Academic programmes can be registered online for free except for the following ticketed events:
1) Amuseum Talk series
2) IISER-GSFK Conference
3) Geosciences Talk series
Cultural events are open to the public.
Living With Our Sun
Speaker: Dr. Madhulika Guhathakurtha, NASA
Dr. Madhulika Guhathakurtha is an American astrophysicist and scientist with NASA’s Heliophysics Science Division. She was the lead program scientist for NASA’s Living With a Star initiative and serves as program scientist on the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), Van Allen Probes, and Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) missions.
Public Lecture
Speaker: Prof. Robert Potts
Prof. Robert Potts is a lecturer in Creative Digital Design at School of Digital Arts (SODA) at Manchester Metropolitan University. He has a cross-domain and post-disciplinary
approach to research focusing on collaborative innovation and a broad specialist practice profile. As a creative director and studio practitioner, he consults on design projects, make innovative films and interactive experiences.
Public talk: Poetry of Science
Speaker: Smt. Kanimozhi Karunanidhi M. P.
Kanimozhi Karunanidhi is an Indian politician, poet and journalist. She is a Member of Parliament, representing Thoothukkudi constituency in the Lok Sabha.
Interaction with
NASA JPL scientists
NISAR: Seeing Beyond the Trees to Understand Wetlands, Forests and Biodiversity
Speaker: Prof. Kyle C. McDonald
Professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the City College of New York, and part-time faculty in the Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.
NISAR: An international Radar System of Systems for Groundbreaking Earth Science
Speaker: Dr. Paul A Rosen
Project scientist for NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar Mission (NISAR) at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and is a JPL Fellow and Senior Research Scientist.
NISAR Soil Moisture Science
Speaker: Dr. Seung-bum Kim
Scientist at Remote Sensing Systems, California, studying the L-band radiometry for the Aquarius salinity observation; is with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
The Many Applications of the NISAR Mission
Speaker: Dr. Cathleen Jones
Senior Research Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California, and the Science Team Applications Lead for the NASA-ISRO NISAR mission
How NISAR Will Transform Our Understanding of Earthquake Faults Worldwide
Speaker: Dr. Andrea Donnellan
Manager of the Instrument Systems Section at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory where she is also a principal research scientist.
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Nuts and Bolts: How a Nail Built the World or Why We Should Reinvent the Wheel (Public talk)
Speaker: Ms. Roma Agrawal
Roma Agrawal is an Indian-British-American chartered structural engineer based in London. She has worked on several major engineering projects, including the Shard. Agrawal is also an author and a diversity campaigner, championing women in engineering.
Interaction with ISRO scientists
Space Science and Applications
Speaker: Dr. Suresh Babu, VSSC
Energy Systems for Space Applications
Speaker: Dr. Shaneeth M, VSSC
Introduction to Launch Vehicles and Satellites
Speaker: Shri. Sheeju Chandran, VSSC
Talking About The Weather And Other
Stories: Storytelling As Collective Thinking About
Climate Change (Public Lecture)
Speaker: Prof. Michael Wilson
Prof. Michael Wilson is Professor of Drama and Head of Creative Arts at Loughborough
University, where he is also Director of the Storytelling Academy, a research and teaching
collective in Applied Storytelling.
Forging a Sustainable Path in Electronics Manufacturing through Advanced Practices
Speaker: Dr. Jobin Varghese
Dr. Jobin Varghese is currently working as a scientist at Fraunhofer IKTS, Germany. He has
over 9 years experience in materials science & technology, specializing in electroceramics
such as HTCC, LTCC, Polymer ceramic composites and dielectric inks.
Public Talk
Speaker: Dr. Rajendra Singh
Conservationist and Environmentalist
Rajendra Singh is an Indian water conservationist and environmentalist from Alwar district, Rajasthan in India. Also known as “waterman of India”, he won the Magsaysay Award in 2001 and Stockholm Water Prize in 2015. He runs an NGO called ‘Tarun Bharat Sangh’ (TBS), which was founded in 1975.
IISER-GSFK Conference
Prof. Madhavan Nair Rajeevan, FNASc, FASc, FNA
Former Secretary of Ministry of Earth Sciences
Distinguished Scientist, MoES
Prof. D. D. Sarma, FNASc, FNA, FTWAS, FNAE
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Prof. P. S. Anil Kumar
Professor in Physics and Dean, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Maximising The Potential Of Innovation:
Connecting Conceptualisation To The Real-World
Impact
Speaker: Dr. Suresh C. Pillai
Director, Health & Biomedical Centre (HEAL)
Head, Nanotechnology and Bio-Engineering Research Group, Atlantic Technological
University, Ireland.
Amuseum Talks
Curated talk series featuring prominent experts from various fields.
Curated by Prof. Dr Jijo P. Ulahannan, TED Fellow & Associate Professor of Physics, Government College Kasaragod.
‘Amuseum Talks’ will be conducted at Gokulam Grand, Thiruvananthapuram. It is a curated TED model talk series featuring prominent experts from various fields and curated by Dr. Jijo P. Ulahannan, Department of Physics, Government College, Kasaragod.
Theme: The Evolution of Science
What Can We Learn from Insect Societies?
– Prof. Raghavendra Gadagkar
Year of Science Chair Professor at the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Honorary Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Honorary Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali, and Senior Fellow, Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz, Germany.
A Story to Inspire More Women to Take Up Science
– Prof. Annapurni Subramaniam
Prof. (Dr.) Annapurni Subramaniam, Director & Senior Professor,Indian Institute of Astrophysics.
Public Engagement and the History of Science
– Dr. Jahnavi Phalkey
Dr. Jahnavi Phalkey is the Founding Director of Science Gallery Bengaluru. A documentary filmmaker and historian of science and technology formerly based at King’s College London, she is the author of Atomic State: Big Science in Twentieth-Century India, and has directed the documentary film Cyclotron.
The Quest About the Quest
– C S Meenakshi
Executive Engineer (Retired), LSGD, Kerala. Award-winning popular science writer, and independent researcher on cartography.
The Mystery of Mathematics in the Sciences
– Dr. Sundar Sarukkai
Founder of the Barefoot Philosophers initiative. His works primarily in the realm of natural and social sciences philosophy.
Genes and Cancer
– Prof. Partha Pratim Majumder
Distinguished Professor, National Institute of Biomedical Genomics.
Mysteries from the Depths: Exploring the Hidden World of Subterranean Fishes
– Dr. Rajeev Raghavan
Faculty at Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies | South Asia Chair, IUCN’s Freshwater Fish Specialist Group | Winner of the Fisheries Society of British Isles (FSBI) Medal 2023.
Mai Bhi Curie: A Science Initiative for Gender Equity
– Vaibhav Kumar
Weather and Aviation: The Inseparable Friends
– Dr. Mrudula G
Mrudula is a Senior principal Scientist in the Centre for Electromagnetics of the CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories (CSIR-NAL) and an Investigator for INCOMPASS.
Theme: Science and Creativity
There is Life in Numbers
– Dr. V Ramankutty
Epidemiologist and Public Health specialist, with research interests in non-communicable diseases and health policy | A keen student of data science and AI.
Brain and Beliefs
– Ethiran Kathiravan
Senior Scientist – Department of Biology, Waubonsee Community College, United States of America | Ardent writer on popular science, film music, cinema, music and dance.
Topic – Brain and Beliefs.
Blending Food with Artificial Intelligence
– Prof. Ganesh Bagler
Prof. Bagler is well-known for his pioneering research in ‘Computational Gastronomy.’ By building keystone data repositories, algorithms, and applications, he has established the foundations of this emerging data science that blends food with artificial intelligence.
Theme: Looking Forward
Crisis in Cosmology
– P Ajith
Physicist/astrophysicist at the International Center for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), Bengaluru | Member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration | Contributed to deciphering the recent LIGO discovery of gravitational waves.
Quantum Internet: The Internet of the Future
– Dr. Rohit Ramakrishnan
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for High Energy Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, with expertise in Quantum Computing and AI, and contributor to both academic and popular discussions in physics and technology.
Saving Antarctica: Lifestyle Changes for a Sustainable Future
– Dr. Felix Bast
Phycologist, Author, and Public Educator | Professor, Department of Botany, Central University of Punjab | Expedition Scientist for Indian Antarctic Mission | Renowned algal taxonomist having discovered several new species from India and Antarctica.
Building Better Batteries for Clean Energy Future
– Prof. M M Shaijumon
Professor, School of Physics, Indian Institute of Science Education & Research Thiruvananthapuram | Co-Inventor of ‘paper battery’, a flexible nanocomposite-based energy device.
Supercapacitors: Powering the Future Beyond Batteries
– Dr. Rakhi K.B.
Principal Scientist in the Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies, CSIR-NIIST | Winner of Ramanujan Fellowship and International SABIC Postdoctoral Fellowship at KAUST, KSA | Named in the compendium on ‘CSIR Women Achievers in STEM’ 2023 | Working on nanostructured materials for electrochemical devices.
Registration fee applicable.
Public Talk
Speaker: Dr. Malini V. Shankar IAS (Retd.)
Vice Chancellor, Indian Maritime University
Dr. Malini V. Shankar was the Chairperson of the National Shipping Board (Government of India) and a Member of the Government-appointed Board of Directors of the IL & FS group of companies. Dr. Shankar was nominated by the IMO as an Honorary Member of the Board of Directors of the World Maritime University.
Kerala Diaspora Talk Series
Taare Zameen Par: A Brief, Yet Intense Affair With Light
Speaker: Dr. Rajeev Pattathil
Prof. Rajeev Pattathil is the head of Novel Accelerator Science and Applications at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory,UK. He is a member of the UK Plasma Acceleration Steering Group and he currently coordinates CLF’s India activities under the Newton program.
Public Talk
The Icon behind Decoding Millets
Speaker: Dr. Khader Vali
Dr. Khader Vali is an independent forest agricultural scientist and food expert known as the millet man of India. He was awarded Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award by the Government of India during 2023 and the same was handed over to him by the President of India on 5 April 2023.
EduTech Conclave
Paradigm Shift in Engineering Education for Sustainable Knowledge Development
Prof. K. N. Satyanarayana, Director, IIT Tirupati
Prof. A. Seshadri Sekhar, Director, IIT Palakkad
Prof. Venkappayya R. Desai, Director, IIT Dharward
Prof. Laxmidhar Behera, Director, IIT Mandi
Prof. Shreepad Karmalkar, Director, IIT Bhubaneswar
IISER-GSFK Conference
Prof. P. Balaram, FASc, FNA, FTWAS
DST Year of Science Chair Professor at NCBS and
Former Director, IISc Bangalore
Prof. S. Sivaram, FASc, FNASc, FNA, FTWAS
INSA Emeritus Scientist and Honorary Professor, IISER Pune
Prof. G. U. Kulkarni, FNASc, FASc, FNA
JC Bose National Fellow and President, JNCASR, Bangalore
Prof. K. Srihari
Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT Kanpur
Prof. K. M. Sureshan, FASc
JC Bose National Fellow School of Chemistry, IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Public talk
Speaker: Shri. Kamal Kishore
Shri. Kamal Kishore has worked on disaster risk reduction and recovery issues for over 22 years at the local, national, regional and global levels. Prior to joining the National Disaster Management Authority, he worked with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for nearly 13 years in New Delhi, Geneva and New York.
Programmes conducted by
Breakthrough Science Society
Implementing Scientific Methods in Teaching Science
(Workshop for science teachers of high schools / higher secondary schools)
Timing: 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM
Venue: Bio 360 Life Sciences Park, Thonnakkal, Thiruvananthapuram
Resource Persons:
For queries:
(8547883586, 9387224226, 9349376236, 9400010810, [email protected])
Public talk
Speaker: Smt. Nandita Das
Nandita Das is an Indian actress and filmmaker. She has acted in over 40 feature films in ten different languages. Das was the first Indian inducted into the International Hall of Fame of the International Women’s Forum in Washington, DC.
Talk series in Geosciences
This two-day talk series in Geosciences will feature 11 renowned experts from various geoscience disciplines, sharing their knowledge, insights, and experiences with the audience. Dr. K.V. Thomas, former Scientist G & Group Head at NCESS, Thiruvananthapuram, and former Dean at Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi, is coordinating the series.
Speakers:
Dr. Kusala Rajendran
Topic: On Being a Geophysicist: An Exciting Journey to Faraway Lands
Dr. Kusala Rajendran is an Indian seismologist and an Honorary Professor at IISc-ISRO Centre of Excellence in Advanced Mechanics of Material, Indian Institute of Science.She was a Professor at Centre for Earth Sciences at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. She has primarily worked on earthquakes and their source mechanisms. She has worked extensively on earthquake patterns in India and is considered to be one of the pioneers in this field.
Dr. Tomson J. Kallukalam
Topic: Timekeepers in Earth Science
Dr. Tomson J. Kallukalam has a doctorate in Geology with specialization in Geochemistry/Isotope geochemistry. He is currently working as a Scientist & Group Head at Solid Earth Research Group (SERG), NCESS. His research interests are in petrology, major and trace element geochemistry and tectonics of Precambrian high-grade terrains, Isotope geochemical studies, in-situ U-Pb zircon geochronology of Archaean and Proterozoic terrains of South India and Analytical techniques involving ICPMS, LA-ICPMS & LA-MC-ICPMS.
Dr. D. S. Suresh Babu
Topic : Submarine Groundwater Discharge in Indian Perspective
Dr. D. S. Suresh Babu is a former Scientist F, Marine Geosciences Group & Head, DTC,National Centre for Earth Science Studies (NCESS). He had carried out successfully 25 R&D and Consultancy projects funded by various state, central and international (TWAS, Italy and DST-ILTP with Russia) government agencies in the fields of beach placer minerals, water resources and coastal zone management.
Dr. E. Shaji
Topic : Aquifers and groundwater resources of Kerala- challenges and prospects
Dr. SHAJI E. is currently working as a Professor & Head in the DEPT. OF GEOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF KERALA. Prior to the University service he worked as a professional hydrogeologist (Scientist D) in the Central Ground Water Board, Ministry of Water Resources, Govt of India. He has 25 years of professional/ industry/teaching experience in Geosciences with focus on groundwater, water resource management, and medical geology.
Dr. P. S. Sunil
Topic : Indian Travelogue from Equator to Polar Regions: Research Perspectives, Programs, Achievements and Way Forward
Dr. P.S. Sunil currently serves as an Associate Professor,Chairman, Board of Studies in the Department of Marine Geology & Geophysics, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT).He is a recipient of JSPS Exchange Program Fellowship by Kyoto University, JAPAN and BOYSCAST Fellowship by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. As part of his research activities, he has been a member of Indian Antarctic Scientific Expedition twice during 2003 & 2005 and Indian Arctic Scientific Expedition four times consecutively during 2013 to 2016.
Talk series in Geosciences
This two-day talk series in Geosciences will feature 11 renowned experts from various geoscience disciplines, sharing their knowledge, insights, and experiences with the audience. Dr. K.V. Thomas, former Scientist G & Group Head at NCESS, Thiruvananthapuram, and former Dean at Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi, is coordinating the series.
Speakers:
Dr. C. P. Rajendran
Topic : Climate change adaptation strategies for potential changes in land and living environment
Dr. C. P. Rajendran is an adjunct professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru, and a director of the Consortium of Sustainable Development (CSP), based out of Connecticut, USA. A prominent geoscientist of India with an international reputation, CP is recognized for his wide range across geological and environmental sciences.
Dr. Sachidanand Sinha
Topic : Changing Paradigms and Challenges in Human Geography: Towards a Knowledge Society
Sachidanand Sinha is the President (2023-24) of the Institute of Indian Geographers, Pune and a visiting Professor at the Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi. He was a Professor of Social Geography and Regional Development Studies taught at the Centre for the Study of Regional Development, JNU, New Delhi from 1988 to 2022.
Dr. Sajin Kumar K.S
Topic : The Earth: Its journey through space and time
Dr. Sajin Kumar K.S. is an Assistant Professor in Geology, University of Kerala.He completed PhD in 2005 from IIT Bombay (‘Geoinformatics in landslide risk assessment and management in parts of Western Ghats, Central Kerala, India’). He joined Geological Survey of India, worked in engineering geology projects and did landslide studies in Himalaya and Western Ghats. He is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences, Michigan Technological University, USA.
Dr. Sreekumar S.
Topic : Hill slope failures in Kerala:Theory and practice
Dr.S.Sreekumar,currently works as disaster risk reduction expert in Kerala institute of local administration,kila,thrissur.He was the faculty in the Department of Geology and environmental sciences,Christ college, affiliated to University of Calicut.He was the director of Integrated Rural Technology Centre,Palakkad from 2018-2021.He is the member of advisory committee on landslides,KSDMA.His area of interests include environment and related studies and he had been a resource person (UNDP-GOI) and coordinator for disaster management (UGC) in the past.
Dr. Anil Kumar Y.
Topic : Geochemistry: A tool to decipher the earth’s tectonic processes
Dr. Anil Kumar holds a Ph.D from IIT Bombay in Metamorphic Petrology on the topic entitled Metamorphic Evolution of Ultrahigh-temperature Granulites around Karur, Tamil Nadu. He has worked for six and a half years (since 2010) as Geologist/Senior Geologist in the Geological Survey of India.
Shri. P. Praveen Kumar, Shri. A. C. Dinesh
Topic : Marine Sand: Fallacies and Realities
Praveen Kumar is the director of Geo Marine Solutions Pvt Ltd, an MoM approved Private Exploration Agency, and the former Director-Marine & Coastal Surveys ,GSI. He had 23 years of experience in GSI for Mineral exploration in Land and Ocean, marine mapping, and marine geophysical surveys.
Shri. A. C. Dinesh is currently working as CTO, Geo Marine Solutions Pvt. Ltd., engaged in planning and coordinating offshore and onshore mineral exploration programs in India and abroad. He is the former Director of Geological Survey of India.
Public Talk
Speaker: Prof. Morten P. Meldal (Nobel Laureate)
Prof. Morten P. Meldal is a Danish chemist and Nobel laureate who was awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, jointly with Carolyn R. Bertozzi and Karl Barry Sharpless, “for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry”. He is a professor of chemistry at the University of Copenhagen Denmark.
Prof. Umesh Varshney FNA, FASC, FTWAS
Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science
Topic : Khorana and the genetic code
Prof. Avadhesha Surolia FNA, FASC, FNASC
Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore.
Topic : Discovery and harnessing of an allosteric site on an essential enzyme of M. tuberculosis for developing a molecule for treating drug resistant tuberculosis.
Prof. M R N Murthy FNA, FASC, FTWAS
Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology, Bengaluru.
Topic : Science and pseudoscience
Prof. Hema Somanathan
IISER Thiruvananthapuram.
Topic : Bee matters and bees matter
Prof. S. G. Dani
Professor of Mathematics, UM-DAE CEBS
Topic: Mathematical Approximation in Ancient and
Medieval India
Prof. Arvind Ayyer
Professor of Mathematics, IISc, Bangalore
Topic: Counting Trees
Prof. A. J. Parameswaran
Professor of Mathematics, TIFR, Mumbai
Topic: Geometry: Algebra, Analytic, Differential and
Combinatorial perspectives.
Prof. Viji. Z. Thomas
Assoc. Prof. of Mathematics
IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Topic: Brahmagupta-Bhaskara-Pell Equation
Citizen Science Congress: Public Talk & Panel Discussion
Session I: Case studies of citizen science initiatives
Session Convenor : Sreya P, Hume Centre For Ecology
Schedule:
13:00 – 14:00 : Lunch Break
Session II – Panel Discussion on Prospects and Possibilities of Citizen Science in India
Session Convenior : Dr. Suma T R, Hume Centre For Ecology
One-day programme conducted by
Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad
GSFK Luca Evolution Quiz – State level finals
National Seminar
Seminar Theme: Science and Technology Policy for India – A Way Forward
Moderator: Jiju P Alex, Member, Planning Board of Kerala
Sessions:
Special Session: Kerala Science Scenario
Moderator: Dr. R. Ajayakumar Varma, Chairman, State Environmental Appraisal Committee, Kerala
People’s Science Movements in India
Parishath @ 60
60 years of KSSP in Kerala Society a Fusion of Audio Visual & Art Presentation.
She Archives
(Malayalam drama on the issues of working women in our patriarchal society and about the rights and plights of the LGBTQIA+ community)
Script: Sajitha Madathil
Director: Arunlal
UK Day – by British Council
10.00 am – 11.30 am
Study UK information session followed by Quiz
11.30 am – 12.30 pm
Session on SOP writing – by British Universities’ International Liaison Association (BUILA)
in collaboration with Kerala State Science &
Technology Museum & Priyadarshini Planetarium
January 2024
February 2024
Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, 6:00 pm to 12:00 am
*Effectiveness of skywatching is subject to weather conditions
Cultural Programme
Artists:
M.G. Sreekumar,
Mridula Warrier,
Rahman,
Anju Joseph
Musical Event
Artist:
Stephen Devassy
Cultural Programme
Artist:
Asha Sharath
Cultural Programme
Artist:
Navya Nair
Cultural Programme
Artist:
Meera Nair
& V Company
Dance Studio
Cultural Programme
Artist:
Dr. Methil Devika
Cultural Programme
By
Regatta
Cultural Programme
By
Mahalakshmi
Cultural Programme
Band Show by
Sitara’s
Project Malabaricus
Cultural Programme
Artists:
Roopa Ravindran
& Paris Laxmi
Cultural Programme
Band Show by
Bani Hill
Cultural Programme
Band Show by
Oorali
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