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NMML 2014 'Science, Society and Nature' Lectures List

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From: Mahesh Rangarajan <rangarajan.mahesh@gmail.com>
 

NMML 2014 PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES

'Science, Society and Nature'

 

S. No.

Date/Day

 

Speaker

 

 

Title

  1.  

22 January,

2014

Wednesday

 

 

Prof. Ronald Herring,

Cornell University,

USA.

'State Science and National Specificity:

Cotton to Brinjal in India'

 

  1.  

31 January,

2014

Friday

 

Prof. Jayanta Bandyopadhyay,

Formerly at

Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC),

Kolkata.

 

'The Water Future of South Asia:

The option for advancing ecological engineering'

 

 

  1.  

5 February,

2014

Wednesday

 

 

Prof. Bina Agarwal,

University of Manchester,

UK.

'Title to be confirmed'

  1.  

20 February, 2014

Thursday

(5.30 pm)

 

Prof. Deepak Pental,

University of Delhi,

Delhi.

 

 

'The Societal Response to Transgenic Crops:

Apathy, ideology or fear of the unknown?'

 

 

  1.  

6 March,

2014

Thursday

Prof. Prem Kumar Kalra,

Dayalbagh Educational Institute,

Dayalbagh,

Agra.

 

                                                      

'Bio-Inspired System Science:

Synergy among nature, science and society'

  1.  

20 March,

2014

Thursday

Dr. Julie Hughes,

Vassar College,

New York,

USA.

 

 

'Preserved Boar and Protected Pangolin:

Making wilderness in the Rajput States'

  1.  

3 April,

2014

Thursday

Prof. R. Geeta,

University of Delhi,

Delhi.

 

 

'Biodiversity and Bioresources:

Through the Evolutionary Glass'

  1.  

8 May,

2014

Thursday

 

Ms. Sudha Mahalingam,

Former Senior Fellow,

NMML.

 

'Redefining India's Energy Security:

Emerging paradigms'

 

 

  1.  

15 May,

2014

Thursday

 

Dr. Vidya Athreya,

Wildlife Conservation Society,

India.

 

 

'Wildlife in Our Backyards and How India Might Show the Way'

  1.  

29 May,

2014

Thursday

Dr. Kavita Isvaran,

Indian Institute of Science,

Bengaluru.

 

'The Science of Animal-Watching and the Extinction of Natural Behaviours in the Wild'

 

 

 

  1.  

30 May,

2014

Friday

(5.30 pm)

Dr. Jagdish Krishnaswamy,

Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment,

Bengaluru.

 

 

'Understanding the Impact of Global Change on India's Environment and Ecology'

  1.  

10 July,

2014

Thursday

 

Dr. Manjari Mahajan,

The New School University,

USA.

 

 

'The Birth and Death of an Epidemic:

Understanding transformations in India's public health through AIDS'

 

  1.  

28 August,

2014

Thursday

 

Prof. K. Vijayraghavan,

Department of Biotechnology,

New Delhi.

 

 

'A Disconnect in Need of Urgent Repair:

Scientific thinking and policy making'

 

 

  1.  

4 September,

2014

Thursday

 

Prof. Virander Chauhan,

International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology,

New Delhi.

 

 

'Science and Society:

Expectations, challenges and promises'

  1.  

16 October,

2014

Thursday

(5.30 pm)

 

 

Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwala,

Indian Institute of Technology,

Chennai.

 

 

'Technologies for India'

  1.  

30 October,

2014

Thursday

Dr. Y.V. Jhala,

Wildlife Institute of India,

Dehradun.



 

'Carnivores and Communities : Conflict or coexistence?'

  1.  

26 November, 2014

Wednesday

Prof.  Sundar Sarukkai,

Manipal University,

Manipal.

 

                                                        

'Nature and/of Authority'

 

Venue: Seminar Room, Library Building, NMML.

Time: 3.00 pm (unless otherwise notified)

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