Journal of Scientific Temper releases Special Issue on RISFreM 2022

Journal of Scientific Temper releases Special Issue on RISFreM 2022

Vol 10 (1&2), January-June 2022, 1-131.

As part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Jawaharlal Nehru University organised an international conference on the "Role of Indian Science in Freedom Movement (RISFreM 2022)" in collaboration with Vijnana Bharati, CSIR-NIScPR (CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research), New Delhi, and Vigyan Prasar on 28 February 2022 and 1 March 2022. Though Indian scientists faced several hurdles, they managed to maintain a subtle edge over the British and build ties with scientists abroad to develop science and technology. Their scientific temperament helped them to pave the path for themselves. The purpose of the conference was to raise awareness and generate scholarly evidence regarding Indians' contributions to science cultivation, scientific societies, institutions, industries, and in fighting British colonialism. During the conference, authors presented the papers pertaining to the theme of the conference, out of which a few selected papers are being presented in the Journal of Scientific Temper. Hope, the special issue will encourage the scholars and readers as well.

Table of Contents

Articles

• Science for Freedom: Exploring Scientists' Role in Freedom Movement | Satvir Singh
• Science as a Tool for Subjugation: An Analysis of British Rule in India | Madhav Govind & Nikhil Yadav
• Establishing Colonial Hegemony through Science: A Study of British India and Robinson's Mars Trilogy | Aditya Raj & Stuti Prasad
• Scientific Racism Faced by Indian Fingerprint Scientists during Colonial Rule: Need to Correct a Historical Wrong | G.S. Sodhi & Jasjeet Kaur
• Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray and Quest for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Colonial India | Anup Kumar Das & Bidyarthi Dutta
• Indian Science and Technology during the Freedom Struggle: A 'Science Diplomacy' Perspective | Hemant Kumar & Namrata
• Science Diplomacy and Indian Freedom Movement: A Retrospective View of Events during the 1870s-1940s | Shreedhar Kanagarajan & Reeta Sony
• Growth of Scholarly Societies and Their Activities in Pre-Independent India: A Reconnaissance | Manorama Tripathi & Anup Kumar Das
• Ecocentric Approach of Science from the Perspective of Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore: Exploring Sustainability and Ethics amidst British Colonialism | Sabareesh P.A. & Reeta Sony A.L.

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Invitation: SIS Annual Convention and Seminar 2022

Dear LIS Colleague,

Warm Greetings of the 76th Independence Day!!

The Society for Information Science is holding its SIS Annual Convention 2022 and Seminar on "Information Science and Communication: Opportunities, Expectations and Strategies" during 14-15 October 2022 at India International Centre, New Delhi.

We invite you to register for the event [there is no registration fee] and also consider presenting a paper in a session of your interest. 

For more details and for registration, please visit: https://sites.google.com/view/sisconvention2022/home

For more details about SIS, please visit: http://www.sis.org.in/

Thanks and regards,

G. Mahesh

Organising Secretary

SIS Annual Convention 2022

Special issue of journal Science Communication devoted to Sharon Dunwoody

Special Issue of Science Communication: Linking Theory and Practice

Communicating Complexity: In Honor of Sharon Dunwoody

Guest Editors: Lee Ann Kahlor and Robert J. Griffin

Editor-in-Chief: Susanna Priest

Call for Papers

Sharon Dunwoody was a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison whose scholarly excellence, down-to-earth demeanor, and generous personality were absolutely critical to the emergence of science journalism and science communication as areas of global scholarship. She passed away on February 4, 2022. For more on her life, please see here. Sharon was a former science writer who spent the majority of her career as a scholar and professor teaching science and environmental writing and conducting research on the communication of science, environment, and health. She published works on all aspects of this area of mass communication. Her most recent research concentrated on how individuals use information to inform judgments about environmental and health risks. Sharon once described her specialty as "explaining complicated stuff in writing." She published extensively in peer-reviewed journals (including Science Communication) on a broad array of topics ranging from informal science education to credible sources for scientific news to psycho-social predictors and moderators of risk information seeking and processing. 

Research articles accepted for this issue will build on Sharon's academic work and contributions. They should be based on both theory and empirical evidence from quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods approaches. We publish two types of peer-reviewed research papers, full research articles (usually 7-9000 words) and research notes (usually 4-6000 words, presenting emerging insights). We also publish a limited number of commentary articles, which can present personal experiences and viewpoints (around 3000 words, not peer reviewed). Queries about the "fit" of your idea are welcome. All research papers will undergo a version of our regular review process; commentary receives editorial review only. (Our acceptance rate for research is around 15%; special issue rates are typically slightly higher.) All contributions must relate directly to science communication, broadly defined to include most topics in environmental and health communication. The following themes are only suggestions, offered as "food for thought":

● New approaches to communicating complex ideas

● Interactions between scientists and journalists, other communicators

● Roles of scientists in public or professional communication

● Science communication research in the age of misinformation

● Information seeking, sharing, and processing in decision making

● Inequities and other social factors affecting access to risk information

● Communication and the social construction of risk

Try to make clear in your manuscript how the paper is connected to Sharon's work, whether through citation, notation, or discussion; this can probably be quite brief in many cases. If you had a personal connection with her (such as student, collaborator, or colleague), feel free to include mention of that in your biography file (see submission directions at the site). However, this call is not limited to people who knew her directly. Our journal's submission site is mc.manuscriptcentral.com/sc. Submission deadline for this issue is September 15, 2022; earlier submission is encouraged, while late submissions and those requiring extensive revisions may be accepted on a space-available basis or considered for a future regular issue. Please be certain to add the phrase "DUNWOODY ISSUE" at the beginning of your title (to be removed for publication). For questions, you may contact any of us directly at editorscicom@gmail.com (Susanna), robert.griffin@marquette.edu (Robert), or kahlor@austin.utexas.edu (Lee Ann).

UNESCO Heritage Mission to the Skerki Banks: press briefing

UNESCO Save the Date

 

UNESCO Heritage Mission to the Skerki Banks: press briefing

 

UNESCO is holding a press briefing ahead of its international diving expedition to explore shipwrecks in Skerki Banks, Mediterranean Sea, will sail from 21 August to 3 September. From Antiquity to World War II, countless ships have sunk around these perilous banks, leaving behind a treasure trove of cargo and artefacts.

 

When? Tuesday, 16 August, at 15.00 CET

 

Where? Online. Please click here to register for the briefing and receive the video link where you'll be able to ask questions.

 

Languages: The press briefing will be conducted in English, with translation into French, if necessary. Journalists are welcome to ask questions in both languages.

 

UNESCO Expert Spokespersons:

• Krista Pikkat: Director of Culture and Emergencies and Secretary of the 2001 Convention on the Protection for Underwater Cultural Heritage and the 1970 Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property
• Alison Faynot: Underwater Archaeologist, Secretariat of the 2001 UNESCO Convention on the Protection for Underwater Cultural Heritage

About the Mission: The UNESCO scientific mission, composed of archaeologists from eight Mediterranean countries, aims to document the remains of four shipwrecks located on the Skerki Bank, dating from ancient times to the 20^th century. Using ROVs (Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicles), the mission will map the area in which each wreck lies, and document and catalogue the artefacts that remain on the sea floor. The mission will sail from La Seyne-sur-Mer in France on 21 August and dock in Bizerte, Tunisia on 3 September, before returning to La Seyne-sur-mer on 6 September.

 

An International Collaboration on the Protection of Shared Heritage

This project is implemented within the framework of the 2001 UNESCO Convention  on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage . As such, UNESCO will be coordinating an ambitious scientific partnership between eight countries: Algeria, Croatia, Egypt, France, Italy, Morocco, Spain and Tunisia. Archaeologists from each member state will work together to conduct the mission.

The experts will document the site using state-of-the-art underwater ROVs (Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicles). Four shipwrecks will be explored by the ROVs, and new discoveries may be made.

A Ship Graveyard

The Skerki Bank's particular topographical features – from its opposing currents to its many rocks lying just below the surface - have caused many ships to be wrecked here over the centuries.

 

Rich Trading and Military History

The shipwrecks found in the Skerki Bank are particularly rich, as the area has long been one of the busiest shipping channels in the world. In ancient times, it served as a direct maritime route between Carthage and Rome. In the early medieval period, it was an important trade route, notably for the Fatimids who controlled Sicily and the North of Africa. The Skerki Bank was also the scene of several battles during the First and Second World Wars.

 

Treasures Pillaged over the Centuries

Underwater heritage is especially vulnerable to looting as well as removal or destruction by trawling. Many artefacts have been taken from the sea floor by divers and fishermen. To protect the shared heritage on the Skerki Bank, the UNESCO-led mission will focus on demarcating the precise zone in which the shipwrecks lie and catalogue a portion of this underwater cultural heritage, including the artefacts remaining.

 

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Please click here to register for the briefing

 

Media contact: François Wibaux: f.wibaux@unesco.org, +33 1 45 68 07 46

 

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UNESCO, 7, place de Fontenoy, PARIS, NA FRANCE France

CfPs: Open Science Conference South Asia 2022, 5-8 September | Virtual and Bengaluru, India

Open Science South Asian Network (OSSAN) Conference 

5-8 September 2022

Bengaluru, India | Virtual 

DST – Centre for Policy Research at Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, is organising the Open Science South Asian Network (OSSAN) Conference from 5th to 8th September 2022. The conference will host keynote lectures, workshops, and panel discussions to provide a unique forum for researchers, librarians, practitioners, infrastructure providers, policymakers, and other important stakeholders to discuss the latest and future developments in Open Science, especially for the global south. We are especially looking for contributions from young scholars (PhD, post-doc). There is no registration fee. The conference would happen online between 5-8 September 2022. Please check the conference website for Further Details.

 We are inviting papers on the following Themes:

• Democratisation of Science
• Citizen science
• Traditional knowledge on open platform
• Open archives
• Open science infrastructure
• Responsible Research assessment 
• Open Access, Open research data, Open Source
• Open Science in Social sciences and humanities
• Open Science frameworks and policies

The Deadline for submissions of extended abstracts is August 16, 2022. More information on the Call for Papers can be found here. This whole event is funded by CS&S. This call can be shared with researchers who might be interested in applying. For queries, you may reach out to us at conference.ossan@gmail.com. For further details on the project please visit the project website: https://ossan2022.net. OSSAN Conference Organizing Committee

Just Launched "Evaluation of Science Indicators of Public Funded R&D Institutions: Report on Public Funded R&D Organisations"

Evaluation of Science Indicators of Public Funded R&D Institutions

Published by the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the Government of India, in association with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), 2022.

• Report on Public Funded R&D Organisations, Volume 1
• Report on Public Funded R&D Organisations, Volume 2

Table of Contents

• Section 1 - Overview of the Study
• Section 2 - Findings - Innovation Excellence Indicators
• Section 3 - Performance of Public Funded R&D institutions
• Section 4 - Appendices

This framework for assessment of innovation excellence of the public funded R&D institutions has been developed with the following objectives:

• To infuse a spirit of competition among these institutions with a view to improve their outcomes
• To determine whether the scientific institutions are working as per their mandate, or mandate itself needs a revision in line with present priorities, and technologies
• To assess required interventions for improvement
• To ascertain whether these institutions are delivering outcome-oriented R&D
• To assess the productivity of India's research institutions in terms of optimal utilization of public funds
• To derive actionable policy recommendations from the assessments.

Download: Volume 1 | Volume 2

UGC Course on Research and Publication Ethics (RPE) | Essential Readings and Supplementary Readings | PhD Course Work

Essential Readings

• Suber, P. (2012). Open Access. Cambridge, MA, USA: MIT Press.
• Resnik, D.B. (2011). What Is Ethics in Research & Why Is it Important. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, I-10.   
• National Academy of Sciences, National academy of Engineering and Institute of Medicine (2009). On Being a Scientist: A Guide of Responsible Conduct in Research: Third Edition, National Academies Press.
• Madalli, D.P. (2015). Concepts of Openness and Open Access. UNESCO Curriculum for Researchers, Module 2. Paris: UNESCO.
• Maclntyre, Alasdair (1967). A Short History of Ethics. London.
• Kanjilal, U. & Das, A.K. (2015). Introduction to Open Access. UNESCO Curriculum for Library Schools, Module 1. Paris: UNESCO.
• INSA (2019). Ethics in Science Education, Research and Governance, Edited by K. Muralidhar, A. Ghosh, & A.K. Singhvi. New Delhi: Indian National Science Academy. ISBN: 9788193948217.
• Das, A.K. (2015). Research Evaluation Metrics. UNESCO Curriculum for Researchers, Module 4. Paris: UNESCO.
• Das, A.K. & Mishra, S. (2014). Genesis of Altmetrics or Article-level Metrics for Measuring Efficacy of Scholarly Communications: Current Perspectives. Journal of Scientometric Research, 3(2): 82-92.
• Chaudhari, N. & Baliga, V. (2015). Intellectual Property Rights. UNESCO Curriculum for Researchers, Module 3. Paris: UNESCO.
• Chaddah, P. (2018). Ethics in Competitive Research: Do Not Get Scooped; To Not         Plagiarized. ISBN: 9789387480865
• Bird, A. (2006). Philosophy of Science. Routledge. 

Supplementary Readings

• ICMR (2017). National Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical and Health Research Involving Human Participants. New Delhi: Indian Council of Medical Research.
• Indian Sociological Society (2020). ISS Code of Ethics. New Delhi: Indian Sociological Society. 
• PSA (2019). Draft National Policy on Academic Ethics. New Delhi: Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the Government of India.
• The InterAcademy Partnership (2022). Report: Combatting Predatory Academic Journals and Conferences. Trieste: The InterAcademy Partnership.
• UGC (2019). Consortium for Academic Research and Ethics (CARE). New Delhi: University Grants Commission.
• UGC (2020). Good Academic Research Practices. New Delhi: University Grants Commission.
• UNESCO (2021). UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science. Paris: UNESCO.
• Das, A.K. (2008). Open Access to Knowledge and Information: Scholarly Literature and Digital Library Initiatives - the South Asian Scenario. New Delhi: UNESCO, ISBN 9788189218218.
• Das, A.K. (2015). Scholarly Communications. UNESCO Curriculum for Researchers, Module 1. Paris: UNESCO.
• Das, A.K. (2019). Research Integrity in the Context of Responsible Research and Innovation Framework. DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, 39(2): 82-86.
• Das, A.K. (2020). UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science: An Upcoming Milestone in Global Science. Science Diplomacy Review, 2(3): 39-43.
• Mishra, S. & Das, A.K. (2015). Sharing your Work in Open Access. UNESCO Curriculum for Researchers, Module 5. Paris: UNESCO.
• Nisha, F., Das, A.K. & Tripathi, M. (2020). Stemming the Rising Tide of Predatory Journals and Conferences: A Selective Review of Literature. Annals of Library and Information Studies, 67(3): 173-182.
• Smith, I. (2015). Open Access Infrastructure. UNESCO Curriculum for Library Schools, Module 2. Paris: UNESCO.
• Bealt, J. (2012). Predatory Publishers Are Corrupting Open Access. Nature, 489(7415),179-179. 

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IIC-ICSI Talk on "The Omnipresent Nature of Data and How it Influences Us" | 5 August at IIC New Delhi, India

INDIA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO A LECTURE IIC Diamond Jubilee Digital Governance Lecture   The Omnipresent Nature of Data and How it Influences Us Speaker: Dr. Neeta Verma, former  Director General, National Informatics Centre  Chair: Shri Tallen Kumar, Member Finance, Space Commission and formerly CEO, the Government eMarket Place. On Friday, 5 August 2022  at 6:30 pm In SEMINAR Rooms II & III, Kamaladevi Complex, IIC, New Delhi, India Tea will be served at 6.00 pm (Outside Seminar Hall)                                                                                                                         About the talk :  Omnipresent Nature of Data & How it Influences Us? Over 5 billion people in the world are using the Internet for little less than 7 hours a day on an average . People connect to the internet for a wide variety of purposes, be it access to information, communication, entertainment, shopping , healthcare, education,skilling, jobs, travel, tourism, finance , banking and also working from home as well as looking for jobs. These interactions generate huge amounts of data per minute. Recommendations, suggestions, pricing,  special offerings, all use data in a big way. Availability of cloud computing, coupled with data science and AI making it possible to analyse this data in real time and generate insights. These insights are increasingly used by digital platforms to influence our lives in many ways. It helps in enhancing user experience, customer satisfaction , offering personalised services to users. Data and its influence is becoming so pervasive and often we do not even realise how it's changing our thought process, influencing our opinion and so on. How do we conduct ourselves online to keep ourselves safe and free from biases?

(Collaboration: Information and Communication Society of India (ICSI), New Delhi)

IIC-ICSI Talk on "The Omnipresent Nature of Data and How it Influences Us" | 5 August at IIC New Delhi

Talk on "The Omnipresent Nature of Data and How it Influences Us"

IIC New Delhi | Seminar Rooms I to III, Kamaladevi Complex on 05 August 2022, at 18:30 IST

Speaker: Dr. Neeta Verma, former Director General, National Informatics Centre

Chair: Shri Talleen Kumar, Member Finance, Space Commission and formerly CEO, the Government eMarketPlace

This talk is a part of the IIC Diamond Jubilee Digital Governance Lecture Series.

(Collaboration: Information and Communication Society of India (ICSI), New Delhi)

All are Welcome to Join this Physical Event.

CSSP Lecture "Application of Indian Standard Time (IST) for Safe Digital India" by Dr. V. Bharath | 3rd August at 11:30 am

Centre for Studies in Science Policy

Jawaharlal Nehru University

CSSP Wednesday Lecture Series

Invites you to a Lecture on

 

"Application of Indian Standard Time (IST) for Safe Digital India"

By
Dr. V. Bharath
(Scientist, CSIR- National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi)

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

Date: Wednesday, 3rd August 2022 | Time: 11:30 am
 

Abstract: Time is the only physical parameter which tells us about the origin and existence of nature. We cannot measure the start and end points of time, but we can measure the time interval with greatest accuracy out of the seven fundamental physical quantities. Various real-life applications and strategic applications require accurate time synchronisation starting from milliseconds to nanoseconds. In the present digital world accurate time stamping of data traffic is very important from tracing a communication to reconstructing the crashed stock market. Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) is the fastest stock exchange in the world with 6 µs latency. It means it can execute more than 1.5 Lakh orders in a second. Time stamping is the only parameter to decide the sequence of the events for fair and transparent trading. In telecommunication systems the complete network should not exceed a time error budget of 1.1 µs to establish a call between the two subscribers. If two networks use two different time sources as their references, there will be call drops which lead to penalties by TRAI. Similarly, there is a requirement of 1 µs accuracy in isolating the faulty power transmission lines and thus protecting the complete electric substations. The most critical application of time is in positioning and Navigation where 1 ms error in the time shows a wrong position of approximately 300 km. Systems operated based on such Navigation systems (GPS) like a missile carrying a payload or for a ship travelling in sea this is a huge loss. In the present talk "Indian Standard Time (IST) and its application for safe digital India" we discuss the timing requirements in various cyber physical systems like power grid, telecom networks, Cyber security & navigation. The effect of a non-synchronised nation on its economic growth & digital governance. GoI initiatives to synchronise the complete nation with one reference time i.e., IST.

About the Speaker: Dr. Vattikonda Bharath presently working as a scientist in Indian Standard Time Division of CSIR – National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi. He completed his Electrical & Electronics Engineering, from JNTU Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh. Master's degree from CSIR-NPL in "Advanced Material Physics & Engineering" from AcSIR, New Delhi. He completed his PhD in Development of Cesium atomic fountain clock, which is the primary frequency standard of India Standard Time (IST) from AcSIR, New Delhi. His present area of work is "Time & Frequency transfer through satellites". He is the nodal person for providing time traceability at ±1ns to ISRO for Indian Regional Navigation Satellite Systems (IRNSS) to two centres located at Bangalore and Lucknow 24X7. One of the five Nodal members of the National Mega Project "Setting up of secondary time scales across 5 cities in India '' for the Ministry of Consumer affairs and in charge of the time scale lab at Ahmedabad. Nodal person to synchronise IST with International Time Reference (i.e., UTC) and other countries via Geo-Satellites.

All are welcome to attend the Lecture.

Dr. Reeta Sony A.L.  

Coordinator, CSSP Lecture Series

Journal of Scientific Temper releases Special Issue on RISFreM 2022

Journal of Scientific Temper releases Special Issue on RISFreM 2022

Vol 10 (1&2), January-June 2022, 1-131.

As part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Jawaharlal Nehru University organised an international conference on the "Role of Indian Science in Freedom Movement (RISFreM 2022)" in collaboration with Vijnana Bharati, CSIR-NIScPR (CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research), New Delhi, and Vigyan Prasar on 28 February 2022 and 1 March 2022. Though Indian scientists faced several hurdles, they managed to maintain a subtle edge over the British and build ties with scientists abroad to develop science and technology. Their scientific temperament helped them to pave the path for themselves. The purpose of the conference was to raise awareness and generate scholarly evidence regarding Indians' contributions to science cultivation, scientific societies, institutions, industries, and in fighting British colonialism. During the conference, authors presented the papers pertaining to the theme of the conference, out of which a few selected papers are being presented in the Journal of Scientific Temper. Hope, the special issue will encourage the scholars and readers as well.

Table of Contents

Articles

• Science for Freedom: Exploring Scientists' Role in Freedom Movement | Satvir Singh
• Science as a Tool for Subjugation: An Analysis of British Rule in India | Madhav Govind & Nikhil Yadav
• Establishing Colonial Hegemony through Science: A Study of British India and Robinson's Mars Trilogy | Aditya Raj & Stuti Prasad
• Scientific Racism Faced by Indian Fingerprint Scientists during Colonial Rule: Need to Correct a Historical Wrong | G.S. Sodhi & Jasjeet Kaur
• Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray and Quest for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Colonial India | Anup Kumar Das & Bidyarthi Dutta
• Indian Science and Technology during the Freedom Struggle: A 'Science Diplomacy' Perspective | Hemant Kumar & Namrata
• Science Diplomacy and Indian Freedom Movement: A Retrospective View of Events during the 1870s-1940s | Shreedhar Kanagarajan & Reeta Sony
• Growth of Scholarly Societies and Their Activities in Pre-Independent India: A Reconnaissance | Manorama Tripathi & Anup Kumar Das
• Ecocentric Approach of Science from the Perspective of Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore: Exploring Sustainability and Ethics amidst British Colonialism | Sabareesh P.A. & Reeta Sony A.L.

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CfPs: India Space Congress 2022 (ISC-2022) | 18-20 October, New Delhi, India

India Space Congress 2022 (ISC-2022)

18th - 20th October 2022,  New Delhi, India

About the Conference
India Space Congress 2022 (ISC-2022) 'Leveraging Space to Power Next-Gen Communication & Businesses is a strategic assemblage of national and international space industry leaders offering primary access to opportunities in the rapidly growing sector in India for the worldwide space ecosystem. The foundation of the India Space Congress [ISC] is the multi-stream program highlighting the evolution of the Indian space economy and opportunities for its development and growth. Hosted for the first time by the SatCom Industry Association (SIA-India), ISC is a global congregation of industry experts, government, policymakers, thought leaders, legal professionals and academia in the space sector to discuss strategic measures to efficiently manage space exploration, new disruptive space-based services and applications, viable business models, space situational awareness and cyber security.
THE VISION is to bring all the high-level stakeholders together from space agencies, industry and institutions around the world under one roof to swap insights, strategies and rising trends for collaborative development of the space ecosystem in India and bringing global and regional economic benefits.

Call for Papers
The Conference invites full length original research contributions of professionals from Academic Institutions, Government Undertakings, Research Scholars and Student community across the Nation. The jury consists of eminent personalities from the space ecosystem, who will qualify the papers in different categories. The top 3 entries will be announced and offered a cash award along with a certificate. INR 100,000 will be distributed among the awardees [INR 50,000, INR 35,000 and INR 15,000]. The best submissions will be published in the Conference Report. Open for submission now.

• Abstract Submission by 30 July 2022
• Final Paper Submission by 30 August 2022
• Click here to upload your Research Paper https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=isc220

Panel Discussion on Prospects and Avenues for New Space in India | 27 July at IIC New Delhi

Panel Discussion on Prospects and Avenues for New Space in India

IIC New Delhi | Conference Room II at 27 July 2022, 16:30

The discussion will focus on the Post Space reforms announced by the Government of India and the vital role of industry and academia. In order to enable them, what are the policies, frameworks, rules and guidelines required to be formulated including incentives; and the single window regulations and approvals which will be enabled for ease of doing businesses. While ISRO will act as a facilitator or technology provider for the early startups; these startups will require directions for sustainable business. Innovations and opportunities shall be debated and discussed across all sectors for implementing space technology in the downstream industries, which will generate further opportunities for the upstream industry.

Panelists: Dr. S. Somanath, Secretary, DOS/Chairman, ISRO; Dr. Shailesh Nayak, Director, NIAS and Life Trustee, IIC; Dr. Srinivasa Kumar T., Director, INCOIS; Dr. Sachin Chaturvedi, Director General, RIS; Shri Jayant Sahasrabudde, National Organising Secretary, VIBHA; Dr. Suba Chandran, Professor, NIAS; Shri Sanjay Kumar, Founder & CED, Geospatial World; Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Anil Kumar Bhat, DG, ISpA; Shri Venkat Katkuri, Head, Airbus Defence & Aerospace; and Shri Gaurav Kharod, Managing Sales Director, Intelsat-India

 

Talk on Transformation of Indian Space Sector

IIC New Delhi | Seminar Rooms I to III, Kamaladevi Complex on 27 July 2022, at 18:30

Speaker: Shri S. Somanath, Secretary, Department of Space and Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

Chair: Dr. Shailesh Nayak, Life Trustee, IIC

The Indian space programme started 60 years back is based on the concept of fulfilling societal needs. India achieved self-sufficiency in building upstream technologies with indigenised effort. Now it is the time for technology adoption for various sectors for increasing the country's economy in multiple folds. Space technology shall be one of the best enablers for the country, considering vast agriculture, water resources, urbanisation and transport. After unlocking the space sector, ISRO acts as a facilitator to many non-governmental enterprises in scaling up the opportunities and contributing to the economy and technological development of the country. ISRO also concentrates more on R&D, space science missions and capacity building.

(Collaboration: Indian Space Research Organisation; SatCom Industry Association; and Indian Space Association)

Exhibition on Indian Space Programme: Growing in Leaps and Bounds

Venue Art Gallery, Kamaladevi Complex, IIC

The exhibition is on view from 23 to 29 July 2022, 11:00 to 19:00 daily

Since its inception in 1961 with Dr. Vikram Sarabhai as Chairman of the Indian National Committee on Space Research, the Indian space programme has grown in leaps and bounds. On 21st November 1963, the first Nike-Apache rocket was successfully launched and this marked the beginning of India's journey into space. The exhibition highlights this journey of over six decades starting from the nascent years under Dr. Sarabhai; to the development of indigenous capabilities for designing and building launch vehicles and satellites; research in Cryogenic; radar imaging; cartography; oceanography and weather-related areas; and to the continuing journey that has transformed the country into a technology driven one

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) presents a display of text and photographic panels that tell the story of India's space programme along with scale models of rockets, launch vehicles and satellite models.

CfA: 1st International UHWB Summer School 2022 on Urban Health and Ecological Civilization | 25-30 July, Virtual

1st International UHWB Summer School 2022 on Urban Health and Ecological Civilization

July 25-30, 2022

Organized by: The "International Center for Ecological Civilization" (ICEC) Working Group of the UHWB global interdisciplinary science programme

Co-organized by: Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Background
Urban health is about the health of people in cities and the healthy design and functioning of urban environments connected to their rural hinterlands by a web of exchange networks facilitating flows of data, energy and resources in multiple complex systems spanning around the entire globe. Most of the global human population lives in cities and their impact on the environment and climate is enormous. However, cities are also the places for creativity and innovation which are needed to find solutions to multiple global crises and to transform social, ecological and technological systems so that improving human wellbeing is not achieved at the expense of planetary health. Ecological Civilization is about the relationship between socio-cultural and ecological systems, whereas the term 'civilization' also refers to society's institutions which define that relationship. The general idea is harmony between humans and nature. That relationship can be considered "healthy" when it is mutually supportive. The health focus implies a need for systemic interconnectivity. Linking rural and urban systems and rural revitalization, but also linking science to practice, applying deliberative and intelligent governance in systems which link data-knowledge and action seems to be essential for a resilient and responsive design of urban environments. In a "big world on a small planet", where complexity, uncertainty and systemic risks are increasing, people need to rethink fundamental values, transform operational and governance modes and also change ways of measuring progress. The 1st international UHWB summer school brings together international thought leaders to present ideas, concepts and cases and to discuss how healthy urban environments can shape ecological civilization. The lectures aim at connecting the two concepts of urban health and ecological civilization and to deliberate on the question "which role urban and rural civilizations alike can play in safeguarding the health of people, cities and the environment."  Members of the UHWB programme's scientific committee and its global network partners will give lectures and engage in a dialogue with participants, to address that question. The summer school lectures will be online and is free of charge.  Contact/Registration for field trip: uhwb@iue.ac.cn (Limited places available!). The UHWB Programme will issue certificates of participation on demand and subject to actual participation.

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CfPs: International Conference on Significance of Technology in Empowering Tribal Community of India | 23-24 August, New Delhi, India

International Conference on Significance of Technology in Empowering Tribal Community of India

23rd-24th August, 2022

New Delhi, India

The application of scientific knowledge to the creation of tools for the purpose of resolving particular issues can be defined as a technology. But technology, it is not value-neutral and it is linked with social change and can alter cultural settings. Sociologist W.F. Ogburn's theory of social change suggested four stages of technical development, which included; Invention, Accumulation, Diffusion and Adjustment are major causes of social transformation. The use of technology not only influences appliances or computers but also traditional practices like agriculture, fishery, animal husbandry and many more. No doubt the rapid proliferation of social media and ICT tools has solved complex problems of transportation, communication and self-education. However, it has also influenced an individual's lifeworld, the formation of human-to-human and human-to-machine relationships. The process of tribal empowerment can be understood as capacity building to make decisions for their socio-economic and cultural development. The government of India has been aiding multiple schemes to improve the living conditions of Scheduled Tribes and foster their growth backed by sustainable Science and Technology (S&T) activities/applications. Multiple programs and research projects to promote traditional skills, building on local innovation and knowledge systems has been promoted. This conference is a deliberate attempt to draw attention to the changes that have been brought into the Tribal way of life through modern technology. Whether it strengthened the idea of 'lok' (organic lifestyle of people residing at a place) or altered it. It will try to discuss whether technology has added modernity into traditional ways of life or the modernity has replaced traditional patterns of life causing new problems in the areas of health or farming. Under the aegis of Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav, the conference will further discuss the role of technology in bridging digital divide in scheduled tribes of India, thus making India digitally inclusive in its entirety.
Sub-Themes:

1. Tribal way of life and Sustainable Development.

2. Technological Intervention and Tribal Land Rights.

3. Indigenous knowledge System.

4. Health, Education and Agriculture technologies for Tribal welfare.

5. Promotion of innovation and Entrepreneurship for Tribal Welfare.

6. Digital repository for Tribal Culture (AKDL).

7. Challenges to Indigenous Tribal Languages.

8. Challenges to Indigenous faith in Modern World

9. Technology, Tribals and Independence Struggle.

10. Tribal Rights in pre and post Independent India.

11. Tribals and Digital Inclusion.

12. ICT and Tribal Empowerment.

13. Technology and Women Empowerment

Relevance in the National Context
The tribal empowerment revolves around five critical issues:

1. Livelihood and Employment

2. Education

3. Health

4. Involuntary Displacement and Migration

5. Legal and Constitutional Matters

Call for Papers
Surely, technology has intervened in all of the above subjects. Present need of the hour is a scholarly activity to assess the impact of technology on tribal way of life to evaluate policies and programmes of government. The conference will analyse to what extent, penetration of technologies has been done in the tribal life world and what impact it has created upon them. This critical study will reflect upon the various schemes undertaken by governments and how it has supported the development of tribals and the inclusivity technology has brought in to bridge the digital divide.

• How will the Activity help in the Promotion of Science and Culture? The scholarly deliberation on the issue of Tribal Empowerment through technology will help us to understand the role of Science for integration and upliftment in the Tribal society. The sub-themes of the conference will reflect upon the multiple aspects of development associated with scheduled tribes in India. And it will show how the technology is perceived and what better steps could be taken by science in favor of the Tribes of India.
• Abstract Submission: The abstract should be written in 300 words containing title, brief introduction, objectives, relevance, methodology and major findings of the paper. Please use Times New Roman 12 pt fonts. Please submit the abstract at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=stetci2022 by 8th August 2022. Last date for paper submission is 20th August 2022.
• Registration for attending Conference: Registration for the conference is mandatory and will start on 15th July 2022. There is no registration fee. Online  registration. 
• Workshop for Authors: An online workshop on 'Research Paper Writing' will be organized on 12th August 2022 for the authors whose abstracts are accepted.
• Submission of Full Papers: The authors of all accepted abstracts are required to submit their full papers in 3000-5000 words (English) in required format by 20th August 2022 for publication in the Proceedings of the Conference.
• Contact: All questions related to conference and submissions of abstract/paper should be emailed to: stetci2022@gmail.com

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CfPs: International Conference on Contributions of Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray as a Chemist and Freedom Fighter | 2-3 August at Delhi, India

International Conference on Contributions of Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray as a Chemist and Freedom Fighter 

2^nd-3^rd August 2022

New Delhi, India

Indraprastha Vigyan Bharati in association with Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi and Ministry of Culture, Government of India, New Delhi is organizing a two-day International Conference on the Auspicious 161^st Birth Anniversary of Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray on "Contributions of Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray as a Chemist and Freedom Fighter" during 2^nd-3^rd August 2022.

 

The objectives of this Conference are to expand the legacy and contribution of Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray in Society with an aim to increase general awareness and background of ancient chemistry along with its importance. It is fortuitous that the Ministry of Education, Government of India is updating the education system from the traditional concept of the 80's to align with the aspirational goals of 21st century education including SDG4, while building upon India's traditions and value systems."

Call for Papers/ Posters/ Blog Posts

Sub-Themes for the Conference are:

• Acharya's contribution to India's Independence struggle.
• P C Ray as a historian of Indian sciences.
• Acharya's contribution as a Researcher & Teacher.
• Role as an Industrialist.
• Influence of Life & works of P C Ray on NEP 2020.
• Current development in the area of Chemical Sciences in the perspective of the works of Acharya P C Ray.

Salient Features:

• Essay Writing Competition
  
• Blog Writing Competition
• Oral Presentation Competition
• Poster Presentation Competition

• Keynote Addresses
• Plenary Talks
• Exhibition
• Cultural Event

 

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CSSP Lecture "Person, Time, & Space for Policy Planning: Linkages between Night-time Luminosity & Socioeconomic Development in India" by Sambuddha Goswami | 20th July at 11:30 am

Centre for Studies in Science Policy

Jawaharlal Nehru University

CSSP Wednesday Lecture Series

Invites you to a Lecture on

 

"Person, Time, and Space for Policy Planning: Linkages between Night-time Luminosity and Socioeconomic Development in India"

By

Sambuddha Goswami

(Research Officer, NITI Aayog, New Delhi)

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

Date: Wednesday, 20th July 2022 | Time: 11:30 am

 
Abstract: As Earth's population continues to grow, remote sensing data offer a view from space of human behaviours, whether from changing the landscape through the geographical distribution of population and economic activity, deforestation and urbanization, the extent of physical as well as financial infrastructure development or modifying air quality through increases in pollutants. Remote sensing of night-time light emissions offers a unique perspective for investigations into some of these human behaviours. Night-light data are basically the visible lights emanating from the earth captured by satellites from outer space. The satellite image, which provides the brightness of the earth during the night, is now used by many economists/policymakers around the world to study economic activities; since such data by the statistics divisions often come with a lag. Several studies found that 'Night-time luminosity' can shed light on economic growth by analysing the causality and correlation with important economic activity and socio-economic indicators. Data on 'night-time luminosity' gathered by satellites potentially be a useful high-frequency indicator of economic activity in India and this data has the advantage of being highly granular and is also available much faster than the lagged indicators. Since this data is available in time series it can track both trend and seasonal variations in the economy. Night-light data can be a useful source of information for valuable macroeconomic analysis and research in India. Primary objective of this exercise is to study the association between night-time lights and socio-economic development in India at the State, sub-state, and district levels to help economic policy planning.

About the Speaker: Sambuddha has more than 13 years of experience in Research and Data Analytics with the application of various Statistical Methods, Econometrics Modelling, Data Science Techniques like Machine Learning and Deep Learning algorithms, Artificial Intelligence driven Modelling to develop Descriptive, Predictive, and Prescriptive analysis for incorporation into strategic decision-making both in Private and Public sectors. He has several publications to his credit which include books, book chapters, peer reviewed national and international journal articles and international major project reports in the areas of structural transformation, productivity growth, food and nutrition security, agriculture, fourth industrial revolution, poverty, health, global public goods, public policy, external assistance/ development aid and partnerships. Prior to joining, he served as Senior Manager (Data Science and Analytics) at Genpact and Data Scientist Consultant at American Express (through DAASLabs). He also served as Consultant at the Agricultural Development Economics Division (FAO Statistics Division) on Measuring Food and Nutrition Security of the Food Security Information Network (FSIN) of FAO, WFP, IFPRI; and Consultant at World Bank on the National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) in India. Recently he co-authored a Book "Food for All: International Organizations and the Transformation of Agriculture", Oxford, UK. He completed M.A. in Economics (Delhi School of Economics, Delhi); and B.A. in Economics (Jadavpur University, West Bengal).

  

All are welcome to attend the Lecture.

Coordinator, CSSP Lecture Series

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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

Web: www.anupkumardas.blogspot.com

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