Programme Schedule

14th November 2025 (Friday)

0845 - 0915
Registration/Inaugural session
Session 1A - Presidential address and Introduction of Fellows

1030 - 1115
Raghavan Varadarajan,
IISc, Bengaluru
Enhancing the stability and efficacy of viral vaccines
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1115 - 1145
Tea Break
Session 1B - Public lecture
Chairperson: Raghavan Varadarajan, IISc, Bengaluru
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1145 - 1230
Shivakumar Kalyanaraman , CEO, Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), New Delhi
"AI for science and engineering "
1230 - 1400
Group Photograph opportunity and Lunch Break
Session 1C: Lectures of Fellows/ Associates
Chairperson: Vijayamohanan Pillai, IISER Tirupati, Tirupati
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1400 - 1420
Prasad V Bharatam
NIPER, Mohali
Divalent cationic nitrogen species: Chemical bonding, synthesis and drug discovery
1420 - 1440
Arindam Banerjee
IACS, Kolkata
Self-associating peptides for sustainable development
1440 - 1500
Divya Nayar
IIT Delhi, New Delhi
Molecular crowding: Biomolecular processes to nanomaterials design
1500 - 1520
Shibdas Banerjee
IISER Tirupati, Tirupati
The Alchemy with water microdroplets
1520 - 1600
Tea Break
Session 1D: Special Lecture
Chairperson: Satish K Gupta, Gurgaon

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1600 - 1640
Shinjini Bhatnagar
THSTI, Faridabad
From discovery to delivery: Translating science to improve maternal and child health
Session 1E
Chairperson: Amol Dighe, TIFR, Mumbai
Special session on “Science opportunities at an underground science facility (USF)”
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1640 - 1645
Vinod Gaur
CSIR Fourth Paradigm Institute, Bengaluru
Underground science facility as a multi-science activity
1645 - 1700
Arjun Datta
IISER Pune, Pune
Underground science facility for studying Earth’s density structure
1700 - 1715
Basudeb Dasgupta
TIFR, Mumbai
Underground science laboratory: Neutrino and dark matter frontiers
1715 - 1730
Prakash C. Rout
BARC, Mumbai
Underground science facility for nuclear astrophysics research
1730 - 1740
Discussion
1740 - 1810
Tea Break
Session 1F - Lectures of Fellows/Associates
Chairperson: Anirban Basu, NBRC, Manesar

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1810 - 1835
Pawan Malhotra
ICGEB, New Delhi
Plasmodium falciparum secretome/surfactome at asexual blood stages – a hidden treasure for new antimalarial development
1835 - 1900
P V Shivaprasad
NCBS, Bengaluru
Histone variant H4.V: a gatekeeper to H4K5Ac marks and salt stress transcriptome
1900 - 1930
Harsha Bajaj
NIIST, Thiruvananthapuram
When liquid droplets meet lipid membranes: A dynamic partnership
1930 - 2100
Dinner

15th November 2025 (Saturday)

Session 2A: Lectures of Fellows/Associates
Chairperson: Sanjay Kumar, BHU, Varanasi

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0930 - 0950
Bedangadas Mohanty
NISER, Bhubaneswar
Phase diagram of strong interactions
0950 - 1010
Satyaprasad Senanayak
NISER, Bhubaneswar
Polarization engineering for artificial neural circuits
1010 - 1030
Sukanya Ghosh
Central University of Kashmir, Ganderbal
Interplay of unusual structural reconstruction, exchange mechanism and electron correlation in high-temperature 2D van-der-Waals magnets
1030 - 1100
Tea break
Session 2B: Invited Lectures
Chairperson: Ekambaram Balaraman
Co-Chairperson: Vasudharani Devanathan

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1100 - 1120
Anilatmaja Aryasomayajula
IISER Tirupati, Tirupati
Estimates of automorphic forms
1120 - 1140
Arunima Banerjee
IISER Tirupati, Tirupati
Identifying lopsidedness in spiral galaxies using a deep convolutional neural network
1140 - 1200
K. Saikranthi
IISER Tirupati, Tirupati
Sub-daily scale rainfall extremes in India
1200 - 1220
Suresh Jain
IIT Tirupati, Tirupati
Advancing urban transport sustainability through AI-based emission mapping, policy scenario modelling, and the built environment–health nexus
1220 - 1400
Lunch break
Session 2C: Lectures of Fellows/Associates
Chairperson: K N Raghavan, Krea University, Sri City
Venue: Same as 1A

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1400 - 1420
Sudesh Kaur Khanduja
IISER Mohali, SAS Nagar
Glimpses of algebraic number theory
1420 - 1440
Dishant Pancholi
IMSc, Chennai
Embeddings of 4-manifolds in ₵P1 x ₵P1 x ₵P1
1440 - 1500
Tarak Karmakar
IIT Delhi, Delhi
From atoms to algorithms: Computer simulations in the age of AI
1500 - 1515
The Academy Trust- Overview of Activities
1515 - 1520
e-Book Launch: Kannada and Oriya version of Lilavati Daughters
1520 - 1600
Tea break
1600 - 1800
Business Meeting of Fellows:
Session 2D: Public Lecture
Chairperson: Raghavan Varadarajan, IISc, Bengaluru

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1800 - 1900
Vijay Chandru
IISc, Bengaluru
From human-engineered intelligence to re-engineered biology: A journey
2000
Dinner at Starlit suites

16th November 2025 (Sunday)

SESSION 3A:
Chairperson: Renee Borges, IISc, Bengaluru
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0930 - 1130
Symposium on Evolutionary Ecology in the Wild
0930 - 1000
Uma Ramakrishnan
NCBS, Bengaluru
Indian small mammals: biogeography, communities and zoonoses
1000 - 1030
Robin Vijayan
IISER Tirupati, Tirupati
Population trends inferred from field and genomic data indicate differential roles for climate and landscape change for Sky Island birds
1030 - 1100
Ullasa Kodandaramiah
IISER Thiruvananthapuram, Thiruvananthapuram
Hybridization and diversification of Impatiens in the Western Ghats
1100 - 1130
Meghna Krishnadas
NCBS, Bengaluru
Traits of trees shape community assembly, but intraspecific variation is substantial and meaningful
1130 - 1200
Tea Break
SESSION 3B: Lectures of Fellows/Associates
Chairperson: Tarun Kant, IIT Bombay, Mumbai
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1210 - 1230
Pradeep K Singh
Former Director(CIMFR, Dhanbad)
Ulwe hill flattened by controlled blasting technique for construction of Navi Mumbai International airport - A success story
SESSION 3C: Special Lecture
Chairperson: Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay, IISER Berhampur, Berhampur
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1230 - 1300
Ravi S Nanjundiah
IISc, Bengaluru
Heat stress forecasts: Its importance in present day changing climate
1300 - 1430
Lunch

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