Monday, December 30, 2019

DELNET-NBT Events at New Delhi World Book Fair on January 6, 2020

Dear Sir/Madam

Greetings from DELNET! We wish you all a very Bright, Beautiful, Happy, Prosperous  and a Blessed New Year 2020!

We take immense  pleasure in cordially inviting you, your colleagues, LIS Professionals, Teachers and Students for the upcoming DELNET programmes organised in collaboration with National Book Trust which are going to be held on Monday, January 6, 2020 (at Children's Pavilion, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi) during New Delhi World Book Fair (NDWBF-2020)

 

Following are the programme details

1.      Stories on Bapu and On-the-Spot Quiz Competition among  School Children (Class VI-X) based on Autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi: The Story of My Experiments with Truth 

on Monday, January 6, 2020

              Timing: 11:00 am to 12:00 noon

              Registration will start by 10:00 am 

 

  (The prizes will be given to first three winners and the certificate of participation will

   be given to all the participants)

 

2.     Panel Discussion on "Igniting Young Children's Minds through Libraries: Role of LIS Professionals" 

on January 6, 2020

            Timing: 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm

            Registration will start by 1:30 pm 

 

           (Certificate of Participation will be given to all the participants)

  

at Children's Pavilion, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi (Entry from Gate no. 1, Near Bhairon Mandir Parking)


The detailed invite are enclosed.  


Kindly send us your nominations at the earliest.

We look forward to hearing from you soon.


With kind regards
Dr Sangeeta Kaul
9810329992 (Mobile)
RSVP/ Email: sangs@delnet.ren.nic.in, sangskaul2003@yahoo.co.in 

Wednesday, December 25, 2019

DST invites Applications for DST-Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Fellowship Programme (DST-STI-PFP 2019)

DST invites Applications from scientists & social scientists for DST-Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Fellowship Programme (DST-STI-PFP 2019). 
 

Thursday, December 19, 2019

Asian Biotechnology and Development Review (ABDR) new issue is now online

New article in SNAS "Securing sustainability in Indian agriculture through civilian UAV: a responsible innovation perspective" by Chamuah & Singh

Securing sustainability in Indian agriculture through civilian UAV: a responsible innovation perspective
by Anjan Chamuah & Rajbeer Singh; SN Applied Sciences, January 2020, 2:106

Abstract: Emerging technology like civilian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has the potential to exert an impact on agriculture production and crop damages assessment. Securing sustainability in agriculture requires accountability and responsibility of the actors engaged in the deployment of the civilian UAV due to associated deployment risks and unintended consequences. UAV technology has the potential to replace remote sensing technologies like satellite imageries and piloted aircraft used in the crop insurance business. The governance of deployment of UAV technology in India is a complex challenge when a well-developed regulatory system is not in place and diverse actors involved in the deployment and operation of civilian UAV for agricultural applications. Therefore, two main questions, how UAV innovations can lead to sustainability in Indian agriculture and how are the issues of governance of civil UAV innovations in crop insurance applications addressed, are dealt with. The responsible innovation approach is adopted as a theoretical framework. The exploratory and qualitative study used in-depth interviews, and the interviewees were selected through snowball sampling technique. The results suggest that in the governance of emerging technologies like UAV certain values such as trust, transparency, safety, autonomy, and environmental friendliness assumed high significance. Findings also suggest that UAV has the risk-taking ability in adverse weather condition. The UAV technology also creates values (social, economic and environmental) for deployment in the crop insurance business in India.
Keywords: Civilian UAV Sustainability Responsible innovation Agriculture insurance Accountability

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology | Special Issue on Research Data Management is now online

DESIDOC Journal of Library and Information Technology (DJLIT), 2019, 39(6)

Table of Contents
Guest Editorial

Research Papers 

Review Papers 

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

TNQ Distinguished Lectures in Life Sciences 2020 by Venki Ramakrishnan | AIIMS, New Delhi, 24 January

New Delhi:

January 24, 2020, 4.30 p.m. Jawaharlal Auditorium, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Campus


The TNQ Distinguished Lectures in the Life Sciences 2020

Barcoding Usage

Dear past and present registrants,

Those of you who have already registered with us for our 2020 Lecture Series may have noticed that this year, we have incorporated a barcode in our Registration Confirmation Mail.

This barcode will be scanned by our staff when you enter the auditorium.

We have added the barcode functionality this year to accurately assess the ratio between registrants and actual attendees, in our continual effort to give you all a more enjoyable Lecture experience, each year.

Please note that we are already full in Delhi and rapidly approaching capacity in Bengaluru too. Mumbai and Chennai still have plenty of seats available but we expect them all to be taken very shortly. What this means is that your registration is now critical to ensure you get a seat in the auditorium.

We thank you all for this outpouring of enthusiasm and support. We are humbled and totally delighted!

So if you haven't yet registered for our 2020 Lecture Series and you want to attend, the time to register is NOW. 

The TNQ Distinguished Lectures Team
Click here to register
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Monday, December 9, 2019

Prof. V.V. Krishna is elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales, Australia

Prof. V.V. Krishna is elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales, Australia for contribution to the field of Science, Technology and Society Studies. Many Congratulations!

A Note from Prof. Krishna


Elected as Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales, Australia for contribution to the field of Science, Technology and Society studies last evening (4th December 2019) at a formal meeting in Sydney. Wish to express my sense of gratitude and thanks to my mentors, colleagues, collaborators and research students in Australia, India, Singapore, France, China, and Canada. I am indebted to the University of Wollongong, Nistads, CSIR, CSSP, JNU, NUS and University of New South Wales, Sydney for the intellectual and research support over the years. I wish to thank Sage Publications for retaining me as EIC of STS journal and numerous colleagues who continue to support the journal from north to south. Thanks to my better half Usha and family.....






Sunday, December 8, 2019

[apeid.higher_education.bgk] International Scholarship Program on Public Policies in Higher Education (15 Jan 2020)

Dear Colleagues,

 

Warm greetings from UNESCO Bangkok!

 

Good news -- below, we are pleased to share a link from our partners, which we encourage you to review and circulate as you see best:

 

UNESCO-IESALC announces its International Scholarship Program on public policies in higher education
http://www.iesalc.unesco.org/en/2019/11/12/iesalc-announces-international-scholarship-program-on-public-policies-in-higher-education/

 

The call will remain open from the date of its publication on the UNESCO IESALC website until January 15, 2020 and its result will be communicated on January 22, 2020.

 

Good luck!

 

UNESCO Bangkok
Section for Educational Innovation and Skills Development (EISD)

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Section for Educational Innovation and Skills Development (EISD)

Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau for Education

 

Mom Luang Pin Malakul Centenary Building

920 Sukhumvit Rd.,
Bangkok 10110, Thailand

Tel.: +66 23 91 05 77

www.unesco.org/bangkok