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Indian Initiative — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:17:22 +0000

The Delhi University (DU) has announced its fourth cut-off list for admissions to various undergraduate courses for the current academic session.

For students who are eligible as per the norms of the fourth cut-off list, admission formalities will be carried out between July 7 and July 9.

One of the country’s most prestigious universities, DU is offering 54,000 seats this year for its undergraduate programmes, 5,000 more than last year’s 49,000.

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Indian Initiative — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:39:10 +0000

The Delhi University (DU) has announced its fourth cut-off list for admissions to various undergraduate courses for the current academic session.

For students who are eligible as per the norms of the fourth cut-off list, admission formalities will be carried out between July 7 and July 9.

One of the country’s most prestigious universities, DU is offering 54,000 seats this year for its undergraduate programmes, 5,000 more than last year’s 49,000.

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Infosys awards five Indian scientists for achievements

Indian Initiative — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:31:10 +0000

The Infosys Prize 2009 laureates were felicitated and awarded at a grand ceremony in New Delhi by the Honorable Vice President of India Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Chief Guest of the program hosted by the Infosys Science Foundation. The prize in each category comprised a special medallion, a citation expounding the laureate’s work and Rs. 50 lakh as prize money.

During this special evening, the jury chairs of the five disciplines – Prof. Amartya Sen for Social Sciences and Economics, Prof. Shrinivas Kulkarni for Physical Sciences, Prof. Srinivas Varadhan for Mathematical Sciences, Prof. Subra Suresh for Engineering Sciences and Prof. Inder Verma for Life Sciences – described the evaluation methodology of each category and introduced the laureates.

The laureates of the Infosys Prize 2009, in the different disciplines are:

Physical Sciences

Thanu Padmanabhan of Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, in recognition of his contribution to a deeper understanding of Einstein’s theory of gravity in the context of thermo dynamics and large-scale structure in cosmology.

Mathematical Sciences:

Ashoke Sen of Harish Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad, in recognition of his fundamental contributions to Mathematical Physics, particularly to String Theory.

Life Sciences:

K. VijayRaghavan of National Centre of Biological Sciences, Bangalore, in recognition of his many contributions as a developmental geneticist and neurobiologist.

Social Sciences and Economics:

Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the economic theory of development, and for his pioneering work in the empirical evaluation of public policy.

Upinder Singh of the University of Delhi, in recognition for her contributions as an outstanding historian of ancient and early medieval India.

Engineering Sciences:

No prize was awarded for the Engineering Sciences discipline this year. This is a unanimous decision by the Jury as they did not find a suitable candidate in accordance with the statutes of the Infosys Prize.

Delivering the welcome address, N R Narayana Murthy, the President of the Board of Trustees of the Infosys Science Foundation said, “Research in sciences is the bedrock of social and technological progress in our society and this has never been more crucial to India’s future than at this point in time.

There is a significant depth of scientific talent in this country and the objective of the Infosys Prize is to identify and encourage such outstanding talent. The work done by the Infosys Prize 2009 laureates are strong examples of the quality of research talent in India. By recognizing and appropriately rewarding their achievements, we hope to persuade more bright young people to adopt careers in research.”

Speaking on the occasion, Mohammad Hamid Ansari, said, “I congratulate the laureates of the Infosys Prize 2009. Their signal contributions in their areas of specialization have been recognized. They pursued excellence with an intensity that made all obstacles evaporate. Its recognition today will have a demonstration effect and inspire others to do likewise. It will boost the confidence of researchers in physical, biological and social sciences and related branches of knowledge.”

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National Children’s Science Congress starts today

Indian Initiative — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:44:59 +0000

The 17th National Children’s Science Congress 2009 is set to begin in the Gujarat Science City in Ahmedabad on Sunday. The venue will see a convergence of around 800 child-scientists from across the country and 50,000 students from the state. The five-day national academic event will conclude on December 31. National Children’s Science Congress is initiated by the National Council of Science and Technology Communication (NCSTC) which functions under the Department of Science and Technology of the GoI.

Premier science institutions will participate in the National Science Congress being held in Gujarat for the first time since its inception in 1993.During the programme, eminent scientists from across the country will hold interaction sessions with child-scientists and orientation programmes for teachers. It will also include technical sessions, science exhibitions and theme presentations by premier institutions, poster presentations and cultural programmes.

“It took seven months for the Department of Science and Technology (Gujarat) to rope in the premier institutes and scientists. Also, the 800 participating child-scientists were selected from among 8 lakh students from across the country competing at the district levels before being short-listed,” said Principal Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology (Gujarat), Ravi Saxena, who is also the convener of the Science Congress.

The Physical Research Laboratory (Ahmedabad), Institute of Plasma Research (Gandhinagar), Indian Space Research Organisation (Ahmedabad), GEER foundation Gandhinagar, Indian Meteorological Department (Gujarat), Vigyan Prasad (Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India), Education and Awareness Department of the Indian Air Force , National Institute of Occupational Health (Ahmedabad), Bhaskaracharya Institute of Space Applications and Geo-Informatics (Gujarat), National Innovation Foundation (Ahmedabad) and UNICEF are among the participating institutes.

Professor Yash Pal (president of NCSTC network), N K Sehgal (former advisor of NCSTC), Janki Ranjan (Jamia Millia Islamia University) and Saroj Ghosh (the creator of science museums at Gujarat Science City and Kokata Science City) are among the scientists who will interact with the students at the event.

Website : National Children’s Science Congress

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