Webinar on COVID-19 Data and Analysis | Today at 4:00 PM IST

A Webinar on COVID-19 Data and Analysis

Jointly organized by the CODATA India National Committee, Pune Knowledge Cluster, and Indian National Science Academy

Tuesday, August 24, 2021 at 4:00 PM IST

Speaker: 

Dr. Joy Merwin Monteiro 

[Dept. of Earth & Climate Science, IISER Pune, India]

Chaired by: 

Prof. Naresh Gupta 

[Former Director & Professor of Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi, India]

 All are cordially invited. 

Join the Webinar: via Zoom | via YouTube

Abstract: In this talk, the speaker will recount the COVID-19 epidemiological surveillance activities that were conducted by a large group of volunteers in Pune city since March 2020. Starting as an effort to curate and collate the data that was being collected by the city administration, it soon transformed to a comprehensive effort to estimate the state of the epidemic in Pune city and inform the city's efforts to contain and manage the epidemic. The speaker will talk about the enabling factors, results and challenges encountered during the past year, and briefly reflect upon what could have helped us stay ahead of the (epidemic) curve.

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Dr. Anup Kumar Das
Centre for Studies in Science Policy
School of Social Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi - 110067, India

Member, CODATA India National Working Group

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9490-7938

Web: www.anupkumardas.blogspot.com

Twitter: @AannuuppK | @IndiaSTS
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Submit Your Research Stories: AWSAR

Join in exploring your science communication potential through the submission of your easy-to-understand science research story tales! 

The selected best stories will be awarded!

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Webinar on Innovation System Conceptual Development Specification and Framework Setting | Today at 6:30 PM IST

Join the online Seminar Series 'Putting Africa First' - Revisited (PANEL-II) on

Innovation System Conceptual Development Specification and Framework Setting

23 August 2021 at 6:30 PM IST

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New Book "Illicit Medicines in the Global South: Public Health Access and Pharmaceutical Regulation" | by Mathieu Quet, Routledge, 2021

Illicit Medicines in the Global South: Public Health Access and Pharmaceutical Regulation
By Mathieu Quet, Routledge, 2021, ISBN 9781032048154.

About the Book: This book investigates pharmaceutical regulation and the public health issue of fake or illicit medicines in developing countries. The book analyses the evolution of pharmaceutical capitalism, showing how the entanglement of market and health interests has come to shape global regulation. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in India, Kenya, and Europe, it demonstrates how large pharmaceutical companies have used the fight against fake medicines to serve their strategic interests and protect their monopolies, sometimes to the detriment of access to medicines in developing countries. The book investigates how the contemporary dynamics of pharmaceutical power in global markets have gone on to shape societies locally, resulting in more security-oriented policies. These processes highlight the key consequences of contemporary "logistical regimes" for access to health. Providing important insights on how the flows of commodities, persons, and knowledge shape contemporary access to medicines in the developing countries, this book will be of considerable interest to policy makers and regulators, and to scholars and students across sociology, science and technology studies, global health, and development studies.

Table of Contents

Introduction – Faith in Fakes?  

Chapter 1 – In the beginning, a conflict  

Part 1 - Pharmaceutical Geographies: the mutations of an industry  

Chapter 2 – The pharmaceutical globalization  

Chapter 3 – Selling at all costs  

Part 2 - Pharmaceutical security, between public health and the market  

Chapter 4 – The regulatory turn to security  

Chapter 5 – The exercise of pharmaceutical control  

Part 3 – Pharmaceutical logistics: commodities circulation and lifeforms  

Chapter 6 — Logistic regimes and the exercise of power  

Chapter 7 – Diverting flows, contesting power  

Conclusion  

Post-Scriptum

About the Author: Mathieu Quet is a Senior Research Fellow in Sociology at Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Ceped, Université de Paris, France. His current research focuses upon the entanglements of science, technology, and development in postcolonial contexts.

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Pune Knowledge Cluster, CODATA India National Committee & INSA organize a Webinar on "COVID-19 Data and Analysis" | 24th August at 4:00 PM IST

A Webinar on COVID-19 Data and Analysis

Jointly organized by the CODATA India National Committee, Pune Knowledge Cluster, and Indian National Science Academy

Tuesday, August 24, 2021 at 4:00 PM IST

Speaker: 

Dr. Joy Merwin Monteiro 

[Dept. of Earth & Climate Science, IISER Pune, India]

Abstract: In this talk, the speaker will recount the COVID-19 epidemiological surveillance activities that were conducted by a large group of volunteers in Pune city since March 2020. Starting as an effort to curate and collate the data that was being collected by the city administration, it soon transformed to a comprehensive effort to estimate the state of the epidemic in Pune city and inform the city's efforts to contain and manage the epidemic. The speaker will talk about the enabling factors, results and challenges encountered during the past year, and briefly reflect upon what could have helped us stay ahead of the (epidemic) curve.

Chaired by: 

Prof. Naresh Gupta 

[Former Director & Professor of Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi, India]

 All are cordially invited. 

Join the Webinar: via Zoom | via YouTube

National Conference on Science and Technology in India | 16-18 August

National Conference on Science and Technology in India: A Historical Introspection with a Contemporary Perspective

16-18 August 2021 (9.30 am to 4pm)

Organized by CSIR-NISCPR

Register at: https://t.co/lcrCDmCEIg

"India Should Not Carry Colonial Baggage In Addressing Environmental Issues" | S Gupta, OutlookIndia.com

India Should Not Carry Colonial Baggage In Addressing Environmental Issues

Time is running out. India must revisit its spiritual roots to discover its own form of environmentalism

Shubh Gupta04 August 2021, OutlookIndia.com

MHA Financial Assistance to the R&D Projects in Thrust Areas of Forensic Science to Building Capability in Forensic Services

RESEARCH PROPOSALS INVITED UNDER EMR SCHEME OF DIRECTORATE OF FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICES, MHA, NEW DELHI
(a)    Introduction (b)    Details of EMR Scheme (Revised)

• Last date for submission of EMR Proposal : 15.09.2021
• http://www.dfs.nic.in/whatNew.html
  

CSE Webinar on Green Campus Movement | 10 August

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) invites you to the online release of its new publication – Green Campus Movement -- and a webinar exclusively for higher education institutions from across India. Speakers and participants at the webinar would discuss the opportunities that exist for educational campuses to not only to transform their micro-ecosystems for practical learning, but also to make measurable impacts towards sustainability. The event is being jointly organised by CSE's Sustainable Buildings and Habitat programme, and Environment Education-University programme (Green Educator's Network). Network members are especially requested to participate and join in the discussions. CSE has launched a 'Green Campus Initiative', under which a network of higher education institutions and a 'Forum of Green Campuses' have been developed and set up. Forum members have committed to reduce their resource footprints and waste generation and have outlined their initiatives and action plans across the themes of land, air, water, energy and waste. The new publication from CSE provides an assessment of some of the early initiatives and action plans. NOTE: This is a free webinar, open to anyone interested in sustainable, green campuses and institutions, including higher education professionals and practitioners. Members of CSE's Forum of Green Campuses and the Green Educator's Network are especially encouraged to attend it. CSE will announce the dates of the 2021 Annual Conclave of Green Educators in this webinar.                   CLICK HERE TO REGISTER     For more information, clarifications etc, please contact           Mitashi Singh Sustainable Buildings and Habitat unit, CSE mitashi.singh@cseindia.org Tushita Rawat Environment Education unit, CSE tushita.rawat@cseindia.org

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Science, Technology and Society, Special Issue on Technologies without Borders? The Digitization of Society in a Postcolonial World

Science, Technology and Society 

Special Issue on Technologies without Borders? The Digitization of Society in a Postcolonial World

25(3), 2020. https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/stsa/25/3

Guest Editor: Mathieu Quet

Table of Contents

Editorial

Technologies Without Borders? The Digitization of Society in a Postcolonial World | Mathieu Quet, Marine Al Dahdah

Special Issue Articles

Governance and Accountable Citizenship Through Identification Infrastructures: Database Politics of Copernicus (France) and National Register of Citizens (India) | Éric Dagiral, Khetrimayum Monish Singh

From Expression to Expulsion: Digital Public Spaces as Theatres of Operations in Nepal | Sohan Sha, Mathieu Quet

Tweet, Set, Match: Negotiating the Boundaries of Digital Technologies in Elite Tennis | Vidya Subramanian, Marianne Noel, Harmony Paquin

Smart Cards for All: Digitalisation of Universal Health Coverage in India | Marine Al Dahdah, Rajiv K. Mishra

If You Build It, Will They Come? Exploring Narratives That Shape the Internet in Nepal | Shailesh B. Pandey, Nischal Regmi

General Articles

Innovation and Firm-level Labour Productivity: A Comparison of Chinese and Indian Manufacturing Based on Enterprise Surveys | Poulomi Bhattacharya, Badri Narayan Rath

Evaluation of Technological Innovations and the Industrial Ecosystem of Science Parks in Shanghai: An Empirical Study | Min-Ren Yan, Haiyan Yan, Lingyun Zhan, Xinyue Yan, Mengen Xu

Emerging Industrial Revolution: Symbiosis of Industry 4.0 and Circular Economy: The Role of Universities | Seeram Ramakrishna, Alfred Ngowi, Henk De Jager, Bankole O. Awuzie

New Article "The Appropriated Body: Biometrics Regime, The Digital State and Healthcare in Contemporary India" | by RK Mishra, Global Policy, 2021

Research Article
The Appropriated Body: Biometrics Regime, The Digital State and Healthcare in Contemporary India
by Rajiv K. Mishra, Global Policy, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.12945
Abstract: The sheer size of the Indian population and its presence in a gigantic biometrics database has made possible the appropriation and control of millions of bodies on an everyday basis. It is being done at different levels by players operating the Digital State, with a markets-based approach aiming to provide governance and development entitlements, healthcare being one among them. However, at the receiving end of this appropriative force are the 22 percent below poverty line (BPL) population, accounting for around 300 million people living at less than 1.25 dollars per day. These tend to be bodies facing a double jeopardy of historical-social-economic inequalities and negotiating the biometric means of accessing healthcare entitlements. Specifically, this refers to an arduous process of proving one's 'mistrusted' self to be able to enter the process of availing medical treatment. Based on qualitative fieldwork in Jharkhand and Delhi, the paper argues that the very process of biometrics-based access to healthcare appropriates the bodies of BPL families even before they get any medical treatment. Findings reflect that the biometrics (technological) means for identifying the mistrusted bodies of BPL populations adds to the existing social inequalities.

CODATA-Connect Webinar on the Importance of Data Cleaning | 5th August at 3:30 PM IST

Webinar on the Importance of Data Cleaning

Date: 5th August 2021

Time:  10 am (UTC) | 3:30 PM IST

Duration: 40 min session and 20 min Question Answers (Total 1 hour)

Registration link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2137644534742391819

Data cleaning might seem dull and uninteresting, but it's one of the most important tasks you would have to do as a data science professional. Correcting or removing "dirty data" improves the reliability and value of response data for better decision-making. Data cleaning involves the detection and removal (or correction) of errors and inconsistencies in a data set due to the corruption/irrelevance or inaccurate entry of the data.  Incomplete, inaccurate or irrelevant data is identified and then either replaced, modified or deleted.

Incorrect or inconsistent data can create a number of problems which lead to the drawing of false conclusions.  Therefore, data cleaning can be an important element in some data analysis situations.  Having wrong or bad quality data can be detrimental to your processes and analysis. Poor data can cause a stellar algorithm to fail. However, data cleaning is not without risks and problems including the loss of important information or valid data.

Data cleansing is also important because it improves your data quality and in doing so, increases overall productivity. When you clean your data, all outdated or incorrect information is gone – leaving you with the highest quality information. This ensures you do not have to wade through countless outdated documents and allows you to make the most of your project hours

Name of the Speaker: Simisani Ndaba
University of Botswana

Simisani has a history of working in the higher education industry having been working at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Botswana as a Teaching Assistant since 2016. She graduated with her Masters of Science in Computer Information Systems where her research work was based on Information Retrieval in Authorship Identification using authors' writing styles using PAN at CLEF. PAN is a series of scientific events and shared tasks on digital text forensics and stylometry. Prior to that, she worked as a Business Analyst at the Gauteng Department of Education working on data management and business intelligence in South Africa. She also holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Information Systems and is due to complete a Post Graduate Diploma in Education, a teacher/trainer qualification in October 2021. She is part of the Ladies in R Botswana based in the University of Botswana and is an assistant in Health Informatics Africa.

CODATA Connect – Data Science Journal Early Career Essay Competition 2021

CSSP Talk on Innovation Systems Transition in Russia: Current Status and the Way Forward | 11th August at 3:00 pm IST

 

Centre for Studies in Science Policy 

Jawaharlal Nehru University

 

Invites you to CSSP Wednesday Lecture Series

 

Talk on

 

Innovation Systems Transition in Russia:

Current Status and the Way Forward

 

By

Priv.-Doz. Dr. Thomas Wolfgang Thurner

(Professor, NRU Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russian Federation)

 

Join: https://meet.google.com/hsg-wnzj-kka

 

Date: Wednesday, 11th August 2021 | Time: 3:00 pm IST

 

 

About the Speaker: Dr. Thomas Wolfgang Thurner is a Leading Research Fellow in the Research Laboratory for Economics of Innovation, Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge, at National Research University Higher School of Economics in Moscow, Russia since April 2011. He is also a Professor in the Department for Educational Programmes, Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge, at National Research University in Moscow, Russia since August 2014. His academic and research profile is available at https://www.hse.ru/en/org/persons/29168682.

 

 

 

 

All are welcome to attend the Lecture. 

 

Coordinator, CSSP Lecture Series

 

STIP Forum Lecture "Science & Technology and the Pandemic" on 5 August 2021

Register Yourself: https://bit.ly/3A1IyAE
YouTube: https://youtu.be/LPKWbElNEWs

Further Details

 

 

CfAs: BRICS Young Scientists Conclave & Innovator Prize 2021

BRICS Young Scientists Conclave & Innovator Prize 2021

13-16 September 2021, Bengaluru, India

Applications invited from Scientists / engineers / technologists/ innovators/ science journalists / educators, up to age of 40 years for BRICS Young Scientists Conclave & Innovator Prize. Building better societies through Science, Technology & Innovation.

Last date for submission: 15 Aug 2021

Click here to Apply | Further Details

FW: BRICS Academic Forum 2021 | August 3-6, 2021

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