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SPECIAL LECTURES(Venue: Auditorium – Visitors’ Hostel)
PUBLIC LECTURES(Venue: L5– Lecture Hall Complex)
5 NOVEMBER 2016 (SATURDAY)
09:00 a.m. – 09:40 a.m.
Sunil MukhiIISER Pune
Academic ethics in India:
What we must do
Academic ethics is a complex subject that needs to be addressed in an
informed manner and with considerable attention to detail. The speaker
will briefly survey a variety of relevant issues and highlight what needs
to be done to address them.
6 NOVEMBER 2016 (SUNDAY)
12:15 p.m. – 13:00 p.m.
Amitabh JoshiJNCASR, Bengaluru
Experimental ecology and evolution in
the laboratory
It is often believed the ecological and evolutionary timescales are
very different and that it is difficult to study ecological and evolutionary
processes together in a rigorous and controlled manner. However,
experimental ecology and evolution studies in laboratory settings
provide us with the ability to rigorously examine such phenomena and
test hypotheses about evolutionary and ecological mechanisms, and
their interactions, in a manner that is not possible in the wild.
In this talk, a few examples from work in the speaker’s laboratory
over the past twenty years will be used to illustrate the power of this
approach, and underscore the point that the evolutionary process is
far more subtle and responsive to minor changes in ecology than is
often thought to be the case.
4 NOVEMBER 2016 (FRIDAY)
18:00 p.m. – 19:00 p.m.
Rajendra SinghTarun Bharat Sangh, Alwar (Rajasthan)
Indigenous knowledge system of water
management in India
In India, traditionally, knowledge was transmitted through practical
work under the direction of respected elders and gurus. Thus, the
working people were really the pupils of an indigenous knowledge
system. All pupils, poor and prosperous, and the State joined hands
in the conservation of water and the preservation of knowledge.
Prosperous pupils provided help to the poorest ones, and the State
provided the land. Indigenous water management was thus a pupil-
driven decentralized system.
This system acknowledged the diversity in agro-ecological zones, and
developed a specific science, a relevant engineering and technology
appropriate to each part of the country to enable living in a sustainable
manner with nature.
The talk showcases indigenous knowledge systems and their
contributions to sustainable water management strategies, and shares
ideas on contemporary development issues in water management.
5 NOVEMBER 2016 (SATURDAY)
18:00 p.m. – 19:00 p.m.
Ravi KorisettarDr VS Wakankar Archaeological Research
Institute, Dharwad
Importance of the Vindhya Basin in the
prehistory of the Indian subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent has witnessed two major phases of human
expansion during the last 2 million years.
Based on the nature and geological context of archaeological evidence,
a basin model has been developed to explain the settlement patterns
associated with both the expansion events. This model has identified
a series of geological basins across the subcontinent that could be
identified as core areas of Palaeolithic human settlements. Among
them the Vindhya Basin preserves the highest density of Palaeolithic
settlements. The presentation focusses on the nature of evidence
from this region and also from the related regions to emphasise the
need for multidisciplinary investigation at select sites while highlighting
the achievements of Palaeolithic research and our understanding of
cultural evolution during the Pleistocene.
For enquiries: [email protected], [email protected]
4–6 November 2016 Venue: IISER, Bhopal
INDIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCESBengaluru 560 080
82nd ANNUAL MEETINGHost:
IISER Bhopal
