[apeid.higher_education.bgk] Deadlines approaching - Final Evaluation and Feasibility Study

Dear Colleagues,

 

Warm greetings from UNESCO Bangkok! We hope your 2019 is off to a great start.

 

For those of you who haven’t yet seen the links, below we are pleased to share two opportunities for our higher education unit – a final evaluation and a new feasibility study (details via the link below). Deadlines are approaching so thank you for following up.

 

If there are any questions, please feel free to let us know (via Wesley Teter: wr.teter@unesco.org).

 

Wishing you all our best for the new year!

 

Libing Wang

 

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

 

 

 

Please find below the announcement on our website:  https://bangkok.unesco.org/jobs

 

Call for Consultancy --- Final evaluation of UNESCO’s higher education project

Jan 25, 2019

Application date

Jan 25, 2019 - Feb 28, 2019

Developing Regional Quality Tools to Facilitate the Cross-Border Mobility of Students in Asia and the Pacific (2015-2019)

Type of contract	Contract for Individual Consultancy
Duration of contract	15 March -17 June 2019
Closing date	28 February 2019

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Call for Proposals -- Feasibility Study and Policy Brief on Credit Recognition and Transfer Systems in Asia-Pacific

Jan 25, 2019

Application date

Jan 25, 2019 - Feb 15, 2019

Type of contract	Contract for Services
Duration of contract	1 March - 30 June 2019
Closing date	15 February 2019

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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 Ext 371 www.unesco.org/bangkok

 

 

 

 

 

DST Special Call for proposals under SC & ST Category under ICPS programme | Last Date 15-02-2019

DST Special Call for proposals under SC & ST Category under ICPS programme

The Scheme: Proposals are invited from SC & ST categories only for conducting the following:

1. Conduction of national level Conferences/workshops/Seminars/brain storming sessions etc of three days duration.

2. Training programmes: In-house Short term training/FDP Programmes for Faculty/UG/PG/Doctoral students of two weeks duration.

3. Building awareness at School level and at ITI, Polytechnic, Advanced Training Institutes (ATI).

The above are to be conducted under broader indicative topics like 

1. Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) and Applications

2. Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL)

3. Data Science and Big Data Analytics

4. Quantum Science & Technology

5. Cyber Security, crypt analysis and security for physical infrastructure

6. Block chain Technology

7. Sensor Networks, Internet of Things (IoT) and Internet of Everything

8. Robotics and advanced Manufacturing

Further Details | Last Date for Submission: 15-02-2019

Panel Discussion on 'Information Technologies – Computing, Communications and Machine Intelligence: The Next Twenty Five Years' | IIC New Delhi, 19 February

Feb 19 NITI Aayog, India International Centre and Centre for Policy Research are pleased to invite you to the valedictory session on Information Technologies – Computing, Communications and Machine Intelligence: The Next Twenty Five Years Chair: N N Vohra, President, India International Centre Opening Remarks by: Ambassador Shyam Saran, Life Trustee, India International Centre Amitabh Kant, Chief Executive Officer, NITI Aayog    Yamini Aiyar, President and Chief Executive, Centre for Policy Research Keynote Speaker: Arogyaswami Paulraj, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University, USA  Tuesday, 19 February 2019, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. Multipurpose Hall, Kamla Devi Complex, India International Centre, New Delhi   Metamorphoses Website   Sign up for the event at this link. This is necessary given seating requirements. We are at the dawn of a new era in Information Technologies, driven by the recent breakthroughs in Machine Intelligence, and supported by impressive advances in Computing and Communications. This talk will outline the history of Information Technology and its likely evolution in the near future. And, more importantly, discuss the potential societal impact of these technologies. The talk will then survey India's record in developing Information Technologies and the opportunities for the country to become a significant innovator in this vital domain. The talk will be livestreamed on the IIC website; streamed through Facebook-live on the Metamorphoses Facebook page; and video recordings will be available on YouTube, as well as disseminated through social media channels hosted on the Metamorphoses website. The promotional video for Metamorphoses can be accessed here. Questions will be taken on a special number through SMS, provided at the venue, and selected ones will be answered given time constraints. Arogyaswami Paulraj is an Emeritus Professor at Stanford University. He is the inventor and a pioneer of MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) wireless technology, the key to all modern wireless networks. He has authored over 400 research publications, several text books and a co-inventor in 80 US patents. He founded three technology companies in the US which were later acquired by Intel, Broadcom and Hewlett Packard Enterprises. His major recognitions include the Friendship Award from the Government of PR China, US Government National Inventors Hall of Fame, the Marconi Prize and the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell medal. He is a fellow of several National Academies in Eng. and Sciences in the US, China and Sweden. Paulraj served in Indian Navy for 25 years where he developed ASW Sonar Technology and later founded three Labs - CDAC (DEITY), CAIR(DRDO) and CRL(BEL/MOD). His recognitions in India include the Padma Bhushan, a civilian national award. Metamorphoses is a modest effort to try and bridge the gap between digital technologies, which are transforming our lives, and our understanding of their multiple dimensions. It will unfold in a series of nine interactions covering different aspects of the digital revolution. This series will examine the impacts of digital technologies on the human psyche and on societies – exploring ways in which some of the negative elements may be mitigated. There will be a peep into the future – of what machine learning and artificial intelligence may bring to human experience – and the moral and ethical dilemma associated with these. It will also delve into issues relating to data privacy and cyber security as well as the emerging legal regime to regulate this critical domain.   Tweet Share Forward

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Lecture "Genetic Disorders of Dietary Excess: Getting to the Heart of the Matter" | by Dr Helen Hobbs | 15th February at AICTE Auditorium, JNU Campus

The TNQ Distinguished Lectures in the Life Sciences 2019

"Genetic Disorders of Dietary Excess: Getting to the Heart of the Matter"

Speaker: Dr Helen Hobbs

15th February 2019 | AICTE Auditorium, JNU Campus

Breakthrough Prize Laureate Helen Hobbs is the 2019 Speaker of the TNQ Distinguished Lectures in the Life Sciences.

About the Speaker: Dr Helen H. Hobbs, Investigator for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Director of the Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, is the 2019 Speaker of the TNQ Distinguished Lectures in the Life Sciences. As part of this lecture series, now in its ninth edition, she will be giving lectures in Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and New Delhi. Professor Hobbs' work is focussed on searching for genetic factors that contribute to, and protect us from, diseases arising from dietary excess as food has become easily available and human beings more sedentary. In 1999, along with her colleagues, Professor Hobbs established the Dallas Heart Study (DHS) aimed at identifying factors that contribute to coronary heart disease and metabolic disorders. This 3500+ population group study showed that mutations in the protein PCSK9 result in lower levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL), the cholesterol in the blood that leads to atherosclerosis or the clogging of arteries. These observations led to the rapid development of two FDA-approved, anti-PCSK9 antibodies for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia and the prevention of coronary atherosclerosis. More recently, Dr Hobbs' team has identified sequence variations that are associated with the full spectrum of alcoholic and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (FLD), including steatosis, steatohepatitis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Dr Hobbs and her team found that mutations in the protein PNPLA3 were strongly linked to this condition. Yet another screen showed that a mutation in TM6SF2 led to an increase in fat content. Dr Hobbs' team has shown that this protein helps the liver secrete fat into the blood in triglyceride-rich lipoproteins. Dr Hobbs attended Stanford University and Case Western Reserve Medical School before training in internal medicine at the Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City, and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. After completing a post-doctoral fellowship in the laboratory of Dr Joseph Goldstein and Dr Michael Brown, she joined the faculty of UT Southwestern. Dr Hobbs was elected to the Institute of Medicine in 2004 and the National Academy of Sciences in 2007. 

Admission to the lectures is free and open to all.  Online Registration

CSD Training workshop on Qualitative Methods in Social Sciences: Ethnography, Narratives and Social Stories | 11-15 March

One week programme on Qualitative Methods in Social Sciences: Ethnography, Narratives and Social Stories

11-15 March 2019

Venue: Council for Social Development, Lodi Estate, New Delhi

Organized by Council for Social Development, New Delhi; G B Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad; & Anthropological Survey of India, Govt. of India

Last Date of Application: 28 February 2019

Objectives

This workshop will critically examine the practices in social science researches on India society, which often miss out the nuances of social plurality. Most of the existing qualitative research methods are based on Western anthropology or ethnography, which have limitations for understanding Indian society that has some unique characteristics, apart from the plurality of caste and communities and diversities of regions. The purpose of this workshop is to provide a training in qualitative research methods to capture the pluralistic nature of Indian society. This workshop will orient the researchers to explore their own eyes to understand Indian society in the context of locale and indigenous veracity.

Training

Session 1: Understanding qualitative research and Specificities of Indian society

Session 2: Preparing the researcher for qualitative research and introducing different methods

Session 3: Selecting the field: deconstructing the debate of own society vs. others societies

Session 4: Relating with field: blurring the boundaries of outsider and insider

Session 5: Field research: selection of respondents; family tree and biographical notes of respondents; retrieving the memories; semi structured and un-structured interviews (Baat-se-baat methodology); focused group discussions (FGDs) to validate the facts and fill in the incomplete stories; field diary, notes and queries of observations; capturing the silence, murmuring, half sentences

Session 6: Data analysis: transcription; reading the field notes; inclusion of left out resources (proverbs, folk stories and songs); content analysis and discourse analysis; understanding the casteorality

Session 7: Visual representation of qualitative data

Session 8: How to write social stories

Course Contribution: Rs 3,000/- (three thousand) per participant for kit bag, course material, lunch and refreshment. The participants will have to make their own arrangements for accommodation.

Last Date for Nomination/application: 28 February 2019

Contact for further information or any clarification: Please contact: Dr. Susmita Mitra, Assistant Professor, Council for Social Development, 53 Lodi Estate (KK Birla Marg), New Delhi, 110003 | E-mail: susmita[@]csdindia.org Telephone: +91-11- 24615383 (ext 220) | Dr. Archana Singh, Assistant Professor, G B Pant Social Science Institute, archanaparihar[@]gmail.com

Further Details & Application Form

21st EDITION OF THE L’ORÉAL-UNESCO INTERNATIONAL AWARDS FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE

UNESCO Press Release No.2019-14   21st EDITION OF THE L'ORÉAL-UNESCO INTERNATIONAL AWARDS FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE In 2019 awards are extended to include mathematics and computer science   Paris, 11 February—On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science celebrated on 11 February, the L'Oréal Foundation and UNESCO have announced the laureates of the 21st International Awards For Women in Science, which honours outstanding women scientists, from all over the world. These exceptional women are recognized for the excellence of their research in the fields of material science, mathematics and computer science. Each laureate receive €100,000 and their achievements will be celebrated alongside those of 15 promising young women scientists from around the world at an awards ceremony on 14 March at UNESCO's Headquarters in Paris. EXTENDING THE AWARD TO MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE Mathematics is a prestigious discipline and a source of innovation in many domains, however, it is also one of the scientific fields with the lowest representation of women at the highest level. Since the establishment of the three most prestigious international prizes for the discipline (Fields, Wolf and Abel), only one woman mathematician has been recognized, out of a total of 141 laureates.[1] The L'Oréal Foundation and UNESCO have therefore decided to reinforce their efforts to empower women in science by extending the International Awards dedicated to material science to two more research areas: mathematics and computer science.[2] Two mathematicians now figure among the five laureates receiving the 2019 For Women in Science Awards: Claire Voisin, one of five women to have received a gold medal from the the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), and the first women mathematician to enter the prestigious Collège de France, and Ingrid Daubechies of Duke University (USA), the first woman researcher to head the International Mathematical Union. FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE: MORE THAN 20-YEARS OF COMMITMENT In the field of scientific research, the glass ceiling is still a reality: Women only account for 28% of researchers,[3] occupy just 11% of senior academic positions,[4] and number a mere 3% of Nobel Science Prizes. Since 1998, the L'Oréal Foundation, in partnership with UNESCO, has worked to improve the representation of women in scientific careers, upholding the conviction that the world needs science, and science needs women. In its first 20 years, the For Women in Science programme supported and raised the profiles of 102 laureates and more than 3,000 talented young scientists, both doctoral and post-doctoral candidates, providing them with research fellowships, allocated annually in 117 countries.     L'ORÉAL-UNESCO INTERNATIONAL AWARDS FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE THE FIVE 2019 LAUREATES   AFRICA AND THE ARAB STATES Professor Najat Aoun SALIBA – Analytical and atmospheric chemistry Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Nature Conservation Center at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon Professor Saliba is rewarded for her pioneering work in identifying carcinogenic agents and other toxic air pollutants in the in Middle East, and in modern nicotine delivery systems, such as cigarettes and hookahs. Her innovative work in analytical and atmospheric chemistry will make it possible to address some of the most pressing environmental challenges and help advance public health policies and practices.     ASIA PACIFIC Professeur Maki KAWAI – Chemistry / Catalysis Director General, Institute of Molecular Sciences, Tokyo University, Japan, member of the Science Council of Japan  Professor Maki Kawai is recognized for her ground-breaking work in manipulating molecules at the atomic level, in order to transform materials and create innovative materials. Her exceptional research has contributed to establishing the foundations of nanotechnologies at the forefront of discoveries of new chemical and physical phenomena that stand to address critical environmental issues such as energy efficiency.     LATIN AMERICA Professor Karen HALLBERG – Physics/ Condensed matter physics Professor at the Balseiro Institute and Research Director at the Bariloche Atomic Centre, CNEA/CONICET, Argentina Professor Karen Hallberg is rewarded for developing cutting-edge computational approaches that allow scientists to understand the physics of quantum matter. Her innovative and creative techniques represent a major contribution to understanding nanoscopic systems and new materials.     NORTH AMERICA Professor Ingrid DAUBECHIES – Mathematics / Mathematical physics Professor of Mathematics and Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke University, United States  Professor Daubechies is recognized for her exceptional contribution to the numerical treatment of images and signal processing, providing standard and flexible algorithms for data compression. Her innovative research on wavelet theory has led to the development of treatment and image filtration methods used in technologies from medical imaging equipment to wireless communication.     EUROPE Professor Claire VOISIN – Mathematics / Algebraic geometry Professor at the Collège de France and former researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) Professor Voisin is rewarded for her outstanding work in algebraic geometry. Her pioneering discoveries have allowed [mathematicians and scientists] to resolve fundamental questions on topology and Hodge structures of complex algebraic varieties.     L'ORÉAL-UNESCO INTERNATIONAL AWARDS FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE THE 15  INTERNATIONAL RISING TALENTS OF 2019   Among the 275 national and regional fellowship winners we support each year, the For Women in Science programme selects the 15 most promising researchers, all of whom will also be honoured on 14 March 2019. AFRICA AND THE ARAB STATES Dr. Saba AL HEIALY – Health sciences L'Oréal-UNESCO regional fellowship Dubai, Mohammed Bin Rashid University for Medicine and Health Sciences Dr. Zohra DHOUAFLI – Neuroscience/ Biochemistry L'Oréal-UNESCO regional fellowship Tunisia, Center of Biotechnology of Borj-Cédria Dr. Menattallah ELSERAFY – Molecular biology/Genetics L'Oréal-UNESCO regional fellowship Egypt, Zewail City of Science and Technology Dr. Priscilla Kolibea MANTE – Neurosciences L'Oréal-UNESCO regional fellowship Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology   NORTH AMERICA Dr. Jacquelyn CRAGG – Health sciences L'Oréal-UNESCO regional fellowship Canada, University of British Columbia   LATIN AMERICA Dr. Maria MOLINA – Chemistry/Molecular biology L'Oréal-UNESCO regional fellowship Argentina, National University of Rio Cuarto Dr. Ana Sofia VARELA – Chemistry/Electrocatalysis L'Oréal-UNESCO regional fellowship Mexico, Institute of Chemistry, National Autonomous University of Mexico   ASIA PACIFIC Dr. Sherry AW – Neuroscience L'Oréal-UNESCO regional fellowship Singapore, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology Dr. Mika NOMOTO – Molecular biology / Plant pathology L'Oréal-UNESCO regional fellowship Singapore, University of Nagoya Dr. Mary Jacquiline ROMERO – Quantum physics L'Oréal-UNESCO regional fellowship Australia, University of Queensland   EUROPE Dr. Laura ELO – Bioinformatics L'Oréal-UNESCO regional fellowship Finland, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University Dr. Kirsten JENSEN – Material chemistry, structural analysis L'Oréal-UNESCO regional fellowship Denmark, University of Copenhagen Dr. Biola María JAVIERRE MARTÍNEZ – Genomics L'Oréal-UNESCO regional fellowship Spain, Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute  Dr. Urte NENISKYTE – Neuroscience L'Oréal-UNESCO regional fellowship Lithuania, University of Vilnius Dr. Nurcan TUNCBAG – Bioinformatics L'Oréal-UNESCO regional fellowship Turkey, Middle East Technical University   *****     L'Oréal Foundation Contacts: Aïda-Marie SALL / aida-marie.sall@loreal.com / +33 (0)6 80 00 45 59 Caroline PLAGNE / caroline.plagne@mtrchk.com / +33 (0)6 32 05 03 30 Marion DJAOU / marion.djaou@mtrchk.com / +33 (0)6 77 46 99 40      UNESCO Contact:  George Papagiannis / g.papagiannis@unesco.org / +33(0)145681706     [1] Source : Abel Prize, Fermat, Fields, Shaw and Wolf. [2] In addition to chemistry and physics. [3] UNESCO report on science towards 2030 (2015). [4] BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP study for the L'Oréal Foundation (2013) on 14 countries (Argentina, Brazil, China, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Morocco, South Africa, Spain, USA, UK).

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New Booklet | "Spoorthi: Celebrating Indian Women in Science"

Spoorthi: Celebrating Indian Women in Science

by IndiaBioscience, 2019. 

About the Booklet: The word 'Spoorthi' in Sanskrit means inspiration, enthusiasm or spark. Celebrating this spark that each woman carries within her, we decided to put together an e-booklet featuring conversations with women from many different science professions and compiling resources that they may find useful. These conversations touch upon various ideas, issues, challenges, and experiences that are an intrinsic part of being a woman in science in India. Featured in this booklet are articles on mentorship and harassment, leaky pipelines and bystander training, rewards of a scientific career and challenges of balancing science with motherhood, and finally, various suggestions on building an inclusive and nurturing environment for people of every gender. In addition to this, the booklet also includes a list of grants and awards for women in science in India, a section on laws and redressal mechanisms for sexual harassment in the workplace, and a timeline featuring ten iconic women in the history of science in India.

Table Of Contents 

• Foreword
  
• Conversations
  

Q: What has helped you the most in reaching where you are today? The leaky pipeline: A social scientist's perspective by Anitha Kurup

Q: Who are some of the female role models or mentors that you have looked up to? The sum of the parts of a mentor by Sreelaja Nair

Q: What is your favourite part of being in science? Science as a rewarding career choice – Is it? By Sandhya S Visweshwariah

Q: What were the biggest challenges you faced in your journey to this point and how did you overcome them? He is not a gender-neutral pronoun by Rashna Bhandari | Improving gender equity in academic workspaces by Sunil Mukhi

Q: What does success mean to you? Scientist and mommy by Shubha Tole

Q: What changes do you believe will help future generations of women in science the most? Plugging the leaky pipeline by Vaishnavi Ananthnarayanan | Bystander training in academic spaces by Sandhya P Koushika

Q: Is there any message that you want to pass on to the young women of tomorrow? Ten Iconic Women in Indian Science

• Resources
  

Funding and awards for women in science in India | Understanding Sexual Harassment in the Workplace | Sexual harassment of women at the workplace- redressal mechanisms.

Download Full-text PDF 

Call for Papers: XVII Triple Helix Conference 2019 - a Catalyst for Change | Cape Town, South Africa

The XVII Triple Helix Conference 2019, Triple Helix - a Catalyst for Change

Cape Town, South Africa | 9-11 September 2019

Call for Papers

The Triple Helix model presents an opportunity to achieve innovation outcomes for the socio-economic good through collaboration with multi stakeholders within academia, industry and government spheres. Local and international researchers, policy makers and practitioners will gather together to discuss how to affect positive change by bringing the creators, implementers and enablers of innovation in social, economic and environmental issues together in research collaborations, policy initiatives and political actions in society. 

This call for papers links the Triple Helix with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs-Agenda 2030) and the Africa Union Agenda 2063. Exploring this connection and developing follow up will be a major projected outcome of the 2019 conference. 

SDG-Agenda 2030 are a collection of 17 global goals set by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015 (Resolution 70/1) to "Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development."

Agenda2063: Toward the Africa we want is the strategic framework for the socio-economic transformation of the continent over the next 50 years adopted in 2015. These agenda aims to make the world a better place for all and calls on academia, governments and business to collaborate in new ways to make our world a better place to live in. 

The concept of the Triple Helix of university-industry-government relationships initiated in the 1990s by Etzkowitz and Leydesdorff, analyzes the shift from a predominant industry-government dyad in Industrial Society to triadic relationships among university-industry-government in the Knowledge Society. 

The Triple Helix thesis is that the potential for innovation and economic development in a Knowledge Society resides in a more prominent role for the university in innovation and entrepreneurship and in the hybridisation of elements of institutional spheres and actors, generating new institutional and social formats for the production, transfer and utilization of knowledge. 

A growing community of researchers, practitioners and policy makers carries the Triple Helix project  forward into the 21st century through the Triple Helix Association, including Helice, the Triple Helix Magazine and the open access Triple Helix Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship  and various world region, regional and local cognate organizations, for example, The International Triple Helix Institute, Silicon Valley, and its Global Entrepreneurial University Metrics (GEUM) collaboratory project. 

The call for conference papers, PhD session, poster and Panel session themes are:

Theme 1: The Role of the Entrepreneurial University and University-Industry-government interactions in the XXI Century's Economic Development Agendas

Theme 2: Social Entrepreneurship and Inclusive Innovation in Civil Society: The Role of Design Thinking and Citizen Science

Theme 3: Post-Industrial Industrial Policy: Convergence and Fusion of Arts, Creative and Service Industries, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Genetic Technologies  

Theme 4: Spacial and Temporal Axes of Innovation: Innovation Spaces, Smart Cities and Knowledge-based Rural Development

Theme 5: Gender and Indigenous Equity and Equality in Science, Technology and Innovation 

Theme 6: Other topics related to Triple Helix

Submit Abstract: The major projected outcome of this conference is to explore the connection between the SDGs outlined in the UN Agenda 2030 /African Union Agenda 2063 and the conference themes to develop a legacy project to impact all of Africa. This can only be achieved by bringing together all stakeholders. Introducing a second Call for Speakers and Content contributions (panel and round table discussions, keynotes and workshops).

Contact the organizers to collaborate or find out more:

E-mail: info@triple-helix.co.za

Mobile/ WhatsApp: +27827081960

Further Details & Application Guidelines

JNU-Brill Author Workshop on "How to Publish a Paper" | 15th February

Author Workshop on "How to Publish a Paper"

Jointly Organized by JNU & BRILL 

Date: 15th February 2019, 11:00 am - 1:15 pm 

Venue: Library Committee Room (Mezzanine Floor), Dr BR Ambedkar Central Library, JNU

Resource Person: Mr. Marti Huetink, Publishing Director, Brill, The Netherlands 

About Brill: Founded in 1683 in Leiden, The Netherlands, Brill is a leading international academic publisher focusing on Humanities and Social Sciences, International Law and Biology. Brill has developed distinctive platforms for its online resources. Brill publishes close to 1,400 books and reference works per year in both print and electronic format. Titles are often collated in Brill's E-Book Collection. Brill publishes over 300 journals titles . Many of Brill's journals are indexed by major abstracting & indexing services, such as Web of Science and Scopus. All back volumes are digitized and are included in the Brill Journal Archives Online. In addition to its journals and books publishing programmes, Brill also offers reference works and primary source materials, including prestigious publications such as the Encyclopedia of Islam, Brill's New Pauly and The Hague Academy Collected Courses.

Registration Form

CfPs: 2nd International Conference on Large-Scale Grid Integration of Renewable Energy in India | 4-6 September | New Delhi

2nd International Conference on Large-Scale Grid Integration of Renewable Energy in India

4-6 September 2019 | New Delhi, India

Organized by: GIZ, DFID, USAID, Energynautics, & others

Conference Website: Regridintegrationindia.org

Call for Papers

The Conference provides an International Forum to:

• Discuss technical and economic issues of the large-scale integration of solar and wind power including the recent advances in transmission technologies (AC and DC)
  
• Discuss worldwide project experiences
  
• Discuss innovative ideas and present results from ongoing research
  
• Stimulate interdisciplinary thinking between renewable energy and power transmission and distribution industries, as well as universities
  
• Identify subjects requiring more research efforts.
  

The Government of India has set the very ambitious goal to install 175 GW of renewable energy generation capacity by 2022. Grid integration thus becomes a very critical challenge to successfully accomplish this target. This international conference aims to connect international experts and Indian stakeholders to jointly discuss the latest technological, regulatory and conceptual developments in this field.

• To submit a paper, upload an abstract of maximum 3,000 characters (free style) between 25 January & 31 March 2019.
  
• Final papers must then be submitted online by 31 July 2019.
  
• As the conference language is English, all abstracts have to be written in English.
  
• All participants are responsible for paying their own travel and hotel expenses.
  
• Conference registration is free. 
  

Topics

• Project Experience
  
• Power Market (including Ancillary)
  
• Power System Studies
  
• Distribution Grid Issues
  
• Transmission Grid/Power System Issues
  
• Wind & Solar Modelling Issues
  
• Power System Balancing Issues
  
• Grid Code Issues
  
• Forecasting
  
• Hybrid Power Systems
  
• Smart Grid/IT Innovations
  
• Electric vehicles
  

Further Details & Abstracts Submission 

JNU Workshop on Modernity, Institutions and Education: Humanities, Technology and Science in a Globalized World | 11 February

Centre for Historical Studies (CAS Programme) in collaboration with USIC and School of Engineering, JNU

Cordially invite you to a 

Workshop on Modernity, Institutions and Education: Humanities, Technology and Science in a Globalized World

On 11th  February 2019

Lecture Hall 3, JNU Convention Centre

Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, a German Theoretical Physicist (one of 18 prominent international scientists to launch the Earth League) argued for a global interdisciplinary alliance of leading research institutes that focus on Earth system analysis and sustainability science, including economy.The 19th  century revolutionised institutions, particularly in terms of technological education to 'manage' other institutions related to environment, law and order and general material progress. The dominant historical perspective on lack of Science and technology in India is that the colonial interregnum had an adverse impact on economy which left independent India too weak for investment in heavy technology and science (Roy MacLeod and Deepak Kumar (eds), Technology and the Raj: Western Technology and Technical Transfers to India 1700-1947, Delhi: Sage, 1995).

The aim of this workshop is to engage in discussion around the all-pervasive and universal nature of scientific and technological institutions which cut across disciplines, i.e. Sciences, Engineering, Humanities and Social Sciences, Communications and Environment and Information Technology. This workshop seeks a new approach by opening up issues of social justice and social welfare to technology and sciences.   

Programme

Venue : Lecture Hall 3, Convention Centre, JNU

9:30 am : Opening remarks by CHS Chairperson, Director USIC,  Dean, School of Engineering, JNU

• Introduction by conveners: Dr Jyoti Atwal and Prof Shatendra Sharma
  

09:30 – 12:00

• Prof Harish Naraindas (CSSS, JNU): Tropical Medicine in History
  
• Dr Radha Gayathri (ERRU/CHS, JNU):  Medical Educations in India: A Brief History
  
• Prof SK Sharma (USIC, SE, JNU): History of Technical Institutions in India
  
• Ms Priya Salam (Research Scholar, CHS, JNU): History of the IITs in India.  
  

High Tea: 12:00 pm

12:30 -1:30

• Special Indo- Irish Lecture: Prof Andrew J Deeks (President, University College Dublin, Ireland) on Changes, Constants and Challenges in the Evolving University (Chaired by Ambassador of Ireland, HE Ambassador Brian McElduff)
  

13:45 Vote of thanks by conveners

Launch of a new initiative on Maritime Spatial Planning

UNESCO Media Advisory No. 2019-07

Launch of a new initiative on Maritime Spatial Planning

Paris, 07 February-- UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) and the European Commission will launch, MSPGlobal, a new global project on maritime spatial planning, on 11 and 12 February at UNESCO Headquarters. The project aims to promote better maritime spatial planning with a view to avoiding conflicts and improving the governance of human activities at sea such as aquaculture, tourism, marine energy, and exploitation of the seabed.

The launch conference will bring together experts, political decision-makers and stakeholders, providing them with an opportunity to take stock of existing experiences in maritime spatial planning and discuss the challenges they raise, notably with regard to cross-border cooperation.

The three-year MSPglobal project aims to develop international guidelines on maritime spatial planning and regulate activities in coastal and marine waters, which have grown significantly in recent decades.

Two pilot projects will be implemented under MSPglobal to create a repository of data, knowledge, policies and decision-making tools for maritime spatial planning. Their objective is also to strengthen local authorities' data management capacities. The first pilot project will be deployed in the Western Mediterranean (Algeria, France, Italy, Malta, Morocco, Spain and Tunisia), the second in the Southeast Pacific with a specific cross-border exercise in the historic bay of Guayaquil (Ecuador and Peru). Parallel training activities will also be organized with experts from Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Libya, Mauritania, Panama, Peru and Portugal.

The MSPglobal project, combined with the implementation of the nine actions of the Joint Roadmap published by the IOC and the European Commission's Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries in 2017, aims to treble the area of territorial waters covered by a maritime spatial planning system by 2030.

The event will be broadcast live: http://webcast.unesco.org/live/room-04/en

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A Talk on 'Digital Disruption in India' by Dr Gulshan Rai, National Cyber Security Coordinator | 11th February at 5:00 pm

A Talk on 'Digital Disruption in India' 

by Dr Gulshan Rai, National Cyber Security Coordinator

on Monday 11th February, 2019 at 5:00pm

A line of confirmation will be highly appreciated. RSVP: info@vifindia.org.

World Symposium on Artificial Intelligence in Governance and Disaster Management | 11-13 March at JNU

SCDR, JNU invites you all to join us for 

World Symposium on Artificial Intelligence in Governance and Disaster Management. 

March 11-13th at JNU Convention Centre, New Delhi.

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Lecture on Research Methodologies to Study Frugal Grassroots Innovations | by Birendra Singh | 6th February at 3:00 pm

Centre for Studies in Science Policy 
Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

Invites you to a Special Lecture on

 

Research Methodologies to Study Frugal Grassroots Innovations

By

Birendra Singh

(PhD candidate at International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague)

Venue: Room No. 227, 2nd Floor, SSS-1 Building, JNU

Date: Wednesday, 6th February 2019

Time: 3:00 pm

 

Abstract: Frugal and grassroots innovations are relatively new entrants in the development discourse. Various scholarships, including STS, sharing unlike opinions about the development potential of these innovations. However, capturing, measuring and evaluating the impacts of these innovations are big challenge to theorise them. Methodological improvising, observing and analysing them with other development processes in an interconnected manner can be a helpful research strategy. The interactive session (talk) will attempt to underline methodological challenges and possible improvising to study/theorise frugal grassroots innovations in a development context.

 

About the Speaker: Birendra Singh is currently PhD candidate at International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague. His is also a PhD researcher at Leiden Delft Erasmus- Centre for Frugal Innovation in Africa (CFIA), the Netherlands. His PhD talks about rainwater harvesting efforts/practices in India and Kenya from knowledge interactions and frugality lenses. Recently, he travelled Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Cambridge to present his research and completed CERES research school for international development hosted by Utrecht University, T­he Netherlands.

 

All are welcome to attend the Lecture.

Coordinator, CSSP Lecture Series

New Book | Deliberative Public Engagement with Science: An Empirical Investigation

Deliberative Public Engagement with Science: An Empirical Investigation

by L.M. PytlikZillig, M.J. Hutchens, P. Muhlberger, F.J. Gonzalez, et al.; Springer, 2018, ISBN: 9783319781600, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-78160-0

Abstract: This compact open access reference delves beyond popular concepts of educated consumers and an informed public by examining the science behind deliberative engagement. Using data from four longitudinal studies, the authors assess public engagement methods in deliberative discussions of ethical, legal, and social issues concerning innovations in nanotechnology. Coverage includes the theoretical origins of the studies, forms of engagement and variations used, and in-depth details on cognitive, affective, and social components that go into the critical thinking process and forming of opinions. Not only are the findings intriguing in and of themselves, but researchers from varied fields will also find them useful in pursuing their own projects. Featured in the coverage: Experimental methods and measures used in relation to specific outcomes. Forms of deliberative engagement affecting objective and subjective knowledge. Effects of engagement variables on attitude formation, change, and polarization. Tracing the processes leading to policy acceptance and support. Study conclusions and evaluation. Plus supplemental materials giving readers access to full study data. Since public engagement methods are widely regarded as valuable for policy input, planning purposes, and understanding societal processes, Deliberative Engagement with Science stands to have a wide audience among psychologists, researchers, academics, and policymakers, as well as professionals in the corporate sphere and the tech industries.

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