IIC-ICSI Talk on "The Omnipresent Nature of Data and How it Influences Us" | 5 August at IIC New Delhi

Talk on "The Omnipresent Nature of Data and How it Influences Us"

IIC New Delhi | Seminar Rooms I to III, Kamaladevi Complex on 05 August 2022, at 18:30 IST

Speaker: Dr. Neeta Verma, former Director General, National Informatics Centre

Chair: Shri Talleen Kumar, Member Finance, Space Commission and formerly CEO, the Government eMarketPlace

This talk is a part of the IIC Diamond Jubilee Digital Governance Lecture Series.

(Collaboration: Information and Communication Society of India (ICSI), New Delhi)

All are Welcome to Join this Physical Event.

CSSP Lecture "Application of Indian Standard Time (IST) for Safe Digital India" by Dr. V. Bharath | 3rd August at 11:30 am

Centre for Studies in Science Policy

Jawaharlal Nehru University

CSSP Wednesday Lecture Series

Invites you to a Lecture on

 

"Application of Indian Standard Time (IST) for Safe Digital India"

By
Dr. V. Bharath
(Scientist, CSIR- National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi)

Venue: Room No. 227, 2nd Floor, CSSP, SSS-1 Building, JNU

Date: Wednesday, 3rd August 2022 | Time: 11:30 am
 

Abstract: Time is the only physical parameter which tells us about the origin and existence of nature. We cannot measure the start and end points of time, but we can measure the time interval with greatest accuracy out of the seven fundamental physical quantities. Various real-life applications and strategic applications require accurate time synchronisation starting from milliseconds to nanoseconds. In the present digital world accurate time stamping of data traffic is very important from tracing a communication to reconstructing the crashed stock market. Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) is the fastest stock exchange in the world with 6 µs latency. It means it can execute more than 1.5 Lakh orders in a second. Time stamping is the only parameter to decide the sequence of the events for fair and transparent trading. In telecommunication systems the complete network should not exceed a time error budget of 1.1 µs to establish a call between the two subscribers. If two networks use two different time sources as their references, there will be call drops which lead to penalties by TRAI. Similarly, there is a requirement of 1 µs accuracy in isolating the faulty power transmission lines and thus protecting the complete electric substations. The most critical application of time is in positioning and Navigation where 1 ms error in the time shows a wrong position of approximately 300 km. Systems operated based on such Navigation systems (GPS) like a missile carrying a payload or for a ship travelling in sea this is a huge loss. In the present talk "Indian Standard Time (IST) and its application for safe digital India" we discuss the timing requirements in various cyber physical systems like power grid, telecom networks, Cyber security & navigation. The effect of a non-synchronised nation on its economic growth & digital governance. GoI initiatives to synchronise the complete nation with one reference time i.e., IST.

About the Speaker: Dr. Vattikonda Bharath presently working as a scientist in Indian Standard Time Division of CSIR – National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi. He completed his Electrical & Electronics Engineering, from JNTU Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh. Master's degree from CSIR-NPL in "Advanced Material Physics & Engineering" from AcSIR, New Delhi. He completed his PhD in Development of Cesium atomic fountain clock, which is the primary frequency standard of India Standard Time (IST) from AcSIR, New Delhi. His present area of work is "Time & Frequency transfer through satellites". He is the nodal person for providing time traceability at ±1ns to ISRO for Indian Regional Navigation Satellite Systems (IRNSS) to two centres located at Bangalore and Lucknow 24X7. One of the five Nodal members of the National Mega Project "Setting up of secondary time scales across 5 cities in India '' for the Ministry of Consumer affairs and in charge of the time scale lab at Ahmedabad. Nodal person to synchronise IST with International Time Reference (i.e., UTC) and other countries via Geo-Satellites.

All are welcome to attend the Lecture.

Dr. Reeta Sony A.L.  

Coordinator, CSSP Lecture Series

Journal of Scientific Temper releases Special Issue on RISFreM 2022

Journal of Scientific Temper releases Special Issue on RISFreM 2022

Vol 10 (1&2), January-June 2022, 1-131.

As part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Jawaharlal Nehru University organised an international conference on the "Role of Indian Science in Freedom Movement (RISFreM 2022)" in collaboration with Vijnana Bharati, CSIR-NIScPR (CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research), New Delhi, and Vigyan Prasar on 28 February 2022 and 1 March 2022. Though Indian scientists faced several hurdles, they managed to maintain a subtle edge over the British and build ties with scientists abroad to develop science and technology. Their scientific temperament helped them to pave the path for themselves. The purpose of the conference was to raise awareness and generate scholarly evidence regarding Indians' contributions to science cultivation, scientific societies, institutions, industries, and in fighting British colonialism. During the conference, authors presented the papers pertaining to the theme of the conference, out of which a few selected papers are being presented in the Journal of Scientific Temper. Hope, the special issue will encourage the scholars and readers as well.

Table of Contents

Articles

• Science for Freedom: Exploring Scientists' Role in Freedom Movement | Satvir Singh
• Science as a Tool for Subjugation: An Analysis of British Rule in India | Madhav Govind & Nikhil Yadav
• Establishing Colonial Hegemony through Science: A Study of British India and Robinson's Mars Trilogy | Aditya Raj & Stuti Prasad
• Scientific Racism Faced by Indian Fingerprint Scientists during Colonial Rule: Need to Correct a Historical Wrong | G.S. Sodhi & Jasjeet Kaur
• Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray and Quest for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Colonial India | Anup Kumar Das & Bidyarthi Dutta
• Indian Science and Technology during the Freedom Struggle: A 'Science Diplomacy' Perspective | Hemant Kumar & Namrata
• Science Diplomacy and Indian Freedom Movement: A Retrospective View of Events during the 1870s-1940s | Shreedhar Kanagarajan & Reeta Sony
• Growth of Scholarly Societies and Their Activities in Pre-Independent India: A Reconnaissance | Manorama Tripathi & Anup Kumar Das
• Ecocentric Approach of Science from the Perspective of Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore: Exploring Sustainability and Ethics amidst British Colonialism | Sabareesh P.A. & Reeta Sony A.L.

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CfPs: India Space Congress 2022 (ISC-2022) | 18-20 October, New Delhi, India

India Space Congress 2022 (ISC-2022)

18th - 20th October 2022,  New Delhi, India

About the Conference
India Space Congress 2022 (ISC-2022) 'Leveraging Space to Power Next-Gen Communication & Businesses is a strategic assemblage of national and international space industry leaders offering primary access to opportunities in the rapidly growing sector in India for the worldwide space ecosystem. The foundation of the India Space Congress [ISC] is the multi-stream program highlighting the evolution of the Indian space economy and opportunities for its development and growth. Hosted for the first time by the SatCom Industry Association (SIA-India), ISC is a global congregation of industry experts, government, policymakers, thought leaders, legal professionals and academia in the space sector to discuss strategic measures to efficiently manage space exploration, new disruptive space-based services and applications, viable business models, space situational awareness and cyber security.
THE VISION is to bring all the high-level stakeholders together from space agencies, industry and institutions around the world under one roof to swap insights, strategies and rising trends for collaborative development of the space ecosystem in India and bringing global and regional economic benefits.

Call for Papers
The Conference invites full length original research contributions of professionals from Academic Institutions, Government Undertakings, Research Scholars and Student community across the Nation. The jury consists of eminent personalities from the space ecosystem, who will qualify the papers in different categories. The top 3 entries will be announced and offered a cash award along with a certificate. INR 100,000 will be distributed among the awardees [INR 50,000, INR 35,000 and INR 15,000]. The best submissions will be published in the Conference Report. Open for submission now.

• Abstract Submission by 30 July 2022
• Final Paper Submission by 30 August 2022
• Click here to upload your Research Paper https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=isc220

Panel Discussion on Prospects and Avenues for New Space in India | 27 July at IIC New Delhi

Panel Discussion on Prospects and Avenues for New Space in India

IIC New Delhi | Conference Room II at 27 July 2022, 16:30

The discussion will focus on the Post Space reforms announced by the Government of India and the vital role of industry and academia. In order to enable them, what are the policies, frameworks, rules and guidelines required to be formulated including incentives; and the single window regulations and approvals which will be enabled for ease of doing businesses. While ISRO will act as a facilitator or technology provider for the early startups; these startups will require directions for sustainable business. Innovations and opportunities shall be debated and discussed across all sectors for implementing space technology in the downstream industries, which will generate further opportunities for the upstream industry.

Panelists: Dr. S. Somanath, Secretary, DOS/Chairman, ISRO; Dr. Shailesh Nayak, Director, NIAS and Life Trustee, IIC; Dr. Srinivasa Kumar T., Director, INCOIS; Dr. Sachin Chaturvedi, Director General, RIS; Shri Jayant Sahasrabudde, National Organising Secretary, VIBHA; Dr. Suba Chandran, Professor, NIAS; Shri Sanjay Kumar, Founder & CED, Geospatial World; Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Anil Kumar Bhat, DG, ISpA; Shri Venkat Katkuri, Head, Airbus Defence & Aerospace; and Shri Gaurav Kharod, Managing Sales Director, Intelsat-India

 

Talk on Transformation of Indian Space Sector

IIC New Delhi | Seminar Rooms I to III, Kamaladevi Complex on 27 July 2022, at 18:30

Speaker: Shri S. Somanath, Secretary, Department of Space and Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

Chair: Dr. Shailesh Nayak, Life Trustee, IIC

The Indian space programme started 60 years back is based on the concept of fulfilling societal needs. India achieved self-sufficiency in building upstream technologies with indigenised effort. Now it is the time for technology adoption for various sectors for increasing the country's economy in multiple folds. Space technology shall be one of the best enablers for the country, considering vast agriculture, water resources, urbanisation and transport. After unlocking the space sector, ISRO acts as a facilitator to many non-governmental enterprises in scaling up the opportunities and contributing to the economy and technological development of the country. ISRO also concentrates more on R&D, space science missions and capacity building.

(Collaboration: Indian Space Research Organisation; SatCom Industry Association; and Indian Space Association)

Exhibition on Indian Space Programme: Growing in Leaps and Bounds

Venue Art Gallery, Kamaladevi Complex, IIC

The exhibition is on view from 23 to 29 July 2022, 11:00 to 19:00 daily

Since its inception in 1961 with Dr. Vikram Sarabhai as Chairman of the Indian National Committee on Space Research, the Indian space programme has grown in leaps and bounds. On 21st November 1963, the first Nike-Apache rocket was successfully launched and this marked the beginning of India's journey into space. The exhibition highlights this journey of over six decades starting from the nascent years under Dr. Sarabhai; to the development of indigenous capabilities for designing and building launch vehicles and satellites; research in Cryogenic; radar imaging; cartography; oceanography and weather-related areas; and to the continuing journey that has transformed the country into a technology driven one

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) presents a display of text and photographic panels that tell the story of India's space programme along with scale models of rockets, launch vehicles and satellite models.

CfA: 1st International UHWB Summer School 2022 on Urban Health and Ecological Civilization | 25-30 July, Virtual

1st International UHWB Summer School 2022 on Urban Health and Ecological Civilization

July 25-30, 2022

Organized by: The "International Center for Ecological Civilization" (ICEC) Working Group of the UHWB global interdisciplinary science programme

Co-organized by: Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Background
Urban health is about the health of people in cities and the healthy design and functioning of urban environments connected to their rural hinterlands by a web of exchange networks facilitating flows of data, energy and resources in multiple complex systems spanning around the entire globe. Most of the global human population lives in cities and their impact on the environment and climate is enormous. However, cities are also the places for creativity and innovation which are needed to find solutions to multiple global crises and to transform social, ecological and technological systems so that improving human wellbeing is not achieved at the expense of planetary health. Ecological Civilization is about the relationship between socio-cultural and ecological systems, whereas the term 'civilization' also refers to society's institutions which define that relationship. The general idea is harmony between humans and nature. That relationship can be considered "healthy" when it is mutually supportive. The health focus implies a need for systemic interconnectivity. Linking rural and urban systems and rural revitalization, but also linking science to practice, applying deliberative and intelligent governance in systems which link data-knowledge and action seems to be essential for a resilient and responsive design of urban environments. In a "big world on a small planet", where complexity, uncertainty and systemic risks are increasing, people need to rethink fundamental values, transform operational and governance modes and also change ways of measuring progress. The 1st international UHWB summer school brings together international thought leaders to present ideas, concepts and cases and to discuss how healthy urban environments can shape ecological civilization. The lectures aim at connecting the two concepts of urban health and ecological civilization and to deliberate on the question "which role urban and rural civilizations alike can play in safeguarding the health of people, cities and the environment."  Members of the UHWB programme's scientific committee and its global network partners will give lectures and engage in a dialogue with participants, to address that question. The summer school lectures will be online and is free of charge.  Contact/Registration for field trip: uhwb@iue.ac.cn (Limited places available!). The UHWB Programme will issue certificates of participation on demand and subject to actual participation.

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CfPs: International Conference on Significance of Technology in Empowering Tribal Community of India | 23-24 August, New Delhi, India

International Conference on Significance of Technology in Empowering Tribal Community of India

23rd-24th August, 2022

New Delhi, India

The application of scientific knowledge to the creation of tools for the purpose of resolving particular issues can be defined as a technology. But technology, it is not value-neutral and it is linked with social change and can alter cultural settings. Sociologist W.F. Ogburn's theory of social change suggested four stages of technical development, which included; Invention, Accumulation, Diffusion and Adjustment are major causes of social transformation. The use of technology not only influences appliances or computers but also traditional practices like agriculture, fishery, animal husbandry and many more. No doubt the rapid proliferation of social media and ICT tools has solved complex problems of transportation, communication and self-education. However, it has also influenced an individual's lifeworld, the formation of human-to-human and human-to-machine relationships. The process of tribal empowerment can be understood as capacity building to make decisions for their socio-economic and cultural development. The government of India has been aiding multiple schemes to improve the living conditions of Scheduled Tribes and foster their growth backed by sustainable Science and Technology (S&T) activities/applications. Multiple programs and research projects to promote traditional skills, building on local innovation and knowledge systems has been promoted. This conference is a deliberate attempt to draw attention to the changes that have been brought into the Tribal way of life through modern technology. Whether it strengthened the idea of 'lok' (organic lifestyle of people residing at a place) or altered it. It will try to discuss whether technology has added modernity into traditional ways of life or the modernity has replaced traditional patterns of life causing new problems in the areas of health or farming. Under the aegis of Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav, the conference will further discuss the role of technology in bridging digital divide in scheduled tribes of India, thus making India digitally inclusive in its entirety.
Sub-Themes:

1. Tribal way of life and Sustainable Development.

2. Technological Intervention and Tribal Land Rights.

3. Indigenous knowledge System.

4. Health, Education and Agriculture technologies for Tribal welfare.

5. Promotion of innovation and Entrepreneurship for Tribal Welfare.

6. Digital repository for Tribal Culture (AKDL).

7. Challenges to Indigenous Tribal Languages.

8. Challenges to Indigenous faith in Modern World

9. Technology, Tribals and Independence Struggle.

10. Tribal Rights in pre and post Independent India.

11. Tribals and Digital Inclusion.

12. ICT and Tribal Empowerment.

13. Technology and Women Empowerment

Relevance in the National Context
The tribal empowerment revolves around five critical issues:

1. Livelihood and Employment

2. Education

3. Health

4. Involuntary Displacement and Migration

5. Legal and Constitutional Matters

Call for Papers
Surely, technology has intervened in all of the above subjects. Present need of the hour is a scholarly activity to assess the impact of technology on tribal way of life to evaluate policies and programmes of government. The conference will analyse to what extent, penetration of technologies has been done in the tribal life world and what impact it has created upon them. This critical study will reflect upon the various schemes undertaken by governments and how it has supported the development of tribals and the inclusivity technology has brought in to bridge the digital divide.

• How will the Activity help in the Promotion of Science and Culture? The scholarly deliberation on the issue of Tribal Empowerment through technology will help us to understand the role of Science for integration and upliftment in the Tribal society. The sub-themes of the conference will reflect upon the multiple aspects of development associated with scheduled tribes in India. And it will show how the technology is perceived and what better steps could be taken by science in favor of the Tribes of India.
• Abstract Submission: The abstract should be written in 300 words containing title, brief introduction, objectives, relevance, methodology and major findings of the paper. Please use Times New Roman 12 pt fonts. Please submit the abstract at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=stetci2022 by 8th August 2022. Last date for paper submission is 20th August 2022.
• Registration for attending Conference: Registration for the conference is mandatory and will start on 15th July 2022. There is no registration fee. Online  registration. 
• Workshop for Authors: An online workshop on 'Research Paper Writing' will be organized on 12th August 2022 for the authors whose abstracts are accepted.
• Submission of Full Papers: The authors of all accepted abstracts are required to submit their full papers in 3000-5000 words (English) in required format by 20th August 2022 for publication in the Proceedings of the Conference.
• Contact: All questions related to conference and submissions of abstract/paper should be emailed to: stetci2022@gmail.com

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