CfPs: Graduate Student Paper Competiton-2016: Abstract Last Date 15 May 2016

CALL FOR PAPERS for the REDUCING URBAN POVERTY – 2016. Graduate Student Paper Competition, Policy Workshop, and Publication Grand Prize Winner will attend Habitat III in Quito.

Abstracts due: May 15, 2016.

Background: To encourage a new generation of urban policy makers and promote early career research, Cities Alliance, IHC Global, USAID, the Wilson Center, and the World Bank are co-sponsoring the 7th annual paper competition for graduate students, seeking abstracts on urban poverty in the developing world. Winning papers will be published and selected authors will be invited to present their work in a policy workshop at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. The grand prize winner will receive a travel stipend to attend the United Nations Habitat III Conference in Quito, Ecuador, in October 2016. Papers must be linked to one of the following sub-topics:

• Climate Change
• Cities are grappling
• Arrival Cities: Responding to Migrants and Refugees
• Innovation in Urban Planning
• Financing Sustainable Urban Development

 

Process and Timeline

♦ Eligibility

This call for papers is directed at PhD students and advanced Masters Students. To be eligible, applicants must be currently enrolled in a degree program as of May 15, 2016. Papers can be co-authored, if each author is a graduate student. In this case, only one author will attend Habitat III and present at the Washington policy workshop.

 

♦ Abstract Submissions

• Abstracts (max 500 words) and a brief CV must be submitted to the selection committee by May 15, 2016. Submissions should be sent to UrbanPaperComp@WilsonCenter.org
  
• Abstracts should contain a title, paper description, author name and affiliation, and specify which of the sub-topics listed above the paper will address.

 

For more details please visit the site http://solutionexchange-un.net.in/ftp/drm/resource/Res_12051601_Student_Paper_Competition.pdf  

 

For more information, please contact UrbanPaperComp@WilsonCenter.org

 

Re-Published| Hill, A.V. (1944). A Report to the Government of India on Scientific Research in India | with a Bibliography of Publications Citing the Report

[Apologies for the cross posting]

Hill, A.V. (1944). A Report to the Government of India on Scientific Research in India. (Annotated Edition, 2016 with a Bibliography of Publications Citing the Hill's Report).

Abstract:     

Nobel laureate Professor A. V. Hill was invited by the Government of India (GoI) in 1943 to visit the country and to advice on the organization of scientific and industrial research as a part of India's post-war reconstruction plan. After visiting the lengths and breadths of the country for more than three months beginning on 16th November 1943 till 5th April 1944, Hill submitted a detailed report titled "A Report to the Government of India on Scientific Research in India." This report later became a valuable sourcebook for the history of science and technology in modern India. UNESCO in its 1972 document "National Science Policy and Organization of Scientific Research in India" recognized contributions of the Hill Report in shaping S&T roadmap, infrastructure and institutional frameworks in India as well as in South Asia. This paper contains a Bibliography of publications citing the Hill's Report, and the full-text of the report titled "A Report to the Government of India on Scientific Research in India".

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Brainstorming Discussion Meeting on Science Diplomacy | 12th May | at IIC Annexe, New Delhi

Trans-disciplinary Research Cluster on Sustainability Studies
&
Climate Change Research Institute & TRCSS, JNU

Invite you to
Brainstorming Discussion Meeting on Science Diplomacy
12th May, 2016 (Thursday) at 14:00 Hrs.
at Lecture Hall-II, IIC Annexe, New Delhi

WED 2016 "Join the race to make the world a better place"

PROGRAMME
14:00 Hrs.    Registration
14:30 Hrs.    INAUGURAL SESSION
-  Welcome by Dr. (Mrs.) Malti Goel, President, CCRI and Former Advisor, DST
-  Address by Prof. D.P. Agrawal, Former Chairman, UPSC and Chairman GC, CCRI
-  Keynote Address by Prof. Pranav N. Desai, Project Coordinator, TRCSS & Director SASH&KN, JNU

15:10 Hrs.    PANEL DISCUSSION SESSION
Chairman    -  Prof. Pranav N. Desai, JNU    
Distinguished Panelists
-  Dr. D.N. Raina, President, ENTECSOL INTERNATIONAL
-  Dr. Kavita Sharma, President, South Asian University
-  Shri A.K. Jain, Ex-Commissioner (Planning), DDA
-  Shri A.B. Agrawal, Executive Director, NHPC
-  Shri R. K. Sharma and Dr. Rita Gupta, Scientists 'E', DST
-  Prof. Amit Kumar, Regional Programme Advisor, REEEP, TERI University*
 Q&A
17:00 Hrs.    High Tea
Coordinators:  Dr (Mrs) Malti Goel and Shri Gautam Sen
* to be confirmed

New Book | Grassroots Innovation: Minds on the Margin Are Not Marginal Minds | by Anil K. Gupta

New Book
Grassroots Innovation: Minds on the Margin Are Not Marginal Minds
by Anil K. Gupta. Penguin India, June 2016, Paperback, 288 pages, ISBN: 9788184005875

About the Book
A moral dilemma gripped Professor Gupta when he was invited by the Bangladeshi government to help restructure their agricultural sector in 1985. He noticed how the marginalized farmers were being paid poorly for their otherwise unmatched knowledge. The gross injustice of this constant imbalance led Professor Gupta to found what would turn into a resounding social and ethical movement the Honey Bee Network bringing together and elevating thousands of grassroots innovators. For over two decades, Professor Gupta has travelled through rural lands unearthing innovations by the ranks from the famed Miticool refrigerator to the footbridge of Meghalaya. He insists that to fight the largest and most persistent problems of the world we must eschew expensive research labs and instead, look towards ordinary folk. Innovation that oft-flung around word is stripped to its core in this book. Poignant and personal, Grassroots Innovations is an important treatise from a social crusader of our time.

About the Author
Professor Anil Gupta is the Executive Vice Chair of the National Innovation Foundation, and is also the founder of the Honey Bee Network. He has been a professor at the Centre for Management in Agriculture, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, since 1981. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2004. He won the Asian Innovation Award (Gold) in 2000. (less)

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To regulate the acquisition, dissemination, publication and distribution of geospatial information of India which is likely to affect the security, sovereignty and integrity of India, a draft "The Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, 2016" has been prepared. Copy of the draft "The Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, 2016" is attached herewith for comments/suggestions. The comments/suggestions on the draft Bill may be forwarded to the Joint Secretary (Internal Security-I), Ministry of Home Affairs, North Block, New Delhi at email id: jsis@nic.in within 30 days.
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IDSA Monograph | Nanotechnology: The Emerging Field for Future Military Applications | 2015

IDSA MONOGRAPH SERIES

Nanotechnology: The Emerging Field for Future Military Applications

by Sanjiv Tomar

IDSA Monograph Series No. 48, 2015

Nanotechnology is an area of science and technology that holds highly promising prospects for military applications, considering its wide applicability in defensive as well as offensive operations. Given the research and development (R&D) efforts being made in this field by a large number of countries, new products with much superior properties in terms of performance and durability are likely to be realized very soon. The most important aspect of nanotechnology-enabled products is the miniaturization of devices and the diverse functionalities that can be integrated within a singular system. Accordingly, the most profound applications in the future will be realized for the war fighter. Whether it is a battle suit integrated with sensors for nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) weapons protection, bullet injuries and monitoring of vital body parameters, nanotechnology will find its application in camouflage and concealment, weapons, communication, and situational awareness in the battlefield. This monograph traces the R&D initiatives being undertaken in this field, followed by specific applications which are relevant for the Indian defence forces. It also attempts to foresee how nanotechnology-enabled applications are likely to impact the future battlefield.

About the Author

Sanjiv Tomar, an alumnus of Officers Training Academy (OTA), Chennai, is currently serving in the Indian Army. He was commissioned into the Corps of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers in 1989. He has had varied operational and service experience of over 26 years in operational and maintenance management of a wide range of military equipment. Col. Tomar has commanded three Specialized Workshops in various sectors. He has held a Grade I General Staff appointment in Electronics and Mechanical Engineers School, Vadodara and has also served as Joint Director (Planning) at Directorate General of Quality Assurance (Electronics), New Delhi. He is a member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA.

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Art and cinema industries in India : Norms, workers and territories | 6th May | New Delhi

Art and cinema industries in India : Norms, workers and territories

From Friday 06 May 2016 -  09:30am To Monday 06 June 2016 - 05:30pm

Location: Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Saket, New Delhi

Contact: christine@csh-delhi.com

"The Other Thought  French-Indian Encounters on Creativity and Innovation" presents the international workshop :

Art and cinema industries in India : Norms, workers and territories

6^th May, 2016  at the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, Saket, New Delhi

 

The participation of cultural industries to sustainable development has been increasingly acknowledged in the past decades and the necessity to bring forward its potentials in India is urgent. The question of Indian cultural industries, policy and economy remains hardly addressed despite a contribution estimated to 30% of employment and 14% of the country GDP. The abysmal lack of official statistics on the cultural industries pointed out ten years ago by the Taskforce for Creative and Cultural Industry (2006) as not been filled. Workers and territories are emerging from behind veils of unrecognition while international laws are becoming more accurate. More broadly, there is a lack of understanding of the social, political and economic role that cultural industries can play in the development the country and in South Asia.

In the line of recent studies on norms and standardization process in cultural industries (Bouquillion et al. 2013), this workshop explores the articulation between norms and cultural industries in the Indian globalization context. The two sectors at the heart of the analysis will be cinema and visual arts. Among the issues that will be discussed : to what extent have these standards transformed the activities related to visual arts and cinema ? who are the actors producing these norms, working for their implementation or adaptation ? How to take into account the importance of informal system in the production and distribution of cultural goods ? What are the conflicts and forms of resistance encountered with the local socio-economic realities? The aim of this workshop is to shed light on the evolution and impact of norms in cultural policies, on art workers and local territories, the integration the informal systems, and tensions with socio-economic realities.

The workshop will be structured by 4 sessions :

• Norms and Normalization in cultural industries : Theoretical and methodological approaches
• Framework for Art and Cinema statistics in India
• Toward new industrial dynamics  : experiences and contributions of workers and entrepreneurs
• Art and Cinema territories in recomposition

This workshop will bring together specialists in policy making, economics, cultural industries, art market and professionals from the art and film industries. The objectives are to boost awareness, research and proactive policy development for cultural industries in India as encouraged in the Jodpur Initiatives. In a long term perspective, the intent is to strengthen Indo-French scientific cooperation on cultural industry research and enhance a transdisciplinary, international and interprofessionnal research group on cultural industries, policy and economy in India.

(Christine Ithurbide and Soraya Hamache, April 2016)

Find the programme here

To register, please contact christine@csh-delhi.com