International
Women's Day
CONFERENCE
OF WOMEN SCIENTISTS AND TECHNOLOGISTS:
ROLE IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
8th
and 9th March, 2002
Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi
Organised
by
Department of Biotechnology
&
Department of Women and Child Development
Government of India
In
association with
Scientific Ministries / Departments / Agencies
Government of India
Conference of Women Scientists and Technologists : Role in National Development
8th
and 9th March, 2002
Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi
| Programme | ||
| 8th March, 2002 (Friday) | ||
| Registration | - | 11:00 A.M. - 12:15 P.M. |
| Inauguration of Exhibition by Chief Guest | - | 12:15 P.M. - 12:30 P.M. |
| Inaugural Session | - | 12:30 P.M. - 1:30 P.M. |
| Invocation | ||
| Lighting of Lamp | ||
| Floral Welcome | ||
| Welcome Address | - | Dr.
R.V. Vaidyanatha Ayyar, Secretary Deptt. of Women & Child Development |
| About the Conference | - | Dr.
Manju Sharma, Secretary Department of Biotechnology |
| Address | - | Dr. Kasturi Datta, JNU, New Delhi |
| Theme Address & release of Conference presentations | - | Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, MSSRF, Chennai |
| Special Address & release of Publication | - | Dr.
R. Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Govt. of India |
| Presidential Address & release of CD | - | Hon'ble Smt. Sumitra Mahajan Minister of State Women and Child Devp. |
| Inaugural Address by Chief Guest | - | Hon'ble Shri. Bachi Singh Rawat Minister of State Science & Technology |
| Vote of Thanks | - | Dr. Renu Swarup, Director, DBT |
| LUNCH | - | 1:30 P.M. - 2:30 P.M. |
| Technical Session I | - | 2:30 P.M. - 4:00 P.M. |
| Achievements of Women Scientists and Technologists | ||
| Chairperson's Address | - | Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, MSSRF, Chennai |
| Co-chair | - | Dr. Manju Sharma, Secretary, DBT |
| Speakers | ||
| Promotion and Propagation of Science: Contribution of Indian Women Scientists | - | Dr. Kasturi Datta, JNU, New Delhi |
| Achievements, challenges and the balancing Act in the new millennium | Dr. Sneh Bhargava, New Delhi | |
| Challenges and Opportunities for Women in Biomedical Science | Prof.
Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath, NBRC, Gurgaon |
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| Achievements of Women Scientists and Technologists in BARC | Dr. Rashmi Rastogi, BARC, Mumbai | |
| ..... ..... ..... ..... | Smt.
Manjari Rajan, Head, CPPC, VSSC, Thiruvananthapuram |
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| Realising Agriculture Production Potential in Eastern India | Dr. Renu Khanna Chopra, IARI, New Delhi | |
| TEA | - | 4:00 P.M. - 4:15 P.M. |
| Technical Session II | - | 4:15 P.M. - 6:30 P.M. |
| Career Options for Women in Science and Engineering | ||
| Chairperson's Address | - | Dr.
R. Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Govt. of India |
| Speakers | - | Dr. Manju Sharma, Secretary, DBT |
| - | Dr. V. S. Ramamurthy, Secretary, DST | |
| - | Dr. V.K. Aatre, Secretary, DRDO | |
| - | Dr. Harsh Gupta, Secretary, DOD | |
| - | Dr. Panjab Singh, DG, ICAR | |
| - | Dr. V. Prakash, CFTRI, Mysore | |
| Dinner | - | 7:30 P.M. |
| 9th March, 2002 (Saturday) | ||
| Technical Session III | - | 9:30 A.M. - 11:00 A.M. |
| Business Opportunities for Women Scientists and Engineers | ||
| Chairperson | - | Dr. Swati Piramal, Nicolas Piramal, Mumbai |
| Speakers | ||
| Business opportunities in the area of biotechnology | - | Dr. Purnima Sharma, BCIL, New Delhi |
| ..... ..... ..... ..... | Dr. Sandhya Tewari, CII, New Delhi | |
| Biotechnology : Promises to keep and miles to go…. | Dr. Anuradha Lohia, Bose Institute, Kolkata | |
| TEA | - | 11:00 A.M. - 11:15 A.M. |
| Technical Session IV | - | 11:15 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. |
| Reaching the Unreached | ||
| A. Agriculture, Biology, Biotechnology and Medicine | ||
| Chairperson | - | Dr. Geeta Talukdar, VIMS, Kolkata |
| Speakers | ||
| Rural-urban women network for technology Adoption and diffusion | - | Dr. Padma Vasudevan, IIT, New Delhi |
| Reaching the Unreached Plant Tissue Culture Technology | Dr. Rajni Nadgauda, NCL, Pune | |
| Bio-entrepreneurship and Women: Bridging the Missing Links | Dr. Sudha Nair, MSSRF, Chennai | |
| Strategies for Making the Scientific innovations Reach the Unreached | Dr. Purvi Mehta Bhat, GSFC, Vadodara | |
| How to Reach the Unreached: The Role of Women Scientists | Dr.
Shelley Bhattacharya, Visva-Bharati University, Shantiniketan |
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| Health Care in 21st Century | Dr.
Dipika Mohanty, Instt. Of Immunohematology, Mumbai |
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| LUNCH | - | 1:00 P.M. - 1:30 P.M. |
| Technical Session IV Contd. | - | 1:30 P.M. - 3:00 P.M. |
| B. Nuclear Sciences, Space, Engineering, Physical and Earth Science | ||
| Chairperson | - | Dr. T.S. Rama Devi, ISRO, Thiruvananthapuram |
| Speakers | ||
| Some aspects of the contributions from Indian women to Aerospace | - | Dr. Kalyani Vijayan, NAL, Bangalore |
| Science Education: Reaching the Unreached | Dr. B.S. Mahajan, HBCSE, Mumbai | |
| Radiation Processing of Foods from Laboratory to Market | Dr. V.S. Rao, BARC, Mumbai | |
| Reaching the Unreached: More Dissemination of Earth Science | Dr. Nandini Nagarajan, NGRI, Hyderabad | |
| Engineering services for reaching out to unreached habitations with water supply | Mrs. S. Chakravarty, CSIR, New Delhi | |
| TEA | - | 3:00 PM. - 3:15 P.M. |
| Concluding Session | - | 3:15 P.M. - 4:30 P.M. |
| Interactive Open House Discussion/ Recommendations | ||
| Chairperson | - | Dr. Manju Sharma, Secretary, DBT |
| Panelist | - | Dr. Geeta Talukdar, VIMS, Kolkata |
| Dr. Vasantha Muthusamy, ICMR, New Delhi | ||
| Dr. T.S. Rama Devi, ISRO, Thiruvananthapuram | ||
| Valedictory Session | - | 4:30 P.M. - 5:30 P.M. |
| Chairperson | - | Dr. Manju Sharma, Secretary, DBT |
| Presentation of Recommendations | ||
| Valedictory Address | - | Dr. V.S. Ramamurthy, Secretary, DST |
| Vote of thanks | - | Dr. Vinita Sharma, DST, New Delhi |
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