Panel Discussion on the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy 2020 #NitiVimarsh
- January 21st, 2021 (Thursday)
- 04:30 PM
- Virtual Platform (Microsoft Teams)
- Dr Shailesh Nayak, Director, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore
- Prof. Rohini Godbole, Centre for High Energy Physics, IISc Bangalore
- Dr Hoysala Chanakya, Chief Research Scientist, CST, IISc Bangalore
- Dr Pradeep Mujumdar, Chair, ICWaR, IISc Bangalore
- Dr T A Abinandanan, Professor, DST-CPR, IISc Bangalore
This panel discussion will explore the details of the proposed STI policy and various thematic groups, its implications, and the policymaking process. The new STI Policy identifies and addresses the Indian STI ecosystem’s strengths and weaknesses to catalyse socio-economic development of the country and make the Indian STI ecosystem globally competitive. It revolves around the core principles of being decentralized, evidence-informed, bottom-up, experts-driven, and inclusive. Also, it aims to bring in the concept of dynamic policy with a robust policy.
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Panel Discussion on the Future and Promise of Artificial Intelligence
- February 28th, 2020 (Friday)
- 03:30 PM
- 03:00 PM
- CSP Seminar Hall, Bangalore
- Mr. M Venkataraman, Managing Director, Accenture India
- Dr. Avik Sarkar, Former Head Data Analytics Cell, NITI Aayog
- Dr Sangeetha Menon, Head, NIAS-CSP
- Dr. Udayaadithya, Assoc. Vice President, Cognitive Science, Mphasis
- Prof. S Chakraborthy, Professor, IIT Bombay
- Dr. Anjula Gurtoo, Professor & Chairperson, CSP, IISc Bangalore
This panel discussion will explore strategic approaches to be adopted by India for accelerated diffusion of artificial intelligence considering its potential to transform economies. It will further focus on NITI Aayog’s three-pronged approach of a national strategy on artificial intelligence. More particularly, it will examine important issues like ethics, bias and privacy issues relating to AI across sectors like agriculture, health and education.
Panel Discussion on Data Economics and Policy
- February 14th, 2020 (Friday)
- 04:00 PM
- 03:30 PM
- CSP Seminar Hall, Bangalore
- Mr. Narendra Nath, Joint Secretary National Security Council
- Mr. Subramanian M.S., Head of Analysis BigBasket
- Dr. S. Bhattacharya, Chief Data Scientist Airtel X Labs
- Mr. K. Karthikeyan, Founder and Attorney Gestalt Strategy
- Dr. S. Iyengar, Associate Professor, IIT Ropar
- Dr. Inder Gopal, Visiting Professor, RBCCPS, IISc
This panel discussion will explore the economic, policy, legal, regulatory, standardization issues involved in using public data to generate public good. The data under consideration includes IOT data from smart city sensors, video data from surveillance cameras, legal and property records, data from cellular providers and similar. The Economist has (somewhat optimistically) estimated that this data will generate 1.7T$ of economic value by 2025. This panel discussion will examine the issues that are pertinent to making this claim a reality.
Workshops and Symposia
Workshop on Communicating Research to Non-experts
- January 18th, 2020 (Saturday)
- 10:00 AM to 02:00 PM
- 12:00 PM
- CSP Seminar Hall, Bangalore
The need to acquire the skills to communicate one’s research to non-experts is being increasingly
recognized by all stakeholders involved in research and development – funding agencies, journals,
academic universities, as well as industries. Learning these skills is absolutely crucial today due to
three recent changes in the professional landscape of graduate students.
Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
- July 26th & 27th, 2019 (Friday)
- 04:00 PM
- 03:30 PM
- CSP Seminar Hall, Bangalore
The workshop will equip academic institutions to set up their own incubation centre and IP Cell in the area of science and technology.
Registration details for institutions and academicians (call cloased now)