List of Some Senior Participating Scientists, Chair Persons and Invited Speakers from India and Foreign Counties [DOC]

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM ON RECENT TRENDS IN BIOPHYSICS AND WORKSHOP ON EMERGING TECHNIQUES OF BIOPHYSICS

TO BE HELD AT THE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS,

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

(FEB. 13-16, 2010)

(To be supplemented to the poster)

(A) GNR Memorial Lecture: The name of the speaker of the G.N. Ramachandran Memorial Lecture will be announced when a final decision in this regard is available. 

(B) Awards:

1. Ratna Phadke Award: The Award carries a cash prize of Rs.1000/- and TA (train travel by II AC class). The nominations for the award may be forwarded by the Supervisor with an abstract of the presentation and biodata of the nominee (for Research Fellows or PDF/RA/Pool Officer) or by the Head of the Department (if the nominee is a faculty member but below 35 years of age) to the Convener of the Symposium. The candidate, who is selected for the award will be asked to deliver an oral presentation during the Symposium.  For this purpose, the selected candidate will be informed at least 15 days prior to the Symposium. The candidates who want to be considered for this award should make a request to this effect, and should fulfill the above-mentioned requirements.  

2. Poster Awards: The following awards will be given for posters: (i) D.M. Bose Award, (ii) N.N. Dasgupta Award, (iii) N.N. Saha Award, (iv) A.R. Gopala Ayengar Award, (v) K.S. Korgaonkar Award.

(C) Special Session: Prof D. Balasubramanian, a distinguished Biophysicist and a past president of the IBS, will be reaching 70 years. There will be a special session of the symposium in his honor.