SWAYAM ARPIT Course on History of Science and Technology | Open for Enrollment

SWAYAM ARPIT Course on History of Indian Science and Technology

Course Coordinator: Prof. Madhav Govind, CSSP, JNU

Enroll for Free (Till 31st December 2020)

About the Course: This course is equivalent to one refresher course in Interdisciplinary area.The objective of this course is to provide an exposure to the development of Science and Technology in India, and is primarily meant for teachers and research scholars in various universities and colleges. Science and technology have been the part of every civilization, and people belonging to all the sections of society have contributed to the advancement of different branches of science and technology all through the ages. Till recent times, the history of science and technology has been primarily eurocentric in nature, attributing most of the development of science and technology to Greece and Rome in the ancient period, and Europe in the medieval and modern periods, which were then transmitted to the rest of the world. This course will highlight important concepts in mathematics, astronomy, medicine, etc., that originated and developed in India. In the study of Indian science and technology, the often neglected role and contributions of local people, craftsmen, artisans,farmers, forest dwellers in the development of sustainable and locally adaptable technologies and traditional scientific knowledge will also be highlighted. This course will impart authentic knowledge of India's scientific and technological traditions and will show through case studies how some of them are still relevant in today's world. It would also try to provide an understanding of the socio-cultural and philosophical context in which the various scientific and technological ideas got developed in India and thereby help in repositioning India's contributions in science and technology. The course comprises 40 modules, with lectures of about thirty minutes devoted to each module. 

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Essay Competition on "Necessity for Science Diplomacy" as part of IISF2020

Essay Competition on "Necessity for Science Diplomacy" as part of India International Science Festival 2020 (IISF2020)

Theme: Necessity for Science Diplomacy
Competition is open for
(A) Students
(B) Professional

• Send your entry by 15th Dec to diplomacy@scienceindiafest.org.
• The Subject line should mention National Essay Writing Competitions.

CfPs: 20th Indian Science Communication Congress (ISCC-2020) | Online, 20 December 2020

20th Indian Science Communication Congress (ISCC-2020)

Date: 20 December 2020

Theme: COVID19 Pandemic: Assessing Public Awareness and Response

Mode: Online (Web-Conference)

Register Online | Submit Abstract

ISCC-2020 Announcement

Webinar "Fair and Equitable Pricing in Health: Competition Law and Access to Medicines" | 3-4 December

Webinar Fair and Equitable Pricing in Health: Competition Law and Access to Medicines 3-4 December 2020     Zoom Participation Links Experts debate the effects of competition on prices of medicines Free webinar on 3-4 December, organized by the South Centre and IDEC  On 3-4 December 2020, experts from nine countries will gather to debate how competition practices affect the medicines market and access to health. This question is receiving attention worldwide. Authorities are looking for ways to improve regulation in the sector to ensure equitable access to treatments and vaccines, especially for the most vulnerable populations. The webinar "Fair and Affordable Prices in Health: Competition Law and Access to Medicines" will take place via the Zoom platform. Participation is open, it is free and does not require prior registration. Simultaneous translation will be available in Portuguese, English and Spanish. The panelists are leading experts in the field of competition and health. Competition bodies from the Netherlands, Italy, Peru and Brazil will also join the debate. To see the full programme and for more info, click here     South Centre International Environment House 2 Chemin de Balexert 7-9 PO Box 228 1211 Geneva 19 Switzerland Telephone: (41 22) 791 8050 south@southcentre.int www.southcentre.int Follow the South Centre's Twitter: South_Centre  Copyright © 2020 South Centre, All rights reserved.

Call for Papers: International Conference on Emerging Trends and Technologies on Intelligent Systems (ETTIS-2021)

International Conference on "Emerging Trends and Technologies on Intelligent Systems" (ETTIS-2021) 

Online mode | 4th–5th March 2021

Paper Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ettis2021

C-DAC Noida in association with the Automatic Control, Computers & Electronics Department, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania is organizing a 02 day International Conference on "Emerging Trends and Technologies on Intelligent Systems" (ETTIS-2021) in Online mode on March 4th – 5th, 2021.  We are pleased to invite interested members to participate in this conference. The conference will be conducted in online mode due to ongoing Covid-19 related restrictions.

Ø    Aim of the Conference:

The International Conference (ETTIS 2021) will provide an excellent international forum for sharing knowledge and results in theory, methodology, and applications of Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Cyber-Physical Systems, and Security in Industrial/Real-World settings. ETTIS 2021 welcomes papers in all sub-areas of artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, and cyber-physical systems and security. The prime aim of the conference is to invite researchers and practitioners from both academia and industry from different domains of Computing and Information Technologies at a single platform to showcase their research ideas and share information about cutting-edge developments in the field.

Authors are welcome to contribute to the conference by submitting articles that illustrate on-going research results, projects, surveying works, and industrial experiences that describe significant advances in all of the related areas.

The Conference will provide a total of four technical tracks to all authors for their submission. So, each author may identify the most suitable track matching to their article/ research paper for submission of the paper. The conference is proposed with the idea of an annual ongoing event to invite researchers on a single platform to exchange their ideas and thoughts. It will definitely evolve as an intellectual asset in the long term years after years. Efforts will be put to make this conference as one the best conference in its area in upcoming years. Research papers from each track after the positive blind peer review by at least two reviewers with a good score will be selected for oral presentation during the conference. All papers that are accepted and presented in ETTIS 2021 will be published in the ETTIS 2021 Conference Proceedings.

Selected papers after the further revision will be submitted to Publishing Partner Springer Series (Approval In-Process).

Ø    Target Audience:

• Academicians, Faculty Members, Research Scholars, and students
• Business Professionals, Senior Level Managers, Executives
• Practitioners in Business and Non-Profit Organizations
• Policy Makers, Entrepreneurs, Enterprising Youth, Industrialists, Consultants, etc.

Ø    Conference Tracks

• Track 1: Artificial Intelligence
• Track 2: Big Data
• Track 3: Cyber-Physical Systems
• Track 4: Information Security

Ø    Important Dates:

Last date for submission of Full-length Paper	December 1, 2020
Paper acceptance Notification	January 8, 2021
Submission of Camera-ready paper	January 15, 2021
Early Bird  Registration	February 1, 2021
Conference Dates	March 4-5, 2021

  Venue: Online Mode

 C-DAC Academic Block, B-30, Institutional Area, Sector-62, Noida, GB Nagar (UP), India

Please refer to the attached Poster or visit the website  www.ettis.org for further details or contact the organizing committee of the conference:

S. No	Co-Conveners	Phone No.	Mobile No	E-mail id
01	Dr. Arti Noor	0120 – 3063380	+91 9868675191	artinoor@cdac.in
02	Dr. Kriti Saroha	0120-3063368	+91 9810702461	kritisaroha@cdac.in
03	Mr. Sanjay Ojha	0120-3063371-72	+91 9891963250	sanjayojha@cdac.in

Thanks and Regards

Organizing Committee [Emerging Trends and Technologies on Intelligent Systems (ETTIS-2021)]

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC)
(A Scientific Society of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Govt. of India)
B-30, Setor-62, Noida-201309, Uttar Pradesh (India)

Kenya Honda (Japan) to receive the Carlos J. Finlay UNESCO Prize for Microbiology

UNESCO Press Release N°2020/118

 

Kenya Honda (Japan) to receive the Carlos J. Finlay UNESCO Prize for Microbiology

Paris, 26 November—Professor Kenya Honda of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology of the Keio University School of Medicine (Tokyo), team leader of the Laboratory for Gut Homeostasis of the Riken Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (Yokohama), has been designated as the laureate of the 2020 Carlos J. Finlay UNESCO Prize for Microbiology. The Prize recognizes his outstanding contribution to the field of microbiology, more particularly for his research into microbiota and its impact on the immune system in various diseases. 

 

Dr. Honda's research group has developed and perfected a top-down gnotobiotic pipeline that integrates highly efficient anaerobic culture techniques with next generation sequencing and gnotobiotic animal models. This enables the direct screening and testing of effector microbes, as gut microbiota members often cooperate as a community to produce metabolites that affect host physiology. Dr Honda has thus been able to identify microbiota members that drive specific types of adaptive immune responses. 

 

Professor Honda was named by the Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, on the basis of recommendations of an international jury composed of experts in microbiology. Created in 1977 at the initiative of the Government of Cuba, the UNESCO Carlos J. Finlay Prize for Microbiology is endowed with 10,000 dollars. 

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India International Science Festival 2020: Call for Papers & Posters

India International Science Festival 2020: Science for Self-Reliant India and Global Welfare

India International Science Festival 2020: India International Science Festival (IISF) launched in 2015 is a celebration to promote Science and Technology and demonstrate how science could lead India towards a developed nation within a short span of time. The aim is to engage the public with science and celebrate the joy of science and show the ways how science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) provide us with the solutions to improve our lives. Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Earth Sciences in association with Vijnana Bharati (VIBHA), has created a unique platform of India International Science Festival which intends to inspire curiosity and make learning more rewarding.

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IndiaLICS Lecture Series No. 5 on 28 November at 5:00 pm

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[apeid.higher_education.bgk] Save-the-Date: Investing in education and training in the era of COVID-19 and beyond: Wednesday, 2 December 2020, 13:30-15:00hr (Paris time)

Dear Colleagues,

I hope you are safe and doing well during this busy time.

Brief update: Save the date for a webinar on Investing in education and training in the era of covid-19 and beyond on Wednesday, 2 December 2020, 13:30-15:00hr (Paris time).

The webinar aims to share UNESCO’s analysis of the national fiscal measures, discuss countries’ experiences and lessons in their education response to COVID-19, identify related policy options and trade-offs, and explore ways and means to seize the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity for bolder actions and more strategic engagement and investment in education and training to achieve SDG4. Please see background here: https://en.unesco.org/news/education-not-cost-its-investment-recovery.

Target audience: The webinar is primarily directed to policymakers and managers dealing with education financing issues in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Please feel free to share within your networks and pre-register for the event here: https://unesco-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CnD46gLySCOISMcBfxWMzA. Questions may be sent to Ms. Sara Bin Mahfooz: S.bin-mahfooz@unesco.org

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UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme names recipients of Young Scientists Awards

UNESCO Press Release No. 2020-112

 

 

UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme

names recipients of Young Scientists Awards

 

Paris, 20 November – The International Coordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme of UNESCO has named the recipients of the 2020 Young Scientists Awards, which seeks to promote a new generation of scientists worldwide poised to address ecological and sustainability issues.

Six young scientists will receive the award in 2020:

Radisti Ayu PRAPTIWI (Indonesia): Understanding the impact of climate change to cultural ecosystem services in tropical marine areas of the Taka Bonerate Kepulauan Selayar Biosphere Reserve.

Babajide Charles FALEMARA (Nigeria): Economic valuation of tropical tree species and soil carbon sequestration potential as ecosystem services in the context of climate change in the Omo Biosphere Reserve.

Opeyemi ADEYEMI (Nigeria): Assessing and mapping communities' preferences for ecosystem services in Omo Biosphere Reserve. An approach to enhance sustainable management of the biosphere reserve and promote people's livelihood.

Sandra DELFIN DE LEON (Cuba): Farming, propagation and assisted reproduction of stony corals for the study of reef restoration.

Laure THIERRY DE VILLE D'AVRAY (Philippines): The influence of artificial reefs on fish communities and their potential socio-economic benefits, a study in the Palawan Biosphere Reserve. 

Iolanda-Veronica GANEA (Romania): Designing efficient strategies for the implementation of an ecotourism network in the Sfântu Gheorghe Channel area of the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve.

The MAB Programme has been granting awards of up to $5,000 (USD) each year since 1989 to encourage young researchers to undertake work on ecosystems, natural resources and biodiversity in support of the Sustainable Development Goals.  The selection was announced during the MAB Council's annual meeting, held virtually on 27 and 28 October.

Biosphere reserves are areas that promote innovative solutions for sustainable development and serve as laboratories of ideas and good practices on biodiversity conservation. The World Network of Biosphere Reserves includes 714 sites in 129 countries. It is managed by the MAB Programme, which pioneered the idea of sustainable development.

 

More information:

• UNESCO-MAB Young Scientists Awards https://en.unesco.org/mab/awards#young-scientists

• Biosphere Reserves https://en.unesco.org/biosphere

• UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme: https://en.unesco.org/mab

 

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Invitation to Sweden India Science Sambandh: Nobel Science Dialogue Series | on 21-11, 28-11, 5-12

Sweden Alumni Network India is pleased to invite you to a dialogue series featuring eminent scientists from India and Sweden to celebrate Science and Nobel awarded inventions. 

Join us to be a part of the conversation on the 3 sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine) as per the categories stipulated by Alfred Nobel by bringing together the leading scientists of Sweden and India in a motivating 'Fireside' Dialogue series. 3 weekends starting in November 2020, will have 2 leading Swedish and Indian scientists discuss and explore each of the 3 sciences. 

All student participants will receive a certificate of participation.

We are excited to celebrate women in science and their invaluable contribution in the field of Science. Follow our website for the upcoming events (https://swedenindiascience.com/).

Please register

Sr No	Event Topic	Date & Time	Speaker/Scientists
1	Dialogue on Medicine	21-11-20; 3.30 pm IST	- Prof Ola Weiland: Sr prof in Infectious Diseases at Karolinska Institutet and senior consultant in ID at Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden - Prof Shiv Kumar Sarin: Padma Bhushan Awardee Prof & HOD Hepatology and Director, Institute of Liver & Biliary Sciences, New Delhi
6	Nobel Dialogue on Physics	28-11-20; 3.30 pm IST	- Prof Ulf Danielsson: Göran Gustafsson Prize & Thuréus Prize winner and Prof of Theoretical Physics at Uppsala University, Sweden
7	Nobel Dialogue on Chemistry	5-12-20; 3.30 pm IST	TBA - Dr Saswati Das  (Tentative): Director- Program & Clinical Services at Jhpiego; Public Health and expert on Gene Editing (CRISPR); Alumni of Sweden India Network Delhi

 

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Journal of Scientometric Research | IndiaLICS Special Issue is now online

Journal of Scientometric Research

Volume 9,  Issue 2S,  2020 (Indialics Special Issue)

Web: http://jscires.org/v9/i2s

(Scopus & ESCI-indexed Peer-Reviewed Open-Access Journal)

Table of Contents

• Editorial | Saradindu Bhaduri, Anup Kumar Das, Sujit Bhattacharya
• Acknowledgement

Articles

• Publication Trends in the Informal Sector Innovation Research | Hemant Kumar
• Open Science in Addressing Responsible Research and Innovation: Evidence from India and other Countries | Anup Kumar Das, Bidyarthi Dutta
• Bilateral S&T Organisation as an Innovation Intermediary: Case Study of Indo-French Cell for Water Sciences | Shilpa, Sujit Bhattacharya
• Role of Patents in Biosimilar Drug Development and Public Interest | Rujitha Thammanath Raveendrashenoy
• Webliography of Water Technology and Policy Framework in India and the World | Deep Jyoti Francis, Anup Kumar Das

Open Access Articles Online

Reclaiming AI Futures: Call for Contributions and Provocations

Reclaiming AI Futures: Call for Contributions and Provocations

The spectre of artificial intelligence looms large over us. According to the prevalent visions sold to us today, Artificial Intelligence will save us from ourselves – cut out humanity and let technology provide for our futures, mediating our interactions and our relationships with mathematical precision and computerised equanimity: 100 Smart Cities, 'built from the Internet up,' which recognise only the disciplined and data-annotated urban resident. Machines which prophesied on dishonesty and criminality and place us in an information straitjacket from which there is no escape. Technologies will mine data from the depths of our bodies and our environment, and, in turn, displace us from both. What do these futures hold in store for us? Who do these visions of AI futures serve? How do we resist, reimagine and reclaim our technological futures? To paraphrase Ruha Benjamin, how do we imagine and craft the worlds we cannot live without, just as we dismantle the ones we cannot live within?

This is a call for contributions and provocations of art and activism, to reimagine a vision of AI futures which can dismantle and blind the normative gazes of AI's present and can reclaim a technological future of justice, liberty, equality and fraternity.

We are accepting pitches for short pieces of writing, graphic and visual media and/or sound to be published as a short, one-off digital zine exploring AI futures in India. This could take the form of a visual artwork, an essay, a work of speculative fiction, an interactive game or a short video. Seven selected works will get an honorarium of INR 20,000 and their work will be published as part of Mozilla fellow Divij Joshi's project, the 'AI Observatory'. 

Please email your pitches to divij@mozillafoundation.org as a single document (odt., .doc, .pdf). The pitch should contain the following:

• The name and affiliations of the contributors. 
• A brief description of the intended contribution, specifically indicating how it reflects on the theme of 'Reclaiming AI Futures'.
• A description of the material used for creating the work, including the format / standard in which it is to be displayed online and the technical requirements of hosting the work online.

Note: The final work should be available in a standard which can be comfortably viewed online on commonly available mobile web-browsers. The size of the final work should be no more than 30MB. 

Timeline: The last date for submission of pitches is November 25, 2020. Accepted pitches will be informed by November 30. Final contributions must be received by December 30.

Terms of Use: Contributors agree to grant a non-exclusive, perpetual and royalty-free license to the licensor, Divij Joshi, to copy, use, display, perform, publish and share the work. 

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A Souvenir published titled "Resisting Disinfodemic: Media and Information Literacy for everyone and, by everyone"

A Souvenir Published on the occasion of Global Media and Information Literacy Week 2020.

"Resisting Disinfodemic: Media and Information Literacy for everyone and, by everyone"

Edited by Dilara Begum and Md. Hasinul Elahi; Department of Information Studies and Library Management, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2020.

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Table of Contents

Messages

• Message from the Head of Office and UNESCO Representative to Bangladesh
• Message from the UNESCO Programme Specialist
• Message from the IFLA President
• Message from the International Library Consultant
• Message from the Director, IATLIS
• Message from Dr. Diljit Singh

Editorial

Interview

• An Exclusive Interview with the Chairman, Bangladesh Institute for Information Literacy and Sustainable Development (BIILSD)

Write-ups

• MIL and Disinfodemic: Lessons Learned and the Way Ahead
• Empowering Adolescents and Youths through Media and Information Literacy
• Tackling Spread of Misinformation in India: A Strategic Approach
• European Libraries during the Coronavirus Crisis
• Resisting Disinfodemic: Media & Information Literacy for everyone & by everyone- supporting each other
• Deep Learning Approach and Information Literacy
• Role of Information Literacy during COVID19 Pandemic
• Overcoming the Lack of Information Literacy Skills in Librarianship through the EU Funded Projects, case study: Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Resisting Disinfodemic: Media and Information Literacy for Everyone and by Everyone
• Digital, Media and Information Literacy are required for Building Digital Bangladesh
• Media & Information Literacy is the Answer to Disinfodemic
• Resisting Disinfodemic: Media and Information Literacy for Everyone and by Everyone
• Infodemic: Digital Destruction during COVID-19 Pandemic

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[apeid.higher_education.bgk] Virtual conference on understanding the causes of gender disparities in STEM-related TVET (23-27 November 2020)

Good morning, Colleagues

 

Thanks to UNEVOC, please find more about the upcoming TVET Forum and chance to engage:

 

Virtual Conference on understanding the causes of gender disparities in STEM-related TVET:

UNESCO-UNEVOC will launch its report on ‘Boosting gender equality in science and technology: A challenge for TVET programmes and careers’ during the upcoming virtual conference.

 

The following threads will be opened for discussion on the days specified. From 23 to 27 November:

• Monday --       Context: Current state of gender equality in STEM-related TVET
• Tuesday --       TVET institutions: TVET institutional level factors affecting gender equality in STEM-related TVET
• Wednesday -- Labour market: Women in STEM-related labour market sectors – the leaky-pipeline phenomena
• Thursday --      Societal and personal factors: Societal and personal factors affecting gender equality in STEM-related TVET
• Friday --           Policies: Government strategies for promoting gender equality in STEM-related TVET

 

Join in: Register for the virtual conference and TVET Forum

 

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