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SUMMARY:Dr C Rangarajan to invoke perception on “India at 75 and beyond”
DESCRIPTION:India has become a leading exponent of stellar growth in its 75 year long journey since independence. The nation has transgressed subsisting limitations to make remarkable progress as an emerging power. The Department of Computer Science and Engineering is organising the fifteenth edition of the University Distinguished Lecture series on the topic “India at 75 and beyond” to reflect and devise a holistic approach to attain our future vision for our country. Dr C Rangarajan\, renowned economist and former Governor of Reserve Bank of India\, is the keynote speaker of this insightful session. \nAbout the speaker \nDr C Rangarajan is a prominent economist of India who has played a key role both as an academician and a policy maker. He has held several esteemed positions which include Governor of Reserve Bank of India\, Governor of Andhra Pradesh as well as Chairman\, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister in the rank of Cabinet Minister. He is currently the Chairman of Madras School of Economics. \nHe served as the 19th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India during 1992-97 at a time when India embarked on wide-ranging economic reforms which fundamentally altered the structure of the Indian economy. India became a member of the Bank for International Settlements during his tenure. \nDr C Rangarajan has authored numerous books on Indian economy including “Tracking the Indian Economy: A Collection of Articles” (2017)\, “Federalism and Fiscal Transfers in India” (co-author) (2011) and several others. He was the President of the Indian Economic Association in 1988 and the President of the Indian Econometric Society in 1994. \nDr Rangarajan is the recipient of several prestigious awards. Notable among them are the Honorary Fellow of the Indian Institute of Management\, Ahmedabad and the ‘Finance Man of the Decade’ by the Bombay Management Association. In recognition of his distinguished service to the country\, the Government has honoured him with Padma Vibhushan in 2002 (Second Highest Civilian Honour). \nJoin the webinar on October 29\, 2022 at 11.00 am for an enthralling session and explore the contours of India’s development and engagement with the world.
URL:https://events.srmap.edu.in/event/dr-c-rangarajan-to-invoke-perception-on-india-at-75-and-beyond/
CATEGORIES:Events,Research Events,University Distinguished Lecture
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SUMMARY:Prof. Pant Delivers Lecture and Workshop on Lighter-than-Air System
DESCRIPTION:An esteemed academician and a seasoned expert in the Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) system\, Prof. Rajkumar S Pant from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology\, Bombay\, will be delivering a University Distinguished Lecture. The lecture about “The Design and Development of Lighter Than Air Systems”\, the lecture will be followed by a workshop on “Sizing of Reusable Indoor Hot Air Balloon” (RIHAB). The Department of Mechanical Engineering’s initiative in organising the event will provide valuable insights to the university’s new-age engineers. \nAbout the Speaker \nProf. Rajkumar S Pant has been a member of the faculty of the Aerospace Engineering Department at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay since December 1989. He has also worked for five years in Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in the Design & Engineering Department at Kanpur (3.5 years) and Nasik (1.5 years) Divisions. Prof. Pant is an alumnus of the College of Aeronautics\, Cranfield University\, UK\, where he earned his PhD under the Commonwealth Scholarship Scheme\, and IIT Madras\, where he did his Masters in Aeronautical Engineering. \nProf. Pant was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding advancement of the Art and Science of Buoyant Flight by the Lighter-than-Air Technical Committee of the American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics on 14 June 2023. He also won the Uttarakhand Science Pioneer Award at the 17th State Science Congress of Uttarakhand held in February 2023. He has won three awards for excellence in teaching at IIT Bombay\, viz.\, Departmental Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2022\, Hotchand and Jamunabai Lala Teaching Award in 2021\, and D P Joshi Excellent Teacher Award in 2014. He received the Special Recognition in Academic Excellence (Faculty-National category) award from the Institution of Engineers (India) in January 2021. In 2019\, he was felicitated by the Institution of Engineers (India) as an Eminent Engineering personality in Aerospace Engineering. \nAbstract of the Talk \nLighter-than-air (LTA) systems are aerial platforms that overcome gravity primarily by the buoyancy force acting on them due to a lighter-than-air gas (e.g.\, Hydrogen or Helium)\nenclosed in their envelopes. Design development and flight testing of prototypes of several LTA systems have been conducted at the Lighter-Than-Air Systems Laboratory of IIT Bombay for nearly two decades. The aim of this talk is to discuss the latest developments in the area of conceptual design\, sizing\, design\, development and flight/field testing of LTA Systems. The talk will also showcase some of the research and development activities that have been carried out in the LTA Systems Laboratory of IIT Bombay. \nJoin the lecture for an enriching learning experience!
URL:https://events.srmap.edu.in/event/prof-pant-delivers-lecture-and-workshop-on-lighter-than-air-system/
LOCATION:ALC 1\, Homi J Bhabha Block
CATEGORIES:Departmental Events,Events,Mechanical Engineering,University Distinguished Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20240125T150000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20240125T170000
DTSTAMP:20260430T221121
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SUMMARY:UDL #17: Dr Girish Sahni to Expound on Tech-Market Progression
DESCRIPTION:SRM University-AP is organising its 17th University Distinguished Lecture (UDL) on January 25\, 2024. The university places great emphasis on research as a fundamental aspect of its academic pursuits and holds such events regularly. The varsity’s 17th UDL will host Dr Girish Sahni\, former Director General of CSIR and Former Secretary – Government of India\, as its guest speaker. Dr Sahni will address the audience on the topic “Scientific Progress to Grand Progression: Opportunities and Challenges in Science-to-technology-to-market Paradigms”. \nDr Sahni is an exceptional scientist with a specialisation in Protein Engineering\, Molecular Biology\, and Biotechnology. His contributions in the field of protein cardiovascular drugs\, particularly in the area of ‘clot busters’ and their mode of action in the human body\, are truly inspiring. Dr Sahni has authored several papers in high-impact scientific journals and has several national and international patents to his credit. \nAbstract \nAs India prepares to be one of the top-ranking economies in the world\, we need to ponder the pathways that require strengthening for the future\, in science education\, innovation and investment strategies leading to useful products and services at a world-class level. The challenge involves the many impressive achievements of the past in various science and technology sectors that can be galvanised to catapult us to newer heights of ambitions. The lecture will discuss some of the well-known achievements from the past as well as the speaker’s personal experiences\, to enable us to move forward with optimism. \nJoin the talk for an insightful session!
URL:https://events.srmap.edu.in/event/udl-17-dr-girish-sahni-to-expound-on-tech-market-progression/
LOCATION:APJ Abdul Kalam Auditorium
CATEGORIES:Events,Research Events,University Distinguished Lecture,University Event
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20240404T110000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20240404T123000
DTSTAMP:20260430T221122
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SUMMARY:Stanford Professor Thomas Blom Hansen to Deliver UDL #18
DESCRIPTION:The quest for knowledge can only lead to unparalleled success when the journey is guided by ethical morality and societal understanding. To achieve this\, a sound liberal arts education proves imperative to nurture a young generation of ethically\, morally and socially sensitive individuals. SRM University-AP is set to host the 18th edition of the University Distinguished Lecture on April 04\, 2024. Prof. Thomas Blom Hansen\, Reliance-Dhirubhai Ambani Professor & Department Chair\, Department of Anthropology\, from Stanford University\, USA\, will deliver the session on “Interiority Design: Liberal Arts Education in India”. \nJoin the talk to hear our distinguished speaker\, Prof. Hansen deliberate and explore the complexities of liberal arts education in India! \nAbout the Speaker \nProf. Thomas Hansen is a renowned anthropologist of political life\, ethno-religious identities\, violence and urban life in South Asia and Southern Africa. He is a leading academician exploring the religious and political violence in India. He has conducted extensive research in India focusing on Hindu nationalism\, religious identities\, religious revival and the everyday meanings of freedom. \nHe has written various books such as The Saffron Wave\, Democracy and Hindu Nationalism in Modern India (Princeton 1999)\, and Wages of Violence: Naming and Identity in Postcolonial Bombay (Princeton 2001). \nAbstract \nIn the past decade and a half\, the liberal arts model of undergraduate education has become all the rage across India and other parts of Asia. In this lecture\, Prof. Hansen will explore the origin of the liberal arts model in Enlightenment Europe\, how it travelled to America\, and how it became inextricably tied to an idea of the cultivation of a modern self\, capable of autonomous\, individual interior reflexivity and judgment\, while framed as an invitation to join a larger national community. In this lecture\, he will question: How does this model of education and self-formation sit with inherited traditions of education in India? How does its implied model of interiority and individuality sit alongside hierarchical ideas of the self and personhood structured by caste hierarchies in India? Does the idea of liberal arts education pave the way for a different and more capacious vision of what modern India might become? \nMedia Coverage for the Event
URL:https://events.srmap.edu.in/event/stanford-professor-thomas-blom-hansen-to-deliver-udl-18/
LOCATION:Mini Auditorium
CATEGORIES:Departmental Events,Events,University Distinguished Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20250107T110000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20250107T130000
DTSTAMP:20260430T221122
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SUMMARY:UDL#19: Explore the World of Nanomaterials with Prof. Ajayan – A Pioneer of Nanotechnology
DESCRIPTION:The 19th edition of the University Distinguished Lecture is scheduled to be held on January 07\, 2025. The distinguished lecture will be delivered by the esteemed academician and renowned researcher in the field of nanotechnology\, Prof. Pulickel M. Ajayan\, Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor of Engineering at Rice University\, Texas\, USA on the topic “Nano-Engineered Materials”. \nAbstract \nThe last two decades in materials science have been dominated by spectacular discoveries in nanotechnology. This talk will focus on some of these developments\, particularly in relation to the challenges in designing and controllably synthesizing functional nano-engineered materials. The lecture will elaborate on several classes of materials\, for example\, carbon-based and boron-nitrogen-carbon-based materials\, two-dimensional materials such as transition metal di-chalcogenides and their hybrids\, defect-engineered materials and single-atom catalysts\, and interface-controlled nanocomposites. We will also consider the impact of bottom-up engineering on the design of material systems relevant to many areas of applications. Several aspects\, including synthesis\, chemical manipulation and hybridization\, will be discussed to address the opportunities that are available in creating novel nanoengineered materials. \nAbout the Speaker \nProf. Pulickel M Ajayan has worked in nanotechnology for nearly three decades. He has published more than 1300 journal papers\, earning more than 225\,000 citations and an h-index of 230 (by Google Scholar). His work covers diverse areas of nanomaterials including nanoparticles\, nanotubes\, diamond\, 2D materials\, nanocomposite\, energy storage materials and 3D printing. He is the Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson professor of Engineering at Rice University and the Founding Chair of the Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering. He is a recipient of several awards\, such as the Spiers Memorial Award\, the MRS medal\, the Alexander von Humboldt-Helmoltz Senior Award\, and the Lifetime Nanotechnology Award from the Houston Technology Center. He received Docteur Honoris Causa from the Universite Catholique de of Louvain and distinguished alumni recognition from his Alma Mater\, Banaras Hindu University\, and the Materials Science department at Northwestern University. \nJoin the insightful session and hear from the expert!
URL:https://events.srmap.edu.in/event/udl19-explore-the-world-of-nanomaterials-with-prof-ajayan-a-pioneer-of-nanotechnology/
LOCATION:Mini Auditorium
CATEGORIES:Departmental Events,Events,Research Events,University Distinguished Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20250221T140000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20250221T163000
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SUMMARY:Padma Shri Prof. Shanta Sinha to Deliver UDL#20
DESCRIPTION:The 20th University Distinguished Lecture\, scheduled to be held on February 21\, 2025\, invites Padma Shri Prof. Shanta Sinha\, Anti-Child Labour Activist\, Ramon Magsaysay Awardee\, Former Chairperson of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)\, and professor (Retd.) Dept. of Political Science\, Hyderabad Central University\, as its keynote speaker. Prof. Sinha’s contributions towards children’s education and child rights have left an indelible mark on Indian society. \nThe esteemed session will be on the topic “Making Education a Reality and Ending Child Labour: Experience of M.V. Foundation.” \nParticipate and hear from the honourable personality. Prof. Sinha’s relentless dedication and inspiring journey will ignite all to strive towards a just and inclusive humankind! \nAbstract \nThe lecture gives an overview of the work of M.V. Foundations in the field of child rights in India. Believing in the principle that ‘no child must work and every child must attend full-time formal day school’ as a non-negotiable\, the M V Foundation (a Charitable Trust) has worked towards withdrawing over 10 lakh children in the 5-14 years age group from child labour; stopping over 20\,000 child marriages and ensuring they finish 10th grade. The Foundation pioneered the program for mainstreaming children to schools through residential bridge courses. 1500 villages where MVF has intervened have achieved retention of 99% of all children in schools up to 10th class. The lecture would highlight the journey of the foundations\, its experiences and achievements. \nThe lecture will further discuss the foundation and subsequent Journey of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)\, which Prof. Shantha Sinha headed as its first Chairperson and led for two consecutive terms from 2007-2013. The lecture will highlight the issues addressed by NCPCR\, ranging from violation of children’s rights in relation to child labour and child trafficking\, rights of children in areas of civil unrest\, children’s right to education\, the juvenile justice system\, corporal punishment\, child abuse and violence on children; child malnutrition. \nMedia Coverage for the Event
URL:https://events.srmap.edu.in/event/padma-shri-prof-shanta-sinha-to-deliver-udl20/
LOCATION:Mini Auditorium
CATEGORIES:Events,University Distinguished Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20250407T110000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20250407T123000
DTSTAMP:20260430T221122
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SUMMARY:UDL#21: Prof. Pramod K. Varshney to Speak On Distributed Inference
DESCRIPTION:The 21st University Distinguished Lecture on the topic “Six Blind Men of Indostan: Theory and Applications of Distributed Inference” is scheduled to be held on April 07\, 2025. The distinguished lecture will be delivered by Prof. Pramod K. Varshney\, esteemed professor\, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science\, College of Engineering & Science\, Syracuse University. \nHear from the seasoned academician on the mesmerizing phenomenon of distributed inference. \nAbstract \nDistributed inference refers to the synergistic combination of information gathered by various knowledge sources and sensors to provide inference regarding a phenomenon of interest. This fascinating field has evolved over the past four decades and is being applied to a wide variety of fields\, such as military command and control\, robotics\, image processing\, air traffic control\, medical diagnostics\, pattern recognition\, environmental monitoring\, IoT and smart cities. \nThis talk will present an overview of the field\, present some recent research results\, illustrate its utility by means of some examples and conclude with some open problems. Towards the end of the technical talk\, some information about Syracuse University’s MS programs in EE/CE/CS will be provided. \nMedia Coverage for the Event
URL:https://events.srmap.edu.in/event/udl21-prof-pramod-k-varshney-to-speak-on-distributed-inference/
LOCATION:APJ Abdul Kalam Auditorium
CATEGORIES:Events,University Distinguished Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20251010T140000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Kolkata:20251010T153000
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SUMMARY:University Distinguished Lecture #22
DESCRIPTION:The 22nd University Distinguished Lecture will host renowned academician\, Padma Bhushan Prof. P Balaram\, National Centre for Biological Sciences\, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research\, Bengaluru on October 10\, 2025.\nProf. Balram will deliver an insightful session on the “Evolutionary Inventions and Innovations That Drove the Rise of Chemistry\, the Birth of Biology and Determine Human History”.\nAbstract\n“The word evolution is most closely associated with Darwin and Biology. Yet it is the word that changed physics in my lifetime.” These are the words used by the physicist Jacob Bronowski in his now classic narration of “The Ascent of Man”\, in the 1970s on BBC television. Bronowski is at that point trying to explain the formation of the chemical elements in the stars\, by nuclear fusion processes\, and concludes “matter itself evolves”. Indeed\, all the natural elements\, present on Earth and accessible by mining\, were the Earth’s inheritance when it was born. Geological and chemical evolution must necessarily precede evolution of life on Earth. For almost the first 1.5 billion years of its almost 4.6 billion years of existence\, the Earth was devoid of life forms. This was the Hadean age\, a period when a molten surface began to settle\, a time of asteroid impacts\, an unimaginably hostile period for any life form. Yet it was the time that geology and chemistry conspired to create the conditions for the birth of biology.
URL:https://events.srmap.edu.in/event/university-distinguished-lecture-22/
LOCATION:Theatre\, SR Block
CATEGORIES:Homepage Events,Research Events,University Distinguished Lecture
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