CitizenScience.Asia Webinar on April 24, at 3:30 PM

CitizenScience.Asia Webinar

WHEN April 24, 2020, 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM IST

ABOUT: Celebrate Citizen Science Month! Learn about citizen science work happening in Asia around biodiversity, and how you can get involved.
Keynote Speakers:

• "WildMentor: Citizen Science Biodiversity app in Bangladesh" by Safiqul Islam of Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, Germany
• "iNaturalist and City Nature Challenge in Taiwan" by Dr. Cheng-Tao Lin of National Chiayi University, Taiwan

HOW TO JOIN: Please register via zoom: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iloUqadgRaCFuviuNxuymQ

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Three Special Issues of RIS Diary on COVID-19

3rd Special Issue of RIS Diary on COVID-19

Volume 16, No.4 - April 2020

Table of Contents

• From Director General, RIS |  Sachin Chaturvedi | The debates are back on the table on the role of science and technology with regard to fighting COVID-19 which has thrown the entire world into an unprecedented health and safety crisis that is worsening day by day. All economic and social activities have come to a halt at global level. It is in these contexts, that RIS has come out with the Third Special Edition of RIS Diary on COVID -19. The issue contains articles on: "Harnessing Science, Technology and Innovation in India for Tackling COVID-19" by Arabinda Mitra; "Science, Technology and Innovation - Fighting the COVID-19 Outbreak" by Bhaskar Balakrishnan; "Science Diplomacy : Covid and Beyond" by Balakrishna Pisupati; "Global Governance of Technology, Institutional Architecture and Indian Response to COVID-19" by Sachin Chaturvedi; "Science, Technology, and Innovation in Indian Systems of Medicine: An Exploration in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic" by T. C. James and Apurva Bhatnagar; "Science, Technology and Innovation and the Challenge of Epidemic" by Krishna Ravi Srinivas; "Impact of COVID-19 on the World Economy" by Biswajit Banerjee; "Global Institutions and COVID-19" by Atul Kaushik. We hope that articles contained here and in the two previous special issues of RIS Diary would serve as useful references in the on-going discussions at different levels on issues related to the war against COVID-19. While hoping sincerely that humankind will come out of this dark tunnel soon to rejoin the normal course of various socio-economic activities, we would highly appreciate to hear from you about the contents of the Special Issues of RIS Diary.
• Harnessing Science, Technology and Innovation in India for Tackling COVID-19 | Arabinda Mitra | The Covid-19 epidemic has resulted in greater collaboration among scientists and innovation throughout the world.1 Many Academies of Science, including the Royal Society are actively engaged in providing policy advice, providing a voice to the scientific community and educating and informing the public on the scientific aspects in the fight against the epidemic and cautioning against undue fear and false claims and narratives.
• Science, Technology and Innovation - Fighting the COVID-19 Outbreak | Bhaskar Balakrishnan | The current COVID-19 outbreak (caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus) which began in Wuhan, China in late November 2019 has so far spread to 210 countries and territories and resulted in over 2 million cases and 137,000 deaths. It has led to socio-economic disruptions on a global and unprecedented scale. A global coordinated response to the outbreak was slow in taking shape.                          
• Science Diplomacy: COVID-19 and Beyond | Balakrishna Pisupati | If there is one time in the recent decades that science and scientists have received most attention, it is now! The novel corona virus that has brought the world to a standstill, eroding significant social and economic development gains in a matter of weeks, has proven to the world that countries are more inter-connected and dependent on one another now than before. Such lack of selfreliance is evident now when it came to use of science and its applications.                                            
• Global Governance of Technology, Institutional Architecture and Indian Response to COVID-19 | Sachin Chaturvedi | The origin and evolution of Corona virus is under intense debate at this point. Highly conflicting and polarising evidences, inferences and commentaries have appeared in scientific journals and across popular publications. There are also debates and discussions on whether it is a man-made virus or a naturally occurring one. When China reported about the spread of Corona virus and WHO declared it as a pandemic, scientific fraternity across the world started working on the genetic make-up of the virus.
• Science, Technology, and Innovation in Indian Systems of Medicine: An Exploration in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic | T. C. James, Apurva Bhatnagar | Times of stress are also times of creativity and innovation. Wars have spawned many scientific innovations or hastened the completion of on-going research projects. The Manhattan Project was an example. We are now living in difficult times. Such adverse situations can also bring out the best in the innovation front of the traditional medicine systems. Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) is also the path for Indian Systems of Medicine (ISMs) to progress.
• Science, Technology and Innovation and the Challenge of Epidemic | Krishna Ravi Srinivas | In a recent twitter talk Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA) Professor K. Vijay Raghavan described some of the ideas used to tackle the innovation, including expediting review of proposals on innovative solutions and try to guide the prospective innovators on regulatory issues.1 He also talked about caution against over-interpretation of findings and need for more evidence for theories and hypotheses proposed on aetiology link between immunity and vaccination and enhancing immunity.
• Impact of Covid-19 on the World Economy | Biswajit Banerjee | The Covid-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc on the world economy. The global economic outlook was already fragile prior to the outbreak of the coronavirus crisis. Initially, when the outbreak emerged in China, it was thought that the negative impact on the global economy would be small —mainly limited to the output contraction in China and its knock-on effect on global supply chains, tourism, and commodity markets.
• Global Institutions and COVID-19 | Atul Kaushik | In this era of 'missing in action' United Nations Organisation, a dysfunctional World Trade Organisation and now cash strapped World Health Organisation, lack of adequate global coordinated action against the new Corona virus reminds us of the need for robust institutions. Writing for The Economist on 15 April 2020, Kevin Rudd, former Australian Prime Minister and currently President of the Asia Society Policy Institute at New York opines that much of the complex web of national and global institutions established to deal with global pandemics and economic implosions has failed.

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TERI Webinar on Waste Management under COVID-19: Challenges and Solutions | 29 April 2020

Webinar | 29 April 2020         April 29 14:00 - 15:00 hrs IST       Speakers         Mr Sourabh Manuja Fellow, Centre for Waste Management, TERI       Dr Shyamala Mani Retd. Professor, NIUA, Expert on Biomedical Waste     Mr Akash Batra Chief Mentor and Coach Sakhi management Consulting (p) ltd.   Moderator         Dr Suneel Pandey Director, Environment & Waste Management, TERI       Webinar on 'Waste Management under COVID-19: Challenges and Solutions'       In view of COVID-19 outbreak, huge quantity of hazard medical waste generated across the hospitals in India need to be re-looked at. This webinar intends to cover policies and challenges of medical professionals, waste stream workers and recyclers.   Aim: To get answers to below questions and make yourself aware of waste management under COVID-19 situation:   Are our municipal waste generators, waste collectors and waste managers aware of the risks they are entering in?   Are our citizens aware on managing household medical waste in this COVID-19 situation?   Are cities ready with their waste management plans?   Are biomedical waste management firms ready to handle the extremely hazardous, heaps of biomedical waste our country is going to generate?     Register now

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Webinar on From "Jugad" to "Systematic Adoption" of Technology: Be Prepared for the Future | 17 April

You are invited to a Zoom Webinar. Please download Zoom App on your Mobile or Laptop/Computer and Install It.

When: April 17th, 2020 at 5:30 PM India

Topic: From "Jugad" to "Systematic Adoption" of Technology: Be Prepared for the Future

Moderator- Dr Ravi Gupta, CEO and Editor-in-chief, Elets Technomedia Pvt Ltd

Panelists-:

1 Hemant Sahal, Founder & CEO,Collpoll

2 Karan Kumar, Head - Information Technology, O.P. Jindal Global University

3 Dr. Prabhat Ranjan, Vice Chancellor, DY Patil International University and Former ED - TIFAC

4 Balakrishna Rao, Vice President & Chief Information Officer, Manipal Global Education Services

5 Abhay Karhade, Advisor to President SVKM, Chancellor NMIMS University for IT Services, NMIMS University

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THA Hèlice COVID-19 collection | Call for Short Articles

Hèlice COVID-19 collection

Short informal articles (2-3k words) will be collected and published in a devoted section in upcoming Hèlice issues. Articles should focus on:

• how authors' own institutions, or other close organizations they have learned about, have reacted to the COVID crisis (i.e., which measures they have implemented, which resources they have mobilized/offered to the local community, how they have interacted/cooperated with other local stakeholders, which barriers to cooperation, lessons learned, etc)
• how authors themselves have reacted to the crisis (i.e. impact on their family, job, social life, and related re-arrangements)

Articles can be sent by the following cut off dates

• 28 May 2020 for June 2020 issue
• 29 August 2020 for September 2020 issue

to Liana Kobzeva and Sheila Forbes

THA Future Events: THA (Triple Helix Association) is also working on our future Events in order to comply with the emergency measures put in place at international level against the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

Respond to THA's online survey if you want to join/contribute to any of the above activities or wish to propose.

CfPs in Triple Helix Journal special issue “Triple Helix model of innovation to deal with COVID-19 pandemic and future societal crises”

Triple Helix Journal special issue "Triple Helix model of innovation to deal with COVID-19 pandemic and future societal crises"

Call for Papers

The Special issue is intended to indicate insights and viewpoints from scholars regarding short term normative model for policy making and  long term policy initiatives to stimulate the development of a civic culture for boosting bottom up/lateral/top-down Triple Helix initiatives for operations of large-scale systems on the COVID-19 epidemic.

Deadline for submission: 30 November, 2020

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