14th November 2025 (Friday)
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0845 - 0915
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Registration/Inaugural session
Session 1A - Presidential address and Introduction of Fellows
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1030 - 1115
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Raghavan Varadarajan,
IISc, Bengaluru
Enhancing the stability and efficacy of viral vaccines
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1115 - 1145
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Tea Break
Session 1B - Public lecture Chairperson: Raghavan Varadarajan, IISc, Bengaluru
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1145 - 1230
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Shivakumar Kalyanaraman , CEO, Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), New Delhi
"AI for science and engineering "
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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
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Prasad V Bharatam
NIPER, Mohali
Divalent cationic nitrogen species: Chemical bonding, synthesis and drug discovery
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1420 - 1440
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Arindam Banerjee
IACS, Kolkata
Self-associating peptides for sustainable development
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1440 - 1500
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Divya Nayar
IIT Delhi, New Delhi
Molecular crowding: Biomolecular processes to nanomaterials design
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1500 - 1520
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Shibdas Banerjee
IISER Tirupati, Tirupati
The Alchemy with water microdroplets
Session 1D: Special Lecture
Chairperson: Satish K Gupta, Gurgaon
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1600 - 1640
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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
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Vinod Gaur
CSIR Fourth Paradigm Institute, Bengaluru
Underground science facility as a multi-science activity
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1645 - 1700
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Arjun Datta
IISER Pune, Pune
Underground science facility for studying Earth’s density structure
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1700 - 1715
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Basudeb Dasgupta
TIFR, Mumbai
Underground science laboratory: Neutrino and dark matter frontiers
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1715 - 1730
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Prakash C. Rout
BARC, Mumbai
Underground science facility for nuclear astrophysics research
Session 1F - Lectures of Fellows/Associates
Chairperson: Anirban Basu, NBRC, Manesar
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1810 - 1835
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Pawan Malhotra
ICGEB, New Delhi
Plasmodium falciparum secretome/surfactome at asexual blood stages – a hidden treasure for new antimalarial development
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1835 - 1900
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P V Shivaprasad
NCBS, Bengaluru
Histone variant H4.V: a gatekeeper to H4K5Ac marks and salt stress transcriptome
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1900 - 1930
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Harsha Bajaj
NIIST, Thiruvananthapuram
When liquid droplets meet lipid membranes: A dynamic partnership
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1930 - 2100
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Dinner
15th November 2025 (Saturday)
Session 2A: Lectures of Fellows/Associates
Chairperson: Sanjay Kumar, BHU, Varanasi
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0930 - 0950
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Bedangadas Mohanty
NISER, Bhubaneswar
Phase diagram of strong interactions
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0950 - 1010
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Satyaprasad Senanayak
NISER, Bhubaneswar
Polarization engineering for artificial neural circuits
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1010 - 1030
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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
Session 2B: Invited Lectures
Chairperson: Ekambaram Balaraman
Co-Chairperson: Vasudharani Devanathan
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1100 - 1120
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Anilatmaja Aryasomayajula
IISER Tirupati, Tirupati
Estimates of automorphic forms
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1120 - 1140
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Arunima Banerjee
IISER Tirupati, Tirupati
Identifying lopsidedness in spiral galaxies using a deep convolutional neural network
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1140 - 1200
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K. Saikranthi
IISER Tirupati, Tirupati
Sub-daily scale rainfall extremes in India
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1200 - 1220
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Suresh Jain
IIT Tirupati, Tirupati
Advancing urban transport sustainability through AI-based emission mapping, policy scenario modelling, and the built environment–health nexus
Session 2C: Lectures of Fellows/Associates
Chairperson: K N Raghavan, Krea University, Sri City
Venue: Same as 1A
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1400 - 1420
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Sudesh Kaur Khanduja
IISER Mohali, SAS Nagar
Glimpses of algebraic number theory
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1420 - 1440
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Dishant Pancholi
IMSc, Chennai
Embeddings of 4-manifolds in ₵P1 x ₵P1 x ₵P1
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1440 - 1500
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Tarak Karmakar
IIT Delhi, Delhi
From atoms to algorithms: Computer simulations in the age of AI
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1500 - 1515
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The Academy Trust- Overview of Activities
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1515 - 1520
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e-Book Launch: Kannada and Oriya version of Lilavati Daughters
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1600 - 1800
- Business Meeting of Fellows:
Session 2D: Public Lecture
Chairperson: Raghavan Varadarajan, IISc, Bengaluru
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1800 - 1900
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Vijay Chandru
IISc, Bengaluru
From human-engineered intelligence to re-engineered biology: A journey
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2000
- Dinner at Starlit suites
16th November 2025 (Sunday)
SESSION 3A:
Chairperson: Renee Borges, IISc, Bengaluru
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0930 - 1130
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Symposium on Evolutionary Ecology in the Wild
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0930 - 1000
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Uma Ramakrishnan
NCBS, Bengaluru
Indian small mammals: biogeography, communities and zoonoses
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1000 - 1030
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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
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1030 - 1100
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Ullasa Kodandaramiah
IISER Thiruvananthapuram, Thiruvananthapuram
Hybridization and diversification of Impatiens in the Western Ghats
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1100 - 1130
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Meghna Krishnadas
NCBS, Bengaluru
Traits of trees shape community assembly, but intraspecific variation is substantial and meaningful
SESSION 3B: Lectures of Fellows/Associates
Chairperson: Tarun Kant, IIT Bombay, Mumbai
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1210 - 1230
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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
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Ravi S Nanjundiah
IISc, Bengaluru
Heat stress forecasts: Its importance in present day changing climate