INFO SESSION ON THE PROGRAMS OF AvH FOUNDATION
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Dr. JUDITH SCHILDT
Dr. JUDITH SCHILDT
Programme Director, Deputy Head Asia Division, Sponsorship and Network Department,
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn, GERMANY
Ms. JUDITH KOESTER
Ms. JUDITH KOESTER
Programme Officer, Asia Division, Sponsorship and Network Department,
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn, GERMANY
KEYNOTE LECTURE
Prof. Dr. JÖRG-PETER SCHNITZLER
Prof. Dr. JÖRG-PETER SCHNITZLER
Head of Research Unit, Environmental Simulation
Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, GERMANY
Title of talk: Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds – How Global Change is Changing and Threatening the Volatile Alphabet for Communication between Organisms
INVITED TALKS
Dr. DEBAPRASAD MANDAL
Dr. DEBAPRASAD MANDAL
Professor, Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar, Punjab, INDIA
Title of talk: Role of Chemistry towards Sustainable Living
Dr. BALASUBRAMANIAN MURUGESAPANDIAN
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
Bharathiar University, Tamil Nadu, INDIA
Title of talk: Multi-Functional Emissive Materials and its Detection Features
Dr. PRASENJIT MAL
Dr. PRASENJIT MAL
Professor, School Of Chemical Sciences
National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, INDIA
Title of talk: Supramolecular Photocatalysis
Dr. RAMALINGAM NATARAJAN
Dr. RAMALINGAM NATARAJAN
Senior Principal Scientist
Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB), Kolkata, West Bengal, INDIA
Title of talk: Supramolecular Organic Frameworks for Efficient Iodine Capture
Dr. MANOJ PRASAD
Professor, Department of Genetics
University of Delhi South Campus (UDSC), New Delhi, INDIA
Title of talk: Climbing the Career Ladder: Roles of Mentor and Mentee
Prof. Dr. SUNIL NAUTIYAL
Professor, Centre for Ecological Economics and Natural Resources (CEENR)
Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bengaluru, Karnataka, INDIA
Title of talk: Indian Himalayan Region: Issues and Challenges in addressing socio-ecological sustainability (TBC)
Prof. Dr. INDERJIT SINGH
Senior Professor, Department of Environmental Studies
University of Delhi, Delhi, INDIA
Title of talk: Plant Chemistry Mediate Mechanisms Underlying Invasion
Dr. ASHOK PRABHAKAR GIRI
Dr. ASHOK PRABHAKAR GIRI
Senior Scientist, Biochemical Science Division
National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR – NCL), Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA
Title of talk: Our Test to Understand Taste Secrets of Alphonso Mango Fruits and Their Biosynthetic Pathways
Dr. SUBHANKAR CHATTERJEE
Associate Professor, Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, INDIA
Title of talk: The Microplastic Threat: A Silent Menace to Health and Nature – Are
Microbes Our Best Hope?
Prof. Dr. ZIYANG LOU
Prof. Dr. ZIYANG LOU
Professor, Environmental Engineering
School of Environmental Science and Engineering and
China-UK Low Carbon College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
CHINA
Title of talk: Evolution process of global plastic waste trade and the environmental impacts
Ms. TOMA RANI SAHA
Ms. TOMA RANI SAHA
Lecturer, Institute of Remote Sensing and GIS, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, BANGLADESH
Title of talk: Rising Temperature and Shifting Precipitation Extremes in Bangladesh: Spatiotemporal Trends and Teleconnection Influences (1975–2023)
Prof. Dr. KAVIRAYANI R. PRASAD
Prof. Dr. KAVIRAYANI R. PRASAD
Professor, Department of Organic Chemistry
Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, INDIA
Title of talk: Organic Synthesis for the Human Well-Being: In Quest of Therapeutics by Tapping the Abundance
Prof. Dr. ABU TALEB KHAN
Professor, Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, Assam, INDIA
Title of talk: Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) as a Multifunctional Green Reactant in Multicomponent Reactions (MCRs)
Dr. CHIDAMBARAM GUNANATHAN
Dr. CHIDAMBARAM GUNANATHAN
Professor, School of Chemical Sciences
National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) Bhubaneswar, Odisha, INDIA
Title of talk: Green Catalysis Enabled by Metal-Ligand Cooperation
Dr. RAMESH C. SAMANTA
Dr. RAMESH C. SAMANTA
Senior Scientist/Assistant Professor (AcSIR), Organic Chemistry Division
CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA
Title of talk: Sustainable Synthesis by Electrochemistry
Prof. Dr. RAMASWAMY MURUGAVEL
Institute Chair Professor, Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, Maharashtra, INDIA
Title of talk: Metal phosphate materials for energy applications
Dr. ANJAN BANERJEE
Dr. ANJAN BANERJEE
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
Presidency University, Kolkata, West Bengal, INDIA
Title of talk: Electrochemistry for a Greener World: Storing and Converting Energy Sustainably
Dr. PRADIP KUMAR TARAFDAR
Dr. PRADIP KUMAR TARAFDAR
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Sciences
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, West Bengal, INDIA
Title of talk: Designing small molecule-based functional coacervates: Implications on membrane interaction, fusion inhibition and anti-viral agents
Dr. SAMIT GUHA
Dr. SAMIT GUHA
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
Jadavpur University, Kolkata, INDIA
Title of talk: Design and Synthesis of Multifunctional Molecules for Targeted Multimodal Imaging
Dr. NATARAJAN PALANI
Dr. NATARAJAN PALANI
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry
Panjab University, Chandigarh, INDIA
Title of talk: Hydroxyl Radicals: In Situ Production by Visible-Light Photocatalysis and Application in DMSO(-d6) Activation for C–H/N-H/O-H (trideutero) Methylation of Heteroarenes
POPULAR LECTURES
Ms. GULBARA OMOROVA
Ms. GULBARA OMOROVA
Research Fellow and Head of the Ala-Archa Research Polygon
Institute of Water Problems and Hydropower, National Academy of Sciences, Kyrgyz
Republic, KYRGYZSTAN
Title of talk: Glacier Degradation and GLOF Lakes in the Tien Shan: Monitoring and Water Security Implications
Dr. RADHIKA VENKATESAN
Dr. RADHIKA VENKATESAN
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, West Bengal, INDIA
Title of talk: The Secret Life of Plants and Insects
PANEL DISCUSSIONS
PANEL 1: Role of Humboldt Fellows in Advancing Science Diplomacy in South Asia
Prof. Dr. PULAK SENGUPTA
Prof. Dr. PULAK SENGUPTA
Professor, Department of Geological Sciences
Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, INDIA
Prof. Dr. SAYAM SENGUPTA
Prof. Dr. SAYAM SENGUPTA
Professor, Department of Chemical Sciences
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, West Bengal, INDIA
Prof. Dr. SAIBAL KAR
Prof. Dr. SAIBAL KAR
Reserve Bank of India Chair
Professor, Department of Industrial Economics
Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata, West Bengal, INDIA
Prof. Dr. RANJAN GANGULY
Prof. Dr. RANJAN GANGULY
Professor, Department of Power Engineering
Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, INDIA
Dr. VAIBHAV AGARWAL
Dr. VAIBHAV AGARWAL
Deputy Director
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft German Research Foundation (DFG) Office, INDIA
Director DAAD, New Delhi (TBC)
Director DAAD, New Delhi (TBC)
PANEL 2: How do we excite people for sustainability and a clean environment? Strategies for impactful science communication
Dr. JUDITH SCHILDT
Dr. JUDITH SCHILDT
Programme Director, Deputy Head Asia Division, Sponsorship and Network Department,
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn, GERMANY
Dr. ANAND MOHAN BHATTARAI
Dr. ANAND MOHAN BHATTARAI
Justice (Retired)
Supreme Court of Nepal, NEPAL
Ms. POOJA DWIVEDI
Ms. POOJA DWIVEDI
Research Associate
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany/ Center for the Transformation of
Chemistry, Leipzig, GERMANY
Mr. SHAFIQUL ALAM
Mr. SHAFIQUL ALAM
Lead Energy Analyst, Bangladesh
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)
PANEL 3: Thrust areas of academic collaborations on environmental sustainability between India and Germany
Prof. Dr. JÖRG-PETER SCHNITZLER
Prof. Dr. JÖRG-PETER SCHNITZLER
Head of Research Unit, Environmental Simulation
Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, GERMANY
Prof. Dr. RAMESHWAR ADHIKARI
Prof. Dr. RAMESHWAR ADHIKARI
Prof. Dr. ASHUTOSH PANDEY
Scientist,
BRIC- National Institute of Plant Genome Research,
New Delhi, INDIA
Dr. MRINALINI WALAWALKAR
Dr. MRINALINI WALAWALKAR
Prof. Dr. AMITAVA GUPTA
Prof. Dr. AMITAVA GUPTA
Professor, Department of Power Engineering,
Jadavpur University, Kolkata, INDIA
SPECIAL INVITEE
Ms. ANUROOPA DIXIT
Programme Officer
German Academic Exchange Service, New Delhi, INDIA
Ms. BARBARA VOSS
German Consul General, Kolkata
West Bengal, INDIA
Ms. SUSMITA MANDAL
Ms. SUSMITA MANDAL
Officer - Political Affairs, Culture, Press and Public Relations
Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, INDIA
Ms. VIKTORIA APITZSCH (TBC)
Ms. VIKTORIA APITZSCH (TBC)
Head of Science & Technology Section
German Embassy, New Delhi, INDIA
Dr. ADINPUNYA MITRA
Dr. ADINPUNYA MITRA
Professor (HAG), Agricultural and Food Engineering Department
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, INDIA
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