Thursday, August 20, 2009

YIM, Boston - OPEN SESSION on Sept 11th 2009

The hosts of the YIM, Boston received ~200 outstanding applications for the closed session on Sept 12-13 2009 of which around 40 have been selected for the meet. Going by the overwhelming response for the event and the inability to accommodate all those who applied, there will now be an open meet on September 11th from 3:55PM to 7:30PM. This will be an unique opportunity to network with faculty, researchers from various prestigious institutions.

Date & Time:
Fri, Sept 11; 3:55PM-7:30PM

Venue:
MIT, Bldg E25
Room. 111
Cambridge, MA 02139


The tentative program for the session is as follows:


• 3:55 – 4:20 Arrival/ Mingle

• 4:20 – 4:30 Introduction to YIM Open Sessions

• 4:30 – 6:00 Presentations
o The Bangalore Cluster
Satyajit Major (NCBS), Ramaswamy Subramanian (Center for Cellular and Molecular Platforms), Vijay Raghavan (NCBS), Jyotsna Dhawan (iSTEM)

o The HBS Cluster in Delhi
Martha Gray (THSTI), Dinakar Salunke (UNESCO RCB), Satyajit Rath (THSTI-Child Biology Center), Sudhanshu Vrati (THSTI-Vaccine Research Center)

o The CSIR System
Rajesh Gokhale (IGIB), Gautam Biswas

o The IISERs, IIT, TIFR (Hyderbad)
KN Ganesh/Shashidhara (IISER Pune), Pradip Sinha (IITK), Jitu Mayor (TIFR)

o Grant Opportunities / NIH – Thomas Mampilly

o DBT/Welcome Trust - Natesh, TS Rao

o DST – Hari Gopal

• 6:00 – 7:00 Panel Discussions on Emerging India
o Satyajit, Jitu, Jyotsna, Sashidhara, KN Ganesh, Pradip Sinha, Dinakar Salunke, Natesh, Hari Gopal, moderated by Martha Gray

• 7:00 – 8:00 Food/ Mingle


Please RSVP to Nandita Shetty at nandita@thsti.org


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