Conference: Science Communication, Popularisation and Extension in Bengali: The Road Ahead

Date: 26 – 27 April 2019
Venue: Dr. Meghnad Saha Auditorium, Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute (CGCRI), 196, Raja S.C. Mullick Road, Kolkata –32

Program Schedule
26^th April 2019: Day 1
08:30 – 09:45 Hrs	Registration
09.45 – 11.00 Hrs.	Inaugural function: (short speeches and felicitation) 1. Dr Nakul Parashar, Director, VP 2. Dr Debapriya Dutta, Advisor and Scientist – G, DST 3. Dr Uday Bandopadhyay, Director, Bose Institute 4. Professor Sibaji Raha, Former Director Bose Institute 5. Professor Bimal Roy, Former Director ISI 6. Shri Jayant Sahasrabuddhe, Organizing Secretary, Vigyan Bharati 7. Dr B. B. Jha, Acting Director CGCRI 8. Professor Maitree Bhattacharya, Diretcor JBNSTS 9. Dr A D Choudhary, DG NCSM 10.Dr Amit Krishna De, Executive Secretary, ISCA
11.00 – 11:30 Hrs.	High Tea
11.15 – 13.00 Hrs.	Session – I: Role of scientific institutions Chair: Dr Amit Krishna De, Executive Secretary, ISCA Presentations: 1. Department of Science & Technology: Debapriya Dutta, Advisor and Scientist – G, DST 2. S. N. Bose Institute: Samir Kumar Pal, Sr. Professor 3. IISER-K: Soumitro Banerjee, Professor 4. NCSM: Subhabrata Chaudhuri, Director, Science City, Kolkata 5. Bose Institute: Sanjay Kumar Ghosh, Professor 6. ISCA : Prof Ananga Chandra , Treasurer, Kolkata Chapter 7. Vigyan Prasar: Rintu Nath, Scientist F and Division Head, Publications
13.00 – 14.00 Hrs.	Lunch Break
14.00 – 15.30 Hrs.	Session – II: Role of scientific institutions Chair: Dr Manoj Chakrabarti, NICED Presentations: 1. MN Saha Institute: Jisnu Basu 2. CGCRI : Sitendu Mandal, Chief Scientist 3. JBNSTS: Abhijit Kar, Scientist 4. Kalyani University: Sabyasachi Chatterjee, Professor 5. Vigyan Prasar new initiatives: Kinkini Dasgupta Misra , Scientist F and Division Head, Gender and Technology Communication 6. Science Channel and ISTI portal: Sourav Sen, Sr. Consultant; Archita Bhatta, Editor, DST communication
15.30 – 15:45 Hrs.	Tea Break
15.45 – 18.00 Hrs.	Session – III: Role of Print and Electronic media Chair: Professor Shyamal Chakroborty, Department of Chemistrry, Calcutta University Co-chair: Professor Siddhartha Narayan Joardar, West Bengal University of Animal & Fishery Sciences Presentations: 1. Vivekananda Bigyan Mission: Pallab Banerji, Professor, IIT Kharagpur 2. ISNA: Prof Manas Chakraborty, Hony Secretary 3. SCF-Kolkata: Abhijit Bardhan, Secretary 4. IAPT : Surojit Chakrabarti, Bhupati Chakrabarti 5. Bichitra Pathshala: Subhadas Mollick 6. Bongiyo Bigyan Parishad: Tapan Saha, Secretary 7. Paschim Bongo Bigyan Manch: Pradip Mahapatra, General Secretary 8 Science Press: Dhananjay Ghosal, Science Writer, Editor and Communicator 9. Print media: Pathik Guha
18.00 – 18.30 Hrs.	Networking & High Tea
27^th April 2019: Day 2
10.00 – 12.00 Hrs.	Panel Discussion Session 4:The Road Ahead Chair: Dr Debopriya Dutta, Advisor & Head SEED, DST Panelists: 1. Soumitro Banerjee, Professor, IISER-K 2. Samarendra Kumar, Director – HQ, NCSM 3. Partha Ghosh, Honorary Scientist, National Academy of Sciences 4. Matangini Chattopadhyay, Professor, School of Education Technology, JU 5. Dhrubojyoti Chattopadhyay, VC, Amity University, Kolkata 6. Jisnu Basu, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics 7. Rintu Nath, Scientist – F, Vigyan Prasar
12.00 – 12.15 Hrs	Tea Break
12.15 – 13.15Hrs.	Valedictory Function Felicitation of Professor Palash Baran Pal Professor Satyabachi Sar Shri Ashish Lahiri Concluding Remarks about the Road Ahead by Dr Nakul Parashar, Director Vigyan Prasar Vote of Thanks by Rintu Nath, Scientist F, Vigyan Prasar
13:15 – 14:15 Hrs.	Lunch

Organiser: Vigyan Prasar, An autonomous organisation of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India

Supported by: Indian Science News Association, Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata