Call for Papers:: World-Wide Web: Technology, Standards and Internationalization Conference

World-Wide Web: Technology, Standards and Internationalization Conference

6-7 May 2010, New Delhi


Organized by W3C India Office and Department of Information Technology, Govt. of India

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international Standards Body which develops Standards / Best Practices / recommendations to ensure seamless web access to all. The Vision of W3C is to achieve Web for Everyone and Web on Everything. W3C works in tandem with others standards making bodies such as UNICODE, IETF, ICANN and ISO at the international level. W3C has so far published about 95 standards for web technology and working in the future web standards. W3C India Office has been set-up at DIT under the aegis of Technology development for Indian languages (TDIL). The objective of w3C India office is to promote adoption of W3C recommendations among developers, application builders, and standards setters, and to encourage inclusion of stakeholder organizations in the creation of future web standards.

The Conference topics would be focusing in these major areas:
1. W3C and Web Technologies
2. Internationalization aspects in W3C
3. Web Access through mobile and handheld devices
4. CSS and Styling issues for Indian languages
5. Web Architecture and Semantic web
6. Human machine Interface for the web
7. Web Content Accessibility in Indian Languages
8. W3C and E-governance

Call for Papers

Technical Papers / Tutorials/ Presentations are invited for various Technology Track Sessions in the above mentioned areas. Please submit your abstracts in Standard IEEE 2 Column format by email to slata[at]mit.gov.in, schandra[at]mit.gov.in in .PDF and .DOC formats on or before 10th April 2010. All submissions must be in electronic form.

Conference Program Committee will review all submissions and select papers for oral presentation at various technical sessions.

Important Dates :
1. Submission of Abstract: April 10, 2010
2. Submission of full papers: April 15, 2010
3. Deadline date for registration: April 20, 2010
4. Date of conference: May 6-7, 2010

Paper Submission Format: .DOC , .PDF

Download Abstract Submission Form

Download Registration Form. There is no registration fee for the conference.

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Call for Papers:: Between Mainstream and the Fringe: Environmental Activism in a Globalised World: International Conference

Between Mainstream and the Fringe: Environmental Activism in a Globalised World: International Conference

9-10 December 2010

Venue: Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi, India

Organised by University of Heidelberg in collaboration with Centre for Culture,Media and Governance, JMI

Environmental activism entered the political domain in the 1980s. The demand for rights and justice pitched activists against their adversaries: the state, business corporations, corporate media and the judiciary. Over the next 20 years, however, these mainstream actors slowly colonised the environmental agenda. It is important therefore, to understand the effectivity and nature of mainstream concern around environment as well as the renegotiated charter for the fringe activists who have assumed a new dimension in a globalised world.
The continuous push of globalisation brings with it other changes. Emerging transnational networks, the entry of Northeren NGOs into South and their collaborations with local partners and the corporatisation of the green agenda are changing the scope and nature of environmental politics. New financial arrangements are emerging with increased transnational funding giving rise to flows of ideas and knowledge that transcend national boundaries and change the relationship between both state and non-state actors. The contested terrains of control over natural resources are "glocally" renegotiated between various agents.
It is to map the changes within the sphere of environmental activism and shifting transnational engagements that Heidelberg University's Cluster of Excellence 'Asia and Europe', is organising a two day conference in Delhi on Decemebr 9th and 10th, 2010 at the Jamia Millia Islamia University (JMI) in New Delhi. The conference is being held in collaboration with the Centre for Culture, Media and Governance, JMI.
The conference lays a strong emphasis on practitioner experience and case studies and aims to facilitate a conversation between both activists and academics. (While the emphasis of the conference is on India and South Asian case studies, relevant papers from other parts of the world are welcome.) Keeping our broad concerns in mind, the conference invites papers around the following themes (but not restricted to):
1) Media Discourse on the environment

Mainstream media narrative of environment and its politics. Communication strategy of the fringe in the mainstream media clutter.
2) Transnational donors and environmental agenda
Guiding principles for funding actions/research in the South and donor expectations.
Compliance and subversion of donor agenda by Southern civil society.
3) Business imperatives in new 'environment'
Corporate sponsorship of green movement and its business benefits.
Business leadership through financing clean technology.
Public relations and the politics of reputational advantage.
4) Warfare in hyper-reality
Determinants of successful activism in New Media/Social networking and politics of new technology
5) Youth movements on environment
Staking claims for the future and relevance of 'immature politicians'

6) Political Parties, state and the superstructure of environmental administration

Appealing to the electorate with the green agenda.
The bureaucratisation of people's movements.
7) The grassroots in global networks
Retaining local identity in global resistance movements.
8) Judiciary, rights and wrongs
Can judicial activism restore environmental justice or does it bypass the democratic process?

Deadlines

The deadlines for abstracts is May 30th. Abstracts are to be sent to batabyal[at]asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de and somras[at]gmail.com

You will be notified by June 30th if your abstract is successful and you will have to submit a full paper (between 7,000 to 10,000 words) by October end for dissemination to other participants and paper discussants. Submission of a full paper is essential as a book is planned around the conference.

Discussants

For those who do not wish to present a paper but would like to lead the discussion of papers in their areas of interest, do let us know at the same email ids regarding your areas of work, publications, etc and we will notify you regarding submissions.

Further Details

ICRIER Programme on Critical Strategic & Economic Issues for the Future

Advanced Briefing Programme
Critical Strategic & Economic Issues for the Future

November 8-20, 2010, Delhi

Organized by
Strategic and Economic Capacity Building Programme,
Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi, India

This programme addresses the need for capacity‐building in the strategic and external policy community in S. Asia. In a complex, dynamic world, where economics, politics and military issues inter‐twine on an ever increasing scale, policy‐makers, media‐persons, and researchers have to deal with multi‐faceted issues and problems. Their task has become all the more challenging in the post cold war era, where set positions are being replaced by fluid coalition‐building and more nuanced approaches. External policy makers will increasingly be required to clearly prioritize their national interests in the global arena and take more informed decisions of cooperation and conflict going well beyond the South Asian region to Asian and global issues.

This workshop is a response to this capacity deficit in the strategic and external policy community in S. Asia. With internationally reputed faculty and experts, it aims at exposing South Asia's younger diplomats and opinion makers to front line international strategic thinking and analysis, in an innovative, interactive framework. There will be more than 20 sessions over a period of two weeks, on issues of the future organized within the following broad themes:

• The Global Situation: Broad overview of developments in the global economy, the shifting balance of power, international trade and governance regimes, and scenarios for the future
• The South Asian Context: The rise of Asia, prospects for regional cooperation in South Asia, scenarios for India's future
• The Dynamics of Power & Security Challenges: Global and regional geopolitics and security issues
• Climate Change, Energy and Natural Resources: The present situation, future scenarios, problems of international cooperation

Further Details

Call for Research Proposals by Strategic and Economic Capacity Building Programme, ICRIER

Call for Research Proposals

Invited by Strategic and Economic Capacity Building Programme (SECP), ICRIER

ICRIER invites applications for writing in-depth research papers on international strategic / economic issues of the future, under the Strategic & Economic Capacity-building Programme (SECP), sponsored by the Macarthur Foundation. The focus of the SECP project is on international issues of the future, especially in the Asian context, such as those relating to economic and strategic policies, global governance, and regional cooperation. South Asian academics, diplomats, media-persons and others having appropriate academic background and experience may apply at the earliest. Selected researchers will have six months to produce the paper under the guidance of internationally reputed mentors. The papers, on satisfactory completion, will be suitably disseminated through workshops / publications. The papers carry an honorarium of INR 1,00,000 (Indian Rupees one lakh only) plus possibility of a travel grant.

Please apply at the earliest to the Director, Strategic and Economic Capacity-building Programme (e-mail: skumar[at]icrier.res.in) along with CV(s) of researchers, and an outline of the research proposal, in the format given here.

Further Details

CSIR Programme on "Technology Led Entrepreneurship"

Seventh Programme on "Technology Led Entrepreneurship"

Organized by: Human Resource Development Group, CSIR

Venue: Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, (IICT) Hyderabad

Dates: June 01 - 22, 2010

Objective

The objective of this programme is to inculcate the spirit of technological entrepreneurship amongst our Research Scholars to enable them to learn how to take knowledge based innovations through to a commercial outcome. The skills learned during the programme would help the scholars to enhance their expertise in technology commercialization and business development.

The programme also seeks to kindle the sprit of 'intrapreneurship' (Corporate Entrepreneurship) in the participants, through which they can take on entrepreneurial roles in large organizations in the course of their employment subsequent to completion of their doctoral programme.

Eligibility criteria for participants

• Research Scholars [JRF, SRF, RA from Science & Engineering Stream] availing fellowships of any central agency [CSIR, UGC, ICMR, ICAR, DAE, DRDO, DST, DBT] in universities and R & D organizations and having at least one year of research experience are eligible to apply for this programme.
• GATE qualified M.Tech students, Project Assistants registered for Ph.D and Research Scholars working in externally funded project in CSIR Labs and having a minimum of one year of research experience are also eligible.
  

Last Date

Application and Recommendation forms complete in all respect must reach to us on or before April 25, 2010.

Important topics to be covered during the Programme:

• Technological Entrepreneurship: Key conceptual framework and Case studies
• Preparation of Business Plans
• Corporate entrepreneurship: Innovating in large organizations
• Finance & Accounts
• Going to market for technology and products
• Company Law and Commercial Knowledge for technological ventures
• Communication skills
• Intellectual Property Rights
• Thinking Strategically in technological ventures
• Motivation, team building, creativity and leadership
• Decision Analysis and Resource Management
• Economic Environment
• Technology-driven business opportunities
• Technology assessment and licensing
• Positioning of latest R&D technologies in the market
• Major hurdles / barriers in technology-driven ventures and their solutions
• Business plan presentations
  

Further Details

6th Sixth International Conference on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics (WIS) & Eleventh COLLNET Meeting

Sixth International Conference on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics (WIS) & Eleventh COLLNET Meeting

19-22 October 2010

Venue: University of Mysore, Mysore, India

Scope

Quantitative aspects of science of science. Collaboration and communication in science and technology. Science policy. Combination and integration of qualitative and quantitative approaches.

Theoretical, methodological and applied aspects, for example:

• Emerging issues in scientometrics/informetrics/webometrics and history
• Science Policy and collaboration
• Collaboration Studies for Science & Society
• Collaboration, Knowledge Management & Industrial Partnership
• Collaborative Bridge between Academic Research and Industry
• Techniques for Collaboration Studies
• Visualization Techniques in Collaboration Studies
• Quantitative analysis of S&T innovations
• Informetric laws and distributions, mathematical models of communication or collaboration
• Nature and growth of science and of collaboration in science and its relation with technological output
• Evaluation indicators
• Collaboration in science and technology from both quantitative and qualitative points of view

Please, note that these examples listed above give a broad outline of the scope of the workshop theme but do not limit it.

COLLNET and ISSI

COLLNET is a global interdisciplinary research network of scholars who are concerned to study aspects of collaboration in science and in technology (see COLLNET web site at: http://www.collnet.de/). This network of interdisciplinary scholars was established in January 2000 in Berlin with Hildrun Kretschmer as coordinator. Since that time there have been 9 meetings: the first in Berlin, September 2000, the 2nd in New Delhi, February 2001 and the 3rd in Sydney (in association with the 8th ISSI Conference), July 2001. The former ISSI President Mari Davis has mentioned in the Newsletter, July 2003: Importantly, ISSI needs alliance with other groups, such as COLLNET, for broader reach among a range of interdisciplinary researchers and to encourage new thinking and perspectives on investigations in science and in technology. The 4th COLLNET Meeting took place on August 29th in 2003 in Beijing in conjunction with the 9th International ISSI Conference; the International Workshop on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics and 5th COLLNET Meeting in Roorkee, India, in March 2004. The 6th COLLNET Meeting took place in association with the 10th ISSI Conference in Stockholm, Sweden, in July 2005 and the International Workshop on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics and 7th COLLNET Meeting in Nancy, France, in May 2006. The Third International Conference on Webometrics, Informetrics, Scientometrics and Science and Society & Eighth COLLNET Meeting took place in New Delhi, India, in March 2007 (http://www.collnet-delhi.de), the Fourth International Conference on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics & Ninth COLLNET Meeting in Berlin, Germany in July 2008 (http://www.collnet-berlin.de) and the Fifth International Conference on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics & Tenth COLLNET Meeting in Dalian, China, in September 2009 (http://www.wiselab.cn/collnet-dalian)

Call for Papers

Papers are called presentation and publication in conference proceedings from , teachers, researchers and students. The papers submitted at the conference should be the original work of the author(s). Research papers based on surveys and case studies are given preference. The paper submitted should have been neither published anywhere nor kept under consideration for publication.

• The article must be submitted according to the following format: The manuscript may be limited to 3000 to 5000 words.
• Article should be submitted electronically.
• All papers should be typed on Microsoft Word Version.
• Paper size should be A4, Portrait (8.5"*11") with margins:1" (top & bottom and right):1.5" (left)
• Heading & sub headings must be in bold font, justified and numbered according to the level of heading as below:
  
• 1. First level heading
• 1.1 Second level heading
• 1.1.1 Third level heading
• Figures, chairs, photos and tables within the article should have proper number and descriptions.
• The font size is to be 12 in Times New Roman.
• The main title should be followed by name, affiliation and address of the author(s) with email ID and contact numbers.
• The length of the abstract should not be more than 200 words.
• At least 5 keywords must be given after the abstract.
• All papers must be accompanied by one passport size colour photograph and a brief CV.
• Reference/bibliographies may be cited as per APA format prescribed by American-Psychological Association (http://www.apa.style.org)
• General presentations and descriptive articles are not encouraged. Submission of Papers: Original papers focusing on the theme of the conference are invited from the potential authors engaged in the area of Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics and related issues are requested to send their full paper so as to reach the organizing secretary before 15th August 2010.
  

Important Dates:

• Extended Abstract (3 pages): April 15, 2010
• Acceptance: May 15, 2010
• Full Paper: August 15, 2010 (Camera-ready version, maximum 10 pages including tables, figures, references)
  

Both abstracts and full papers will be peer reviewed by the Programme Committee. The accepted full papers will be published in the proceedings. Please send your extended abstracts to: Hildrun Kretschmer {Kretschmer.h[at]onlinehome.de}. Please send also a copy to: S.L. Sangam {slsangam[at]yahoo.com}.

Contact Information
Dr.P.V. Konnur
Organizing Secretary
Sixth International Conference on Webometrics, Informetrics and Scientometrics & Eleventh COLLNET Meeting
C/o Department of Library and Information Science
University of Mysore
Manasagangotri, Mysore 570 006
Phone: +91-80-22961131, 23215510
Mobile: +91-9449679737
E-Mail: konnur[at]bub.ernet.in
Website: http://library.bub.ernet.in/

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India's Scientific Legacy by Jayant V. Narlikar

India's Scientific Legacy
Jayant V. Narlikar

BOOK REVIEWED - Technology at the Core: Science and Technology with Indira Gandhi
by Ashok Parthasarathi
Pearson Education India: 2008. 348 pp. INR 750

The end of the Second World War saw the beginning of decolonization in many countries. Among the nations that became free, India is unique in having a firm science and technology base. This exists because the nation was led by a visionary prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, who strongly believed in directing science and technology for the development of the emerging nation. Nehru's dialogue with high-ranking scientists, such as Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, Homi Bhabha and Daulat Singh Kothari, led to practical solutions for how to achieve it. Another fortunate circumstance was that Nehru had a long tenure of 17 years at the helm, during which India enjoyed political stability.
It is against this background that one should read Technology at the Core. The author's father, the late G. Parthasarathi, was a senior diplomat and close confidant of prime minister Indira Gandhi, Nehru's daughter. And author Ashok Parthasarathi worked for several years in her secretariat, making him eminently qualified to write an account of how she handled issues relating to science and technology. Indeed, in several places he cites instances showing the informality of her interaction with him.
Mrs Gandhi, as she was widely known, succeeded her father two years after his demise, and like him, she had a soft spot for science and technology. "It was Indira Gandhi who brought scientists, engineers and technocrats into policy-making and managerial positions," explains Parthasarathi. Nehru, by contrast, saw them more as laboratory workers and thinkers.
This book focuses on the years 1967 to 1977 and 1980 to 1984, when Mrs Gandhi was in power and when Parthasarathi was able to observe, report on and somewhat influence the events that were important enough for the prime minister's intervention. Since Nehru's time, major science and technology issues in India, such as space and atomic energy, have been handled by the prime minister. Parthasarathi was initially appointed special assistant to Vikram Sarabhai, the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. In 1970 he was moved to the prime minister's secretariat, where his job was administrative in nature but required good scientific knowledge. His varied roles included briefing the prime minister, preparing drafts of her speeches, acquainting her with the progress of meetings - including complaints about bureaucratic delay - and reminding her of previous enabling decisions of the cabinet.
One might imagine that science-related decisions would be taken rationally. That image receives a knock if one reads the accounts in this book. One learns that Sarabhai gave an unrealistic future estimate of nuclear power generation without consulting his second-in-command at the Atomic Energy Commission, Homi Sethna, who had the engineering experience. The Department of Atomic Energy continued to have internal quarrels between engineers and scientists. The book also describes controversies from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, with one director-general reportedly victimizing the favoured staff of his predecessor.
There are hints of bigger controversies. When the Indian National Satellite System was being constructed, Mrs Gandhi insisted on finding out who was involved in the tendering procedure. She suspected that one of her senior ministerial colleagues was trying to influence the bids. Advance payments were reportedly sent to suppliers of defence equipment in the United States shortly before the US government was expected to ban the sale of such equipment to India. Parthasarathi also discusses his own role in the investigation of Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan, the distinguished agricultural scientist known for developing high-yielding Indian wheat varieties. He describes how Swaminathan was exonerated after being accused of falsifying scientific claims.
Occasionally, there are glimpses reminiscent of the British sitcom Yes Minister, when decisions approved by the cabinet or the prime minister were stalled in the corridors of power. The administration was even divided between the technocrats and those who came through the regular channel of the administrative service. I recall that during my tenure as member of the Science Advisory Council to prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, the exasperated leader once asked the council: "Tell me, how am I to get this recommendation implemented by my administrators?".
Excellent though this account is, there are serious gaps. Important political events such as the war leading to the formation of Bangladesh, the declaration of emergency with draconian powers assumed by Mrs Gandhi, her loss of the post-emergency election, and her return to power nearly three years later are mentioned only fleetingly. How did science and technology, especially the prime minister's secretariat, fare during these traumatic events? Even in a purely scientific context, there is no discussion of the 1974 peaceful nuclear test. How much did the secretariat staff know of it? There is frequent mention of Purshottam Narayan Haksar as an important decision-maker whose views were greatly respected by Mrs Gandhi. Yet there is no discussion of why and how he was sidelined during the state of emergency declared in 1975.
A comparison with a political biography of Mrs Gandhi, such as the one by Inder Malhotra, would make this book seem a somewhat dry and oversimplified account of how she functioned and how she ran science and technology in a big emerging nation. Technology at the Core is eminently readable as an eyewitness account. But it could have been even more so had the political ambience not been filtered out.

Source: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v457/n7226/full/457150b.html

Call for Research Partnerships - Revitalising Rainfed Agriculture Network

Call for Research Partnerships - Revitalising Rainfed Agriculture Network

Revitalising Rainfed Agriculture Network (RRA-network) is a network of organizations and individuals attempting to build a macro-economic case for improved targeting of public investments and policies in support of rain-fed agriculture. The network has emerged based on the collective understanding that agricultural policies designed for relatively secure and well-endowed parts of the country have been indiscriminately extended into rainfed areas. Such an extension has contributed to a range of crises, including the depletion of groundwater and natural resources, escalating input costs, and a secular decline in farmers' incomes.

This network is pursuing a broad engagement with practitioners, researchers and government on issues confronting rain-fed areas. The network hopes to use evidence from different parts of the country, in combination with macro-economic and other research to build the case for a shift in agricultural policy. The network believes that such a re-orientation in public policy will contribute to both regional economic growth and ecological restoration of rain-fed areas.

RRA-Netowrk invites applications from researchers to undertake a range of studies to further our understanding of the existing structure and regional disparities in public investments (around subsidies, support prices, the structuring of the PDS, the availability of credit and so on), develop simulations to model macro-economic returns under a range of policy/investment regimes in rainfed India and analysis of various policy options.

Interested researchers should send resumes with 3 references, 2 sample publications and a brief expression of interest to Coordinator, Revitalising Rainfed Agriculture Network (email: rainfedfarming[at]gmail.com). RRA will be looking for research support on an ongoing basis.

The Revitalizing Rainfed Agriculture Network is funded by the Hivos-Ford Foundation Dryland Agriculture Fund and is anchored at WASSAN, Hyderabad.

Call for Research Partnerships - Rainfed Livestock Network (RLN)

Call for Research Partnerships - Rainfed Livestock Network (RLN)

Rainfed Livestock Network (RLN) is a national coalition of organizations and individuals attempting to build a macro-economic case for better targeted public investments and policies in support of non-dairy, low-input and diverse livestock production systems in arid and semi-arid India. This objective of the network derives from a number of localized understandings and experiences that point to the crucial role played by these neglected livestock production systems in sustaining low-income households. Yet, such animal husbandry remains peripheral to mainstream livestock policies and government investments.

RLN is exploring the case that a reorientation in public policies and investments with a focus on these marginal livestock production systems can contribute substantially to the growth of the livestock sector, poverty reduction more generally and to ecological restoration.

RLN invites applications to undertake applied research in support of building the case for such a reorientation in livestock policy. Within this broad framework, studies may focus on issues such as mapping the spatial distribution of such systems across the country, profiling the contribution of these livestock systems to the GDP and people dependent on them, analysis of production systems and the natural resource base of such systems and demographic and spatial trends over time.

Interested researchers should send resumes with 3 references, 2 sample publications and a brief expression of interest to Coordinator, Rainfed Livestock Network (email: rainfedlivestocknetwork[at]gmail.com). RLN will be looking for research support on an ongoing basis.

The Rainfed Livestock Network is funded by the Ford Foundation, New Delhi and is anchored by Foundation for Ecological Security, Anand, Gujarat.

Conference on Science & Technology Studies in South Asia

Conference on Science & Technology Studies in South Asia

14-15 May 2010

Organized by the South Asia Institute at the University of Texas at Austin, USA

Call for Papers:

The South Asia Institute of the University of Texas at Austin announces a conference on the social studies of science, technology, environment, and medicine in modern South Asia. The conference will be held in Austin, Texas, on May 14 and 15, 2010.

It has been a number of years since the last gathering of STS-South Asia-related scholars took place at MIT, organized by Banu Subramaniam and Abha Sur. There has been a substantial increase in the number of scholars working on these topics since that time; especially exciting has been the rise in the number of graduate students doing PhDs on STS-South Asia-related issues.

The goals of this conference are simple: to offer a venue for scholars to present their work to an informed audience, to create a forum for discussion of issues of common interest, to inform participants about the state of the field, and to help build a community of STS-South Asia scholars. The conference will be organized as a sequential series of panels over two days, and will include at least one plenary lecture by a senior scholar in the field. Depending on the number of participants, roundtable discussions on Big Topics may be added as well.

Those interested in participating should submit a 300-word abstract of the paper they would like to present to STS-SouthAsia@austin.utexas.edu by March 15, 2010. Organizers will endeavor to include as many papers as possible in the conference. Since one objective is to bring together STS-South Asia scholars from across North America, we encourage scholars who are not presenting papers to attend as well.
There is no conference registration fee. North America-based graduate students and scholars without tenure whose papers have been accepted are invited to apply to the conference for funds to defer the costs of travel and stay. The South Asia Institute at the University of Texas at Austin will host an opening and closing dinner for all conference participants.

Questions may be addressed to the conference organizers at: STS-SouthAsia[at]austin.utexas.edu

Abstracts are due on March 15, 2010.

Further Information

International Workshop on Understanding Environmental Change: The South Asian Challenge

International Workshop on Understanding Environmental Change: The South Asian Challenge

13th March 2010

Organized by: Uppsala-Delhi Ecology and Society Network

Hosted By: Centre of Studies in Science Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Venue: School of Social Science, Committee Room 001

About the Workshop:

A networking project within the broad field of environmental history was initiated between researchers in Uppsala and Delhi in early 2007. The network, now entitled Uppsala-Delhi Ecology and Society Network, is co-ordinated by Dr. Gunnel Cederlöf, Dept. of History, Uppsala University; and Prof. Mahesh Rangarajan at the University of Delhi. Once fully established, it will function through workshops, lectures, publications, and a website. It will further provide PhD students with external supervision and may also channel other information which is useful for pursuing research studies. Researchers involved in the network are employed at Uppsala University, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala (SLU), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), University of Delhi, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi Institute of Economic Growth, and Jamia Millia Islamia University.

This workshop is supported by funding from the Swedish Research Council and will be hosted by the Centre of Studies in Science Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Their support is acknowledged gratefully.

This is the fourth workshop in the series organized by the Uppsala-Delhi Ecology and Society Network. Other supporting institutions include the Centre for Studies in Science Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Department of History, Uppsala University; the Department of History, University of Delhi; and the School of Human Ecology, Ambedkar University.

Programme Schedule

09.30 hrs: Registration

10.00 hrs -10.30 hrs: Keynote Address
Kiran Asher, Program in International Development and Social Change, Clark University, USA
"Thinking across Borders: A Disciplinary Nomad’s Reflections on Ecology and Society"
10.30 -10.45 hrs: Discussion
10.45 -11.15 hrs: Tea Break

Session I
11.15-11.35 hrs
Saagar Tewari, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
"Recreating Geographies and Normalizing Bodies: the Imagined Landscapes of the South East Resource Region (SERR) in India"
11.35-11.55 hrs
Gunnel Cederlöf, Department of History, Uppsala University
"Climate Crises and Ordered Landscapes: Colonial Conquest of northern East Bengal"
12.00 – 12.40 hrs: Discussion
12.40 -14.00 hrs: Lunch Break

Session II
14.00 hrs -14.20 hrs
Pernille Gooch, Department of Human Ecology, Lund University
"Rapidly Changing Landscapes, Policies, and Local Livelihoods: Pastoralists and Peasants between Struggle for Subsistence and the Force of the Market in the Indian Central Himalayas"
14.20 hrs -14.40 hrs
Radhika Krishnan, Centre for Studies in Science Policy, Jawaharlal NehruUniversity, Delhi
"Digging the Earth: The Emergence of Enclave Mining in India"
14.40 hrs- 15.20 hrs: Discussion
15.20 hrs-15.50 hrs: Tea Break

Session III:
15.50-16.10 hrs
Navroz Dubash, Centre for Policy Research, Delhi
"Whither Climate Politics in India?"
16.10-16.30 hrs
Fiona Rotberg, Department of Government, Uppsala University
"Social Networks and Adaptation in Rural Bangladesh"
16.30 -1710 hrs : Discussion
17.10 hrs : Concluding Remarks

For further details / registration please contact: Asmita Kabra (asmita.kabra[at]gmail.com)

Lok Sabha Internship Programme 2010

Lok Sabha Internship Programme 2010

Applications are invited by the Bureau of Parliamentary Studies and Training in the prescribed format for five Internship Positions for a one-year Internship Programme in the Lok Sabha. The Internship Programme is aimed to provide an opportunity to young men and women with outstanding academic and extracurricular achievements to acquaint themselves with the working of parliamentary democracy and democratic institutions in general and specifically about the Indian parliamentary system. The Programme also aims at imparting requisite skills and knowledge to enable the Interns to develop a proper perspective about the role of Legislature in the parliamentary system which, in turn, would help them while working in their own chosen fields in future.

Duration: The duration of the Internship Programme will be one year, starting March 2010 and ending February 2011.

Eligibility:

• Age: The Internship shall be open to Indian citizens between 21 and 28 years of age as on 31st December 2009.
• Qualifications: The applicant should have completed a two-year Post-Graduate Degree from a recognised Indian or Foreign University with 55% marks in any of the areas/disciplines such as Social Sciences, Law, Journalism, Finance, Management, etc.
• Last Date of Application by POST: 20th February 2010

Further Details and Application Form

Science and Engineering Indicators 2010

Science and Engineering Indicators 2010

published by the National Science Foundation/ National Science Board, USA

SEI 2010 provides a broad base of quantitative information on the U.S. and international science and engineering enterprise.

About Science and Engineering Indicators

Science and Engineering Indicators (SEI) is first and foremost a volume of record comprising the major high-quality quantitative data on the U.S. and international science and engineering enterprise. SEI is factual and policy neutral. It does not offer policy options, and it does not make policy recommendations. SEI employs a variety of presentation styles-tables, figures, narrative text, bulleted text, Web-based links, highlights, introductions, conclusions, reference lists—to make the data accessible to readers with different information needs and different information-processing preferences.

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Chapters
1. Elementary and Secondary Education
2. Higher Education in Science and Engineering
3. Science and Engineering Labor Force
4. Research and Development: National Trends and International Linkages
5. Academic Research and Development
6. Industry, Technology, and the Global Marketplace
7. Science and Technology: Public Attitudes and Understanding
8. State Indicators

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SEI 2010 Presentation Slides

Presentation slides are based on figures in the full-text SEI 2010. Selected figures were modified to fit the presentation slide format.

* Global Expansion of Research and Development Expenditures
* Overseas R&D by Multinational Companies
* Global Higher Education and Workforce Trends
* Expanding Global Researcher Pool
* Research Outputs: Journal Articles and Patents
* Expanding International Research Collaborations
* New Research Patterns Reflected in World's Citations Base
* Inventive Activity Shown by Patents
* Fast-Rising Global Output of Knowledge- and Technology-Intensive Firms
* Booming Global High-Technology Exports Rearranging World Trade Patterns
* Big Shifts in World Trade Positions in High-Technology Products
* Continued Surpluses From U.S. Trade in Knowledge-Intensive Services and Intangible Assets

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Call for Papers: 4th Conference on Micro Evidence on Innovation in Developing Economies

Fourth Conference on Micro Evidence on Innovation in Developing Economies

Tartu, Estonia

May 27-28, 2010

Organized by: University of Tartu, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, UNU-MERIT, United Nations University

The University of Tartu, in collaboration with the Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), is announcing the Fourth Conference on Micro Evidence on Innovation and Development (MEIDE), to be held in Tartu (Estonia) on May 27-28, 2010. The aim of the conference is to bring together researchers from around the world to discuss the importance of innovation, and its different dimensions, for economic growth and development.

Many countries have conducted micro surveys on innovation for a number of years. It would be interesting to confront what has been learned from these surveys, and from case studies, to guide innovation policy. Empirical contributions based on micro data, from firm or household surveys, are particularly welcome, but also case studies and theoretical papers. Besides the usual emphasis on transition and developing countries, the fourth MEIDE conference will focus on innovation and its impacts in Central and Eastern European economies.

One or two sessions will be reserved for the COST/STRIKE workshop on "development of markets", which will be integrated in the conference. PhD students are also invited to submit papers.

Examples of topics that could be covered:

• Innovation, productivity and firm performance
• Innovation, education, health, human capital, and social capital
• Innovation in universities and public institutions
• Technology adoption and diffusion
• Innovation and employment
• Innovation and internationalization
• Innovation and the role of financial institutions
• Financial innovations
• Innovation and international trade
• International comparisons of innovation performance
• Effectiveness of innovation policies
• Innovation metrics
• Non-Technological Innovation
• Demand-lead innovations and innovation policies

Sponsors:
University of Tartu
UNU-MERIT, United Nations University
Eesti Bank/Bank of Estonia

Venue: Dorpat conference center, Tartu, Estonia

Registration: A conference fee of 120 € will be charged for conference expenses, materials and conference dinner. A limited budget is available for support of hotel accommodation.

Practical information: Tartu can be reached directly by plane from Rigi and Stockholm. Most international flights go to Tallinn, from where there is a shuttle to Tartu.

A visa is required for residents outside of the Schengen zone, except for the list of countries indicated at the homepage of the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Organisors: Jaan Masso, Urmas Varblane, Jacques Mairesse and Pierre Mohnen

Submission of Papers: Researchers are invited to submit a full paper by March 1, 2010. Please submit your paper online. Upon acceptance of your paper, a formal invitation form will be sent to you for application of visas to Estonia, if needed.

Important dates:

• Submission deadline: March 1, 2010
• Notification of acceptance: March 15, 2010
• Sending paper to discussant: May 20, 2010
• MEIDE 4 conference: May 27-28, 2010

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On the Edge of Sustainability: Perspectives on Peri-urban Dynamics

STEPS Working Paper 35: Peri-urban

On the Edge of Sustainability: Perspectives on Peri-urban Dynamics

by Fiona Marshall, Linda Waldman, Hayley MacGregor, Lyla Mehta and Pritpal Randhawa

This paper examines some of the many ways in which the peri-urban has been theorised, considering, in particular, the implications for a normative research agenda towards improved environmental and social justice. The paper discusses the value of different notions of sustainability in the context of the peri-urban, challenging the view that 'sustainability' is not an appropriate goal in relation to cities which are seen, by some urban theorists, as inherently ‘unsustainable’.

Citation
Marshall, F., Waldman, L., MacGregor, H., Mehta, L. and Randhawa, P. (2009). On the Edge of Sustainability: Perspectives on Peri-urban Dynamics, STEPS Working Paper 35, Brighton: STEPS Centre.

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7th Asialics : Global Recession and Reform of Innovation Systems in Asia

7th Asialics International Conference : Global Recession and Reform of Innovation Systems in Asia

15-17 April 2010

Organized by Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research (CIER), Taipei, Taiwan

Conference Objectives

• Assessing various policies, programs and trends related to innovation at the regional, national and firm levels in Asia, especially in times of global recession
• Enabling policy learning to take place across Asian countries
• Extending the frontiers of academic research
• Facilitating cross-border networking and research collaboration
• Promoting the interchange of ideas among S&T policy research communities in Asia
  

Conference theme: Global Recession and Reform of Innovation Systems in Asia

Sub-themes

• Global recession and possibility of emergence of Asian Innovation System
• Assessing various policies, programs, institutions and trends related to innovation at the regional, national, city, and sectoral levels in Asia, especially in times of global recession
• Comparative case studies of innovations at the firm level during global recession
• Emerging Issues on Innovation Systems & Asia
  

Call for papers

One-page abstracts of papers can either be submitted by e-mail or fax to the conference organizer.

Full paper submission guidelines

Only novel research is eligible for presentation. Furthermore, only previously unpublished work will be eligible for possible inclusion either in an edited book or a journal special issue. Please write the text in good English (American or British usage is accepted, but not a mixture of these). On the first page of the paper, you must indicate which of the conference sub-themes the paper falls into (see home page for a list of sub-themes). Additionally, the paper title, author’s name, affiliation, full postal address, as well as email address should appear on the first page. A concise and factual abstract, able to stand alone from the paper, is required (maximum length 150 words). The abstract should state briefly the purpose of the research, the principal results and major conclusions. References in the abstract should be avoided, but if essential, they must be cited in full, without reference to the reference list. All text in the manuscript should be in double-spaced typing. Ample margins should be left on both sides of the page. Each page of the typescript should be numbered. Footnotes should be numbered consecutively and placed together in single-spacing at the bottom of the relevant page. Accepted papers will be included in a conference CD.

Deadlines

• 1 March 2010: Deadline for Abstract Submission
• Notification of Acceptance Within Five Working Days since Abstract Submission
• 5 March 2010: Deadline for Registration at Discount Rate
• 1 April 2010: Deadline for Paper Submission

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GLOBELICS 2010 - Making Innovation Work for Society: Linking, Leveraging and Learning

GLOBELICS 2010 - 8th International Conference
Making Innovation Work for Society: Linking, Leveraging and Learning

Dates: 1-3 November 2010

Organised by: GLOBELICS and University of Malaya

Venue: University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA

About GLOBELICS

The Global Network for Economics of Learning, Innovation, and Competence Building Systems (GLOBELICS) is an international network of scholars who apply the concept of "learning, innovation, and competence building system" (LICS) as their framework and are dedicated to the strengthening of LICS in developing countries, emerging economies and societies in transition. The research aims at locating unique systemic features as well as generic good practices to enlighten policy making relating to innovation, competence building, international competitiveness, regional development, labour market and human capital development. In an increasingly global and knowledge‐based competition, management strategies need to be based upon an understanding of these framework conditions and the public policies which seek to regulate the environment.

GLOBELICS has regional chapters in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Apart from providing training for PhD scholars through the Academy at Lisbon and Tampere, GLOBELICS organises annual conferences. To‐date seven conferences have been organised. The first GLOBELICS conference was held in 2003, at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, it was followed by the second conference at Beijing, China (2004), the third conference at Tshwane (Pretoria), South Africa (2005), the fourth in Trivandrum, India (2006), the fifth in Saratov, Russia (2007), the sixth in Mexico City, Mexico (2008) and the seventh in Dakar, Senegal (2009). All seven conferences were attended by leading scholars in the field from both the developed and developing worlds.

Call for Papers
Theme: Making Innovation Work for Society: Linking, Leveraging and Learning

Sub-themes
- Science and technology for the poor
- Managing innovation and entrepreneurship
- Human capital: domestic build up, brain drain, brain gain, brain exchange and brain circulation
- Measuring innovation, technical change and productivity
- IPR regimes, indigenous knowledge and innovation for development
- Culture, society, ethics and innovation
- Multinationals and knowledge flows
- Macro, meso and micro interactions
- Sectoral innovation systems
- Health and healthcare innovation systems
- Energy, environment and development

The conference will include a variety of sessions including keynote speeches, plenary and paper sessions to address the various themes of the conference. A special workshop for senior policy makers from ASEAN member countries is also included in the programme.

PhD students' paper competition and financial supports

• Ph.D students' paper competition: Ph.D. students currently in programs of developing countries may enter the PhD students' paper competition. Winners will receive free accommodation and travel support, a small grant to support their research and a diploma.
• Financial supports: Ph.D. students with accepted papers (one person per paper and only the person who is registered as the presenter of the paper) will be provided local hospitality during the conference. Ph.D. students from developing countries with accepted papers will also be provided some travel support. Participants should be prepared though to pay for all other expenses in the hotel like internet, telephone, laundry, city tour, and other social events.
  

Important dates

• 30 May 2010: deadline for paper submission by graduate students
• 18 June 2010: deadline for paper submission by others
• 30 September 2010: deadline for registration
  

Paper review and acceptance

We invite original (unpublished) submissions on the themes of the conference to be presented via the conference website or the secretariat's e‐mail. We especially welcome the participation of young researchers. Acceptance of participation will be based on full papers only. The selection of papers will be based on a peer review process by the Conference Scientific Committee. Authors of accepted papers will be notified by 30 July 2010. The length of papers must not exceed 12,000. All presented papers will be placed on the conference website. Selected papers will be considered for publication in the International Journal of Institutions and Economies and African Journal of Science Technology,Innovation and Development.

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Patenting Public-Funded Research for Technology Transfer

ICRIER Working Paper No. 244

Patenting Public-Funded Research for Technology Transfer: A Conceptual-Empirical Synthesis of US Evidence and Lessons for India

January 2010

by

Amit Shovon Ray

Sabyasachi Saha

The question of protecting intellectual property rights by academic inventors was never seriously contemplated until the introduction of the Bayh-Dole Act in 1980 in the US. The Act allowed universities to retain patent rights over inventions arising out of federally-funded research and to license those patents exclusively or non-exclusively at their discretion. This particular legislation was a response to the growing concern over the fact that federally funded inventions in the US were not reaching the market place. In this paper, we present a critical review of the US experience after the Bayh-Dole Act and argue that the evidence is far from being unambiguous. We discuss the debate surrounding the Act – the extent to which it was successful in achieving its objectives, the unintended consequences, if any, and more generally, the effectiveness of IPR as a vehicle of technology transfer from universities. We also discuss the limited evidence on Bayh-Dole type legislations introduced in other countries. A new legislation, along the lines of the US Bayh-Dole Act – The Protection and Utilisation of Public Funded IP Bill, 2008 – is presently before the Indian parliament. The paper presents an Indian perspective against the backdrop of the US experience in an attempt to draw concrete lessons for India.

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Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change

Community-based Adaptation to Climate Change

Special Issue of Participatory Learning and Action

Guest edited by Hannah Reid, Mozaharul Alam, Rachel Berger, Terry Cannon, Angela Milligan

Volume 60, Number 1, December 2009

This special issue focuses on community-based approaches to climate change adaptation, building on the priorities, knowledge, and capacities of local people. It discusses how community-based approaches have emerged, and compares them with other participatory development and disaster risk reduction approaches. It highlights innovative participatory methods to help communities analyse the causes and effects of climate change, integrate scientific and community knowledge, and plan appropriate adaptation measures.

Table of Contents

• Community-based adaptation to climate change: an overview [Authors: Reid, Hannah; Alam, Mozaharul; Berger, Rachel; Cannon, Terry; Huq, Saleemul; Milligan, Angela]
• Combining different knowledges: community-based climate change adaptation in small island developing states [Authors: Kelman, Ilan; Mercer, Jessica; West, Jennifer J.]
• Children's participation in community-based disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change [Authors: Tanner, Thomas; Garcia, Mercedes; Lazcano, Jimena; Molina, Fatima; Molina, Grace; Rodriguez, Gonzalo; Tribunalo, Baltz; Seballos, Fran]
• Katalysis: helping Andean farmers adapt to climate change [Authors: Sherwood, Stephen; Bentley, Jeffery]
• Ethics and methods in research for community-based adaptation: reflections from rural Vanuatu [Author: Warrick, Olivia]
• Participatory rice variety selection in Sri Lanka [Authors: Berger, Rachel; Weregoda, Rohana; Rathnabharathie, Varuna]
• Lessons from a participatory transboundary water governance project in West Africa [Author: Wong, Sam]
• Participatory threedimensional mapping for disaster risk reduction [Authors: Gaillard, Jean-Christophe; Maceda, Emmanuel A.]Amplifying children's voices on climate change: the role of participatory video [Author: Plush, Tamara]
• Farmers become filmmakers: climate change adaptation in Malawi [Authors: Baumhardt, Fernanda; Lasage, Ralph; Suarez, Pablo; Chadza, Charles]
• Developing a climate change analysis - extract adapted from CHRISTIAN AID ADAPTATION TOOLKIT
  
• Rain calendars: a tool for understanding changing rainfall patterns and effects on livelihoods [Authors: Awuor, Cynthia; Hammill, Anne]
• Mental models: understanding the causes and consequences of climate change [Authors: Tschakert, Petra; Sagoe, Regina]
• Child-friendly participatory research tools [Authors: Molina, Grace; Molina, Fatima; Tanner, Thomas; Seballos, Fran]
• Participatory scenario development for climate change adaptation [Authors: Bizikova, Livia; Dickinson, Thea; Pintér, László]
• Reflections on practical ethics for participatory community-based adaptation [Authors: Absalom, Elkanah; Rambaldi, Giacomo]
• Communication maps: a participatory tool to understand communication patterns and relationships [Author: Zaveri, Sonal]
• Rivers of life [Author: Moussa, Ziad]
  

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National Forum on Mobile Applications for Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development

National Forum on Mobile Applications for Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development

7-9 April 2010, New Delhi

Organized by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in association with World Bank

Theme of the Forum: "Mobile Applications for Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development"

Call for Papers

The purpose of the initiative is to consult and appraise the stakeholders regarding global developments in mobile applications, next generation telecom reforms and citizen centric applications of mobile and new media technologies as well as enhance the capacity of various government agencies in conceptualizing and deploying inclusive e-Governance projects. In addition to government agencies, experts from various parts of the globe are invited to share their experiences and learning practices with the participants during three day deliberations.
The proposed forum offers an opportunity for the m-governance professionals, government practitioners, industry, civil society organizations and academia to present innovative project ideas on mobile applications, learning from existing initiatives and research papers as per the themes of the forum. The World Bank is the knowledge partner for the proposed forum.

Call for papers for the forum is now open. The deadline for submitting the abstracts for the forum is 10th February 2010. The selected papers, case studies may be published in the Compendium on Mobile Applications that is expected to be one of the outcomes of the proposed forum.

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National Research Conference on Climate Change

National Research Conference on Climate Change

Organized jointly by IIT Delhi, IIT Madras, and Centre for Science and Environment

Supported by ClimateWorks Foundation

Venue: Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Dates: March 5-6, 2010

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), and the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) are organizing a National Research Conference on Climate Change to be held at IITD on March 5 and 6, 2010.
This conference will cover major topics on scientific, technical, economic, and policy aspects of climate change relevant to India. Such a conference is the first in a series of annual conferences on this kind, with the possibility of targeted satellite conferences that are aimed at exploring particular themes in the climate arena (such as energy, disaster mitigation and adaptation, water, agriculture, etc.).
The main goals of this and future related conferences are to enhance capacity for climate research and action in the country by:
a. Identifying existing institutions and activities that are engaged in climate-related work in India;
b. Developing a common understanding of key issues;
c. Identifying lacunae in science, policy, and action that need particular attention;
d. Deepening and broadening institutional engagement, especially engaging smaller academic institutions and NGOs in local climate-related activities across all parts of the country;
e. Strengthening a sense of "community" among researchers;
f. Initiating the development of an Indian Climate Research Network and an Indian Climate Action Network;
g. Initiate a platform for a dialogue between researchers, NGOs, and policy-makers

We invite abstracts from faculty and other researchers, students, and practitioners in the areas relevant to the conference (see attached agenda). Selected abstracts will receive a slot for presentation or for the poster session. There will also be panel discussions involving invited speakers from a range of backgrounds.

Abstracts should be no more than 250 words and should also contain author affiliation(s) and contact details. Please send the abstract to NCCC2010[at]gmail.com, indicating which session/ topic for which it should be considered. Please also indicate if financial support will be needed for attending the conference (limited funding is available for travel and local expenses).

• Abstract submission deadline: February 5, 2010
• Acceptance notification: February 10, 2010

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Workshop on IPRs in Nanotechnology: Issues, Trends and Challenges for India

Workshop on IPRs in Nanotechnology: Issues, Trends and Challenges for India

Date: 28 January 2010

Venue: Conference Room, TERI, New Delhi

Organized by: Science and Technology Area, Resources and Global Security Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI); in association with IDRC

As part of our IDRC supported 3 year project on "Capability, Governanceand Nanotechnology Developments: a focus on India", the Science andTechnology Area, TERI is organizing a one day stakeholder workshop on IPRs in Nanotechnology: Issues, Trends and Challenges for India on 28th January 2010 at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), India Habitat Centre,New Delhi. The overall aim of the workshop is to discuss the broad issuesand challenges which emerge in the context of IPRs in the emergent field ofnanotechnology for India. The workshop hopes to provide a platform fordiverse stakeholders to deliberate on these issues and arrive atrecommendations for the Indian IPR regime, which helps reconciles the dualobjectives of incentivising invention and ensuring the public good.

The workshop is broadly divided into the following four sessions:

• Session I: Reconciling innovation with the public good: Challenges for the Indian IP Regime in Nanotechnology
• Session II: The Indian Nano Patent Landscape and Key Players
• Session III: IPRs in Public Funded Nano Research: Incentivising public funded research or Privatisation of 'public goods'?
• Session IV: Facilitating Public Access to Nanotechnology Innovations: Beyond IP

RSVP: Ms. Indrani Barpujari

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Draft Agenda

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