India's Fifth Science Conclave to have participation from ASEAN, SAARC, and Africa

30 November, 2012

The IIIT-A is once again preparing to hold the country's Fifth Science Conclave in Allahabad from December 8, 2012. The new addition to this years' programme is participation from ASEAN, SAARC and African countries. Nobel laureates will also attend the conclave.

Dr M D Tiwari, Director and Chairman of the Organising Committee -2012 said participants from ASEAN, SAARC and Africa would take part for the first time in the conclave. A total of 41 participants from Brueni, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand would take part in the conclave.

A list of confirmed participants had already been received by the institute from ASEAN Secretariat. Similarly, participants from SAARC and Africa were likely to take part in it. Around two dozen research scholars and teachers from Madgascar, Tanzania, Ghana, Sierra Leoan, Benin, Zimbabwe, Togo Tunisia, Kenya, Sudan; Burundi and Eriteria already took part in three week progamme organized by IIIT-A on the initiative of Ministry of External Affairs and Science and Technology, Government of India.

“Meanwhile, 1458 science students and teachers belonging to 22 states have been selected under five groups including physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering and biological science. As many as 343 candidates from Uttar Pradesh, 262 from Maharashtra , 164- Tamil Nadu, 144- Andhra Pradesh, 107- Gujarat , 46-Rajasthan, 42-West Bengal, 38-Delhi, 37-Karnataka, 34- Puducherry, 34-Uttarakhand , 32-Andaman & Nicobar, 26-Haryana, 25-Jharkhand, 19-Madhya Pradesh , 17-Orissa, 16 from Jammu & Kashmir ,15- Bihar, 12-Kerala, 12- Himachal Pradesh, 11-Punjab, 9- Chhattisgarh, 3-Assam, 2-Goa, 2- Chandigarh, and 1-Nagaland have been selected by Expert Committee for higher education category while 1000 meritous students who passed out their High School examination in year 2012 form UP Board of Education are invited for the INSPIRE programme, a innovative scheme of Department of Science and Technology,” said Dr Tiwari.

The objectives of the Science Conclave include inspiring, motivating and giving thrust to science education, research and development, diverting at least ten percent of best talents from other disciplines to science stream, developing plans to rejuvenate science education and research, bringing together the Nobel Laureates, young scientists and students in a relaxed and informal atmosphere and encourage meaningful dialogue amongst themselves.

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COMMENTS (2)

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Rubina

Very funny that Dr. Tiwari is still giving official quotes in such cases. Wasn't he supposed to leave office by now? In a situation where the the govt failed to find a right leadership for IIIT-A, such big initiatives seem to be a hogwash.

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Pinakshi Agnihotri

This is a good initiative by IIIT-A. Maybe Dr.Tiwari will be able to wean off a few controversies of his extended tenure by showcasing the initiatives like these he is starting.

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