LEAD LECTURES OF TECHNICAL SESSIONS

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Subject Area

Lead Speaker

1.

Physical Sciences

Prof. Subinit Roy

Adjunct Professor, Department of Physics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata,

Professor (Retired), Nuclear Physics Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata

Nuclear Reactions in Astrophysics - Probing the Reaction Rates

2.

Chemical Sciences

Prof. Tarun Kumar Mandal

School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science

Coulombic Interaction-Driven UCST Polymers and Materials Therein

3.

Statistics, Mathematical Sciences, IT and its Applications

Prof. Alok Goswami

Visiting Professor, School of Mathematical and Computational Science, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science

Ex HAG Professor, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata

A Masterstroke of a Mathematical Genius

4.

Engineering Science and Technology

Prof. Gupinath Bhandari

Dept. of Civil Engineering, Jadavpur University

Conflict between environment and development: Sundarban case study

5.

Earth Sciences including Geo-informatics and Hydrogeology

Prof. Prasanta Sanyal

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kalyani, Kolkata

Impact of climate and anthropogenic activities in the Ganga River system

6.

Botany

Prof. Rintu Banerjee

Deputy Director, Agricultural and Food Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

Malaria, a re-emerging threats: need for the identification of new antimalarial drug target and drug

7.

Zoology

Prof. Biswadip Das

Head, Department of Life science & Bio-technology, Jadavpur University

The Happy and versatile Life of Eukaryotic messenger RNAs

8.

Biotechnology

Prof. Maitrayee Dasgupta

Department of Biochemistry, University of Calcutta

Biotechnological Solutions to Nitrogen Crisis

9.

Physiology and Medical Sciences, including Forensic sciences

Prof. Debidas Ghosh

Department of Bio-Medical Laboratory Science and Management, Vidyasagar University

Herbal Drug Development: Nature’s Contribution for Therapeutics

10.

Environmental Sciences including Climate Change

Dr. Kalyan Rudra

Chairman, West Bengal Pollution Control Board

Climate Emergency: Century-Scale Experience in West Bengal.

11.

Agriculture, Horticulture, Fisheries and Veterinary Sciences

Prof. Anita Mukherjee

Centre of Advanced Study, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta

Vetiver grass-the miracle plant for environmental conservation

12.

Applications of Emerging Technologies including AI/ML in Sustainable Development

Prof. Sugata Senroy (Prof. P. C. Mahalanobis Memorial Lecture II)

Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta

A Semiparametric Mixed Model for Nonlinear Subject Specific Hazard Estimation : An Application to Cricket Data

Dr. Tirthankar Ghosh

Department of Statistics, Visva Bharati

Sustainable Development in the Age of AI: Opportunities, Challenges and Future Directions