, Asst Dist Governor and two timesClub President, 1990-91, 2012-13) and BharatVikas Parishad (Zonal Secretary).

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Dr. Sujay RakshitPresident

Section of Agriculture and ForestrySciences

Dr. Sujay Rakshit did his B.Sc. (Ag.) Hons. fromViswa-Bharati, Santiniketan in 1991. Aftercompleting M.Sc in Genetics & Plant Breeding(1991-93) from Banaras Hindu University andPh.D in Genetics (1993-98) from IndianAgricultural Research Institute. He started hisscientific career at Indian Institute of PulsesResearch, Kanpur in 1996. In September 2000he joined the erstwhile Directorate of MaizeResearch, New Delhi as well as faculty memberin the Division of Genetics, IARI. He did hispost-doctoral research at Iwate BiotechnologyResearch Center, Japan under JSPS post-doctoralfellowship on rice genomics from 2003 – 2005.From November 2008 till March 2017 he workedas Principal Scientist (Plant Breeding) in theerstwhile Directorate of Sorghum Research. Hehas worked on genomics and molecular breedingof maize, sorghum, minor millets, rice and pulses.Since March 24, 2017 he is working as Directorof ICAR-Indian Institute of Maize Research,Ludhiana.He has made 128 publications in journal ofnational and international repute. He has edited

three books. He has one QPM hybrid, 20 geneticstocks and over 700 DNA sequences registeredto his credit.He is recipient of the following recognitions:Indian Society of Genetics & Plant Breeding(ISGPB) Fellow, NE Borlaug Fellow (USDA),JSPS Post-doctoral Fellowship for ForeignResearchers, BOYSCAST Fellowship, CSIRScientist Travel Fellowship, Indian ScienceCongress Association Young Scientist Award,ICAR Jawaharlal Nehru Award, UNESCOFellowship in Biotechnology, Best Ph.D. Studentof IARI Medal, IARI Merit Medal, JawaharlalNehru Memorial Award, Binani Gold Medal,BHU Gold Medal among others. He has visitedAustralia, Germany, Netherlands, Singapore,Japan, Bangladesh, Malaysia and the USA.

Prof. Kuldeep K. SharmaPresident

Section of Animal, Veterinary andFishery Sciences

Prof. Kuldeep Sharma completed his postgraduation from the University of Jammu, Depttof Zoology. Subsequently he finished his Ph.D.in 1985 from the same university in the field oflarval ecology of freshwater fishes. Prof. Sharma

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worked as a Research Scientist and joined JammuUniversity as Asst. Professor in 1987. He wasalso awarded as a “Young Scientist” by DST,Govt. of India to participate in aquatic ecosystemwinter school at Tirupati. He was also selectedfor Indo – Russian cultural exchange program byUGC.He served University of Jammu in variouscapacities as Dean, Faculty of Life Sciences, HOD– Deptt. of Zoology, Incharge – Central Library ,Director – Internal Quality Assurance Cell,Member – Secretary J&K SET Examination,Chairman, Campus cultural committee (2 Terms),Member Syndicate, Vice – President JUTA(Teacher’s Association), Member – AcademicCouncil, Convener & Member Board of Studiesin Zoology, Sericulture, Human Genetics andFisheries, Convener – Central Purchasecommittee of Scientific Equipment’s, MemberSelection Committee’s for faculty recruitment.Prof. Sharma has also served as Member,Academic Council as well as board of studies inthe following universities : University of Kashmir,Central University of Himachal Pradesh, CentralUniversity of Kashmir, Central University ofJammu, Baba Saheb Central University, Lucknow,Central University NEHU Shillong, HimachalState University Shimla, Agra University, AwadhUniversity, Faizabad Hemvati Nandan BahugunaUniversity, Srinagar – Garhwal, Gurukul KangriUniversity Haridwar and some other eliteinstitutions.Prof. Sharma has to his credit 150 Researchpublications in various reputed Journals ofnational and international importance with highimpact factor. He has supervised 30 PhD Students,25 MPhil and 30 MSc Fisheries students. He hasalso published two books and one monograph inthe field of aquatic sciences.

Prof. Sharma has also visited several institutionsabroad and interacted with various faculty in thefield of Aquatic sciences.He has been awardedlife memberships of many scientific associationsand academies. He is also a fellow of InlandFisheries society of India, Environmental Societyof India, Zoological Society of India and NESA.He has been recognized for his work multipletimes over the last three decades.

Dr. Soibam Jibonkumar SinghPresident

Section of Anthropological andBehavioural Sciences

(including Archaeology, Psychology,Education and Military Sciences)

Prof. Soibam Jibonkumar Singh, (born on 1st

February, 1964), Professor of PhysicalAnthropology and Director Centre for South EastAsian Studies in Manipur University, completedhis schooling from Sainik School Imphal,Manipur. He completed his B.Sc and M.Sc.(Physical Anthropology) with 1st Class 1st,received Ph.D Degree in Anthropology fromManipur University in the year 1992. He wasawarded Manipur University Gold Medal forsecuring first class first on M.Sc. Examination.He was also recipient of Dwijamani Dev Trustee

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Fellowship, Young Scientist Award, awarded byDSTE Govt. of Manipur for best presentation inthe 2nd Manipur Science Congress, 1990. Aftercompleting his University education, he startedhis professional career as a lecturer ofAnthropology at Presidency College, Motbung,Manipur in the year 1987. Subsequently he joinedManipur University as an Assistant Professor inthe year 1995 and has been actively engaged inteaching, research, administrative and consultancyfor the last 30 years or so.Prof. Singh is the Life Member of a number ofprofessional and academic bodies and Secretaryof Anthropological Society of Manipur, Imphal.He was also the member of Board of CulturalCommittee, Association of Indian Universities(2009-10), Delhi and member of SectionalCommittee for Indian Science Congress 2015-16for Anthropological and Behavioural ScienceSection.Over these years, he has been teaching,researching and supervising in many areas ofPhysical Anthropology. He has produced 9 Ph.D.Degrees and presently guiding 8 research scholars.He has completed 4 major research projectsfunded by different central and state fundingagencies and 3 projects are still on going.He has done many professional extensionactivities. He acted as resource person in manytraining programs, workshops, and orientationcourses etc. He worked as a moderator andpanelist in workshop programs. He is the DirectorNodal Organization of Childline Imphal, a Projectof Ministry of Women and Child Development.He was the Member of Selection Committee forappointment of Chairperson, Members of ChildWelfare Committee and Social Worker, Memberof Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) of Governmentof Manipur (2014-15); member of State Child

Protection Society, Manipur (2015-16); andMember of State Level Committee to combatChild and Human Trafficking Committee (2015-16). At the same time within the Universityadministration he has been rendering service tothe university in different capacities such asmember of the Departmental and School Boardof Studies, Member of the Anti RaggingCommittee, Member of the Academic Council,Member of the Executive Council as well asGoverning Body Member of the differentGovernment aided and private colleges ofManipur.He attended and presented scientific papers, gavekey note address and delivered invited talk inmore than 60 national and international seminars/conferences. He chaired many sessions in manynational and international seminars. At the sametime he has also organized few National andInternational Seminars, Conferences, Training,Workshop, Symposium, Refresher and Orientationprogrammes over the last few years. It is to hiscredit that Department of Anthropology, ManipurUniversity got DST FIST programme during hisHeadship (2013-2016). He has also deliveredmany invited talks in many institutions. He haspublished more than 50 research articles innational and international journals and publishedresearch papers in books. He was the coordinatorof the E-Content Module on Anthropology forConsortium for Educational Communication,UGC and produced 20 Video Lectures (2014-2015) and presented One Lecture programme forE- Pathashala (2015), UGC. He is the refereefor Journal of Human Ecology-An InternationalJournal, Journal of Indian Anthropological Societyand Anthropologist. He was also member of theeditorial board of Indian Journal of Research inAnthropology.

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Prof. Jagdamba SinghPresident

Section of Chemical Sciences

Dr. Jagdamba Singh is a Professor in theDepartment of Chemistry at the University ofAllahabad, Allahabad, India. He obtained hisB.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from the University ofAllahabad and was then awarded the CSIR-Junior Research Fellowship in 1973 to carry outdoctoral research under the supervision of therenowned chemist, the late Prof. R.D. Tiwari,in the Department of Chemistry at Universityof Allahabad, on the topic “Isolation andCharacterization of Some Polyphenols“. Heawarded a D.Phil degree in Chemistry in 1976.Subsequently he received a CSIR-ResearchAssociate fellowship to carry out postdoctoralresearch at the same University. In 1979 he wasappointed as a Lecturer in the Department ofChemistry at the University of Allahabad. Hewas promoted as a Reader in 1990 and then asa Professor in 2000. At present he has morethan 39 years of teaching and researchexperience in the areas of organic and naturalproduct chemistry.His research interests were initially centered onthe phytochemical investigation of medicinallyimportant plants and the synthesis of naturalproducts and their analogues. From the year2005 onwards he has also worked in the areas

of synthetic organic chemistry and greenchemistry, focusing particularly on thedevelopment of new green methodologies forthe synthesis of biologically importantheterocyclic scaffolds.Dr. Singh has published more than 120 researchpapers and review articles in leadinginternational and national journals. He has alsoauthored more than 20 inspiring books and bookchapters on Organic Chemistry. So far 45students have obtained D.Phil degree under hisguidance. A number of postdoctoral researchershave also worked under his mentorship. He isthe recipient of several national and internationalawards and fellowships. He was awarded theSenior Commonwealth Academic StaffFellowship in 1985, for carrying out research atthe Department of Chemistry, University ofGlasgow, United Kingdom and the Indo-Hungarian Cultural Exchange Fellowship in1988. Dr. Singh has participated and deliveredlectures at various national and internationalconferences and symposia. He has receivedseveral research grants from national and statefunding bodies like UGC, CSIR and CST-UPetc. Dr. Singh is a member of variousprofessional and academic bodies and a reviewerfor many leading international journals.Dr. Singh has also held several keyadministrative posts in the University ofAllahabad. He has served as the Dean StudentWelfare from 2002 to 2007 and again in 2014and 2015, as Coordinator of the postgraduateadmission test from 2007 to 2009, asCoordinator of both the undergraduate andpostgraduate admission test in 2014 and 2015and as the Head of the Department of Chemistryfrom 2014 to 2016. He is currently the Directorof the College Development Council of theUniversity. In addition he is also a member of

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the Academic Council of the University and ofvarious Departmental Committees.

Prof. J.P. ShrivastavaPresident

Section of Earth System Sciences

Dr. J. P. Shrivastava, M. Tech., Ph. D. is a SeniorProfessor of Geology in the University of Delhifor the last several years. For the last four decades,he is consistently working in the field ofgeochemical lava flow stratigraphy, age andduration of the Deccan volcanism, and its paleo-environmental implications during Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary transition. He has supervisedmore than sixteen Ph. D. and seven M. Phil.dissertations, contributed more than 138 researchpapers to high impact journals of national andinternational repute.Dr. Shrivastava has recognized 37 physicallydistinct lava flows in the eastern Deccanvolcanic province and grouped them into sixchemical types. He determined chemical andNd-Sr-Pb isotopic composition of these lavasand correlated them with the Upper Formationsof the Deccan stratigraphy. His systematic 40Ar-39Ar determinations assigned 63-65 Ma ages forthese lava flows, thus, inferred post Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary, youngest, terminal Deccanvolcanic activity in this area. As a member ofIGCP 507, his chemico-mineralogical studies onclays associated with the Late MaastrichtianLameta sediments revealed derivation of Fe-

smectites from the Deccan basalt, thus, Lametapost-dated Deccan volcanism. Structural andcompositional maturity of 21 intra-volcanic bolebeds translated production time of ~ 7 Ma fortheir formation and further stressed that Deccanvolcanism started much earlier in the LateMaastrichtian, continued even after 63 Ma, thus,suggested prolong duration. His organo-molecular studies on marine Um-SohryngkewRiver section and its comparison to brackish,fresh-water intertrappeans and terrestrial intra-volcanic bole beds of the Deccan, suggestedvolcanism induced environmental stresscausative for collapse of ecosystem, biotictransformations and Cretaceous/Tertiaryboundary mass extinction in the Indian sub-continent.In the field of Applied Geochemistry, histhermodynamic modelling and experimentalvalidation studies on CO2 mineral sequestrationin basalt revealed that carbonation reactions andsecondary mineral formation is mainly controlledby the time, where, calcite is the first mineral toform with the faster rate, but, for a shorter period.Further, cell parametric studies revealed increasedbond length with weakened covalent bondbetween C and O atoms causal to calcitedegeneration. In Environmental Geochemistry, Dr.Shrivastava studied nuclear waste and naturalglasses for long-term performance assessment ingeological repository, ascertained low ionicrelease with new mineral formation from naturalvolcanic glass associated with the differentiatingcenters of the Deccan basalt, thus, suggested itssuitability as a natural analogue for high levelnuclear waste disposal in the geologicalrepository.He possesses vast teaching experience in the fieldof petrology, geochemistry, economic geology andtaught Post-Graduate Geology/Applied Geologystudents in various Indian Universities, deliveredseveral lectures, key note addresses and chaired

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technical sessions in various seminars, symposia,conferences and workshops held in India andabroad. In his research carrier, he has completedtwenty one research projects funded by agenciessuch as DST, MoES, DAE-BRNS, CSIR, UGCand IUAC. For his academic excellence, he washonoured with the National Mineral Award 2003by Government of India, New Delhi and W.D.West Memorial Award, 2017 by Indian ScienceCongress Association, Kolkata.

Prof. (Dr.) Swami VedajnanandaPresident

Section of Engineering SciencesAn ordained monk of Ramakrishna ideal,with 30 Years of experience in teachingChemical Engineering, Engineering Research,philanthropic activities including Societaldevelopment, services for impaired anddowntrodden, Swami Vedajnananda, ispresently Professor in the Department ofChemical Engineering, Heritage Institute ofTechnology, Kolkata. He was one of the toppersfrom his Alma Mater, St Paul’s Cathedral MissionSchool, Kolkata. He joined ChemicalEngineering Department, Jadavpur Universityin 1976. He was the recipient of prestigiousInstitution of Engineers India Scholarship. Afterobtaining First Class in B ChE examination, headmitted to PG course on Operations Researchand Statistical Quality Control in IndianStatistical Institute, Kolkata and there from

joined Management Services Division of SteelAuthority of India Ltd., as Assistant Manager,Operations research.He conducted several techno-economicprojects, Optimization of Tap to Tap timeusing simulation software is his uniquecontribution.In 1987, he joined theRamakrishna order of Monks, was offeredSannyasa in 1996. As an ardent scholar ofVedanta, his dissertation on comparative studieson philosophies of Sankara and Ramanuja on thebasis of commentaries of Bhagavad Gita isconsidered as a very unique work. He receivedPhD in Engineering in Jadavpur University in2001. With the help of some of the like-mindedscientists he was instrumental in framingVivekananda Institute of Environment andManagement, Kolkata, a philanthropicorganization striving for one’s own perfectionas propounded by Swami Vivekananda andconservation/sustainable development of ourMother Earth where he became the President ofthe organization. He frequently served as anexpert of CSIR – NEERI, was a steeringcommittee member of WBREDA for settingup Energy Efficiency centre and was thecoordinator of National Renewable Energy DayProgramme of the state of West Bengal for theconsecutive three years(2007-2009).Swami Vedajnananda started rendering hisexpertise (2001) for setting up ChemicalEngineering department in Heritage Instituteof Technology, with his stewardship aroundten laboratories of Chemical EngineeringDepartment was set up and he became thefounder Head of the Department. He also looksafter in-plant training of both undergraduateand postgraduate students of ChemicalEngineering department. Presently as aProfessor of Chemical Engineering he has 35research publications and two books underhis credit with excellent citations. He was

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also the Principal Investigator of UGC andAICTE projects. He took active role inWorld Bank funded TEQIP II Project (Rs 6.4crore) and organized at least a dozen ofInternational/national workshop and conferences.Recently Government of West Bengal madehim a coordinator for ISGPP II World BankProject.Dr. Swami Vedajnananda is a prolific speaker,he conducts regular classes for common people,industry professionals, in media and PrasarBharti on various topics including sustainabletechnology, personality development and IndianVedantik Management. Dr. Vedajnananda isthe office bearer of the Institute of ChemicalEngineers from 2011. He was OrganizingSecretary of SCHEMCON 2011, the largestnational student event of the Chemical Engineersinaugurated by the Union Minister, Chemicals &Fertilizers. He served All India Council ofIIChE (2014) as Treasurer and presently is theVice Chairman of IIChE, Kolkata. He is a fellowof Institution of Public Health Engineers, andVice President of Concern for Better Living, aleading NGO of Kolkata.

Dr. Indra Dutt BhattPresident

Section of Environmental Sciences

Dr. Indra D. Bhatt, M.Sc. (Botany), Ph.D. (PlantPhysiology) from H.N.B. Garhwal University

Srinagar Garhwal presently working as a Scientistin G.B. Pant National Institute of HimalayanEnvironment and Sustainable Development, Kosi-Katarmal, Almora. Dr. Bhatt has over 20 yearsof research experience in the field of biodiversityconservation and his specialization areas aremedicinal plant cultivation, tissue culture, andphytochemistry. He has diversified his researchfields to include assessment of biodiversityantioxidant activity. Dr. Bhatt for the first timesubmitted 4 plant genomic sequences to NCBIDatabase and optimized methods for extractionof polyphenolic compounds, in vitro productionof secondary metabolites, and promoted wildplants for nutraceutical potential. Besides, he hasccontributed to important country wideprogrammes i.e., prioritization of conservationsites in the west Himalaya - WWF-India; NationalBiodiversity Strategy and Action Plan “Wild PlantDiversity”; and actively involved in providinginformation of biodiversity of Trans Himalayaand Himalaya for “Science Express BiodiversitySpecial” train.Dr. Bhatt has worked in various national andinternational organizations including India, Japanand USA. Over the years he has published 102research papers in peer reviewd impact factorjournals, 15 book chapters, 20 popular articlesand 6 monographs. Dr. Bhatt is a member ofvarious scientific societies including NationalAcademy of Sciences, Allahabad; Indian ScienceCongress Association, Kolkata; the orchid societyof India, Chandigarh; the Medplan conservatorysociety, Bangalore; society for conservation andresource development of medicinal plants, NewDelhi, etc. Dr. Bhatt has received INF/Craftfellowship from International Union for NutritionResearch, USA (2009); post doctoral fellowshipunder the Education or Training Programme ofClayton Foundation, USA (2005); Post DoctoralFellowship under Japan Society for Promotionof Science Programme, Tokyo (2002-2004); Fast

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Track Young Scientist, Department of Science &Technology, New Delhi (2001-2002) and manymore.Dr. Bhatt has been selected as an author for CrossChapter paper on Mountain and lead author forChapter 5, IPCC working group II - Impacts,adaptation and vulnerability. He has representedIndian Delegation in regional workshop on‘Tracking options for sustainable managementand trade on yarsagumba (Cordyceps sinensis) inthe Kailash Landscape’, Paro Bhutan in 2015 andWorld Conservation Congress Jeju, South Koreaand CoP 11, Hyderabad in 2012.Currently, Dr. Bhatt is involved in developingapproaches for conservation and sustainableutilization of Himalayan bio resources andinvolved in various project sponsored throughNational Mission on Himalayan Studies, NationalMission for Sustaining Himalayan Ecosystem,Department of Biotechnology, Department ofScience and Technology, and several other statesponsored programme.

Dr. Ratnadeep Raghunathrao DeshmukhPresident

Information and CommunicationScience and Technology (including

Computer Sciences)

Dr. R. R. Deshmukh, Professor & Former Head,M.E., M.Sc. (CSE) Ph.D., PEIN Fellow, FIETE

in Department of CSIT, Dr. B.A.M. University,Aurangabad, (MS), India. He is PrincipalProgram Coordinator for the DST-FIST programin department sanctioned by Department ofScience and Technology, New Delhi,Government of India. He is a Fellow memberand working as Chairman, IETE AurangabadCentre. He is Coordinator of InformationTechnology and Computer Science Dyanmandal,Maharashtra State Marathi Vishvakosh NirmitiMandal, Mumbai, Government of MaharashtraHe is a University Coordinator for MHRDscheme on Global Initiative of AcademicNetworks (GIAN). He was the Member of CSIBest Thesis Award Panel Committee, CSI,INDIA. He is a Chairman, Board of Studies inComputer Science and Engineering and Memberof Academic Council, Dr. B.A.M. University,Aurangabad(MS) He has been elected assectional member of ICT section of IndianScience congress Association. He was anObserver, Maharashtra State Eligibility Test forLecturers (SET) Exam.Dr. Deshmukh is life member of severalorganizations and a Senior Member of ACEEE.He was Vice-Chairman of IETE AurangabadCentre and member of Management Council ofDr. B. A. M. University. He has worked as aMember of Academic Council and Chancellor’snominated Senate member of Dr. B. A. M.University, Aurangabad. He has filed 02 Indianpatents, edited twelve books and published morethan 160 research papers in reputed International/National peer reviewed Journals/conferences. Heis a Member of Editorial Advisory Board forISCA journal ‘Everyman’s Science’. He isreviewer and editor of several journals at national& international level. He has organized several

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workshops and International Conferences. He isnominated as a subject expert on variousacademic & professional bodies at national levelgovernment bodies. He has worked as Chairman,Ad-hoc Board of Computer Science & IT,Chairman, Ad-hoc Board of Bio-informatics,Faculty member for Engineering, Science &Management Faculty & Member of variouscommittees at university level. He has completedtwo major research projects from UGC and DSTreceived grants of more than 1.35 Cr. His areasof specialization are HCI, Speech SignalProcessing, Data Mining, GIS and RemoteSensing etc.

Dr. Deshmukh has received “Best TeacherAward” for Outstanding Excellence andRemarkable Achievement in the field ofTeaching, Research and Publication from IRDPGroup of Journal, Chennai. He received the“BHARATRATNA MOTHER TERESA GOLDMEDAL” Award 2015 for outstanding servicein Education and Research to strengthen India’sUnity and economic development. He wasCoordinator for AVISHKAR organizationcommittee at University Level from 2010 to2015.He won First prize in Inter University StateLevel Research Festival “AVISHKAR - 2009”under H. L. F. A. category at Teacher level &for the Team Management. His profile has beenpublished in the 32nd Edition of Marquis Who’sWho in world 2014 which consists profiles ofmore than 55,000 people working in differentareas around the world. He has successfullyorganized one week course on “Perception andmodeling of Three Dimensional Scenes” underMHRD Scheme’s GIAN Program.

Prof. K. ByrappaPresident

Section Materials Science

Prof. K. Byrappa, obtained his Master’s degreefrom the University of Mysore with Distinction,Rank and Medals, and Ph.D. and Post-Doc bothfrom Moscow State University, Russia. He hasspent about 31 years at the University of Mysorein different capacities before becoming the ViceChancellor of Mangalore University, Karnatakaduring June 2014. He is specialized in MaterialsScience, Nanotechnology, Solid State Science,Crystal Growth, Chemistry of Materials,Crystallography, Crystal Chemistry, ExperimentalMineralogy, and Environmental Science.He is involved in inter-disciplinary research worthof Rs.65 Crores at the University of Mysore andhas successfully guided 20 students for theirPh.D and about 8 scholars are currently workingunder his guidance. The most highly cited papersfrom the university of Mysore are the publicationsof Prof. K. Byrappa. He is the founderCoordinator of the M.Tech. course in MaterialsScience, Centre for Materials Science andTechnology. He was the Chief Coordinator forthe project of University with Potential forExcellence (UPE), and also the Coordinator forthe Center with Potential for Excellence in a

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Particular Area (CPEP), and also FounderDirector of Internal Quality Assurance Cell, atthe University of Mysore. He has been recognizedas Ph.D. Guide in Physics, Chemistry, MaterialsScience, Earth Science, Environmental Science,Biotechnology, and Microbiology. After his Ph.D.from Russia, he has worked in severalinternational laboratories abroad and visited morethan 72 countries.A renowned academician and researcher Prof.K.Byrappa has over 360 research publications ininternational journals with more than 6000citations and is known as a world authorityin hydrothermal technology. He has over 34book chapters and reviews, and has edited 10books and authored a famous Handbook ofHydrothermal Technology, published byElsevier Publishers, UK in two editions, and thethird edition is in preparation. He is serving asEditor in Chief and Senior Associate Editor, andalso Editor of several international journals fromhighly reputed international publishers. Also hehas edited about 5 Special Editions of MaterialsScience Journals published by internationalpublishers from USA, UK and Germany. He isan Elected Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry(FRSC), London, UK, Elected Fellow of WorldAcademy of Ceramics, Italy and also an ElectedFellow of Asia Pacific Academy of Materials,Japan. Also the Secretary General of Asia PacificAcademy of Materials. He has received severalawards like Dr. Raja Ramanna Award for Scienceand Technology (2011), the highest state awardfrom Karnataka Government, the Sir C.V.Raman Award in Physical Sciences (1998),Materials Research Society of India Medal(2004), and Golden Jubilee Awards twice during1987 and 1992 for best research work in the

University of Mysore. He was awarded Sir CVRaman Birth Centenary Award for the year 2016-17 by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India inrecognition of his contribution to Science andTechnology in India. Also he has received theAttractive Paper award in the IX InternationalConference on Crystal Growth, held in Japanduring August 1989.

Prof. Nandadulal BairagiPresident

Mathematical Sciences(including Statistics)

Dr. Nandadulal Bairagi is a Professor ofMathematics at Jadavpur University, Kolkata,India. Prof. Bairagi received his M.Sc. withspecialization in Operations Research and Ph.D.in Mathematical Biology from JadavpurUniversity. Before joining Jadavpur Universityin 2001, he worked as a Lecturer at SerampurCollege, Hooghly and Dum Dum MotijheelCollege, Kolkata. He became professor in 2010and presently Coordinator of Centre forMathematical Biology and Ecology. Prof. Bairagiwas the Founder Secretary(2008-2017) ofBiomathematical Society of India and theExecutive Editor (2014-2017) of InternationalJournal of Biomathematics and SystemsBiologyrun by the Society. He received IndianNational Science Academy—Royal Society of

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Edinburgh Bilateral Exchange Program Award in2013, UGC Faculty Recharge Program (FRP) forfive years in 2014 (declined), UGC ResearchAward 2014-2016, Indian National ScienceAcademy—Czech Academy of Sciences BilateralExchange Program Award in 2017.Dr. Nandadulal Bairagi’s research interestsinclude mathematical ecology, epidemiology,host-pathogen interactions, optimal control ofbiological resources, HIV in-host modelling,delay-differential equations, nonlinear dynamics,discrete dynamical systems, diffusion in biologicalsystems and ecological networks. He haspublished many papers in international journalsof repute and has been the Principal Investigatoron 8 research projects from DST, CSIR and UGC.

Prof. Prakash Chandra DharaPresident

Section Medical Sciences(including Physiology)

Prof. Prakash Chandra Dhara received M.Sc.degree in Physiology from Calcutta University in1978. He performed his pre-doctoral researchstudies in the Department of Applied Physics,Calcutta University in the field of BiomedicalInstrumentation and received Ph.D. degree fromthe same University in 1989. Prof. Dhara has gotvast teaching experience of 31 years. He joinedas Lecturer in Physiology at Suri Vidyasagar

College, Birbhum, West Bengal in 1987. Thenhe joined Vidyasagar University as lecturer in1990. Still then he is associated with thisUniversity. He was a founder faculty member ofthe Department of Human Physiology withCommunity Health, Vidyasagar University. Withina few years after joining the University heestablished the Ergonomics and Sports Physiologydivision in the department. He also introduced aspecial paper “Ergonomics and SportsPhysiology” in curriculum of M.Sc. in HumanPhysiology. He has been engaged in activeresearch in that division for last 27 years. Hesupervised 28 research students for Ph.D. degree.So far, 22 students awarded Ph.D. degree underhis guidance. He conducted twelve majorResearch Projects funded by different fundingagencies.. Within his research career he has gotfive design registrations from the Patent office,Govt. of India. So far he has published 102research papers in different national andinternational journals and he has got 205 abstractspublication also. One of his research publicationswas recognized as an outstanding contribution tosports nutrition by the Research Digest editors ofthe American Journal of Sports Nutrition in 1995.His field of research interest includesOccupational Health, Sports Physiology,Ergonomics and Community health and Nutrition.He is the author of three books and he contributedchapters in five books. He visited many countriesin abroad for participating internationalconferences. He has been acting as Editor-in-chiefof Indian Journal of Biological Science (IJBS)for last 12 years and he was the member of theeditorial board of some journals. He is acting asmember of the Bureau of Indian Standard forErgonomics Sectional Committee PDG 15 of BlS.He is acting as Honorary General Secretary ofIndian Society of Ergonomics. He is Life Memberof a number of other learned societies also. He

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tendered his duties as Guest faculty, VisitingFellow and Adjunct Professor at otherUniversities. He organized 12 national andinternational Seminar/Conference/Workshop inthe capacity of Organizing Secretary/Jointorganizing Secretary/Convener. He attended 92Seminars/Conferences/Workshops including 24 ininternational level events. He acted as member(including secretary or chairman) of differentacademic bodies in Vidyasagar University andother Universities in West Bengal and other states.At present he is working as Director of DistanceEducation, Vidyasagar University. In addition tothat he is also acting as honorary director ofInternal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) andCentre for Continuing and Adult Education(CCAE) of Vidyasagar University.

Dr. Chinmay Kumar PandaPresident

Section of New Biology (includingBiochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular

Biology and Biotechnology)

Dr. Chinmay Kr. Panda (born August 13, 1959,West Bengal, India) has made significantcontribution in understanding the molecularpathogenesis of solid tumors. He received hisbachelor’s degree in chemistry from the ScottishChurch College, Calcutta University in 1978,followed by master’s degree in biochemistry from

Calcutta University in 1980. He spent thefollowing years completing his doctoral degreein biochemistry at Chittaranjan National CancerInstitute, Kolkata where he worked to understandthe molecular mechanisms of interaction ofAnthracycline anti-tumor drugs with chromatin.He received his Ph.D degree in 1988 fromCalcutta University. In 1986, he was appointedas Junior Scientific Officer at ChittaranjanNational Cancer Institute. Then in 1988, hereceived prestigious post-doctoral fellowship/Swedish Institute Fellowship for three years fromKarolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden to workunder Prof. George Klein on molecular cancergenetics deciphering the cellular mechanisms ofactivation of oncogene c-myc in different typesof B-cell lymphomas. He also availed ICRETTfellowship of UICC to learn advanced moleculartechniques related to cancer research in SwissInstitute for Experimental Cancer Research(ISREC) under Prof. Susan M. Gasser inDecember 1990 and in Karolinska Institute underProf. George Klein in March-April, 1996.Now, he is working as the Senior AssistantDirector Grade Scientist at Chittaranjan NationalCancer Institute. His research mainly focused onanalysis on carcinomas of head and neck, uterinecervix and breast, due to their high prevalence inIndian subcontinent. Based on copy numbervariations (CNVs), promoter methylation andmutation profiles followed by expression (RNA/Protein) analysis he has identified severalcandidate tumor suppressor genes (TSGs) andoncogenes associated with the development ofthese tumors. These genes were seen to beinvolved in several cellular pathways like Stemcell renewal, Cell cycle regulation, DNA Repair,Receptor Tyrosine Kinase (RTKs) signaling etc.The validation of these pathways in tumorigenesishas been done in in vitro and in vivo animalmodel systems.

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Dr. Panda also showed chemopreventive potentialof novel natural products (amarogentin, eugenoland some tea polyphenols) in restriction of mousetongue, liver, skin and lung carcinogenesis. It wasevident that the restriction of the carcinogenesisat the pre-malignant stage by the naturalcompounds might be due to the modulation ofseveral biological pathways like Stem-cell self-renewal, cell cycle, apoptosis etc. At present, hehas focused on global genomic analysis of thesecarcinomas to further shed light on theirpathogenesis.He has published more than 145 scientific papersin different peer reviewed journals. Under hissupervision 24 Ph.D students have received theirdoctoral degree from Calcutta University,Jadavpur University and West Bengal Universityof Health Sciences.

Prof. (Dr.) Vijay Janardhan FulariPresident

Section of Physical Sciences

Dr. Vijay Janardhan Fulari completed graduationfrom Pandharpur College PandharpurDist.Solapur in the year 1985 and post-graduationfrom Shivaji University, Kolhapur in the year1987. His first appointment as a lecturer in theyear 1987 in the affiliated college to thisUniversity. In the year 2000 promoted as a Readerand Professor in the year 2008, currently workingas Professor and Head, Department of Physics,

Shivaji University, Kolhapur since June 2016.Dr. Fulari had 31 years teaching and 24 years ofresearch experience. He has completed Ph.D inPhysics in 1999 entitled as “Double exposureHolographic Interferometry and its Applications”from Shivaji University, Kolhapur. He is In-Charge of Physics of Modern Optics since 2006.Previously he was In-Charge Head of USIC andUSIC-CFC in this university from 1st January2014 to 31 May, 2016. He has chaired variousacademic positions such as member of BOS,BOE and Member of Academic council indifferent universities in the country. He is workingas a member of BOS and Chairman; affiliationcommittees in Shivaji University affiliatedColleges. He is also life member of variousacademic bodies and is an associated editor ofBulletin of Laser and Spectroscopic Society ofIndia. He is working as NAAC Assessor since2014 and visited more than 20 colleges anduniversities among the nation for Accreditationand re- Accreditation Process.He has national and international researchcollaborations including abroad and visitedSouth Korea, as Visiting professor and researchProfessor. He has completed 7 research projectsfunded by national organizations while oneinternational Indo-Koeran joint project withChonnam National University, South Korea. Hehas filed 4 Indian patents and also published abook entitled “Synthesis, Characterization andApplications of Multifunctional Materials”,NOVA Publishers. More than 160 M.Sc. researchprojects are completed under his guidance and15 students awarded PhD. Currently 7 researchstudents are working. He has worked as refereefor more than 150 Ph.D theses of differentuniversities within the India. Apart from this hehas organized one International conference as aConvener and participated in organization ofmore than 40 National/International

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Conferences/Seminars/Symposia etc. anddelivered More than 50 invited talks at National/International Conferences/Seminars andSymposia. He has published more than 140research papers in well reputed internationaljournals and got more that 1692 citations withh-index 21 and i10 index-44.

Prof. (Mrs.) Seshu LavaniaPresident

Section of Plant Sciences

Presently the Secretary of the 99 year old IndianBotanical Society, Professor (Mrs.) Seshu Lavaniawas born in Meerut in 1958 in the family ofinternationally acclaimed botanist Prof. Y.S.Murty. She did her M.Sc. (1978), M.Phil (1979)and Ph.D. (1983) in Botany, all from the Instituteof Advanced Studies, Meerut University (nowCCS University), Meerut. On completion of herPhD she was awarded post-doctoral fellowshipof CSIR to work at NBRI, Lucknow, and wassubsequently appointed as Lecturer at NavayugaKanya Mahavidyalaya, Lucknow. Later in incontinuation in 1985 she joined the Departmentof Botany of the Lucknow University, Lucknowas a regular faculty. Currently she holds theposition of the Professor of Botany and Head ofthe Department in the University.Besides teaching and other administrativeassignments she is actively involved in research

work in the area of Plant Morphology andFloristics, Biosystematics and Ecotechnology, andvalue addition in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants.She has mentored 10 PhD students; executedCSIR sponsored research project; contributedinvited articles in reference volumes andpublished 52 research papers in journals ofinternational repute such as : Annals of Botany,Cell Mol Life Sci, J Heredity, Curr Sci, JGenetics, Plant Journal, Proc Indian Acad Sci,Genome, Industrial Crops and Products,Phytotaxa, Jour Jap Bot. She also has a US patentto her credit.She has made significant contributions in thearea of floral/vegetative morphology andpolyploidy of plants from phenomics anddevelopmental biology angle. Her notablecontributions are : (i) identification of anintermediary unique form of axio-parietalplacentation in Solanum grandiflorum providinga unique link in placental specialization, (ii)elucidation of evolutionary significance oftrichomes in delineating speciation andmicrotaxonomic characterization, (iii)experimental strategy for elicitation of bud-sportformation for mining of de novo diversity, (iv)development of root ideotype concept for vetiverfor its dual utilization for industrial andenvironmental applications, including root-anatomy bioassay, (v) proposition of ‘vetivergrass model’ for carbon sequestration in sub-soil horizon, (vi) demonstration of ‘polyploidmodel’ for fixation of heterozygosity, and (vii)pinpointing that native secondary metabolitesin progenitor diploids have decisive bearing ongrowth behavior in the derived autopolyploids.She is a recipient of Woman Scientist Medal ofthe Indian Botanical Society; and internationalawards such as King of Thailand Vetiver AwardCertificate of Excellence; Vetiver NetworkInternational Certificate of Excellence. She is

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an elected Fellow of the Indian BotanicalSociety, Fellow of the Linnean Society ofLondon. She has organized All India levelBotanical Conferences and Science AcademyWorkshop. She has actively participated in over40 nos. of national botanical conferences, andhad delivered two invited talks in internationalconferences abroad. She has actively contributedto the corporate and professional activities ofthe Lucknow University, as the Member of theExecutive Council, Astt. Provost of the FounderGroup of Management Girls Hostel and TilakGirls Hostel, additional Chief Provost, and hostof other administrative duties.

Dr. Mausumi RaychaudhuriRecorder

Section of Agriculture and ForestrySciences

Presently working as Principal Scientist in ICAR- Indian Institute of Water Management (FormerlyWater Technology Centre for Eastern Region),Bhubaneswar, Orissa. A National Scholar andearned MSc (Ag) and Ph.D (Ag) both the degreesfrom Calcutta University in 1986 and 1997respectively.Started with Soil and Land Use Survey of India(Formerly All India Soil and Land Use Survey),IARI, DOA & Co., MOA, GOI in 1990 as SeniorSoil Surveyor, and initiated the application of

GIS and Remote Sensing tools in soil survey withseveral software applications to develop classifiedimages and thematic maps. Joined ICAR in 1992as Scientist and devoted 14 years of my earlyservice in Manipur Centre, ICAR ResearchComplex for NEH Region, one of the remoteareas of north-eastern part of India. During thisperiod I got an opportunity to address theproblems of the farmers through amultidisciplinary farming system approach anddeveloped technologies for amelioration andmanagement of acid soils for better cropproduction and introduced Soil Health Card tothe farmers. Joined ICAR - Indian Institute ofWater Management in 2008 and presentlyworking on prospects of poor quality water usein agriculture, assessment of soil and land qualityon the basis of soil physical, hydrological,chemical and biological parameters, developmentof efficient irrigation and cropping practices underirrigated ecosystems to mitigate excess and deficitwater situations in the context of climate changeand also developed Decision Support system toassess the suitability of low quality water used inirrigated agriculture on food production inassociation with Bulgarian Scientists.Being associated with All India CoordinatedResearch Project (AICRP) on Irrigation WaterManagement sponsored by ICAR operational attwenty six centres located at different agroclimaticregion gained experience on assessment of surfaceand groundwater potential using modern toolslike GIS and Remote Sensing as well asmathematical models and softwares, artificialrecharge techniques for hard rock region andalluvial zones, conjunctive use of groundwaterand surface water/canal water under noncommand/command areas and water pollution.Use of poor quality water for irrigation and theirimpact on soil, groundwater, crop quality andhuman health under different agro-climatic region

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are being carried out through in-house as well asDST sponsored International Project. Decisionsupport system to assess the impact of use ofpoor quality water is also a prime area of research.Also associated with ‘National Initiative onClimate Resilient Agriculture’ Project whereimpact of climate variability on groundwaterrecharge is being assessed and groundwater isbeing used efficiently through integrated waterresource management and multiple uses as wellas with National Science Fund project sponsoredby ICAR for development of biological filtrationsystem to treat wastewater for irrigation.Dr. Raychaudhuri has gained administrativeexperience as Joint Director i/c of ManipurCentre, ICAR Research Complex for NEHRegion and at present coordinating the activitiesof 26 centres of AICRP on Irrigation WaterManagement operational at different parts ofIndia. She is in possession of 130 publications,3 copyrights, six International visits underbilateral program, two Society awards, best oralpresentation awards, guidance to MSc studentsand other R & D activities.

Dr. Randhir Kumar SinghRecorder

Section of Animal, Veterinary andFishery Sciences

Dr. Randhir Kumar Singh is basically a Zoologist.He has 18 years of teaching and 21 years ofresearch experience.During last 21 years of

research he has worked on different aspects ofFish Physiology, Fish Heamatology, BiochemicalComposition of Fishes, Toxicology and mostsignificant being “Bioenergetic Modelling in anair breathing Fish, Anabas testudineus (Bloch).Hehas published more than 35 research papers inthe Journal of National and Internationalrepute;Edited/Published 03 Books, attended overmore than 50 National and International Seminars.He is recipient of many Gold Medals andFellowship of different Academic Societies. Heis life member of many societies. He was electedSessional Committee Member of the Section ofAnimal, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences for theyear 2012-2013.He is also one of the Managing Editor of the“Proceedings of the Zoological Society of India(an official Journal of ZSI) which is not onlyUGC enlisted Journal but also having NAASrating of 4.42.He has also delivered invitedlectures during National Seminar and ISCA. Atpresent, he is General Secretary (HQ) of theZoological Society of India.

Dr. Rajshree BhargavaRecorder

Section of Anthropological andBehavioural Sciences

(including Archaeology, Psychology,Education and Military Sciences)

Dr. (Mrs.) Rajshree Bhargava (D.O.B. 8th, Jan.,1975) M.Sc. Home Science (Extension Ed.) Ph.

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D. (Psychology), Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University,Agra. Diploma in Special Education (MentalRetardation) under R.C.I. (Ministry of SocialJustice and Empowerment, Govt. of India, NewDelhi. Presently she is the Founder Director,Consulting Psychologist and Special Educator ofwell recognized centre of Psycho-logicalAssessment, Guidance & Counselling name‘Samadhan Kendra’ established in 2000 underHarprasad Bhargava Memorial EducationalSociety, Agra and this centre is also associatedwith prestigious Institute, ‘Harprasad Institute ofBehavioural Studies’ Hardeep Enclave, Sikandara,Agra. During 17 years period She has made,‘Samadhan Kendra’ a reliable and trustworthycentre for psychological & educational servicesto the needy people, persons with differentdisabilities and individuals facing various ofpsychological problems. She has been throughoutfirst class and topper at Master’s level and alsoqualified state level eligibilities test (SLET) forlectureship in Home Science.She is actively associated with about 12professional organizations, participated in about35, Conferences, Seminars and Workshops,organized about 15 Conferences and Academicprogrammes about 6 Workshop for the parentsand general people. She is also associated as amember of Editorial Board of many Magazinesand Journals.She has prepared and developed about five CD’sand Transparencies on various topics of education,she has also developed and standardized fourpsychological tools on Career Assessment,Learning Disabilities and ADHD problems. Bynow, she has edited and authored about 12 booksof degree level and references.As a witness ofher academic potential and high class intellectualachievements, she has been honoured andawarded about 12 Citations of various bodies andorganizations of fame.

Dr. Anand S. AswarRecorder

Section of Chemical Sciences

Dr. A. S. Aswar born on June 29, 1962 andpresently working as Professor & Head,Department of Chemistry, Sant Gadge BabaAmravati University. He obtained his M.Sc.degree in first class with third rank in order ofmerit in 1986 and Ph.D degree in 1989 fromNagpur University, Nagpur. He joined as founderfaculty in Chemistry department, AmravatiUniversity (then) during Dec 1991 as lecturerand then successively become reader andprofessor of chemistry during the year 2002 and2007 respectively. He has pleasure to work as In-Charge for biotechnology department for briefperiod of one year. Prior to join AmravatiUniversity, he has also served as the faculty ofInstitute of science and Priyadarshini College ofEngineering, Nagpur for about 3 years.He has guided 29 Ph.D’s and 15 M.Phil studentsand 6 more are working. His research interests arein coordination and solid state chemistry, catalysis,solvent extraction and molecular interactions. Dr.Aswar made a notable contribution in differentareas of chemistry and published over 179 researchpapers in various national and international journalsof repute and also authored of two text books forB.Sc. III. Dr. Aswar is a referee for several

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scientific journals in chemistry as well as for Ph.Dthesis of various Indian universities and has alsoworked on the panel of selection committee invarious universities, research institutes andcolleges. He has completed Major and minorresearch projects funded by UGC. Beside hisregular teaching and research he is also interestingin popularization of science among masses and heis founder president of Team to Restore EntireEnvironment (TREE).

He has organized more than 12 nationalconferences/workshops/seminars in various thrustareas of chemistry. He also conducted six refreshercourses for college teachers and several workshops/seminar/symposia for up gradation of chemistrysyllabi in association with various organizations.He has delivered several lectures under teacherexchange programs at different places and invarious conference/seminars. Dr. Aswar hasparticipated in several symposia/conferences/workshops India and abroad and presided manytechnical sessions and worked as a jury also.

Dr. Aswar is a fellow and life member of anumber of professional societies. He is also ascouncil member, associated editor in IndianChemical Society, Kolkata and former Sectionalpresident of Inorganic Chemistry, Indian Councilof Chemists Conference held at Patan, 2009. Hehas also Visited to KAUST, Thulwar, SaudiArabia as a visiting scientist in 2011.

Dr. Aswar had rich experience in Universityacademic administration and worked on variousacademic bodies of home and other IndianUniversities Considering his significantcontribution and services, Amravat UniversityHonored him by Utkrushtha Seva GauravPuraskar during 1998.

Prof. Bindhy Wasini PandeyRecorder

Section of Earth System SciencesBindhy Wasini Pandey received his M. Phil andPh. D. degree in Geography from Delhi Schoolof Economics, Department of Geography,University of Delhi. He is currently AssociateProfessor of Geography at Department ofGeography, Delhi School of Economics,University of Delhi. He has to his credit 20 Yearsof Teaching and Research experiences, 08 booksand 70 research papers published in books andjournals. He has received Young GeographersAwards of NAGI (2000), Host and Travel Grantfrom United Nations University (UNU), Tokyoand International Geographical Union (IGU) 1996and 2000. He has also received UNESCO ParisYoung Scientist Financial Grant 2001. He hasreceived Shastri Fellowship of CanadianInternational Development Agency (CIDA) forthe project on Hazard Zone Mapping in HimachalHimalaya and British Columbia, Canada in 1995.He has to his Credit NASA (USA) FinancialGrants for Global Land Use Project 2010,International Council for Science ICSU) FinancialSupport for Our Common Future Under ClimateChange Conference, UNESCO Paris France,Centre for Mountain Studies, Perth College,University of the Highlands and Islands, Crieff

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Road, Perth, Scotland UK Financial Support forMountains of our Future Earth’ Conference, Perth,Scotland, UK and Mountain Research Initiative,Institute of Geography, University of Bern,Switzerland Financial support to attend GlobalFair of Mountain Observatories and EuropeanCommission Financial Support for EuropeanGeological Science Congress Participation in 7th

EUROGEO Congress at Bologna, Italy. He haswidely travelled and attended InternationalConferences and delivered lectures. Dr. Pandeyis specialized in Marginality Analysis andAssessment in High Altitudes, Mountain NaturalResources Conservation and Management,Environmental Hazards and DisastersVulnerability and Management. He is DeputyExecutive in India for International GeoscienceEducation Organization (IGEO).

Dr. Pankaj Kumar RoyRecorder

Section of Engineering SciencesDr. Pankaj Kumar Roy is Associate Professor inSchool of Water Resources Engineering, JadavpurUniversity, Kolkata, India. He is an expert inHydraulics, Hydrology, Water Quality Modellingand Impact of Climate Change on waterresources. He has over nine years teaching

experience and provides valuable guidance toResearch Scholars of which seven has beenawarded. Dr. Roy has attended several nationaland international conferences. His publishedworks include one hundred forty-seveninternational reputed journals and thirty-ninenational reputed journals along with writing inbooks. His works have reputed journal reviewer.At present is the member of six Learned Societiesand received four awards national as well asinternational level. He is actively involved inteaching, research and consultancy. His researchinterests are primarily focused on water treatment,wastewater treatment and reuse, environmentalimpact assessment, monitoring and modelling ofwater pollution, geogenic pollutant scavengingetc. He has more than 100 publications in top-ranking International journals and is credited withcitations in Scopus.Dr. Roy is a renowned technical consultant inthe arena of environmental engineering havingmore than forty five completed/on-going projectsof national and international importance to hiscredit. He has developed community basedarsenic removal unit (ARU) model for removalof arsenic through application of co-precipitationand adsorption mechanism appreciated the modeland intend to recommend the model for itsapplication nationwide in the rural drinking watersupply scheme in the arsenic affected villages.Based on the performance of the first four ARUsinstalled and commissioned in the arsenic affectedvillages in the district of Murshidabad, WestBengal, the Public Health EngineeringDepartment (PHED), Govt. of West Bengal hasexpressed its willingness requesting for providingtechnical expertise to up-scale the model forserving the bigger community (villages in cluster)in arsenic affected areas.

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Dr. Priyanka PriyadarshaniRecorder

Section of Environmental SciencesPriyanka is presently working at ICFAI UniversityJharkhand Ranchi as an Assistant Professor. Herresearch interests include Microfinance,entrepreneurship, sustainability and ruraldevelopment. She has been working on GreenMicrofinance to explore the synergies betweensustainability and microfinance. She received theBest Poster award in the Environmental Sectionin the 104th Indian Science Congress held inTirupati, 2017. She holds an MBA from ICFAIBusiness School and Ph D from IUJ, Ranchi.

Dr. Ajay Kumar ThakurRecorder

Section of Information and CommunicationScience Technology (including

Computer Sciences)Dr. Ajay Kumar Thakur, received his M.Sc.degree in Physics with specialization in Radio

Physics and Digital Electronics and as well asalso, he did his Ph.D. degree on the topic“Generation of Time Domain SC Networks andstudy of their performance” from L.N.M.U,Darbhanga, Bihar. Dr. Thakur has published morethan 50 papers in national and internationaljournals and more than 40 papers in Nationaland International conferences/workshops/seminars. He has also published a book entitled-Synthesis and Applications of NanocrystallineMaterials”, by-Manisha Publication Varanasi,India He is a member of editorial board of theIndian Journal of research ANVIKSHIKI bimonthly international Journal of all research,STM Journal of Physics and Editor in chief ofweekly science International journal, Solapur,India.Dr. Thakur is also a member of different researchorganizations/associations. Dr. Thakur is recipientof Best Poster Presentation award in 98th IndiaScience Congress, 2011 held at SRM University,Chennai, India. He has received Best posterpresentation award in National Seminar,Sponsored by University Grants Commission(UGC), New Delhi, Award of ExcellentPerformance for his contribution to research workand other extra activities at C. M. Sc. College,Drbhanga and several awards like BharatJyoti Award” for meritorious services ,outstanding performance & remarkable role,“Glory of India Gold medal” for individualexcellence in recognition of sterling meritexcellent performance, Best Citizen of IndiaAward -2013 by International Publishing House,Delhi and Best Teacher Award by MTC Global,Bangalore -2017. Dr. thakur has taken 30th

teachers training programme for communityeducation. Several talks of Dr. Thakur havebeen broadcasted by Darbhanga Radio Station.Dr. Thakur has worked as Project Fellow in Major

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Research Project, in the Dept. of Physics ofC.M.Sc. College, Darbhanga, where he hasworked for the improvement of Broadband ofcompact dielectric resonator antenna in the areaof technology innovation for the emerginginformation and communication technology (ICT)for socio-economic development. Currently, heis engaged as a faculty member in Mobilecommunication section of Community College,C.M. Science College, Darbhanga-846004,affiliated to A.K. University, Patna, Bihar. Hiscurrent research interest is in the field ofMicrowave technology, circuit simulations andin the field of ICTs for greener and smarterdevices.

Prof. Guduru PrasadRecorder

Section of Materials ScienceProf. Guduru Prasad obtained MSc. in Physicsfrom Osmania University, Hyderabad and Ph.D.from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.He joined as lecturer in Physics at St.Joseph’sCollege, Bangalore and then as lecturer inMaterials Science in Mangalore University,Mangalore.In 1989 he joined as Assistant Professor in Physicsat Osmania University, Hyderabad and becameProfessor in 2007. He has vast teachingexperience and a number of publications innational and international journals. He is a

member of several professional bodies and hasbeen invited to deliver lectures in India andabroad.

Dr. Anil Kumar VashisthRecorder

Section of Mathematical Sciences(including Statistics)

Dr. Anil K. Vashisth is presently Professor andChairman (Head), Department of Mathematics,Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. He has beenDean Students’ Welfare; Director, K.U.P.G.Regional Centre; Associate Dean; Deputy Proctor;Programme Coordinator, Youth Red Cross andVice- Chairman, K.U. Cultural Council,Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. He wasborn on October 2, 1964. He obtained M.Sc.(Mathematics) in 1987 and M.Phil. (Mathematics)in 1988 from Kurukshetra University. He hascompleted his Ph.D. in the field of AppliedMathematics on ‘Effect of Loose Boundaries onWave Propagation in Porous Solids’ fromKurukshetra University in the year 1993. He hasa teaching experience of 28 years and researchexperience of 30 years.He has done research work in the areas of Poro-Mechanics, Theoretical Seismology, SolidMechanics, Fluid Mechanics, DifferentialEquations and Wave Propagation in SmartMaterials. He has introduced the concept of looseboundaries in the studies of wave propagation in

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porous solids. His work on the formalism ofmultilayered porous solids, using transfer matrixmethod, has attracted many citations andapplications in the areas of sound absorbingmaterials and non-destructive techniques. He hasprovided a theoretical model to incorporateimperfect interfaces in the study of multi layeredporoelastic and poro-visco-elastic materials andcould obtained analytical solutions also.He has established the constitutive equations forporous piezoelectric materials. It is a known factthat majority of the pressure sensors, i.e.,piezoelectric materials have a residual porosity.First time, a theoretical model to incorporate thisporosity of piezo ceramics, which are widely usedas sensors and actuators, was established by himin a study on ‘Vibrations of Porous Piezoelectricceramic plates’ and then on ‘Wave propagationin transversely isotropic porous piezoelectricmaterials’ in the year 2009. This work hasprovided a realistic model to study wavepropagation, vibrations problems and to studycrack problems of piezo ceramics. He has alsoworked in the area of numerical and asymptoticmethods to solve singularly perturbed differentialequations. He has published 50 research papersin International Journals and has published nearly30 research papers in National Journals andConference Proceedings etc. He has contributedto three edited books. He has been invited inmany national and international conferences andhas delivered 43 invited talks at the national andinternational levels.He has successfully completed two researchprojects, one was funded by the DST, Govt. ofIndia and the other has been funded by the UGC.He has guided 5 Ph.D. theses 34 M.Phil.Dissertations. He has been Reviewer for manyInternational Journals and presently he is on thepanel of Editors of two International journals.

He has served as External Expert on the Boardsof Studies of many universities. He is a lifemember of National bodies. He was conferredwith Associate Fellow of International Academyof Physical Sciences recently. He was offeredPost-Doctoral position at Laboratoire Central desPonts et Chausses (LCPC), Nantes, France in theyear 2005. He has visited Belgium and Franceon academic assignments. He has attended nearly62 International and National conferences. Hehas organized Refresher Courses andConferences.Besides this, Prof. Vashisth has undertakennumber of administrative assignments at theuniversity level. He has been member oforganizing committee in holding National andInternational programmes at the university. Hehas acted as a Nodal Officer, SVEEP programmeof Election Commission of India; Nodal Officer,Online Students Grievances Redressal Cell –UGC; Coordinator, recruitments and Convener,Students Grievances Redressal Cell, K.U.Kurukshetra.

Prof. (Dr.) Sujata Maiti (Choudhury)Recorder

Section of Medical Sciences (includingPhysiology)

Prof. (Dr.) Sujata Maiti Choudhury is a Professorin the postgraduate department of HumanPhysiology with Community Health of Vidyasagar

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University, West Bengal, India. She is the In-charge of Biochemistry, MolecularEndocrinology and Reproductive PhysiologyLaboratory of the above said department. Shegraduated in 1984 from Midnapore College, andcompleted M.Sc. in Physiology, in 1986 andM.Phil. degree in Environmental Science in 1988from University of Calcutta, Kolkata. She wasawarded Research Fellowship in 1987 fromICMR, Govt. of India in the Dept. ofPharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University,Kolkata. She started her independent position asa Lecturer in the Department of Physiology,Midnapore College in 1990. She was awardedDoctor of Philosophy in 1995 from JadavpurUniversity, Kolkata. In 2006, she joined in thepostgraduate Department of Human Physiologywith Community Health of Vidyasagar University.She was also graced as the Founder Director ofWomen’s Studies Centre, of VidyasagarUniversity (2010-2015).Teaching physiology along with biochemistry andcancer biology to undergraduate and postgraduatestudents has been a passion for her. She has beenExternal Examiner of M. Sc. Curriculum(Physiology) in different Universities.She is actively engaged in researches and herprimary focus of work covers Cancertherapeutics and Molecular drug developmentwith particular interest in nanomaterial ornanocojugate and phytomedicine mediated drugfabrication; Toxicological studies on mycotoxinand synthetic pyrethroids and their remedialinterventions. She has presented her researchfindings in various national and internationalconferences. She has several International andnational research publications in peer-reviewedjournals. She has completed several majorresearch projects and supervised several Ph. Dthesis.

Dr. Maiti Choudhury has been awarded TravelAward for 3rd conference of South AsianAssociation of Physiologists (SAAP-3), 2012,Colombo, Sri Lanka; ‘Shiksha RattanPuraskar’-2012 from India InternationalFriendship Society; Fellow award from Societyfor Applied Biotechnology, India in 2012; A.K. Mukherjee Oration award from ThePhysiological Society of India (PSI), 2016;) andas ‘Exchange Visitor Researcher’ in CentralMichigan University in 2018. Dr. MaitiChoudhury has organized several seminars,workshops, science exhibitions involving thestudents for elevating scientific aptitude andknowledge among students and common peoples.

Dr. Sandipan ChatterjeeRecorder

Section of New Biology(including Biochemistry, Biophysics &Molecular Biology and Biotechnology)

Dr. Sandipan Chatterjee, is basically an Organicchemist, he has 18 years research experience inthe interfacial area of Organic Chemistry,Biological Chemistry, Waste utilization andEnvironmental chemistry. He is currentlyworking as a scientist at Kolkata Regional centreof CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute

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(CLRI). Prior to joining CLRI, he has workedas an Assistant Professor at Lovely ProfessionalUniversity (LPU), Jalandhar. Before that, he hasworked National Botanical Research Instituteas a quick hire scientist fellow on GC-MS/NMR/LC-MS based metabolic profiling of plantand plant products to ascertain the quality ofthe plant products and to apprehend systembiology of a plant in various stressed conditions.Before joining to CSIR-NBRI

Dr. Sandipan has worked as a Post-doctoralResearch Fellow at the National ChanghuaUniversity of Education under Prof. Hon ManLee. Prior to that, he has worked few months inDabur Pharma (DRF) in process chemistrydivision in the area of process development ofgeneric anticancer drug molecules. Beforejoining DRF he has worked as a researcher atOrganic Chemistry division of Indian Instituteof Science (IISC), Bangalore under thesupervision of Prof. Govardhan Mehta in thedevelopment of complex natural productsynthesis. Prior to joining IISC he has completedhis Ph.D. at Indian Association for theCultivation of Science (IACS). His PhD workcomprises sustainable production of carbohydrateNatural Polysaccharides Chitosan utilizingindustrial waste and its application. Till date,Dr. Sandipan has published 20 internationalresearch papers with av. Impact factor 3.0± withtotal no. of citation ~1500. His current (2018)H-index is 15 as calculated by Google scholar.

Dr. Vineet Kumar RaiRecorder

Section of Physical Sciences

Dr. Vineet Kumar Rai S/o Late Dhirya NathRai; resident of village & post-Sathiaon, District-Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, passed B. Sc. &M.Sc. in first division from Postgraduate ShibliNational College, Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. Hehas qualified the National Eligibility Test (NET)in Physics conducted by CSIR, New Delhi in2001. He did Ph.D. from Banaras HinduUniversity (BHU) under the supervision of wellknown Spectroscopist & Professor Dr. ShyamBahadur Rai. He worked as a Research Associateat Department of Physics, BHU and a PostDoctoral Fellow at Departamento de Fisica,UFPE, PE – Brasil under a CNPq program byBrazilian Government.

Currently, Dr. Rai is working as an AssociateProfessor at Department of Applied Physics,Indian Institute of Technology (Indian Schoolof Mines), Dhanbad. His current area of researchinterest is on synthesis and opticalcharacterization of lanthanide doped glasses &nanophosphors/nanomaterials and their wideapplications in temperature sensing, LEDs,optical devices, biological fields, upconverters,optical nano heater, etc. He is familiar withhandling of various sensitive and sophisticated

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equipments. He has delivered talks at differentacademic places and organized variousprofessional academic activities like,conferences, training programs, etc. He ismember/life member in the journal editorialboard and various academic societies. He hasresearch interactions with various research &academic institutions in India and abroad. Hehas been awarded as Outstanding JAP Authorfor the research contribution and RecognizedReviewer Status in recognition of the reviewmade for journal by different reputed journalsviz. ACS, Materials Research Bulletin, Journalof Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, etc. Theinteresting results obtained from his researchgroup serve the purpose of the temperaturesensor, fluorescence labeling, bioimaging,fingerprint detection, optical bistability, opticalnano heater, etc.

Dr. Rai has published more than 130 researchpapers of international repute in internationaljournals, several book chapters & papers inconference proceedings and participated innumber of national/international conferences. Byhis research contributions Dr. Rai has given anew direction to the scientific community. Dr.Rai is having total citations of more than 2900,h-index-30 and i10 index -78 (as per the googlescholar citation report 2018). He has beenawarded by Bharat Shiksha Ratan Award in2013, by GSHEG, New Delhi and Canara BankResearch Publication Award for the recognitionof excellence in research in 2015 & 2016 at IIT(ISM), Dhanbad.

Prof. Sunil Kumar ChaturvediRecorder

Section of Plant SciencesProf. Sunil Kumar Chaturvedi, was born on10th July, 1955 in Mainpuri district of UttarPradesh. After obtaining B.Sc. and M.Sc(Botany) degree from Allahabad University in1974 and 1976 respectively, he obtained D.Phil.degree in Botany in 1984 from AllahabadUniversity. He was selected as young Scientistof DST, Govt. of India for 1985 to 1987 and1988 to 1990. In 1996 appointed as Researchscientist of DST, Govt. of India, New Delhi andin 1997 he joined the post of Reader in theDepartment of Botany, Nagaland CentralUniversity, Lumami, Nagaland, and waspromoted to the post of Professor of Botany inthe year 2007. He was selected for “Best TeacherAward 2001”, by the Post Graduate StudentUnion, Nagaland University. In the year 2012he joined Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, (ACentral University) as Professor of Botany onlien for three years and taken over as Dean LifeSciences in 2013. In November 2015, hereturned to Nagaland University as Professor ofBotany and in February 2016 he was appointedas Dean, Research development and Consultancy(Dean, RDC) in Nagaland University, Lumami.In the year 2009, Dr. Chaturvedi was appointed

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as Dean, Student welfare, Nagaland University,Lumami.Prof. Chaturvedi is Fellow of six ScientificSocieties ( FBS, FBRS, FIAT, FBSA, FISPRB,FEHST) and life members of twelve Nationaland International scientific Societies. He hasCompleted eleven Research Projects, Participatedin 88 National and International Conferencesand presented research Papers. He has beenInvited to deliver lectures at National andInternational conferences and Refreshers/orientation courses. He is having research andteaching experience in the field of plantmorphology, anatomy and embryology ofspermatophytes. He was conferred with thebest paper Presentation award at conference heldat PUSA, New Delhi, India, in 2014. He wasinvited to deliver Professor R.P. Singh memoriallecture at Botanical Survey of India, EasternCircle, Shillong (Meghalaya), during the AnnualConference of EHSST held from March 8-9,2018.

Prof. Chaturvedi has published 65 researchpapers in National and International Journals,21 research papers in edited books, 3 populararticles and one book. For his contributions inthe field of Flora biology/Pollination biology ofIndian Asclepiads and Orchids, Dr. Chaturvediwas conferred with five Gold Medals, includingY.S. Murthy award medal 1991 and ProfessorS.C. Maheshwari medal 2016, of IndianBotanical Society. So far six students havebeen awarded Ph.D. degree and eight studentsare enrolled for Ph.D. degree under his

supervision. He was elected member of sectionalcommittee of Plant Sciences of ISCA for 2004-2005. He was Nominated member of SSC(IUCN) from 2009-2012. He is selected reviewerin various reputed National and Internationaljournals. He was elected member of executivecommittee of Indian Botanical Society from2004-2007 and 2011-2014. He has visited abroadseven times in connection with his researchwork. He was Head, Department of Botanyand Chairman of BPGS and BUGS, NagalandUniversity for 10 years 3 months and HOD,Botany at GGV, Koni, Bilaspur for 3 years. Hewas Coordinator SAP- DRS I & DRS II from2004-2009 and 2009-2012 respectively, atNagaland University Lumami.

Dr. Chaturvedi was appointed Director, IQAC,Nagaland University, Lumami, from 2011- 2012.He was Director, centre for Biodiversity study,Nagaland University, 2005 -2010. He wasappointed Nodal officer of AYUSH for Nagalandstate in 2009. He was appointed Group leaderof Botany for DBT BUILDER programme worthRs. 4.68 crores, at GGV, Koni, Bilaspur (CG).Time to time worked as VC in-charge NagalandUniversity. His field of research is Conservationand Reproduction biology of Plants with specialemphasis on Pollination Biology. He is the firstIndian to work on Pollination biology of Orchidsof North-East India. He is pioneer in field ofstudies in Pollination biology of IndianAsclepiads and has made a video film onpollination of Indian Asclepiads.

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The Institute of Mathematical Sciences(IMSc), founded by Alladi Ramakrishnan

in 1962, is an autonomous national institutionfor fundamental research in the areas ofTheoretical Physics, Mathematics, TheoreticalComputer Science and Computational Biology.The Institute is governed by a Board and anAcademic Council.

Research at IMSc is supported by theDepartment of Atomic Energy of the Governmentof India and by the Government of TamilNadu.

The Institute has a vibrant academic program,including an active PhD program to which a selectgroup of students are admitted every year. IMScalso supports a large number of scientists at thepost-doctoral level and hosts a visiting scientistprogramme. The Institute organizes severalnational and international scientific meetingsannually. IMSc is also involved in a range ofoutreach activities for schools, colleges and thegeneral public. The Institute Annual Reports

THE INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES, CHENNAI(A National Institute for Research in the Theoretical Sciences)

KNOW THY INSTITUTIONS

summarize ongoing research and other instituteactivities.

IMSc has a comprehensive scientific libraryand diverse computing facilities including highperformance computing and a high speednetwork. A centrally air-conditioned office andlecture-hall complex houses academic membersof IMSc. A 200 seat auditorium, the Ramanujanauditorium, is used for large scientific meetingswhile smaller lecture halls, classrooms, mediarooms accomodate more modest gatherings. Thecampus is entirely Wi-Fi enabled.

IMSc is located in South Chennai, in theAdyar-Taramani area. Based in the verdantsurroundings of the Central Institutes ofTechnology (CIT) campus, the institute alsohouses a student hostel, flatlets for long-termvisitors, married students and post-doctoralfellows, and the institute guest house. IMSc hasits own faculty housing, Lilavati, in Tiruvanmiyurnear the seashore. A new housing campus is

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coming up in the Pallavaram area of Chennai,near the airport.

THEORETICAL PHYSICSTheoretical physics group at IMSc is the

largest group in the institute with the researchinterests of the faculty members spanning a widerange of energy scales-from string theory tocomplex systems.

MATHEMATICSThe mathematics group at IMSc pursues

research in diverse subdisciplines. In addition totraditional areas of pure mathematics, some ofthe faculty have interests in applied andcomputational aspects as well. Activities in thegroup include regular graduate courses, researchseminars, as well as periodical instructionalworkshops and conferences. There is a graduateprogramme for which applications are invitedonce a year. The group also hosts around 12postdoctoral fellows at any given time.

THEORETICAL COMPUTER SCIENCEThe primary research focus of the theoretical

computer science (tcs) group at IMSc is on themathematical foundations of computation. Theseinclude algorithms, logic, automata theory,combinatorics, and computational complexity.The group currently comprises of nine facultymembers, post-doctoral fellows, and doctoralresearch scholars. The activities of the groupinclude running a highly challenging graduateprogramme for doctoral students, holding researchseminars, and organising research-levelworkshops and conferences as well asinstructional schools and workshops.

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGYThe Computational Biology group is the

youngest at IMSc and consists of an enthusiastic

group of faculty, post-docs and students who workon a variety of interdisciplinary topics. Variousmembers of the group work on a diverse rangeof topics from biomolecules and activemembranes to regulatory genomics and infectiousdisease modelling.

LIBRARYThe IMSc Library is the information backbone

of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences. It alsoacts as a regional library for Southern India andprovides information resources to supportacdemic and research activities in the areas ofMathematics, Theoretical Physics, TheoreticalComputer Science and Computational Biology.

The primary task of the Library is to enhanceand maintain its holdings of books, journals andother sources of information. It is equallyimportant for the library to make the access tothese resources user-friendly.

IMSc Library—the library of the future willbe less a place where information is kept than aportal through which the user community withinand outside IMSc will access the vast informationresources of the world. This library will bringtogether the scholars and the informationresources without necessarily bringing either oneto a physical building with card catalogues andbooks. The IMSc Library is committed to:

• Use of technology to enable user access ina global context;

• Designing and refining innovative servicesto meet user needs;

• Wise and responsible use of fiscal resourcesthrough sharing;

• Providing the richest array of informationpossible; and

• Remaining the premier academic andresearch library in the country with globalaccess

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SOME OF THE FEATURES THATDISTINGUISH IMSC LIBRARY ARE

• Finest collections of early printed booksand research materials.

• NBHM has recognized this library asRegional library in the areas of mathematicsand allied subject areas.

• The library enjoys intensive use of itsresources and services. The library possesa state of the art IT infrastructure thatincludes RFID based system for self check-in/check-out of library materials.

• 24×7 access to the library services, perhapsthe only library of this kind in the country.

IMSc library actively participates andcontributes for mutual benefits in resource sharingactivities among DAE units.

MEDIA CENTERIMSc Media Center Provides e-learning

through video contents in the disciplines ofMathematical and Physical Sciences. MediaCentre of IMSc was established during 2009 forthe purpose of creating higher educational videocontents of broadcast quality in Mathematics &Physical Sciences. In this regard, a mini studio isbeing available for recording the video contentwith the following facility:

• A sound proof, professional PTZ videocamera based broadcast quality studio setupwith

• A/V mixing

• Video Editing

• Video Conferencing

• Web StreamingThe IMSc studio facility is utilised for

• Class room video recordings

• Remote class room activities through VC

• Meeting/Interview/Viva-Voce sessionsthrough VC or other modes available withremote end

• Web streaming of activitiesIMSc Media center has a total collection of

video content of about 900 hrs in mp4 videoformat and serves to the need of faculty for onlinebookings of Video recordings and for the publicviewing.

CONTACTDirectorThe Institute of Mathematical SciencesIV Cross Road, CIT CampusTaramaniChennai 600 113Tamil Nadu, India.Phone : 91-44-22543100Fax : 91-44-22541586

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CONFERENCES/MEETINGS/SYMPOSIA/SEMINARS

NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY AND HOLISTICHEALTH, 1-3 OCTOBER, 2018, AGRAThemes :

• Promises and Prospects of ElementaryTeacher Education

• Role of Central Govt. in resolving many socialissues & Challenges.

• Impact of Language Literature, Fine Arts &Music for upliftment of better life.

• Skills Development of better communityharmony.

• Coping with various mood disorders andneurological impairment.

• Emergent need of psychological assessmentand counseling, special education in all typesof secondary schools.

Contact :The Director, HARPRASAD INSTITUTE OF BEHAVIOURAL STUDIES (HIBS), 41-42,Hardeep Enclave (Opp. Reliance Tower), Near Bajrang Nagar and Neerav Nikunj, Opp. K. K. Nagar,Sikandra, AGRA-282 007, E-mail: [email protected], [email protected],[email protected]

2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SMART TECHNOLOGIES IN DATASCIENCE AND COMMUNICATION (SMART DSC-2018), VISAKHAPATNAM,DECEMBER 06-08, 2018Topics :Data Analytics, Communications, Soft Computing

Contact :Dr. N. THIRUPATHI RAO Associate Professor & Asst. HOD, Department of Computer Science & Engineering; Vignan’s Instituteof Information Technology, (An Autonomous Institution); Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh,Mobile No. : 9966968368 Website: http://www.conferen.org/SMARTDSC-2018/

88TH ANNUAL SESSION OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, INDIAAND SYMPOSIUM ON “SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ECOSYSTEM FORSUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT”, DECEMBER 6-8, 2018, CHITRAKOOT,SATNA, M.P.Contact :Dr. Niraj Kumar, Executive Secretary, The National Academy of Sciences, India5-Lajpatrai Road, Allahabad–211002, Ph: +91-0532-2441243, 2640224;Email: [email protected]; Website : http://www.nasi.nic.in, http://www.nasi.org.in;

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TECHNO SOCIETAL—2018 : 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ONADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES FOR SOCIETAL APPLICATIONS, 14-15 DEC 2018,PANDHARPURContact :Dr. P. M. Pawar (Coordinator), Dean Research and Development, SVERI’s College of Engineering,Pandharpur Gopalpur-Ranjani Road, P. B. No.54, Gopalpur, Pandharpur-413304.Email:[email protected] Website http://techno.sveri.ac.in/committee.php

1ST INTERNATIONAL SPRINGER CONFERENCE ON “COMPUTATIONALINTELLIGENCE IN PATTERN RECOGNITION” (CIPR-2018), 19-20 JANUARY2019, SHIBPUR, HOWRAH, WEST BENGALTopics1: Intelligent Algorithms for Pattern Recognition2: Application of Computational Intelligence3: Advance Computing

Contact : E-mail: [email protected], Ph. No: +91-8017799141, +91-8240104427, +91-9230266400,+91-8777731539, www.cipr.in

NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES INSTATISTICS AND INFORMATICS FOR FUTURISTIC HUMANOSPHEREESPECIALLY IN AGRICULTURE (COSIFHA), 29-31 JANUARY, 2019, TIRUPATITopics :The thrust areas of the conference include but not limited to the following topics:1. Artificial Neural2. Bayesian Inference3. Big Data Analytics Unlocking the future for

Agriculture4. Bio Medical Informatics5. Bio-Informatics6. Bi-statistics7. Business Analytics8. Data Mining9. Digital Agriculture

10. Design of Experiments11. Financial Statistics

12. Food and Nutritional Security and SustainableAgriculture

13. Geo and Spatial Statistics14. Multivariate Analysis15. Official Statistics16. Operational Research17. Probability and Distribution Theory18. Reliability Theory19. Rural Urban Divide20. Sampling Techniques21. Smart Farming vis-à-vis Internet of things

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22. Soft Computing23. Statistical Decision Theory24. Remote Sensing Techniques25. Statistical Modeling for economic and

agricultural phenomena26. Statistical Genomics27. Time Series Analysis and Forecasting

28. Survival Analysis29. Sustainable Development Goals30. Statistical Quality Control31. Total Quality Control32. Total Quality Management33. Stochastic Modeling

Contact :Dr. V. Srinivasa RaoProfessor & University Head, CONVENER, COSIFHA-2019, Student Placement OfficerDept. of Statistics &Computer Applications, Editor, The Andhra Agricultural Journal, Nodal officerSAS & NISAGENET, Agricultural College, ANGRAU, BAPATLA-522 101, A.P.Ph: 08643-222006 (O), Mobile : 9441080987

22ND ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE INDIAN ASSOCIATION OFCARDIOVASCULAR THORACIC ANAESTHESIOLOGISTS, 22-24 FEBRUARY2019, KOLKATA

Contact:Mr. Gaurav Sinha, CIMGlobal India Pvt. Ltd, BB-31, Ground Floor, Salt Lake City, Sector-I, NearPunjab National Bank, Kolkata-700064, E: [email protected]

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S&T ACROSS THE WORLDPALEONTOLOGISTS DISCOVERLARGEST DINOSAUR FOOT EVER

The Black Hills region of the United States isfamous today for tourist attractions likeDeadwood and Mount Rushmore, but around 150million years ago it was home to one of the largestdinosaurs known. This dinosaur was a memberof the sauropod family with long necks and tails.These giant plant-eating dinosaurs likeBrontosaurus and Diplodocus were the largestland animals that ever lived on this planet.The foot described in a new scientific paperrecently published in the open-access journalPeerJ — the Journal of Life and EnvironmentalSciences,, 6 , 2018 was excavated in 1998 by anexpedition from the University of Kansas, withAnthony Maltese, lead author of the study, asmember of the crew. As he writes, it wasimmediately apparent that the foot, nearly a meterwide, was from an extremely large animal — sothe specimen was nicknamed “Bigfoot.”Now, after detailed preparation and study, Malteseand his international team of researchers fromthe USA, Switzerland, and Germany identified itas belonging to an animal very closely related toBrachiosaurus, famous for its appearance in the1993 film Jurassic Park.Anthony Maltese, Emanuel Tschopp, FemkeHolwerda, and David Burnham used 3D scanningand detailed measurements to compare Bigfootto sauropod feet from numerous species. Theirresearch confirmed that this foot was unusuallylarge. According to Holwerda, a Dutch PhDstudent at the Ludwig Maximilians University ofMunich, Germany, comparisons with othersauropod feet showed that Bigfoot was clearlythe largest dinosaur foot discovered to date.

It also confirmed that brachiosaurs inhabited ahuge area from eastern Utah to northwesternWyoming, 150 million years ago. “This issurprising,” says Tschopp, a Swiss paleontologistworking at the American Museum of NaturalHistory in New York, “many other sauropoddinosaurs seem to have inhabited smaller areasduring that time.”According to Maltese, who was part of theoriginal University of Kansas team in 1998 butis now at the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur ResourceCenter in Woodland Park, Colorado, the rockoutcrops that produced this fossil hold many more“fantastic dinosaur skeletons,” and the researchteam hopes to continue their studies on fossilsfrom there.Source : https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180724110119.htm

A NEW KIND OF SPRAY IS LOADEDWITH MICROSCOPIC ELECTRONICSENSORS

Talk about cloud-connected devices.Using tiny 2-D materials, researchers have builtmicroscopic chemical sensors that can be sprayedin an aerosol mist. Spritzes of such minusculeelectronic chips, described online July 23, 2018in Nature Nanotechnology, could one day helpmonitor environmental pollution or diagnosediseases.Each sensor comprises a polymer chip about 1micrometer thick and 100 micrometers across(about as wide as a human hair) overlaid with acircuit made with atomically thin semiconductingmaterials. This superflat circuit includes aphotodiode, which converts ambient light intoelectric current, and a chemical detector. Thischemical detector is composed of a 2-D materialthat conducts electric current more easily if the

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material binds with a specific chemical in itsenvironment.Researchers can choose from a vast menu of 2-D materials to fashion detectors that are sensitiveto different chemicals, says study coauthorVolodymyr Koman, a chemical engineer at MIT(SN Online: 1/17/18). In lab experiments, Komanand colleagues created a sensor spray thatdetected toxic ammonia vapor inside a sealedsection of piping, as well as a spray that ID’dsoot particles sprinkled across a flat surface.Right now, researchers can determine whethertheir sensors have come in contact with certainparticles only after the fact — by collecting thechips and hooking them up to electrodes. Theseelectrodes test how easily electric current flowsthrough a chip’s chemical detector, which revealswhether it touched a particular chemical after itwas sprayed. But future sensors could emit lightsignals when in contact with target particles, saysstudy coauthor Michael Strano, a chemicalengineer at MIT.The team is also investigating ways to power thecircuits without ambient light and to integratemultiple chemical detectors onto a single chip.The simpler, single-chemical detection systemstested so far are “only the beginning,” Komansays.“It’s very exciting,” says Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh,an electrical and chemical engineer at theUniversity of New South Wales in Sydney whosecommentary on the study appears in the sameissue of Nature Nanotechnology. Sprayablesensors could someday detect gas leaks, pollutionfrom power plants, volatile organic compoundsand other air and water contaminants (SN: 3/17/18, p. 12).Being so tiny, the devices could also be injectedinto a person’s bloodstream to monitor itschemical composition for medical purposes —

like a blood test that wouldn’t require drawingany blood, Kalantar-Zadeh says. Or chemicalsensors could be taken as nasal spray orswallowed to track digestive health . Unlikesilicon-based devices that might poseenvironmental or health hazards, the polymersand the minute amounts of 2-D materials used tomake the new devices are expected to be morebiofriendly, he says.By Maria Temming : Source : https://www.sciencenews.org/article

OCEAN ACIDIFICATION ACHALLENGE FOR SCIENCE,GOVERNMENTS, AND COMMUNITIES

A new IMAS-led paper published in the sciencejournal Nature Climate Change , 2018 hashighlighted the challenges faced by scientists,governments and communities as rising levels ofCO2 are absorbed by the world’s oceans.Researchers have found that in recent centuriessurface ocean pH has fallen ten times faster thanin the past 300 million years and that impactsare being felt on ecosystems, economies andcommunities worldwide.The economic cost to coral reefs, wild fisheriesand aquaculture alone of the process known asOcean Acidification is projected to reach morethan US $300 billion per annum.Associate Professor Catriona Hurd, the IMASLead Author of the paper, which also includedresearchers from CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphereand ACE CRC, said Ocean Acidification posed arange of significant challenges.“Studying how the oceans will change as theyabsorb more CO2 from the atmosphere is acomparatively recent field of science,” AssociateProfessor Hurd said.“The more scientists look at Ocean Acidificationthe more we’re coming to understand how

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complex it is, and how wide-ranging and diversethe impacts will be.“The process is not happening at uniform ratesaround the world, and scientists have found largeregional and local variability, driven by physical,chemical and biological differences across theoceans.“Detecting trends and changes in pH is alsocomplicated by the wide range of other dynamicprocesses that are affecting the oceans, includingcirculation, temperature, carbon cycling and localecosystems.“In some parts of the world, such as Chile andthe US West Coast, some fisheries are alreadyadapting to Ocean Acidification throughpartnerships between scientists, industry andgovernment.“Other global impacts are likely to require similarcollaboration and action at an international level.”Associate Professor Hurd said a major questionfor scientists and policy-makers is whetherhumans should attempt to mitigate OceanAcidification by altering ocean chemistry, orwhether communities must simply adapt.“Even if global carbon emissions were to ceasetoday, future changes in Ocean Acidification areexpected to be very long-lasting due to theamount of CO2 already in the atmosphere andthe oceans.“Our challenge as scientists is to increase ourobservations and modelling of changes in oceanpH around the world.“We will then be better placed to work withgovernments and communities to raise awarenessof the threat of Ocean Acidification and to helpdevelop responses,” Associate Professor Hurdsaid.Source :https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180724110247.htm

GENES COULD RECORD FORENSICCLUES TO TIME OF DEATH

Dying, it turns out, is not like flipping a switch.Genes keep working for a while after a persondies, and scientists have used that activity in thelab to pinpoint time of death to within aboutnine minutes.During the first 24 hours after death, geneticchanges kick in across various human tissues,creating patterns of activity that can be used toroughly predict when someone died, researchersreport February 13, 2018 in NatureCommunications.“This is really cool, just from a biologicaldiscovery standpoint,” says microbial ecologistJennifer DeBruyn of the University of Tennesseein Knoxville who was not part of the study. “Whatdo our cells do after we die, and what actually isdeath?”What has become clear is that death isn’t theimmediate end for genes. Some mouse andzebrafish genes remain active for up to four daysafter the animals die, scientists reported in January2017 in Open Biology.Some human body tissues show greater levels ofgene activity shortly after death than others, anew study finds. Here, the number of genes thatchanged detectably after death is shown for asubset of tested tissue type. In the new work, researchers examined changesin DNA’s chemical cousin, RNA. “There’s beena dogma that RNA is a weak, unstable molecule,”says Tom Gilbert, a geneticist at the NaturalHistory Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen whohas studied postmortem genetics. “So peoplealways assumed that DNA might survive afterdeath, but RNA would be gone.”But recent research has found that RNA can besurprisingly stable, and some genes in our DNA

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even continue to be transcribed, or written, intoRNA after we die, Gilbert says. “It’s not like youneed a brain for gene expression,” he says.Molecular processes can continue until thenecessary enzymes and chemical components runout.“It’s no different than if you’re cooking a pastaand it’s boiling — if you turn the cooker off, it’sstill going to bubble away, just at a slower andslower rate,” he says.No one knows exactly how long a human’smolecular pot might keep bubbling, but geneticistand study leader Roderic Guigó of the Centre forGenomic Regulation in Barcelona says his team’swork may help toward figuring that out. “I thinkit’s an interesting question,” he says. “When doeseverything stop?”Tissues from the dead are frequently used ingenetic research, and Guigó and his colleagueshad initially set out to learn how genetic activity,or gene expression, compares in dead and livingtissues. The researchers analyzed gene activity anddegradation in 36 different kinds of human tissue,such as the brain, skin and lungs. Tissue sampleswere collected from more than 500 donors whohad been dead for up to 29 hours. Postmortemgene activity varied in each tissue, the scientistsfound, and they used a computer to search forpatterns in this activity. Just four tissues, takentogether, could give a reliable time of death:subcutaneous fat, lung, thyroid and skin exposedto the sun.

Based on those results, the team developed analgorithm that a medical examiner might one dayuse to determine time of death. Using tissues inthe lab, the algorithm could estimate the time ofdeath to within about nine minutes, performingbest during the first few hours after death,DeBruyn says.For medical examiners, real-world conditionsmight not allow for such accuracy.Traditionally, medical examiners use bodytemperature and physical signs such as rigormortis to determine time of death. But scientistsincluding DeBruyn are also starting to look attiming death using changes in the microbialcommunity during decomposition (SN Online: 7/22/15).These approaches — tracking microbialcommunities and gene activity — are “definitelycomplementary,” DeBruyn says. In the first 24hours after death, bacteria, unlike genes, haven’tchanged much, so a person’s genetic activity maybe more useful for zeroing in on how long agohe or she died during that time frame. At longertime scales, microbes may work better.“The biggest challenge is nailing downvariability,” DeBruyn says. Everything from thetemperature where a body is found to thedeceased’s age could potentially affect how manyand which genes are active after death. Soscientists will have to do more experiments toaccount for these factors before the new methodcan be widely used.By Erika Engelhaupt, https://www.sciencenews.org/article

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4. •Ê¡ËflŸ ‚ŒSÿ — ∞∑§ ‚ŒSÿ •¬Ÿ ÷Áflcÿ ∑§Ë ‚Ê⁄Ë flÊÁ·¸∑§ ‚ŒSÿÃÊ ‡ÊÈÀ∑§ ∞∑§ ’Ê⁄ ◊¢ r 2,000/- (ÁflŒÁ‡ÊÿÊ¢ ∑§Á‹∞ U.S. $ 500) ◊ÊòÊ •ŒÊ ∑§⁄∑§ ¬Ê ‚∑§ÃÊ „Ò¢– ∞∑§ √ÿÁÄÃ ¡Ê 10 ‚Ê‹ ÿÊ ©‚‚ •Áœ∑§ ÁŸÿÁ◊Ã M§¬‚ ‚ŒSÿÃÊ ¬˝ÊåÃ ∑§⁄ øÈ∑§Ê „Ò, ©‚ ©‚∑§Ë ‚¢ÿÈÄÃ ‚ŒSÿÃÊ ‡ÊÈÀ∑§ ∑§ ™§¬⁄ ¬˝ÁÃfl·¸ r 50/- ∑§Ë ¿Í≈ ŒË ¡Ê∞ªË,’‡ÊÃ¸ Á∑§ ©‚∑§Ë ‚¢ÿÈÄÃ ‡ÊÈÀ∑§ r 1,200/- ‚ ŸËø Ÿ „Ê¢ (ÁflŒÁ‡ÊÿÊ¢ ∑§ Á‹∞ U.S. $ 12.50 •ı⁄ U.S. $300 ∑˝§◊‡Ê—)– ∞∑§ •Ê¡ËflŸ ‚ŒSÿ ∑§Ê ©‚∑§ ¬Í⁄ ¡ËflŸ ∑§Ê‹ ◊¢ ‚ŒSÿÃÊ ∑§Ë ‚Ê⁄ Áfl‡Ê·ÊÁœ∑§Ê⁄ ¬˝ÊåÃ „Ê¢ª–

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∑§Ê flÊÁ·¸∑§ ÁflôÊÊŸ ∑§Ê¢ª˝‚ ‚òÊ ∑§Ë ∑§Êÿ¸Áflfl⁄áÊ ∑§Ë ∞∑§ ¬ÍáÊ¸ ¬˝ÁÃ Á’ŸÊ ◊ÍÀÿ ◊¢ ¬˝ÊåÃ „Ê ‚∑§ÃË „Ò– ß‚‚ ‚ÊÕfl ‚¢SÕÊ ∑§ ⁄Ê¡∏ŸÊ◊øÊ ““∞fl⁄Ë◊Òã‚ ‚Êß¢‚”” ∑§Ë ¬˝ÁÃ ÷Ë Á’ŸÊ ◊ÍÀÿ ¬˝ÊåÃ ∑§⁄ ‚∑§Ã „Ò¢–

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‚ûÊÊ ÿÊ ∑§Êß¸ Áfl‡flÁfllÊ‹ÿ ÿÊ ∑§Êß¸ Ÿª⁄¬ÊÁ‹∑§Ê Ÿ ©ΔÊ∞° •ı⁄ ©Ÿ∑§Ë ∑È§‹ ∑§◊Êß¸ ÿÊ ¬Á⁄‹ÁéœÿÊ¢ r 5,000/-(¬˝ÁÃ ◊Ê„ ¬Ê°ø „¡Ê⁄ L§¬∞) ‚ •Áœ∑§ Ÿ„Ë¢ „Ò¢– ∑Î§¬ÿÊ ISCA fl’‚Êß≈ ‚ ⁄‹fl Á⁄ÿÊÿÃ »§Ê◊¸ «Ê©Ÿ‹Ê« ∑§⁄¢–

(B) Members of all categories are entitled to Railway Concession of return ticket by the sameroute with such conditions as may be laid down by the Railway Board for travel to attendthe Science Congress Session provided that their travelling expenses are not borne, evenpartly, by the Government (Central or State), Statutory Authority or an University or aCity Corporation and their total earning of or emoluments drawn do not exceed r 5,000/-(Rupees Five Thousand per month). Please download the Railway Concession form fromISCA Website.

(‚) ‚¢SÕÊ ∑§ ¬ÈSÃ∑§Ê‹ÿ ◊¢ ‚÷Ë flªÊZ ∑§ ‚ŒSÿ ∑§Ê ¬…∏Ÿ ∑§Ë ‚ÈÁflœÊ ‚È’„ 10.00 ’¡ ‚ ‡ÊÊ◊ ∑§Ê 5.30’¡ Ã∑§ ‚÷Ë ∑§Ê◊ ∑§ ÁŒŸÊ¢ ◊¢ (‡ÊÁŸflÊ⁄ •ı⁄ ⁄ÁflflÊ⁄) ∑§Ê ¿Ê«∏∑§⁄ ¬˝ÊåÃ „ÊªË–

(C) Members of all categories are entitled to reading facilities between 10.00 a.m. to 5.30p.m. on all weekdays (except Saturdays & Sundays) in the library of the Association.

(«) ‚◊ÿ ‚◊ÿ ¬⁄ ‚¢SÕÊ mÊ⁄Ê Ãÿ ∑§Ë ªß¸ ◊ÍÀÿ Œ⁄Ê¢ ¬⁄ ÁflüÊÊ◊ªÎ„, ‚÷ÊªÊ⁄ •ÊÁŒ ‚ÈÁflœÊ•Ù¢ ∑§Ë ¬˝ÊÁåÃ ÷Ë‚÷Ë flªÊZ ∑§ ‚ŒSÿ ∑§⁄ ‚∑§Ã „Ò¢–

(D) Members of all categories may avail Guest House facilities, Lecture Hall hiring at therates fixed by the Association from time to time.

(ß¸) ÷Áflcÿ ◊¢ ÷Ê⁄ÃËÿ ÁflôÊÊŸ ∑§Ê¢ª˝‚ ‚¢SÕÊ mÊ⁄Ê •ÊÿÊÁ¡Ã ¬Á⁄‚¢flÊŒ, ‚ê◊‹Ÿ •ı⁄ flÊÁ·¸∑§ ∑§Ê¢ª˝‚ ◊¢ ‚÷ËflªÊZ∑§ ‚ŒSÿÊ¢ mÊ⁄Ê ÷Êª ‹Ÿ ∑§ Á‹∞ •¬ŸËó•¬ŸË ‚ŒSÿÃÊ ¬òÊ ∑§Ê ‹ÊŸÊ ¡∏L§⁄Ë „ÊªÊ–

(E) Members of all categories should bring the Membership Card always for attending anySeminar, Conference and Annual Congress organized by ISCA in future.

äÿÊŸ Œ¢ — (1) ‚÷Ë ’Ò¢∑§ «˛Êç≈ The Indian Science Congress Association ∑§ ŸÊ◊ ‚ „Ë Á‹πÊ ¡Ê∞°,‚ŒSÿÃÊ ∑§ Áfl·ÿ ◊¢ ’Ò¢∑§ «˛Êç≈ ∑§Ë ¬˝ÊÁåÃ •ı⁄ ¡Ê ∑§Ê‹∑§ÊÃÊ ∑§ Á∑§‚Ë ÷Ë ‡ÊÊπÊ ◊¢ Œÿ „Ê¢– ‚ŒSÿÊ¢ ‚ ÿ„ÁŸflŒŸ Á∑§ÿÊ ¡Ê ⁄„Ê „Ò, Á∑§ fl •¬ŸË ‚ŒSÿÃÊ ‚¢ÅÿÊ ∑§Ê ©À‹π ÷Ê⁄ÃËÿ ÁflôÊÊŸ ∑§Ê¢ª˝‚ ‚¢SÕÊ ∑§ ∑§ÊÿÊ¸‹ÿ∑§ ‚ÊÕ ¬òÊÊøÊ⁄ ∑§ flÄÃ •fl‡ÿ ∑§⁄¢–

(2) ÷Ê⁄ÃËÿ ÁflôÊÊŸ ∑§Ê¢ª˝‚ ‚¢SÕÊ mÊ⁄Ê ◊ŸË•Ê°«¸⁄, •Êß¸. ¬Ë. •Ù., ß¸. ‚Ë. ∞‚. ÿÊ ø∑§ ‚ ÷ÈªÃÊŸ ª˝„áÊ Ÿ„Ë¢Á∑§ÿÊ ¡Ê∞ªÊ– ∑§Êß¸ ÷Ë ‚ŒSÿÃÊ ÁŸœÊ¸Á⁄Ã ‚ŒSÿÃÊ »§Ê◊¸ (•ÊflŒŸ-¬òÊ Ÿß¸ ‚ŒSÿÃÊ/‚ŒSÿÃÊ ∑§Ë ŸflË∑§⁄áÊ ∑§Á‹∞) ◊¢ ÁflÁœflÃ Á’ŸÊ ÷⁄Ÿ ‚ Ÿ„Ë¢ Á‹ÿÊ ¡Ê∞ªÊ–

(3) Ÿ∑§ŒË ∑§fl‹ ISCA ◊ÈÅÿÊ‹ÿ ◊¢ „ÊÕ ‚ Á‹ÿÊ ¡Ê∞ªÊ– ∑Î§¬ÿÊ «Ê∑§ mÊ⁄Ê Á‹»§Ê»§ ∑§ ÷ËÃ⁄ Ÿ∑§ŒË Ÿ„Ë¢ ÷¡¢–

Note : (1) All Bank Drafts should be drawn in favour of The Indian Science Congress Association,membership subject to realisation of the bank draft, Payable at any branch in Kolkata.Members are requested to mention their Membership No. while making any correspondenceto ISCA office.(2) No money order, I.P.O., ECS or cheque will be accepted by ISCA. No Membership willbe taken without duly filled in prescribed Membership Form (Application From for NewMembership/Application for Renewal of Membership).(3) Cash will only be taken by hand at ISCA Hqrs. Pl. do not send the Cash by Post withinthe envelop.

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÷Ê⁄UÃËÿ ÁflôÊÊŸ ∑§Ê¢ª˝‚ ‚¢SÕÊ14, «UÊÚ0 Á’⁄U‡Ê ªÈ„UÊ S≈˛UË≈U, ∑§Ù‹∑§ÊÃÊ–700 017, ÷Ê⁄Ã

THE INDIAN SCIENCE CONGRESS ASSOCIATION14, Dr. Biresh Guha Street, Kolkata-700 017, INDIA

ŒÍ⁄÷Ê· / Telephone : (033) 2287-4530, 2281-5323 »Ò§Ä‚ / Fax : 91-33-2287-2551fl’‚Êß≈ / Website : http://sciencecongress.nic.in ß¸-◊‹ / E-mail : [email protected]

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‚ŒSÿÃÊ ∑§ Á‹∞ ŸÿÊ •ÊflŒŸ ¬òÊ/Application Form For New Membership

‚flÊ ◊¢/To

◊„Ê‚Áøfl (‚ŒSÿÃÊ ∑§Êÿ¸)/The General Secretary (Membership Affairs)÷Ê⁄ÃËÿ ÁflôÊÊŸ ∑§Ê¢ª˝‚ ‚¢SÕÊ/The Indian Science Congress Association14, «ÊÚ0 Á’⁄‡Ê ªÈ„Ê S≈˛Ë≈/14, Dr. Biresh Guha Street,∑§Ê‹∑§ÊÃÊ-700 017/Kolkata-700 017

◊„ÊŒÿ/Dear Sir,

◊Ò¢ ÷Ê⁄ÃËÿ ÁflôÊÊŸ ∑§Ê¢ª˝‚ ‚¢SÕÊ ∑§Ê •Ê¡ËflŸ ‚ŒSÿ/flÊÁ·¸∑§ ‚ŒSÿ/‚òÊ ‚ŒSÿ/¿ÊòÊ ‚ŒSÿ/‚¢SÕÊŸ ‚ŒSÿ/√ÿÁÄÃªÃŒÊÃÊ/‚¢SÕÊªÃ ŒÊÃÊ •¬ŸÊ ŸÊ◊ Á‹πflÊŸÊ øÊ„ÃÊ/øÊ„ÃË „Í°–

I like to be enrolled as a Life Member/Annual Member/Sessional Member/Student Member/Institutional Member/Individual Donor/Institutional Donor of The Indian Science Congress Association.(Pl. Tick)

◊Ò¢ ß‚∑§ ‚ÊÕ óóóóó ‚ŒSÿÃÊ ‡ÊÈÀ∑§ ∑§ M§¬ ◊¢ Ÿ∑§∏Œ r óóóóó/’Ò¢∑§ «˛Êç≈ ‚¢ÅÿÊ óóóóóÁŒŸÊ¢Á∑§Ã óóóóó ¬˝øÊ‹∑§ ’Ò¢∑§ óóóóó 01 •¬Ò̋‹ 20—— ‚ 31 ◊Êø¸ 20—— Ã∑§ ÷¡ ⁄„Ê/⁄„Ë „Í°–

I am sending herewith an amount of r in payment of my subscription by Cash/Bank DraftNo. dated issuing bank from the year 1st April 20_____ to 31st March 20_____.

◊Ò¢ ÁŸêŸÁ‹ÁπÃ Áfl÷Êª ◊¢ L§Áø ⁄πÃÊ/⁄πÃË „Í° (∑Î§¬ÿÊ Á∑§‚Ë ∞∑§ ◊¢ ÁŸ‡ÊÊŸ ‹ªÊ∞°)/I am interested in thefollowing section (Please tick any one).

Áfl÷Êª/Sections1. ∑Î§Á· •ı⁄ flÊÁŸ∑§Ë ÁflôÊÊŸ/Agriculture and Forestry Sciences

2. ¬‡ÊÈ, ¬‡ÊÈÁøÁ∑§à‚Ê •ı⁄ ◊àSÿ ÁflôÊÊŸ/Animal, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences

3. ◊ÊŸfl‡ÊÊùËÿ •ı⁄ √ÿfl„Ê⁄¬⁄∑§ ÁflôÊÊŸ (Á¡‚◊¢ ‚Áê◊Á‹Ã, „Ò¢, ¬È⁄ÊÃàfl-ÁflôÊÊŸ, ◊ŸÊÁflôÊÊŸ, ‡ÊÒÁˇÊ∑§ ÁflôÊÊŸ •ı⁄‚ŸÊ ÁflôÊÊŸ)/Anthropological and Behavioural Sciences (including Archaeology, Psychology,Education and Military Sciences)

4. ⁄‚ÊÿŸ ÁflôÊÊŸ/Chemical Sciences

S≈Òê¬ •Ê∑§Ê⁄ ∑§Ê»§Ê≈Ê /

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5. ÷Í-¬hÁÃ ÁflôÊÊŸ/Earth System Sciences

6. •Á÷ÿãÃÊ ÁflôÊÊŸ/Engineering Sciences

7. ¬ÿÊ¸fl⁄áÊ ÁflôÊÊŸ/Environmental Sciences

8. ‚ÍøŸÊ •ı⁄ ‚¢øÊ⁄áÊ ÁflôÊÊŸ •ı⁄ ¬˝ÊÒlÊÁª∑§Ë (Á¡‚◊¢ ∑¢§åÿÍ≈⁄ ÁflôÊÊŸ ÷Ë ‚Áê◊Á‹Ã „Ò)/Information andCommunication Science & Technology (including Computer Sciences)

9. ÷ÊÒÁÃ∑§ ÁflôÊÊŸ/Materials Science

10. ªÁáÊÃ ÁflôÊÊŸ (Á¡‚◊¢ ‚Ê¢ÁÅÿ∑§Ëÿ ‚Áê◊Á‹Ã „Ò)/Mathematical Sciences (including Statistics)

11. ÁøÁ∑§à‚Ê ‡ÊÊù (Á¡‚◊¢ ‡Ê⁄Ë⁄ ÁflôÊÊŸ ÷Ë ‚Áê◊Á‹Ã „Ò)/Medical Sciences (including Physiology)

12. ŸÿÊ ¡ËflÁflôÊÊŸ (Á¡‚◊¢ ¡Ëfl ⁄‚ÊÿŸ, ¡Ëfl ÷ÊÒÁÃ∑§Ë •ı⁄ •ÊáÊÁfl∑§ ¡ËflÁflôÊÊŸ •ı⁄ ¡Ëfl-¬˝ÊÒlÊÁª∑§Ë ÷Ë ‚Áê◊Á‹Ã„Ò)/New Biology (including Bio-Chemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology andBiotechnology)

13. ÷ÊÒÁÃ∑§Ëÿ ÁflôÊÊŸ/Physical Sciences

14. flŸS¬ÁÃ ÁflôÊÊŸ/Plant Sciences

(∑Î§¬ÿÊ ≈¢Á∑§Ã ∑§⁄¢ ÿÊ é‹ÊÚ∑§ •ˇÊ⁄Ê¢ ◊¢ ÷⁄¢/Please type or fill up in Block Letters)

ŸÊ◊/Name (é‹ÊÚ∑§ •ˇÊ⁄Ê¢ ◊¢/in Block Letters) :

üÊË/‚ÈüÊË/üÊË/üÊË◊ÃË/«ÊÚ0/¬˝Ê0/Mr./Ms./Shri/Shrimati/Dr./Prof (∑Î§¬ÿÊ Á≈∑§ ∑§⁄¢)/(Please tick)

∑È§‹ŸÊ◊/Surname ¬˝Õ◊ ŸÊ◊/First Name ◊äÿ ŸÊ◊/Middle Name

‡ÊÒˇÊÁáÊ∑§ ÿÊÇÿÃÊ/Academic Qualifications :

(•¢ÁÃ◊ ‡ÊÒˇÊÁáÊ∑§ ÿÊÇÿÃÊ ¬˝◊ÊáÊ-¬òÊ •¢∑§-‚ÍøË ∑§Ê SflÃ—‚àÿÊÁ¬Ã Á¡⁄ÊÄ‚ ¬˝ÁÃ ‚¢‹ÇŸ ∑§⁄ŸÊ „Ò/Self attestedxerox copy of last educational certificate/marksheet must be attached)

¬ŒŸÊ◊/Designation

‚ê¬∑¸§ ∑§Ê ¬ÃÊ/Address of communication :

(⁄Êíÿ, ‡Ê„⁄/Ÿª⁄ •ı⁄ Á¬Ÿ ∑§Ê« ‚Á„Ã/including state, city/town and pin code)

ŒÍ⁄÷Ê· ‚¢ÅÿÊ/◊Ê’Êß¸‹ ‚¢ÅÿÊ •ı⁄ ß¸-◊‹/Phone No./Mobile Number & E-mail :

Á∑§‚Ë ÷Ë ‚⁄∑§Ê⁄Ë •ŸÈ◊ÊÁŒÃ ¬„øÊŸ ¬òÊ (•ÁŸflÊÿ¸)/Any Govt. approved ID Card (Mandatory) :

flÃ¸◊ÊŸ fl·¸ Áfl‡flÁfllÊ‹ÿ ¬˝fl‡Ê-¬òÊ/Current Year University Admit Card :

SÕÊÿË ¬ÃÊ/Permanent Address :

ÁŒŸÊ¢∑§/Date : ÷flŒËfl/Yours Faithfully

„SÃÊˇÊ⁄/Signature

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äÿÊŸ Œ¢ — (i) ‚÷Ë ’Ò¢∑§ «˛Êç≈ The Indian Science Congress Association ∑§ ŸÊ◊ ‚ „Ë Á‹πÊ ¡Ê∞°, ‚ŒSÿÃÊ∑§ Áfl·ÿ ◊¢ ’Ò¢∑§ «˛Êç≈ ¬˝ÊÁåÃ •ı⁄ ¡Ê ∑§Ê‹∑§ÊÃÊ ∑§ Á∑§‚Ë ÷Ë ‡ÊÊπÊ ◊¢ Œÿ „Ê¢–

Note : (i) All Bank Drafts should be drawn in favour of The Indian Science Congress Association,membership subject to realisation of the bank draft, Payable at any branch in Kolkata.

(ii) ‚÷Ë ‚ŒSÿÃÊ •ı⁄ ‚ŒSÿÃÊ ∑§ ŸflË∑§⁄áÊ ∑§ Á‹∞ •ÊflŒŸ-¬òÊ •ÊflŒ∑§Ê¢ ∑§Ê •¬Ÿ πÈŒ ∑§ ¬Ã ©¬‹éœ∑§⁄Ê∑§ ∑§⁄Ÿ øÊÁ„∞ Ÿ Á∑§ Œπ÷Ê‹ ∑§ ¬Ã ¬˝SÃÈÃ ∑§⁄Ÿ øÊÁ„∞–

(ii) All Application Forms for Membership and the renewal of Membership must besubmitted by providing the address of the applicants themselves only and not any careof address.

(iii) ÷ÃË¸ ‡ÊÈÀ∑§ r 50/- Á‚»¸§ ∞∑§ Ÿÿ flÊÁ·¸∑§ ‚ŒSÿ ∑§ Á‹∞ ¡∏L§⁄Ë „Ò– fl„ ‚ŒSÿ/•Ê¡ËflŸ ‚ŒSÿ/‚¢SÕÊŸ‚ŒSÿ/¿ÊòÊ ‚ŒSÿ/ŒÊÃÊ ∑§ Á‹∞ ¡∏L§⁄Ë Ÿ„Ë¢ „Ò–

(iii) Admission fess of r 50/- is needed only for becoming a new Annual Member andnot for Sessional Member/Life Member/Institutional Member/Student Member/Donor.

(iv) ‚ŒSÿÊ¢ ‚ ÿ„ ÁŸflŒŸ Á∑§flÊ ¡Ê ⁄„Ê „Ò Á∑§ fl •¬ŸË ‚ŒSÿÃÊ ‚¢ÅÿÊ ∑§Ê ©À‹π ÷Ê⁄ÃËÿ ÁflôÊÊŸ ∑§Ê¢ª˝‚‚¢SÕÊ ∑§ ∑§ÊÿÊ¸‹ÿ ∑§ ‚ÊÕ ¬òÊÊøÊ⁄ ∑§ ‚◊ÿ •fl‡ÿ ∑§⁄¢–

(iv) Members are requested to mention their Membership No. while making anycorrespondence to ISCA office.

(v) ÷Ê⁄ÃËÿ ÁflôÊÊŸ ∑§Ê¢ª˝‚ ‚¢SÕÊ mÊ⁄Ê ◊ŸË•ÊÚ«¸⁄, •Êß¸. ¬Ë. •Ù., ß¸. ‚Ë. ∞‚. ÿÊ ø∑§ ‚ ÷ÈªÃÊŸ ª˝„áÊŸ„Ë¢ Á∑§ÿÊ ¡Ê∞ªÊ–

(v) No Money Order, I.P.O., ECS or Cheque will be accepted by ISCA.

(vi) ∑§Êß¸ ÷Ë ‚ŒSÿÃÊ ÁŸœÊ¸Á⁄Ã ‚ŒSÿÃÊ »§Ê◊¸ (•ÊflŒŸ-¬òÊ Ÿß¸ ‚ŒSÿÃÊ/‚ŒSÿÃÊ ∑§Ë ŸflË∑§⁄áÊ ∑§ Á‹∞)◊¢ ÁflÁœflÃ Á’ŸÊ ÷⁄Ÿ ‚ Ÿ„Ë¢ Á‹ÿÊ ¡Ê∞ªÊ–

(vi) No Membership will be taken without duly filled in prescribed Membership Form(Application Form for New Membership/Application For Renewal of Membership).

(vii) Ÿ∑§ŒË ∑§fl‹ ISCA ◊ÈÅÿÊ‹ÿ ◊¢ „ÊÕ ‚ Á‹ÿÊ ¡Ê∞ªÊ– ∑Î§¬ÿÊ «Ê∑§ mÊ⁄Ê Á‹»§Ê»§ ∑§ ÷ËÃ⁄ Ÿ∑§ŒËŸ„Ë¢ ÷¡¢–

(vii) Cash will only be taken by hand at ISCA Hqrs. Pl. do not send the cash by Post withinthe envelope.

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